Words to live by

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Be willing to disappoint some people so that you don’t disappoint yourself

Why It's Time to Build Self-Respect by Creating What You Seek

I am very aware of the vast state of my ignorance and I am prepared to learn as much as I can from anyone, however low on the social scale

I didn’t care about being well known. I cared about being known well.

““Anything that humans construct, humans can transform.””

Excerpt From

“I Miss My Black Brooklyn”

Naomi Jackson

New York Magazine (February 9-22, 2026)

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