I don't know if any of you have properly listened to India Arie's Get it Together . You should, those lyrics speak volumes.. truth. I copied and pasted the lyrics ... awesomeness. I 'bolded' my favorite lines.
One shot to your heart without breaking your skin
No one has the power to hurt you like your kin
Kept it inside, didn't tell no one else
Didn't even wanna admit it to yourself
And now your chest burns and your back aches
From 15 years of holding the pain
And now you only have yourself to blame
If you continue to live this way
Get it together
You wanna heal your body
You have to heal your heart
Whatsoever you sow you will reap
Get it together
You can fly fly
Dark future ahead of me
That's what they say
I'd be starving if I ate all the lies they fed
Cause I've been redeemed from your anguish and pain
A miracle child I'm floating on a cloud
Cause the words that come from your mouth
You're the first to hear
Speak words of beauty and you will be there
No matter what anybody says
What matters most is what you think of yourself
The choice is yours
No matter what it is
To choose life is to choose to forgive
You don't have to try
To hurt him and break his pride
To shake that weight off
And you will be ready to fly
One shot to your heart without breaking your skin
No one has the power to hurt you like your friends
Thought it will never change but this time moved on
An ugly duckling grew up to be a swan
And now your chest burns and your back aches
Because now the years are showing up on your face
But you'll never be happy
And you'll never be whole
Until you see the beauty in growing old
I know its really hard to forgive friends, family and loved ones who hurt your feelings, but everyday keep trying to forgive. Obviously sometimes you remember somethings and you just get annoyed but just push those thoughts aside and remember that God forgave our sins, ... so who made you judge? Better leave that to God, as well as any thoughts of vengeance that may be floating around in your mind, cos seriously, life is hard enough as it is, you can't possibly waste your time being bitter and wishing someone else suffers.
Ofcourse this is easier said than done, cos we are all human, and its normal to wish someone suffers as much as they made you suffer, but chale, focus your thoughts on other things, for real. I mean, if you hear somewhere that yawa has followed the person, then abi, kharma is a bitch, dats all..lol..but dun spend ur time tryna make that happen or wishing dat it would, dats jus unnecessary negativity. You'll realize that you will be a much happier person!
Yup, Peace and Happiness, people, Love and Happiness.... lol.... u know how i dun like fighting. :-)
Dayum, i can talk o!
Obviously sometimes you remember somethings and you just get annoyed but just push those thoughts aside and remember that God forgave our sins, ... so who made you judge? Better leave that to God, as well as any thoughts of vengeance that may be floating around in your mind, cos seriously, life is hard enough as it is, you can't possibly waste your time being bitter and wishing someone else suffers.
ReplyDeletePreach it lady, cos it can be so hard sometimes.
hmm..yes o, its hard but we try abi.
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