If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
-- Maya Angelou
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About the Quote
We like what we like. That also means we don't like what we don't like. Muchof the time, there isn't much we can do about what we don't like.
If we're in a position to turn what we don't like into something we like, then we do that. The change could be in the form of a removal of something, an addition to something, or a transformation of that thing.If we're in a position to change something we don't like yet we don't do that, then we have only ourselves to blame.
Many times, we won't be in a position to change something. Maybe the owner like having Baroque music playing in the background; it not Baroque music, then death metal. Short of quitting, we can find ways to deal with that quirk. We still won't like it, but we can find a way to minimize the discomfort.
If we can't find a way to change our attitude to something we don't like, and we can't find a way to like it, then we suck it up and divert our efforts to other things where we have the ability to change or we can find a way to deal with it.
Some (More) Information about Maya Angelou
In the 1950s, Maya Angelou moved to New York, New York, US. It was at the Harlem Writers' Guild where she found encouragement to pursue writing.
Also during this time the US State Department sponsored a tour through Europe. This tour featured the folk opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin. Maya Angelou landed a job with this troupe which toured 22 nations in both Europe and Africa.
Maya Angelou went on to study dance with the Pearl Primus and the famed dancer Martha Graham. In 1961 she performed in The Blacks, a play by Jean Genet.
Also in 1961 Maya Angelou married a South African dissident. She moved to Cairo, Egypt where she worked for the Arab Observer publication. Later she moved to Ghana, where she worked for The African Review.
In 1966 Maya Angelou returned to California. There she wrote the screenplay for a 10-part television series titled Black, Blues, Black. This limited-run series was ablout the role which African culture played in American life.
In 1972 she wrote the screenplay for a feature-length drama titled Georgia, Georgia. As a result, she was one of the first African-American women to have a screenplay turned into a motion picture.
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