Five years ago we discovered her Christmas poem Amazing Peace and together we memorized the stanzas and recited it for our parents, as a Christmas gift. Later on Mother's Day, we found her wonderful poem Phenomenal Woman and all of us girls recited it for our own phenomenal Mama. We love Dr Maya's lyrical voice, her deep wisdom and profound love for God. Last year she was featured on Oprah's Sunday evening show and on it, shared the revelation that changed her life. Check it out here. We have watched that video twice and it moves us to tears. Take a few minutes and listen to one very phenomenal woman.
We have shared a few of her wise words before, but thought today we add a few more.
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane it its perfect power. Or the climbing falling colours of a rainbow."
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
and her very last tweet from May 23:
"Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God."
May you, dear Maya Angelou, rest in the eternal hands of the Beloved One.
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