Author: Amani Henry
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Quote of the Day – Tupac Shakur
“Don’t believe everything you hear. Real eyes, realize, real lies.” – Tupac Shakur
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Consideration – Rihanna
Dear Diary, There are a lot of people who are not considerate enough to let you be YOU. They try to hold you down, refusing to let you grow and exceed your full potential. They may be doing it out of their fear and insecurities, not giving themselves a chance. So why should we get…
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Quote of the Day – Zoe Saldana
“Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.“ – Zoe Saldana
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Saved – Khalid
Dear Diary, When checking in on people, I’ll sometimes find myself slowly scrolling through my contact list, then hovering over specific names. These names being the ones I haven’t deleted yet. They should be long gone by now, but there they are full name, number, birthday, address, favourite colour, and everything. I joke. Somewhat. They’re…
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Quote of the Day – Shonda Rhimes
“There’s nothing wrong with being driven. And there’s nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.” – Shonda Rhimes Photo Credit: James White/Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
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Quote of the Day – Aretha Franklin
“Sometimes, what you’re looking for is already there.“ – Aretha Franklin Photo: Atlantic Records
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Reach Out I’ll Be There – Four Tops
Dear Diary, During these times of uncertainty, the mental health of many people around the world is extremely uncertain. The new lifestyle and job uncertainties will be an addition to the preexisting challenges that are being faced. There are a dozen questions that have no answers just yet. The most common question being; When will…
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Quote of the Day – Angela Bassett
“Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.” — Angela Bassett
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Hurts – Emeli Sande
Dear Diary, We tolerate a lot. We have a lot of patience too. You may see people in the street (When there were people out) that loose their patience quickly and that’s not because they’re are impatient… well they are… BUT it’s what they’ve gone through to reach to that point. You see when we…
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Quote of the Day – Ava Duvernay
“I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” – Ava Duvernay
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In My Feelings – Drake
Dear Diary, It’s amazing how much we can really get into our feelings. Sometimes it comes out of nowhere… then again it does come from somewhere. We don’t always want to admit it to ourselves but our subconscious doesn’t mess around because when it’s ready to take over it will release all that feeling that’s…
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Quote of the Day – Will Smith
“Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.“ – Will Smith
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All Day Long – Chance The Rapper
Dear Diary, You know what can be exhausting? Trying to please everyone. We change ourselves through the things we say, things we do, hold back, grin and bear it and forget that one simple fact: WE CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE. It’s like walking on eggshells! Not that I would ever do that but that’s why it’s…
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Quote of the Day – Bob Marley
“The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?” – Bob Marley
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I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday
Dear Diary, There’s a lot of people that come and go in our lives and there’s many reasons why. One thing you can’t deny is that they’ve made an impact. It may not always be so obvious but it’s true. I’ll see them through everything I do. The bad experiences left the scars but also…
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Quote of the Day – Nelson Mandela
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.“ – Nelson Mandela
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I Do – Aloe Blacc
Dear Diary, If we’ve taken the time to really reflect whilst staying at home, we’ll begin to realise all the things taken for granted. I mean the majority of the time it takes something overwhelming for us to open our eyes (I’m sure there’s many that would say ‘My eyes have always been open’) 😀…
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Quote of the Day – Aloe Blacc
Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they’re the future. – Aloe Blacc
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Mental Health
Mental Health is important both personally and openly to others that face it. It’s a topic that can be nervewracking to talk about or may seem embarrassing. Let the conversation start and MAY it continue. I wrote this with mind and heart.
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8 tips for dealing with Hay Fever!
It’s that time of the year folks! It is hitting me for sure! My neighbour has this tree that they’ve made grow so far I thought it was a beanstalk reaching for some giants. Anywho I’m getting the pollen and the bees. The routine of waking up to swollen and itchy eyes, watering like you’ve…
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8 tips for healthy skin
Oh, right you’re here for the tips about the healthy looking skin! Great because I have quite a bit to tell you. The first thing I want to say is that you should NEVER feel ugly or be ashamed of who you are. We all go through acne, wrinkles, stretch marks or some may suffer…
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Hurt Me Tomorrow – K’NAAN
1. Take It In_ You have this piece of bad news that you want to tell me. Firstly you’re going to have to process it and it’s going to be difficult to deliver. So take it in and take your time. 2. Leave Me_ If I’m laughing and have this smile on my face. Wait!…
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Proud Mary
To take the lead can be difficult whether you are a man or a woman. In history, however, it’s been seen that women are less “capable”. There are many arguments as to why but that’s all becoming background noise. The noise we need to be hearing are those that say I’ve got this and actually giving them…
Black Fervent 