Romanticizing the Rotten Parts of My Life
I crave a quiet life free from adversity, urgency, and anxiety. I find myself falling back into the familiarity of suffering; finding comfort through the storms that barricade my life is my Achilles heel. Therefore, I’m straying away from this unhealthy coping mechanism that’s been a mirage of solace. Peace and happiness don’t need to be created and attained by rejecting pleasure. Embracing pleasure is an act of defiance. I affirm my value as a human being by reveling in life’s sweetest treats through community, food, art; music; sex; love, and literature. I am the grand prize for honoring my life with resilience, poise, and confidence. As a collective, we have a mutual impact on navigating life with one purpose: freedom.
(Source: What Happened, Miss Simone, 2015)