The Great Maya Angelou

                When Ms.Angelou quoted Nathaniel West by saying “Easy reading is damned hard writing” it really struck me. I couldn’t agree more, because I have a lot of trouble explaining everything that’s coming out of my head onto paper- or in this case, a computer. I believe that’s what makes writing so much fun, because when you get to read that final copy of what you’ve written you almost have a connection to the writing itself because you worked so hard to make it yours.

                I believe that when one conjures on a certain negative thing for too long, the negativity could very well possibly consume you. Not just bad dreams or nightmares, but real world drama and stress as well. All it does is keeps your mind in the dumps, which is not a healthy way to live. I’ve known this to happen in past relationships and chemical romances that staying around the people that hurt you may appease them, but you are never truly happy. What I found is that letting go of the unhealthy people in your life is liberating, although nostalgic.

                I believe that when Ms.Angelou says that “There is a world’s difference between truth and fact” she is saying that truth is what we believe and what we make it, but fact is a constant that must be followed. I half agree with this statement, because if you tell the truth to later find that it was not quite factual, then it wasn’t really the truth, but just what you have been told, although if you don’t believe anything you’re told for fear that it isn’t factual, then you will live in the fear of being lied to constantly.

                I commend the way that Ms.Angelou “occupies her small mind”, because I have the hardest time doing that exact thing. Noise is my biggest enemy when trying to write or just work in general, especially when the noise is of people talking. Music helps somewhat, but I am at my prime when I am alone, and without any distraction at all. I have two inferences for that, one being that I am a hermit and enjoy my own company more than anyone else’s and two is that I cannot multitask very well. I also have ADHD, so concentrating in general is a challenge in itself.

                Ms.Angelou is certainly a great inspiration, and a wonderful person. I am happy that this lesson introduced me to her because just by watching her video I have answered a lot of questions of my own.