Regret is the tax you pay on life
Regret is a signal, not a sentence Let me talk to you about regret. Regret is the tax you pay on a life that was actually lived. Sit with that for a moment. The person who has never regretted anything
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The road I drove
A Testimony from the Inside and the Outside Diagnosis: The Road I KnewI drove a taxi in Toronto for twenty-eight years. I entered the industry in 1988, before the smartphone, before the app, before the algorithm. I drove through the
Read MoreDiscipline does not mean submission
You wake up at dawn for your purpose, not your boss Let me talk to you about discipline. It is the word that has been twisted by the coloniser. We have been taught that discipline is obedience — the child
Read MoreRevenge is repeating a wrong
Healing is the release Let me talk to you about revenge. It is the voice that whispers when you are alone at night. Make them feel what you felt. Let them taste the wound they gave you. Do not let
Read MoreGrief is a bridge between love and memory
When the weeping is done, rise and build Let me talk to you about grief. It is the visitor no one invites and everyone receives. It arrives without knocking, sits down without permission, and stays longer than we want. We
Read More“Grace” is unearned favour
Who told you that you had to earn what was already given? Let me talk to you about grace. It is the most misunderstood word in the moral vocabulary. We have been taught that grace is softness. That it is
Read MoreShame sits like a rock on your chest
It thrives in isolation, and dies with connection Let me talk to you about shame. It is the quietest weapon ever used against a people. It does not shout. It does not strike. It whispers. It sits in the chest
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Joy as a form of resistance
Let me talk to you about joy. It is not happiness. That is the first and most important distinction. Happiness is a visitor. It comes when the circumstances are right, and it leaves when they turn. Joy is something else.
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Faith keeps you going
It is the decision to believe in something Let me talk to you about faith. It is the thing that keeps you going when the evidence says stop. The thread you hold when the ground gives way. The yes you
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