You ARE enough! Don't ever let anyone in this world tell you different, no matter who they are and how much you love them. There is only one YOU in this world. Find YOU, Be YOU, Celebrate YOU! You are unique and special. Never, ever, ever forget that! Don't let yourself feel trapped, or tied down, or forced into being something or someone you are not. Choose freedom and live it. Don't just dream, but go out instead and take it. You are too special and too unique not to share yourself with the world. The world needs YOU for your special gifts and talents that only YOU can give. YOU are enough. You really have nothing to prove to anyone - ever. ♥
Maya Angelou is one of my favorites. I loved her spunk, her drive, her creativity, her passion, and her determination for standing up for her beliefs despite what anyone thought of her. I have never gotten enough of hearing her thoughts and words and interviews. For me, she will always live on. She is timeless.
Recently I had someone troubled come to me, and they kept repeating to me over and over again that they "knew why the caged bird sang." At the time, I didn't understand what they meant. Then... (I love how this works in life!) I came upon the above quote from Maya and found it fitting in so many ways, so I wanted to share it with all of you. Imagine my surprise when I was googling Maya Angelou's name so I could add in another fact or two and it said the following: "She is best known for her books, including her series of seven autobiographies, starting with the critically acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)."
Of course, it made me smile, as I then knew I was meant to read Maya's poem Caged Bird so I too could understand why the caged bird sings. There was a lesson I was to learn. For some reason, I was brought to this poem and expected to understand it. I have shared it with you below. I hope you too get a little bit of something out of this post and Maya Angelou's Caged Bird. I hope it makes a little bit of difference. Encourages you to be free... helps you be a little bit more YOU. ♥
Caged Bird
BY MAYA ANGELOU
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
Maya Angelou, “Caged Bird” from Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
Copyright © 1983 by Maya Angelou. Source: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Random House Inc., 1994)
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Mind, Body and Spirit.
All my best always,
♥ Tina Buenzli
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