My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and tr…

Maya Angelou
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess. ✨ Maya Angelou: How I Write. Interview with Noah Charney, www.thedailybeast.com. April 10, 2013.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise. ✨ Maya Angelou (2011). And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems, p.47, Random House
Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.
We need much less than we think we need.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure. ✨ Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Ellio … ▶

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

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