Happy Weekend, babes!
“It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that’s how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.” -Elle Varner
“I’m an around-the-way girl. I’m a singer, songwriter. I’m about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people’s story.” -Elle Varner
“I was really heavy growing up, so it was never feeling like the pretty girl, never being popular.” -Elle Varner
Good morning!
How many of you have ever felt like you’ve been stuck in a rut? Almost as if everyone else around you is talented and growing except you? Well, we’ve all been at this point in our lives. The key is to remember that no one else is more talented than you, it’s simply about finding your gift and perfecting it.
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“Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just have to live.” – Mary J. Blige
“You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.” -Mary J. Blige
“Facing the truth about ourselves is the hardest thing we could but it had to be done if we want to be better people.” -Mary J. Blige
“Make sure your desire to do what you’re aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.”
-Meagan Good
“Just be honest and true to yourself. If your friends around you love you, they’ll wish you the best and want only what’s going to make you happy.” – Meagan Good
“Love isn’t all about flirting, hugs, kisses & sex. It’s the ability to take all those things away and still having feelings for that person.” -Meagan Good
“Ever since we were little, we were so on fire for our dreams. We never let anyone blow our flames out.” -Kelly Rowland
“Never give up on your dream… because you never know what the Lord can bless you with.”
-Kelly Rowland
“To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.” -Kelly Rowland
“We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don’t deserve it. It doesn’t matter if they’re family or if you’ve known them forever. If they’re not good for you, they’ve got to go.” -Gabrielle Union
“If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn’t allow that person to stay in my world.” -Gabrielle Union
“I can’t just say one time of the year I’m going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.” -Gabrielle Union
“It’s about focusing on the fight and not the fright.” – Robin Roberts
“There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can’t be where you want to be. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you, too. And it would be a privilege for me to help you get there.”
-Robin Roberts
“Now I don’t put things in the boxes anymore. I’m just focusing on right now.” – Robin Roberts
“Never be afraid to sit a while and think.”
-Lorraine Hansberry
“A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men – and people in general.”
-Lorraine Hansberry
“There is always something left to love. And if you haven’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.” -Lorraine Hansberry
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