Do you ever want to run away and start over? Wipe the slate clean. Begin all over again with a blank canvas? It’s okay, we all feel that way sometimes. It doesn’t mean you don’t love your life or the people in it. It doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t give your last breath to see them happy. Sometimes when we yearn to be selfish, it means we have been selfless for too long.
— Lang Leav (International bestselling New Zealand novelist and poet. She is the author of Lullabies which won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry in 2014. Leav, attended the College of Fine Arts in Sydney, against the wishes of her refugee community (she was born at a refugee camp in Thailand where her parents were seeking refuge from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. She was then raised in a refugee town in Cabramatta, Sydney), but she persisted and was granted a Churchill Fellowship Award based on her undergraduate thesis in college titled “Cosplaying Lolita.” Leav amassed a large following after posting her poetry on Tumblr. She then self-published her first collection of poetry and prose titled Love and Misadventure. The book was a surprise hit and caught the attention of literary agents in New York. Newsweek credits Leav for popularizing poetry)
Wow, now that’s what I call an inspiring story. It goes to show, where there is passion and a strong will, there’s no telling what a person can achieve. Clearly Leav is a special talent, but still, being raise in a refugee camp would seem to present insurmountable obstacles to “success.” I wonder what we could each achieve with her kind of determination and belief. Just sayin’ :) Hugs. XO
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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