resilient
re·sil·ient
adj.
1. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune.
2. Capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed.
Get with the B E A U T Y!
THE BODY IS BEAUTIFUL!
Yes, this telling of us will bring the pain of rejection.
Too often, as gay black men, our lives have been so painful that we do not last beyond the pain.
We can take all sorts of mental pills for the hurt, but painful feelings are destroyed once we start to pinpoint them
analyze them
Dodging these emotions or being frightened by them gets us nowhere.
Any learning process involves fear.
We overcome fear when it ceases to hamper our ability
to tell the truth
something we have to vigilantly
even violently
guard
Assotto
Saint
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. - Audre Lorde
All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words. - Harvey Milk
Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather. - Martha Graham
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be - James Baldwin
survivor | thriver
©Laura Andalou
I don’t ever want to show anyone my physical and psychological wounds and scars without telling them what caused me to hurt, what it will take to heal me, and what collectively and responsibly should be done to prevent similar injuries from ever happening, again - for me or to others
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Assotto Saint
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Now, YOU must finish her statement…
