The Journal
Daily writings, essays, observations and personal reflections.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
After the noise of a day, the quiet can feel almost accusing. Let it be a mercy instead. Nothing is required of you now but to be here, unhu...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Write it down if you must, then put it away. The problem will still be there in the morning, and you will be better able to meet it.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
You are not a machine that stops when idle. You are a living thing that consolidates in the quiet. The night is not lost time; it is the led...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The last thought before sleep has an outsized power. Choose it if you can. Not a worry, not a regret — something closer to gratitude, or to...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Someone, somewhere, is thinking of you with warmth. If you cannot feel it tonight, believe it anyway. Love is often present before it is fel...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Some things are allowed to wait until morning.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
You are not a project that fell behind today. You are a person in progress, which is the only kind there has ever been. Lie down inside that...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Listen for a moment to what the body is asking. Water, rest, the absence of a screen. It has been carrying you all day. Give it what it need...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Some things ended today that did not deserve a funeral — a season, a role, a version of yourself. Endings are allowed to be quiet, and to be...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
If you are awake in the small hours, you are not as alone as it feels. Many people are doing the same quiet arithmetic. Let the moon keep yo...