conductor. I then got sad for another reason entirely. It dawned on me that there are young people in today's society that have no idea of Dr. Angelos eloquence, no idea of her voice, of her heart, her contributions to literature or of her kind spirit, which really hurts my heart.
In this generation of instant gratification, reality show bad behavior and foolishness, in the battle of morality versus insanity. Morality has unfortunately taken a huge hit.
Having said that I took the time this week to do this inspirational tribute to a woman who meant so much to this world through her words. And with her words, I am hoping that this video touches the hearts of those who appreciated her for her teachings.
"If you teach you have to live your teaching. You can't say, you do, not as I do but do as I say. You have to say I'm doing my best to live what I teach."
"We are told in Genesis, that in the beginning was the word. and the word was God and the word was with God. That's in Genesis. Words are things we must be careful. Careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pertoratives and sexual patoriatives and all that ignorance. Don't do that. Some day we'll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. I think they get on the walls,they get in your wallpaper,they get in your rugs and in your upholstery and your clothes and finally into you."
"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."
Insightful "History, despite it's wrenching pain, cannot be unlived but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."
"Just Do Right. You don't really have to ask anybody. The truth is, Right may not be expediant,it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul."
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
"I think, that if your name is mentioned and people say, Oh hell, oh damn. I think you're doing something wrong. But if your name is mentioned and people say Oh she so sweet , oh he's so nice, Oh I love em oh God bless her, there you are. So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret, years of useless virtue, and inertia, and timidity."
"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends."
"Pick up the battle, take it up. It's your's. This is your life, This is your world. I'll be leaving it, long before you, under the ordinary set of circumstances. You make your own choices. You can decide, life isn't worth living. That would be the worst thing you can do. How do you know, so far? Try it see."
"There is no greater agony then you bearing an untold story inside you."
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, It sings because it has a song."
Special thanks to OWN the Oprah Winfrey Network for footage of Maya Angelou speaking. Music Written by Barbria DeÃnne of Barbi=Tone Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.
