You can't master your future if you're still a slave to your past.
RihannaRead
Let go of the things that make you feel dead. Life is worth living!
Interpretation
Release negativity to embrace the value of life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of letting go of elements in our lives that drain our energy or happiness. Rihanna encourages us to release the burdens that make us feel lifeless and instead focus on appreciating the beauty and potential of life, as it is truly valuable and worth pursuing.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
You can't master your future if you're still a slave to your past.
I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment - I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I'm on to the next thing. I don't want to get lost in this big cushion of success.
When it comes to everybody else's thing and their lane and their timing, I'm never doing anything intentional to, like, come after somebody. That will always be my biggest mistake or anybody's biggest mistake if that's their intention.
Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.
People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.
Once you're back on your feet - if you ever make it back on your feet - that's the ultimate achievement. I remember I was in New York at the Trump Hotel and I woke up and I just knew I was over it. It was a different day. I felt different. I didn't feel lonely. I felt like I wanted to get up and be in the world. That was a great, great feeling.
Thy only authentic ending is the one provided here: John and Mary die, John and Mary die, John and Mary die.
A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.
When you spend your life doing what you love to do, you are nourishing your Soul. It matters not what you do, only that you love whatever you happen to do.
At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.
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