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Maya...poet, teacher, survivor!

Jack’s Winning Words 5/30/14
“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”  (Maya Angelou)
Maya, a poet, teacher and survivor, died this week.  She is an example of one who turned a negative life into a positive one…going from a strip club to reading one of her poems at a Presidential inauguration.  A survivor is one who copes, who carries on, in spite of…. You probably have some who come to mind, some you even know personally.    ;-)  Jack

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