Bria Barrows

We may have people in our lives that we consider to be our friends at the moment, but there are certain traits you must have in order to truly be defined as a friend. 

We are still figuring out the person we really want to love

I need you to know that you have and always will be beautiful, my love. 

Be authentic and be yourself

It’s actually very hilarious that I ended up having long hair because as a child, I wished my hair was long like some of the White girls I saw and the Barbies I played with.

It just starts to make me feel worthless and then the dark thoughts come and I am like, man, I really don’t belong here. 

Even though it is totally a natural emotion that gets the best of us, it stems from low-self esteem and actually clouds our judgment from what we would normally deem as moral and acceptable. 

On Monday, here in Toronto, a crazed and heartless human being deliberately ran their car onto the sidewalk of some pedestrians just minding their own business. 10 people died in this incidence.

How much more exciting and meaningful would life then be, if we knew that the life we are living, right now, at this very moment, is for a purpose beyond what we could have even imagined for ourselves? 

This game takes confidence and the more you do it, the more you realize just how great you can be. 

I think as a society, we really underestimate how hard loving ourselves really is. 

The church can be extremely judgemental, lacks education on a series of issues, and likes to live in denial. 

I have said this over and over again silently to myself, I have to meet Queen B before I die. I just have to. Just once, people.

Don’t block your blessings.

It’s fun to write about it and give my opinions, but from time to time, it overwhelms me because I am slowly taking in the lives of people I don’t even know.

Writing is one of those skills that I believe is timeless and needed for almost everything and it is a necessity in almost every field.

Nothing comes easy.

For me, as someone who lives with depression, I have had my share of horrendous moments, even moments where I have wanted to take my own life because it all became too much for me.