Susan L. Taylor
Susan L. Taylor
Susan L. Tayloris an American editor, writer, and journalist. She served as editor-in-chief of Essence from 1981 through 2000. In 1994, American Libraries referred to Taylor as "the most influential black woman in journalism today"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth23 January 1946
CountryUnited States of America
time finite-number numbers
We each have a finite number of heartbeats, a finite amount of time. But we have enough heartbeats and enough time to do what is important.
lying oneness forever
When we live moment to moment, we place ourselves at the center of life, where infinite wisdom abides, rather than on the periphery, where things are forever changing and we are susceptible to the vagaries of the world. It is in our awareness each moment of our oneness with God that our inner peace and greatest strength lie.
hate ignorance self
Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime.
mistake life-lesson drama
God makes no mistakes. In all our trials and dramas there are lessons. Life is not a playground but a classroom. Our journey through life provides the course work and the tests needed for our education and development.
achievement understanding use
Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.
love daughter common-sense
We are here to love, not to judge. I'd been blaming and raging. I certainly wasn't loving my daughter that afternoon as God loves me. God's love doesn't insist on perfection or even good common sense. Why then should I demand more of those I love? With this tiny change in perspective I began to see the need for correction wasn't in my daughter, but in me.
opportunity understanding growth
See the inevitable changes not as threats but as opportunities that can deepen our understanding and bring us wisdom and growth.
life-lesson adversity loss
Our lives are full of separations that shake us up, force us to attend to our emotional selves and to learn new ways of being in the world. Although many of our losses are painful, they encourage our gains. The lesson life is trying to teach us is that, regardless of the challenges and changes in the physical world, we will abide in peace by aligning ourselves with our inner changelessness. The power of God in us is more than equal to any moment-no matter what it brings. We live in a loving, supportive universe that is always saying yes to us.
self blood voice
There is a knowingness that is as much a part of us as flesh and blood and bones. It's intuition, the deepest natural knowing. ... Intuition is the voice within forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self, regardless of circumstances.
rights political care
Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights.
powerful world grows
The more we nourish our internal world, the more powerful we grow in the external world.
anxiety silence feelings
When we turn our backs on feelings we should deal with, they fester and grow and ultimately consume us. Silence is denial. Silence is anxiety.
voice soul dull
It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice
love-is self starting
Self-love is the starting point for everything.