We celebrate the butterfly, but we look away from the cocoon.
Maya Angelou's words cut right to it: we want the beauty without acknowledging the struggle that built it. But transformation doesn't work that way. The breaking down, the darkness, the in-between, that's not the obstacle. That IS the process.
Whatever you're going through right now, you're not stuck. You're changing.
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The world will offer advice from every direction, but the lessons that stay with us are often the simplest; know your worth, trust your instincts and never let anyone convince you that you are less than enough. Maya Angelou’s words continue to remind generations of women to walk through life with courage, dignity, and self-respect. #MayaAngelou
Lessons that stay with us are often the simplest; know your worth, trust your instincts and never let anyone convince you that you are less than enough. Maya Angelou’s words continue to remind generations of women to walk through life with courage, dignity, and self-respect. #MayaAngelou

PPS – if you can’t watch the documentary on the iPlayer, it’s also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbuCL-Osh8

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #MayaAngelou

Angelou on Burns (1996)

YouTube

PS – the whole of ANGELOU ON BURNS is currently available to watch on the BBC iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013vcs

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #MayaAngelou

BBC Two - Angelou on Burns

Writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland.

BBC

Here is Dick Gaughan performing ā€œScots Wha Haeā€, to an audience that includes Dr Maya Angelou – from the documentary ANGELOU ON BURNS (first shown on BBC2, 1996)

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hEoJNVdM

#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song #folksong #MayaAngelou

Dick Gaughan - Scots Wha Hae

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ā€œYou may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.ā€

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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away." ~ #MayaAngelou
"I learned that making a living is not the same as making a life." ~ #MayaAngelou