![]() It takes its title from the African-American spiritual “On My Journey Now.” In the book, Angelou shares insights into topics such as faith, grieving, racism and self-care. This quote is from Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now, Angelou’s first book of essays published in 1993. As Angelou knows from personal experience, life is full of defeats, but they should not define our entire lives and prevent us from continuing on. Quotes like this emphasize the importance of resilience and hope. While Angelou has no daughters of her own, she wrote this book in honor of the many women who saw her as a mother figure. Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou’s third book of essays, was released in 2009. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ![]() It’s fitting this quote comes from the first of Angelou’s autobiographies, which share the story of a life well-lived. First published in 1969, the autobiography describes Angelou’s life starting from when she was a 3-year-old sent to live with her grandmother to when she became a 16-year-old mother. This quote is from one of Maya Angelou’s most important books: I Know Why The Caged Birds Sings. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ![]() In this article, we’ll explore 15 of her most inspiring quotes found in books and interviews over her lifetime. She passed away in 2014 at age 86, but her words remain. Her work has won countless awards, and in 2011, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was active during the Civil Rights Movement and remained an activist for racial equality, gender equality, and social justice. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, plays, films, TV shows and more. Born in 1928, she worked just about every job you could imagine but became best known as a writer. We don’t have an agenda, we’re completely guided by you.Maya Angelou is one of the United States’ most interesting and important people. What makes you feel valued, whole and at peace with yourself. Our role is to help you to explore ways of meeting your own spiritual needs. If you’d like to talk, you can contact us via email on where you can request a call-back, we also have a range of resources on our web-site including some that are more specific to the Covid-19 outbreak: They will usually return the favour ten-fold. As Maya says, try to let that rainbow be you when you meet someone who is experiencing a cloudy day. Behind every cloud there is a rainbow waiting to appear. There is also hope and where there is hope, there is light. ![]() The missed time with family members who don’t live with us, the worry of the future workwise and the fear that grows for some of us with each new reported growth in the number of cases.īeing a rainbow in someone else’s cloud, sometimes means just being willing to listen and acknowledge their fears, thoughts, concerns in a way that says they are valid, but remembers that they are not all there is. Sometimes it’s enough to share that space, to own it together and acknowledge that it’s ok to grieve a little for the things that we are losing. It’s hard to ‘see the wood for the trees’ some days and yet: have you ever noticed how, when you try to find something positive to say to help someone else it makes you feel lighter and brighter even if only for a moment or two?Īs chaplains our aim is to help people find that lightness within themselves and yet as humans there are times when we also struggle with what’s happening around us. This quote feels particularly relevant at the moment because there is so much negativity, sorrow and frustration around us. Such a wise lady who had experienced so much difficulty in early life and yet managed to turn that around and go on to achieve so much and then also uplift and support others. “ Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” Maya Angelou By Debbie Williams, Volunteer Coordinator ![]()
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