The Journal
Daily writings, essays, observations and personal reflections.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Grief does not follow your schedule. It arrives on ordinary Tuesdays and leaves when it is ready. You do not have to be finished with it. Yo...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Kindness is easy when it costs nothing. The version that matters is the one that tells the truth, keeps the boundary, or stays when leaving...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Rest is not a reward for finished work; it is part of how the work gets done. The mind consolidates in the quiet. Take the rest before you h...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Consistency is not the absence of falling away; it is the habit of coming back.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
There is a season of every craft that no one sees. It is not a delay. It is the foundation being poured. Do the invisible work this morning...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Large things rarely begin large. They begin looking like they might not work. Do not despise the small, embarrassing start. It is the real t...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Notice the voice you use on yourself when you fail. If it is a voice you would not use on a friend, it is not discipline. It is cruelty wear...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
There is a room inside you that no achievement can furnish for you. Visit it this morning. Not to improve it, simply to sit in the one place...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The day will offer you twenty things at once. It does not mean you must hold twenty things at once. Choose one. Do it as though it were the...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Not knowing is uncomfortable, so we rush to a false answer. Sit in the question a little longer today. The honest "I don't know yet" is some...