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if you can&amp;#8217;t respect it, i can&amp;#8217;t...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;i am a queen and worthy of being treated as such.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if you can&amp;#8217;t respect it, i can&amp;#8217;t respect you.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/50555471874</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/50555471874</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:14:00 -0400</pubDate><category>queen</category><category>respect</category><category>foh</category></item><item><title>"I was by myself for a pretty long time. I needed to do that. I think everyone that I know has wanted..."</title><description>“I was by myself for a pretty long time. I needed to do that. I think everyone that I know has wanted to do that or needed to do that at some point. I think when you spend enough time when it’s quiet around you and you don’t open your mouth for three or four days, there’s parts of your brain that can kind of rest. I think when we’re out in the world and we have to talk to people, we edit ourselves. You know, we have to like, act a little bit. As honest as we may be as humans, when we’re out here, we’re all kind of wearing mirrors on our faces. You know, constantly reacting to how to react to the people around you. And I think when you’re alone for a long enough time, you can feel a lot more peace.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;(via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://electric-lily.tumblr.com/"&gt;electric-lily&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/50554962875</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/50554962875</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:05:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>my old hood. </title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me0lvpQqPh1ql5zapo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;my old hood. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/50554934860</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/50554934860</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:05:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>fearless</title><description>&lt;p&gt;making a conscious decision to no longer be paralyzed by fear&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;fate loves the fearless.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/45082392910</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/45082392910</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:59:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Fear</category><category>fearless</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f856237bff742aed0e1c5866f32a1b23/tumblr_mjf6vgvy8R1qh83vro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/45081549570</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/45081549570</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:49:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b1762247a28a087aeec3ffd9c8fd0a4f/tumblr_mhi8xrtRWD1ric62vo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/45081396439</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/45081396439</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:47:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>This too shall pass. </title><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/44915611448</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/44915611448</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:40:33 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>done.</title><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/38512265841</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/38512265841</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:35:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefx0pk7vt1rgqp70o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/37103466937</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/37103466937</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:02:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Heavy heart.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcug4wpdL81qc0fd3o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Heavy heart.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/34813208006</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/34813208006</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:50:56 -0400</pubDate><category>heavy heart</category><category>love</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>too many boys</title><description>&lt;p&gt;not enough men. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/33284959631</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/33284959631</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:25:17 -0400</pubDate><category>life lessons</category><category>truth</category></item><item><title>hmm. </title><description>&lt;p&gt;A true soul mate is probably the most important person you&amp;#8217;ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/33219549774</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/33219549774</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:10:57 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5f7j0Z9M1qzv45so1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32687075295</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32687075295</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:59:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"I’m going to tell you some real sh-t. I think every single person is born with genius level talent...."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;I’m going to tell you some real sh-t. I think every single person is born with genius level talent. You just have to find out what it is that you are a genius at. I don’t believe that God would take one person and say, ‘You! You’re special’. I believe every single person is special. I believe every single person has genius level talent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you find out what it is [that you are talented at], that’s not the end of it. Once you find out your genius level talent, you apply yourself in such a way that you do amazing sh-t. I’m a living testament of that. I am no muthaf-cking different than anybody in here tonight and I’m standing on this stage as living proof that if you apply yourself to what it is that you are genius at, you can do anything in the world.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;HOV.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32686647585</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32686647585</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:52:46 -0400</pubDate><category>jay-z</category><category>hov</category><category>real shit</category></item><item><title>home. </title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mat938psIM1rrnc83o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;home. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32650318370</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32650318370</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:47:06 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxuh4ePC01rea302o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32315344222</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32315344222</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:27:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6nqx14mXw1rpk86qo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32315154012</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/32315154012</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:22:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>“ Give thy mind more to what thou has than to what thou hast not. ”
— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus</title><description>&lt;p&gt;“ Give thy mind more to what thou has than to what thou hast not. ”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/31812388952</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/31812388952</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:28:11 -0400</pubDate><category>grateful</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m784amyiAF1qb2yd4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/31550668937</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/31550668937</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:42:33 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq9fdzGLWx1qcz682o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/31350884814</link><guid>http://essenceofbeing.tumblr.com/post/31350884814</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:17:56 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
