Month: October 2018

Black History Month

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It is black history month. Luckily, I’ve been able to attend a few events to mark it. I’m black and proud. Looking back from where we started, we have come a long way.

I’ve decided to share with you a popular poem by a rare gem 💎 Maya Angelou(1924- 2014).

Still I rise

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don’t you take it awful hard

‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I’ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

One Love

Viviensvoice

World Mental Health Day 2018

Last Updated on 10/10/2018 by Vivien Ayinotu

It’s world mental health day Friends.

According to BBC (2017) Mental health problems are defined and classified to help experts refer people for the right care namely. They are namely: neurotic and psychotic.

Neurotic conditions are extreme forms of “normal” emotional experiences like depression, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder while psychotic symptoms interfere with a person’s perception of reality and impair thoughts e.g. schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Mental illness is invisible to everyone but those experiencing them.

Majority of those affected suffer in silence

There are some helpful treatments options available.

 

Look after yourself

Look after your health

Your are control

 

There are stressors around

You don’t need to add to them

Learn how to deal with them

 

Your physical, mental and overall health should be your priority.

Do spare time to reach out to friends and relatives. You never know what others are passing through.

 

Happy world Mental health day

Lots of love

Viviensvoice

Woman I Met in the Library

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Hi lovelies, it’s one of those days again. I managed to get myself to the library. Behold, next to me was a pretty old woman.

Before her was an Acer aspire one PC, mouse, a bag filled with books, eyeglass and pen. Her eyes were glued to the gadgets all through. I was surprised to see her. To tell you that I literally dragged myself to the library was an understatement as I had so many paperwork to do and have different deadlines in 4 and 5 days time respectively.

Don’t even ask how I got myself into that trap in the first place. So, I had to leave the house as I will be working the next two days and can’t guarantee being in the best frame of mind to deliver.

So, back to the story. I admired this old lady. Minutes later, she got up and came to me, pointed towards her books while she walked off to the restroom.

Ha! She can’t event even be bothered to talk I wondered?

I then had a closer look at her desk. Interesting.

On her return, I smiled at her. “Thank you” she said in a very faint tone.

I felt super motivated just seeing this woman.

To sum it up, mere seeing this woman with those books and pc in front of her got me thinking about a whole lot of things. I felt truly inspired. No excuse for me anymore, if she can get up and head to the library and study at her age, what is holding me back?

My question for you:

If this pretty old woman I met can spare time to go to the library and study, what is your excuse?

If you like this post, do read other motivation posts here.