The Timely Wisdom of Maya Angelou

“Life seems to love the liver of it.”  -Maya Angelou

Have you allowed yourself to read much of Maya Angelou’s writings? She’s amazing.  I’m afraid that most probably won’t fully realize her brilliance until she’s no longer with us - which, hopefully won’t be for a long, long time.

She has a way of grabbing life by the lapels, looking it square in the eye, and staring it down.  She has a handle on it that most of us only think we have.  On one hand, I think it’s a shame Maya Angelou wasn’t born just a little later and wasn’t politically inclined.  She’d have made an amazing leader.

But our literary world would be left without a beautiful and graceful spark. God’s design was best, of course, but I wouldn’t argue if He wanted to present the world with another Maya or two!

This particular quote reminds me of the importance of loving and embracing life.  We, collectively, need to lighten the heck up more often.  Yes, there are deadlines, bills, debts, tuitions, worries, etc etc…..  But we need to make a habit out of changing our mental channels as often as possible.  When those worrisome thoughts come in - we’d feel a heckuva lot better off if we’d focus on the good things in life:

• Happy memories.
• People who love us.
• Funny things we’ve read.
• Scenes in movies that have made us laugh.
• Things we’ve accomplished when no one (except us!) thought we could.
• Our pets.
• Chocolate.

I’m not trying to blow sunshine up your butt…..well, okay, maybe a little…..I just think that we all worry too much about things that, in the end, aren’t worth the worry lines they carve or the layers of stress they pile on.

Joi