Dhiya Ramkolowan

To think that we need to be reminded of the importance of breathing should be scary enough, but maybe it’s also because we take for granted all the benefits it presents us with.

How often do we blame our fear for holding us back? Or how often do we blame missed opportunities or not being lucky enough?

The real way to feel safe is to not resist change and to not fight it. It’s to take the time in the course of change to learn what you want and to make the choices towards that wanting.

As I’ve become less little, more confident, and more aware, I have not necessarily become less apologetic.

The atrocities my elders went through are things that still haunt them. I know this because it took decades for my parents or uncles to share stories with me, and to this day, there are some books they still will not read, the pain still too fresh.

No matter what we give them or what we say to them, children learn from our behavior, not only our words.

Working towards your goal a little every day is a part of your big goal.

I had a really toxic friendship once. And I’m finally at a place in my life that allows me to look back and see the lessons with no emotions attached, with no embarrassment, with no shame.

From time to time, we forget the prep work required in order to start something. We forget that it takes time and preparation, mentally and physically, before we even reach the starting point.

I’m learning regrets are lessons we need to learn from and the more we clean up, the quicker we learn and the more time we have to enjoy what time we have left.

How often do we use “it’s not enough time” as an excuse?

I was trying to count millions of stars and losing track. Imagining the actual size of these tiny balls of fire that so many think are insignificant. Not to me.

The idea of hope and belief becomes so strong that it blocks all objectivity. Then one day everything changes, just like that, and the only notion we are left with is the question of whether or not what was said or done was true