James Baldwin has something to say about it. From Notes on the House of Bondage, published in The Nation in 1980.

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More advice from some of the greats. Wisdom from across the 20th century from Franz Kafka and Eddie Murphy. 

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Remembering everything that comes in our name is essential. Be proud! Be Choi. Choi Jeong Min by Franny Choi, published in Poetry Magazine in 2016.

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We can let it fall, sometimes. A Poem for Someone Who Is Juggling Her Life, by Rose Cook, from Notes From a Bright Field, published by Cultured Llama in 2013.

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A few proverbs from across the continents, tied together by the Dalai Lama. 

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Sometimes democracy requires patience. Don’t we know it! Democracy Poem #1 by June Jordan, from The Essential June Jordan, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020.

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 If we use our time well, we have plenty of it. A reminder from the philosopher Seneca, from On The Shortness of Life. 

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Can you draw your own face? Some notes by Jorge Luis Borges from Horse, Stars, Men, published in Aleph and Other Stories by Penguin Classics in 2004. 

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Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limón from Poem-a-Day, published by the Academy of American Poets in 2017.

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William Shakespeare says our riches on the inside is better than anything we could find on the outside, and we agree.

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