Remember:
Make time for those who make time for you.
LiveYourLife.LiveForYou.
handmade flower crown headband + vintage necklace, silk top, floral skirt, bag and sandals (image: kisforkani)
Hm, or maybe I do need that. I mean, don’t we all need someone to confide in?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happier than I’ve been in a while. Totally satisfied actually, but for a while, I forgot one of the most important things: I forgot that I need to be living for ME, but I’m back. I figured it out.
I just want somebody to talk to who will communicate with me, as much as I communicate with them. Not a dating relationship, no.. I just got out of one of those. That is in no way the issue, I just want a legit best friend. I don’t know if I’ve ever had that. Gender doesn’t matter, but communication is key.
BeYou.BeTrue.LiveForYou.
A best friend: I don’t need that..I want that. One who isn’t afraid of letting me into their world as I allow them to enter mine. Someone who will come to me as often as I go to them. Yeah, that would be nice.
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Imagine if every single “black” African that came to Canada (or America) took photos of themselves sitting by homeless, emaciated and hungry individuals with the tag lines “my journey in North America” written beneath their newly updated facebook photos, how differently the world would regard North America.
Well North Americans would surely respond with the following:
“What a false presentation of North Americans! Not every single North American is homeless! And, stop calling us North Americans! We’re Canadians, not Americans…we have our own bloody identity!”Of course they would be right. My lovely fellow students and activists and humanitarians, try to think of this when you travel to anywhere in Africa or Latin America again.
Not only do your images perpetuate stereotypes about these regions, but it also homogenizes the peoples experiences, stifles their voices, and inarguable propagates this Western Savior narrative. I understand that this is not your objective and your travels are undertaken for the purpose of your learning experiences and personal enlightenment, but when all the rest of the world perceives are hungry, naked children via the images you bring back, well…
My very smart friend, Ms. Ji-Ji Guerrera, on what the effects of telling a single story has on Africans (via lupinsavenger)
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