Charles Porter

“I am still learning. To unlearn.
The story of happily ever after.
The narrative of Love hurts.
The belief of sex means love.
That their infidelity is my casualty.
I’m still learning. To unlearn.
What people gave me as love.”
― Emmanuella Raphaelle

“I choose beauty over bitterness
I choose discovery over doubt
I choose freedom over fear
I choose grace over grief
I choose peace over panic
I choose surrender over suffering
I choose trust over terror
I choose wisdom over warefare

I choose life, light and love”
― Emmanuella Raphaelle

“There are some who relish the quiet life. Free of the frantic and discord. I used to be one of them; until my life got loud and dramatic, down right unbearable at moments.
And now I love the volumes of my life. The adagio of my heart’s beating or the metronome of the rainfall. How can one expect to live without the welcome of the bird’s chirp in the morning or the night’s vehement winds pounding our window pane?
The sound of joy, heartbreak, ecstasy. It is all for the fine tuning of our soul. We learn to calibrate the sounds of life. No more sensitivity, but making it all music. Go ahead, appreciate the soundtrack of your life. It makes for good dancing too.”
― Emmanuella Raphaelle

“It takes gumption to wake up every day to face the fickle world and cleave to your morals and values
Not flinch at the slightest inflection of disrespect or disdain from wild ones
to not give in and mimic the mockery of blending in void of integrity
Standing resplendent among the dull and dirty ones who are no longer enthralled with the light of living
Who’ve renounced their identity for worldy pleasures
It takes audacity to live individually, intellectually, compassionately in your own way
Do it anyway!”
― Emmanuella Raphaelle