Stops Along The Way

On this long road through the rocky, sometimes scary, and mostly funny thing we call life, we often find ourselves stopping to smell the fresh air, try something we've never had, break rules we didn't know existed, and redraw our map completely. These are the pit stops on my journey through life, snap shots of the adventure, video of the roller coaster ride, and writings of tales untold.
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future. Audre Lorde (via tropicanastasia)

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