Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
— William Arthur Ward (via habituallychic)
(Source: notetosarah, via habituallychic)
She got a right to be different. She gonna stumble on herself one of these days. Just let the child be.
— Sonia Sanchez
Bless Whitney!! Bless her sweet spirit!
This is how I always thought her career would end…singing beautiful gospel….bless her light!!! May she now Soar in Transcendent Peace!!
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“I love the Lord, he heard my cry and pitied every groan. Long as I live and troubles rise, I’ll hasten to his throne.”
Hasten and rest, Whitney, rest.
And life is like a song. ~Etta James, “At Last”
#Haiti Pap Peri | Haiti Will Not Fall ~mural by graffiti artist/activist Jerry
Posted January 12, 2012 at 4:56pm in Haiti Jerry art artists graffiti January 12 community Earthquake activism
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It is the challenge of finding the light to liberate everyone.
— Franketienne… author, playwright, poet, painter. Known as Haiti’s “Father of Letters”
(Source: The New York Times)
Posted January 1, 2012 at 8:55pm in Haiti Haiti Independence Day New Year Bon Annee literature art Artists Writer
This is the day that the Lord hath made. Let us eat black-eyed peas, soup joumou & greens & be glad in it! #BonneAnnée #HaitiIndependenceDay
Posted January 1, 2012 at 4:24pm in Culture Haiti Haiti Independence Day Soup Joumou Black-Eyed Peas New Year
Haitian National Anthem - “La Dessalinienne”
Kreyol Version
Pou Ayiti peyi Zansèt yo
Se pou-n mache men nan lamen
Nan mitan-n pa fèt pou gen trèt
Nou fèt pou-n sèl mèt tèt nou
Annou mache men nan lamen
Pou Ayiti ka vin pi bèl
Annou, annou, met tèt ansanm
Pou Ayiti onon tout Zansèt yo. Pou Ayiti onon Zansèt yo
Se pou-n sekle se pou-n plante
Se nan tè tout fòs nou chita
Se li-k ba nou manje
Ann bite tè, ann voye wou
Ak kè kontan, fòk tè a bay.
Sekle,wouze, fanm kou gason
Pou-n rive viv ak sèl fòs ponyèt nou.
Pou Ayiti ak pou Zansèt yo
Fo nou kapab vanyan gason
Moun pa fèt pou ret avèk moun
Se sa-k fè tout Manman ak tout Papa
Dwe pou voye Timoun lekòl
Pou yo aprann, pou yo konnen
Sa Tousen, Desalin, Kristòf, Petyon
Te fè pou wet Ayisyen anba bòt blan.
Pou Ayiti onon Zansèt yo
Ann leve tèt nou gad anlè
Pou tout moun, mande Granmèt la
Pou-l ba nou pwoteksyon
Pou move zanj pa detounen-n
Pou-n ka mache nan bon chimen
Pou libète ka libète
Fòk lajistis blayi sou peyi a.
Nou gon drapo tankou tout Pèp.
Se pou-n renmen-l, mouri pou li.
Se pa kado, blan te fè nou
Se san Zansèt nou yo ki te koule
Pou nou kenbe drapo nou wo
Se pou-n travay met tèt ansanm.
Pou lòt, peyi, ka respekte-l
Drapo sila a se nanm tout Ayisyen.English translation
For our country,
For our forefathers,
United let us march.
Let there be no traitors in our ranks!
Let us be masters of our soil.
United let us march
For our country,
For our forefathers.For our forebears,
For our country
Let us toil joyfully.
May the fields be fertile
And our souls take courage.
Let us toil joyfully
For our forebears,
For our country.For our country
And for our forefathers,
Let us train our sons.
Free, strong, and prosperous,
We shall always be as brothers.
Let us train our sons
For our country
And for our forefathers.For our forebears,
For our country,
Oh God of the valiant!
Take our rights and our life
Under your infinite protection,
Oh God of the valiant!
For our forebears,
For our country.For the flag,
For our country
To die is a fine thing!
Our past cries out to us:
Have a strong soul!
To die is a fine thing,
For the flag,
For our country.
Posted January 1, 2012 at 3:28pm in Community Culture Dessalines Haiti Haiti Independence Day La Dessalinienne National Anthem mellifluous Kreyol
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