Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy.
Interpretation
Recognizing our emotions empowers us to pursue joy in all aspects of life.
This quote by Audre Lorde emphasizes the importance of emotional awareness and the profound impact it has on our lives. By acknowledging our capacity for deep feelings such as love and joy, we become motivated to cultivate these emotions across all areas of our existence, leading to a more fulfilling and joyful life.
In practice
This quote can inspire a group discussion on emotional intelligence at a workshop.
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
since the thing perhaps is to eat flowers and not to be afraid
You are made in the image of what you desire.
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