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The Magic Trick to Gratitude Lists @shantellewrites  Wednesday, April 13 2022 This is my first blog and to share it I had to overcome the fear of being wrong. I had to radically accept that I never have to be right. I plan to update previous entries and to explain why I changed my mind. Our writing–my blog and your comments–is a 2-way relationship. We play no roles because everyone we meet is a personified soul to LOVE, observe, and learn from. There are no good or bad people; no Lower Powers. I fear regret more than failure. Artwork By Shantelle Wright “I’m telling you, you got to be the shit to you. Stop waiting on a nigga to verify whether you the shit or not. If you the shit you the motherfucking shit. We tired of you getting with us and blaming us for shit we ain’t even in control of. You done got with a nigga now you talkin bout ‘You fucked up my self esteem.’ Bitch it’s called self esteem! It’s esteem  of your motherfucking self. How the fuck could I fuck up how YOU fe...

Forgetting & Fear @shantellewrites Monday October 9,  2023,   October has a Friday the 13th this year; same day this rent money is due. Oh yeah, it’s Columbus Day today because Indigenous People’s Day has yet to be recognized as a federal holiday. [1] “I Gotta Think Of A Way To Get This Money By Tomorrow.”   -Day-Day , Next Friday [2] Is there a way to do what I need to do even though I’m petrified ? I’m scared of even the footsteps above me. Don’t  matter where I am I realize–in someone else’s home or my own– I  panic when footsteps approach.  In fact, a drawing of my side-door at my old house, that I used to focus on like a horror movie at bedtime, was my creative break. Drawing that door opened me up to the  very scared child-me  behind it. I started to draw more and to brainstorm ways to support that child with many secrets. My purpose is to create an open door to let anyone leave further  terror. It’s that further terror  in a...