What I know for sure… Every Rose has a Thorn

This last few months has been a crazy good time. It has been a time of validation and recognition. I have had some amazing honors bestowed upon me. I have had some amazing friendships formed. I have had some amazing confirmations and opportunities. It is such a blessing to receive your roses while you can still smell them I have thoroughly enjoyed this time. It has not been without it’s trials however, but I am learning to take it all in stride.

There was a show called Iconoclast where Dave Chappell and Maya Angelou interviewed each other. One of the words of wisdom that Maya gave was “I don’t pick it up and I don’t put it down.” She explained that if she had been inflated by the accolades and believed that she was wonderful and fabulous and a star when the world told her she was, they would also have the power to deflate her when they said she’s a has been, no longer relevant and has lost her flair. So when the they come, the compliments and the criticism, she accepts them all with grace and doesn’t put them to close to her chest.

What I know for sure… is Every Rose has a Thorn. You have to know how to balance the opinions of others. Take them and use them for how they can best serve you, but do not define yourself by them. They are a tricky thing.  You need to know just how to accept them, or you will really hurt yourself… The roses and the opinions… of course.