The Journal
Daily writings, essays, observations and personal reflections.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Whatever you failed at today, set it down before sleep. Not because it did not matter, but because carrying it into the dark will not make t...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Tomorrow is not a threat. It is another honest chance. Leave it unspoiled by tonight's worries. It will ask its own questions when it arrive...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The ambition will still be there in the morning, and you will be better able to carry it. Sleep. Nothing is gained by running the race in yo...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
A quiet room can be the loneliest place, or the most generous. Much of the difference is what you have decided the silence means. Let it mea...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Fear is louder at night because the world is smaller and your thoughts fill the space. It is a trick of the hour, not a prophecy. It will re...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Sleep is not the enemy of your ambitions, and staying awake is not the same as working. Rest is how the work continues without you for a whi...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
If you are beginning something new this season, be tender with yourself. New things bruise easily. Protecting them from your own impatience...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Today does not have to have been remarkable. It only has to have been lived. The ledger of a life is not kept in highlights. It is kept in o...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
If you can, let tomorrow begin slowly. The first minutes of the day are not a race. You are allowed to arrive in your own time.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The dark holds the things you did not finish saying. That is not a punishment. It is simply where they rest until you are ready.