Something Nubian

Some books entertain you.
Some books educate you.
And then there are books that sit beside your spirit like an ancestor whispering:

“Pay attention. This isn’t fiction. This is preparation.”

For me, that book was Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.

I expected a dystopian story.
What I got was a mirror.

The book surprised me because it didn’t feel exaggerated. It felt familiar. The fear. The division. The survival. The exhaustion. The quiet search for meaning while the world keeps shifting beneath your feet. Even the way people cling to harmful systems because change scares them more than suffering. That part especially felt uncomfortably realistic. Humanity really loves decorating the cage instead of leaving it. 🙃

What stayed with me most was Lauren Olamina’s ability to adapt without losing herself. She understood something many people still resist:

Change is happening whether we participate consciously or not.

That idea alone changed how I view healing, motherhood, business, spirituality, and even creativity. You cannot bloom while worshipping stagnation.

Reading Butler’s work also surprised me because I saw how deeply her influence exists in modern storytelling, whether people acknowledge it or not. So many dystopian worlds echo themes she explored decades earlier through the lens of survival, power, community, and spiritual evolution.

The older I get, the more I realize certain books don’t arrive for entertainment.
They arrive as timing.

Sometimes a book finds you when your life is asking questions your mouth hasn’t formed yet. 🧿📚✨

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