“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot—it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. I don’t use vulgarity, and I won’t have it around me, and no pejoratives, because those words are meant to dehumanize people. If it’s poison in a vial and has a skull and bones on it, and you pour the content into Bavarian crystal, it’s still poison.”
Maya Angelou
I read this morning in the Oprah magazine. I’ve always been inspired by Maya Angelou’s words. This morning I woke up and I read her words in the Oprah magazine and I was able to lift myself up from the bed I made. A bed without love, laughter, or joy.
