I turned on my phone at the end of our session yesterday to be met with the news that Maya Angelou passed away. My therapist and I both lamented and talked about what a wonderful person she was and how much wisdom she left behind and how sad Oprah must be. I read off my phone a Maya quote to her, "I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better." How appropriate is that? My last few months I truly did only what I knew how to do with the mindset I had which was ill and cloudy. I know better now. I must do better. I will do better. I am doing better.
I then returned home and a friend texted me a Maya Angelou quote, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Amen! That has been my ongoing chapter since March 7th. I am bearing the untold story of my soul. My therapist said yesterday, "Natalie, you have to feel to heal." Lastly, I found this quote quite compelling. I am working daily to change the way I think about things. It is magical to be able to change a negative thought into a positive.
There were people who went to sleep last night,
poor and rich and white and black,
but they will never wake again.
And those dead folks would give anything at all
for just five minutes of this weather
or ten minutes of plowing.
So you watch yourself about complaining.
What you're supposed to do
when you don't like a thing is change it.
If you can't change it,
change the way you think about it.”
― Maya Angelou
Google Maya Angelou quotes. No wonder I have always liked her. Many of my favorite quotes are hers and I didn't even realize it.
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