I had a great night. I shared a journal entry to a room full of women. Beautiful experience! Here’s an entry for y’all. Cheers to transparency. 🖤🌺 . . Audrey lorde said the ability to feel strongly and to recognize those feelings is central to our existence. How to feel love, how to not discount fear nor be overwhelmed by it, how to enjoy feeling deeply. And I wonder if I knew the fullness of that sentiment for myself. I often think that in feeling so much it overwhelms my ability to think clearly and keep moving. Conversely, not enjoying the process of feeling all the feelings may desensitize me. Then I wondered why that is. Have I seen people feeling freely without judgement? No, not in my youth and certainly not with what I’ve seen in media. Anyone feeling and speaking too passionately, especially, a black woman and she’s not even being considered valid. Thank God the world started talking more about these things because I wouldn’t even know how internalized it all is. The process of undoing and unlearning is one that is necessary. It’s also hard af. Thankful for spaces like these. #xovonlee (at A Vibe) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwbL6SOB593/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17dwlh8og4x63
