Rokelle Lerner,Affirmations For The Inner Child

— Rokelle Lerner, Affirmations for the Inner Child

A life lived in fear is a life half-lived.

Herizen Guardiola, Justice Smith, and Shameik Moore photographed by Steven Pan for GQ (December 2016)

Moore: Me and Herizen didn’t start off like the way we are now. Guardiola: We went through a rough patch! But it was perfect for our characters, and I would say we’re friends now, right? Kind of? I mean we’re cool now. I’m 20 now, but coming into this at 18, I became an adult. I’ve changed in so many ways. You’ve really got to learn this stuff.

We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

1:12 this month and this week…i’m trying something new with my journal but it’s not quite turned out right. i have not been at all productive today but there is always tomorrow, hope you guys have had a better start to the month💛💛