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. 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. 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 wash over me. 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. What gives you JOY? What makes you arrive...