"If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be."

– Maya Angelou

Poet, author, dancer, civil rights activist, and educator Dr. Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928. She worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom she greatly admired, in 1960 when she directed the New York office of the SCLC*. MLK died April 4, 1968 on her 40th birthday. She was profoundly affected by his life and his death.

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/angelou-maya

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Today In Labor History April 4, 1928: Poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou, was born on this date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjtuJvnZB9g

#workingclass #LaborHistory #MayaAngelou #poetry #CivilRights #literature #autobiography

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. Don’t complain.

— Maya Angelou

#Stoic #Stoicism #MayaAngelou

Today I instructed a free senior #fitness class in Spanish (more like Span-English) at La Alianza Hispana in #Boston.

The room was filled with joy, 😅teamwork, and movement for all abilities.

📌The takeaway I want to share comes from Maya Angelou’s poem “Human Family”:

“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
“Somos más parecidos, mis amigos, de lo que somos diferentes.”❤️

¡Pa’Lante!💪🏾

#quotes #mayaangelou #poetry #latinos #hispanic #health #community #immigrants #unity #America

Ognuno merita un giorno di quiete,
un giorno in cui i problemi tacciano,
e nessuna risposta debba essere cercata … https://cctm.website/maya-angelou-un-giorno-di-quiete/

Maya Angelou

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“You can kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise.”

Woorden van Maya Angelou (1928–2014), die blijven resoneren.
Hoe hard sommigen ook proberen om het goede, het mooie, het kwetsbare te verpletteren — het blijft groeien. Net als in de natuur.

Het leven zoekt altijd een weg.
Het goede zoekt altijd een weg.

En dus: blijf opstaan.
Blijf groeien.
Blijf bloeien.

#Hoop #MayaAngelou #ZoalsDeNatuur #VeelKracht #RisingTogether

Image by M_wie_Moehre from Pixabay

#NewInkDay: Diamine Hope Pink in the Lamy 2000. Went for "Still I Rise" by Mary Angelou.

An unapologetic poem, vibrant with life, to go with a audaciously pink ink.

I think the world would be a better place if we all learned to laugh like we've got gold mines diggin' in our own backyards.

#Fountainpens #Ink #Handwriting #Poetry #MayaAngelou