Andrea A. Atkinson-Perry

…What is the use of keeping that anger? At first, anger feels powerful. It feels like strength. It feels like self-protection. It feels like we are holding on to justice. But anger that lingers does not protect us. It consumes us. It saps your energy slowly, like a leak you cannot see but somehow feel…

…Do we simply collide with people by accident?
Are we merely moving particles in a vast universe of coincidence?
Or is there an unseen choreography to our lives, subtle, quiet, deliberate?
I am not sure I have the answer…

…And are you brave enough to choose yourself when the time comes?
Because loving yourself is not selfish.
It’s necessary…

…There are moments when nature invites us to rest; really rest. Not the kind of rest where our bodies stop moving but our minds keep racing, but the kind where we surrender, breathe deeply, and allow ourselves to simply be…

…Looking back now, I can clearly see that what happened in my life happened at exactly the right time, not earlier, not later. Had it happened when I wanted it to, I wouldn’t have been ready…