"...Not this crude matter.": An Open Letter to People Who I Have Treated Badly (On the Internet and Otherwise)

jamilahlemieux:

There is often a marked difference between our self-perception and our reality. Who we think we are and who we really are. And who we want to be is often times caught in between the two.

Until recently, if someone asked me to describe myself, I would have included the words…

This impresses me.

(via entonfire)

Source: jamilahlemieux
  1. audentes-fortuna-juvat reblogged this from jamilahlemieux
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  4. in-zan-ity reblogged this from jamilahlemieux and added:
    This took a lot of guts. Proud of her.
  5. demios reblogged this from entonfire and added:
    This impresses me.
  6. entonfire reblogged this from jamilahlemieux and added:
    I need this sort of reminder more often than I’d like to.
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  8. pure-nainess reblogged this from jamilahlemieux and added:
    ^^^^^ why Jamliah...favourite writers from Clutch.
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  10. str8nochaser reblogged this from jamilahlemieux and added:
    WOW. Much respect for this. This took sheer guts.
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  13. luvvdivine said: This was so brave! It had to take a lot to write this. I could have written the same about myself because I see myself in this. We’re all works in progress. But this was awesome.
  14. luvvdivine reblogged this from basseyworld and added:
    This was SO brave. I could write this same letter. Many of us can. But thanks to Jamilah for writing it.