Musings

Being here on Earth is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so don’t take it for granted. You’re here to change the world with your unique Glow.

Isabelle Smith, aged 9.5 yrs

Hello, and welcome to my blog. I started this website as a place to put all my musings and writings. I have always loved writing, and use it as a way to process my inner thoughts and to help me make sense of the world around me. Feel free to look around, see if anything catches your attention, and maybe something you read here will spark the golden thread of creativity within you too. See more at olutolani.org

  • Freedom

    Freedom

    Sometimes,my comfort zonefeels like a well worn straight jacketthat easesinto the crooks and bends of my bodylike an old friend.It glaresacross the no mans land of my smilescowlingat…

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  • The Anatomy of Peace

    The Anatomy of Peace

    my brain andheart divorceda decade agoover who wasto blame abouthow big of a messI have becomeeventually,they couldn’t bein the same roomwith each othernow my head and heartshare custody…

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  • My Breaking Heart

    My Breaking Heart

    This is not how it’s supposed to be. I thought that ‘doing the work’, ‘ascending’, and ‘following the call of the Spirit’ was supposed to make life easier,…

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  • Two Selves

    Two Selves

    Two selves rise up inside usand are forced apart. After awhilewe no longer notice the pain.We become good childrenand mouth the words we’vebeen taught. Sometimes theones who love…

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  • Keepers of the Flame

    Keepers of the Flame

    It feels like there is an ancient knowledge, an ancient language, an understanding of the world that is seeking to be expressed through me. And I wonder given…

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  • Prayer to Myself

    Prayer to Myself

    My desire is to soothe and heal the shock, trauma, and humiliation inflicted by the pain that drove me deep inside myself so that nobody could ever find…

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