Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.
Interpretation
Life can seem intimidating, but embracing it is essential for growth.
This quote by Mary J. Blige emphasizes that fear is a natural reaction to the many uncertainties of life. Instead of being paralyzed by fear, one should choose to live fully and confront challenges head-on, suggesting that embracing lifeβs unpredictability can lead to a more fulfilling existence.
In practice
During a motivational speech about facing fears.
When I was five years old I was molested and just, you know. I remember feeling, literally right before it happened, I just could not believe that this person was going to do this to me. That thing followed me all my life. The shame of thinking my molestation was my fault - it led me to believe I wasn't worth anything.
We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.
As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.
Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force.
Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.
That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.
Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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