Share the Joy Thursday: A Medal for My Heroine
It fills me with JOY that one of my inspirations
Maya Angelou
received the Medal of Freedom this week.
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| Photo from Maya Angelou.com photo gallery |
It fills me with JOY to remember that the winds
of Seattle's Inauguration Day storm in 1993
waited to blow out the power until after
Dr. Angelou had delivered her inaugural poem.
Dr. Angelou had delivered her inaugural poem.
It fills me with JOY to remember a wonderful
Black History Week during which my employer
brought Maya Angelou to recite poetry in
the headquarters auditorium and I was able
to sit in silent awe and let her powerful words
and the sound of her velvety musical voice
and the sound of her velvety musical voice
wash over me.
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| Photo from Maya Angelou.com photo gallery. |
It fills me with JOY to hear her say
in Oprah's Master Class segment
Words have power. Use them carefully.
Love liberates. It doesn't bind.
Prepare yourself to be the rainbow in someone's cloud.
because she unwaveringly gives voice to truths
that reside in my heart.
Won't you share it with us?
To play along:
1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy.
2. capture the URL of the specific post
and paste it into the Mr. Linky box
along with your name.
3. visit other players -- as many as possible --
and let their joy infect you.
Leave them a comment about their post.
Let's start an epidemic of joy!
Comments
shared my JOY for this week.
love to you Meri for this beautiful connection,
Sue x
This is my first JOYful Thursday!
i adore you too
Incandescent Joy
Do you think that Maya can remember what SHE reads? I'm thinking of your comment about how you like to read books for your reading group a day or two before . . . (I do that, too!).
All of these good and powerful words washing over me; I wish that I could remember more of them!
Blessings!
I left a very long comment and I don't think that it took. I love Maya Angelou. I saw her in person in Santa Barbara years ago. She is an astonishingly dynamic and charismatic figure and a true cultural icon at this point in history. I well recall the inaugural poem and have a bound copy. I love your post and what you have shared here. It is a truly joyful thing. I am also glad that she won the medal. If this is a repeat just get rid of the comment.
xoxo,
Noelle