Justina Raphael

Motherhood is one of the Most Sacred Assignments

📍Happy Mother’s Day from Western Nigeria

I heard someone ask this on Tuesday
2:17 AM
With Ceiling fan spinning like thoughts
Rent is due
mates are posting wins.
“I say I’m fine while tears roll down my chins
Why’s my life like this?
Like I missed the memo everyone else got
Like I’m running a race on barefoot that’s hot
while they’ve got sneakers and shortcut”
Hmmmm
I heard why your life is “like this” and I get it
But Maybe your life is “like this” because pain is gain
Because the deepest well Is dug in the driest land
Because the ones who survive “like this”
become the ones who carry others to bliss

So if tonight your life is “like this”
Bleed.
Curse.
Cry.
But Then sit up
And then stand up
cause “like this” is not your final form
It’s your furnace
And gold doesn’t apologize for the fire

Who do you say you are

A reminder

🛟

Your “big picture” would amount to nothing if you do nothing 😴

Your inner instructions are worth it, make it count 💭