Let Love Have the Last Word

“...the practice of loving yourself is difficult to establish, and there's no one way to do it.”

“Love is reciprocal; it is an exchange of our vulnerabilities and our higher selves in the name of transformation.”

“We all dream; we all suffer; we all try to make sense of our pains in the quest for healings; and we all make mistakes, are perfect in our imperfection.”

“The point is to make sure that your actions and your words have the right intentions behind them; to maintain the possibility and capacity to uplift, shift, and empower people, yourself included, to head in a better, positive direction.”

I've been working on my personal growth and man talk about a book finding you when you need to hear it's message. This may be short, but it's packed full of good advice and ideas. While this was a tad repetitive it was still insightful and really touched me. His struggles with parenting and the fear of whether he is a good one or not resounded deeply with me. I have often had the same fears, and sometimes still do.

Some have said that this was unreadable and lacked organization. For me, it was like living a day in the head of Common while he works, creates, contemplates and shares. He is an artist and sometimes thoughts are messy. This was real and that is what got me the most.