How are you? “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” -bell hooks

Remember everything that is not love, goodness and peace relies on you to be indifferent. So, refuse to be indifferent always! "I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that's a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time"

- Toni Morrison

Waiting seasons are so loud with advice of what to do and what not to do, stress and trying figure it out. I, however, am an advocate of waiting in stillness. This stillness doesn’t erase action but rather stabilises self in order to navigate it all. Surrender and be obedient to the season. In all you do keep your heart soft.

We have to keep trying to reclaim our lives because one day we will be able to do it permanently. We have to keep reclaiming our lives because one day we get full ownership of it!

I hope you know that you have to keep trying not because you will one day win but because the answers are in the continuous trial and error. And the answers aren't just for you but for many generations to come. And perhaps

that's the win.

In this episode we speak about my theme of the year: Holding rejection up to the light and what that looks like.

“you see this life is so long and fulfilling that today you are rejected and feeling dazed & tomorrow your very destabilised woes are held with regard and welcomed home. I cannot for certain promise that we all find romantic love after turmoil, but we do find our people. we do.” -Nwai

On this episode we speak about what failing forward has looked like in starting this podcast and what discourse matters is all about. “Maybe it starts exactly where you are. Maybe it’s starts with the decision to choose yourself regardless of where your footing is currently. Regardless of who is standing by your side or who isn’t. Maybe it starts exactly where you are.” - Billy Chapata