"I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian, Spanish-speaking, Native American, and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am speaking to you all. Here is my offering to you".
That was an excerpt from Maya Angelou's book: Letter to my daughter, a short collection of essays.
These essays are dedicated to all women of the world. Maya didn't have a daughter but she mothered many women and influenced even more people: women, and men.
"She shares some of her most touching life stories, divulges words of wisdom, and muses on those topics as the most relevant and meaningful to her". One reader wrote and I totally agree.
There are many words from this book that I have to share:
Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking.
I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.
I have learned to accept my responsibility and to forgive myself first, then to apologize to anyone injured by my misreckoning.
Since life is our most precious gift
And since it is given to us to live but once,
Let us so live that we will not regret
Highly recommended.
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