In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about my encounter with a poem entitled, “The Girl Who Was Afraid To Be” by Nikita Gill (@nikita_gill) via @kathyvioleta_’s profile page on Instagram.

After reading this poem, I was IMMEDIATELY inspired to write my own version of what I would consider to be a comeback and continuation of the scenario that took place in the poem.

As a result of what I read by Nikita, I decided to name my piece, “Finding a Reason to Step Into Our Being.”

| Talking Points |

2:16 - When do we first remember finding our voice?

3:32 - Leverage social media for social change…

5:14 - Message > Medium…

7:23 - When we are broken, it is not over…

8:05 - (Reading) “The Girl Who Was Afraid To Be…”

9:03 - Why apologize for speaking about what we love?

10:18 - What does our comeback entail?

10:46 - (Reading) “Finding a Reason to Step Into Our Being…”

11:47 - Find a reason to step into our being…

12:45 - How are we in tune with ourself?

13:42 - Create the space. Create the time. Stay in tune with who we are…

15:27 - Who are we today? Who are we capable of being tomorrow? What are we doing to close that gap?

16:40 - (Self) discover. (Re) discover…

19:05 - Let’s continue to uplift…