QUOTES ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

The wound is where the light enters. But if the wound is a gaping chasm of unresolved issues and passive aggression, do not simply wait for the light. Gently, but firmly, change your locks. Locks are quite symbolic of a fresh start... for you.

Like all living things, relationships thrive when nourished.
Whether friendship, family, or intimate relationships, it’s so important to do more than just speak… but to connect. Healthy connection is the heartbeat of a relationship.
Let’s sit with those in our circle and create a space where we can lay down our burdens without fear of judgment, and where our victories are celebrated with genuine joy. This level of communication and connection build the bridge that carries trust, empathy, and love across the seasons of life.
Life doesn’t have to be carried alone.
When nurtured with kindness, openness, and respect, our friendships and relationships can become a sanctuary for the soul.

You just looks so young!"

....I barely belong here at these school events, single and Black, so every time I hear this, it's like they're confirming that, too. It makes me want to roll out my whole resume to justify my place, Like, I have a master's degree from UCLA, lady! I was eight month's pregnant with Pearl at the ceremony, but still! I'm grown, just like you! I use Sensodyne, and I have enough white hairs that I can't keep casually plucking them without looking like a "before" in one of those women's hair loss Instagram ads I keep getting, and I am pretty sure my back hurts more than it doesn't hurt now....

And so perhaps it was entirely possible - common, even - for you to look into the eyes of someone you'd been falling in love with, someone you had spent every waking moment with, whose breathing sounded as familiar as your own - and fail to recognize them at all.

One of the most significant educational features of a People’s Organization is the fact that its all-inclusive and functional program shatters the shell of isolationism surrounding not only the community but the individuals that make up the community. In the first stages of the building of a community organization local provincial pride is placed upon a pedestal.

As time goes on, the purpose, character and drive of the People’s Organization takes a direction which is the very antithesis of community chauvinism. The People’s Organization begins to learn, through its own practices, of the functional relationship between the community, the city, the state, the nation, and the world as a whole.