No take backs

Imani A.
2 min readAug 27, 2018

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“It is easy to follow our hearts but it takes courage to lead our hearts.” — Debra Fileta

Day 58 of what has been the most unprecedented journeys in my life. How it started in itself was one of those step right in and you’ll figure it out as you move along. One of those situations when as kids, there’s a no take-back clause to ensure y’all are grounded. No safety net. I took the plunge, uncertain of the next phase… land safely maybe, heck one that you can walk away from is a good landing, crash, panic attack and die midway even, or even then, fly…

These are the sentiments I had whilst I ask an even more bewildered human to take on this journey with me. Here’s the funny part, the response was affirmative. It literally felt like one of those moments where you hold each other’s hands and jump off a cliff.

Love makes you do crazy things, least you get to be crazy together…

It takes courage to lead our hearts in recognizing the traits and qualities that make for good relationships and those that do not. In a culture that would rather us have feelings than faithfulness;

Sexual chemistry over compatibility

Infatuation over integrity

Attraction over attitude

Glamor over godliness

Hotness over humility

Being in love over choosing to love…

It takes an outlier to respond with love to vulnerability in a world that is full of people in their droves looking for your flaws to bring you down.

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Imani A.

Between research projects on sustainable socioeconomic development that interface business, policy and innovation, I have some classic millennial rants on here.