Jelani K. Asantewa Originals CATALOGUE

 Quotes © Jelani K Asantewa: (AKA)

© Jelani K. Asantewa   © JKA   ©Ms.J   

PROVE A QUOTE IS YOURS:

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"Fear can cause you to not do, things that could make your life better."  4-29-2026

© JKA 4-2026  (#'s:  1-2-3: JKA QUOTES)

1. BURRIED WITHIN YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE LIES THE SEED OF YOUR MOST SPECTACULAR DREAM.

2. WHEN A NEGATIVE STRIKES, STAND STEADFAST AND STURDY - AND ROUT OUT THE POSSITIVE TREASURES.

3. DON'T GIVE UP AT THE LOCKED GATE.

© 5-3-2026 JKA}  When you see something fall one way - always look in the opposite direction.

© 5-3-2026 JKA}   When you see something fall one way, always look in the opposite direction.

"The dance of yearning and annoyance is best experienced when a loved one is ill. It is only then that annoyances are yearned for and once again annoying when their health returns."

© Jelani K. Asantewa  1-10-2026

Search 1 & 2: Chatgpt 5.2 (1-25-2026)

https://chatgpt.com/c/69768627-4c48-8328-8528-4290100ec192    Search Https: 1-25-2026  

SEARCH: 1-25-2026 ChatGPT 5.2

1) This is my original quote - Jelani K. Asantewa. I would like to verify it as original. Please do a though search to see if this exact quote is recorded as a quote by another author. Please search all forms of media: Written, spoken or artistic. Thank you., 

( I forgot to add quote 1-25-2026)

I can absolutely help verify originality — but I need the exact quote text (word-for-word, including punctuation/capitalization) to do a true “exact match” check across media.

Right now, you only included the attribution line (“Jelani K. Asantewa”), not the quote itself.

What I found in an initial sweep (based on your name, since the quote text wasn’t provided)

• I found a page on msjsmountain.com credited to Jelani K. Asantewa that includes the line: “Large or small. Edible or inedible, … a garden makes us happy.” (MSJS Mountain)

• I did not find that full “a garden makes us happy” wording recorded elsewhere in the quick search results I pulled. (MSJS Mountain)

• However, the phrase “Large or small, edible or inedible” does appear in older, unrelated writing (example: a 1975 outdoors magazine page about fishing). (Digital Library of Georgia)
  So if that’s part of your quote, that specific fragment isn’t unique by itself — the uniqueness would be in the full sentence/structure and the “garden makes us happy” framing.

What I need from you (so I can verify your exact quote)

Please paste:

1. The quote exactly as you wrote it

2. Any common variants you’ve used (e.g., “in the end” vs “at the end”, spelling, line breaks)

What I’ll search once you paste it (written, spoken, artistic)

I’ll run exact-phrase checks across:

• Web pages + quote databases + book text (scanned books/ebooks)

• Academic PDFs and newspaper/magazine archives

• Video/podcast transcripts and speech quote compilations (where indexed)

• Merch/art listings (posters, tees, pins) where quotes are reused

Send the quote text and I’ll do the thorough “is this attributed to someone else anywhere?” verification.

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SEARCH 2: ChatGPT 5.2    (1-25-2026)

I ran exact-phrase and fragment searches for your quote across the open web (including places where quotes often get reposted/attributed like quote aggregators, blogs, forums, and social platforms that are publicly indexed). I did not find your exact quote text recorded as a quotation credited to anyone else.

What I searched (and what turned up)

• Exact-string searches for the full opening clause and other uniquely identifying chunks (e.g., "The dance of yearning and annoyance", "annoyances are yearned for", and "once again annoying when their health returns"). None of those searches produced an exact match to your full wording. (Facebook)

• Quote-repository style pages (Goodreads “annoyance quotes,” BrainyQuote annoyance topic pages, AZQuotes annoyance topic pages). These showed many “annoyance” quotes, but not your wording or concept phrased the same way. (Goodreads)

Closest “near matches” (same idea, different words)

The closest I found was a Psychology Today essay describing the experience of realizing you’d “gladly put up with” a loved one’s irritating habits after they’re gone—conceptually adjacent to your point about yearning for annoyances during illness, but it is not your phrasing and not the same scenario. (Psychology Today)

There are also counseling/psychology resources acknowledging that annoyance is a normal emotion when a loved one is ill, which overlaps with your theme, but again not your expression. (Loyola University Maryland)

What this means (in plain terms)

• Good news: I didn’t find evidence that this exact quote is already circulating under another author’s name.

• Reality check: It’s hard to prove absolute global originality because some books, paywalled archives, and spoken media transcripts aren’t fully indexed. But for “is this already attributed to someone else online?” this comes back clean.

If you want the strongest “proof trail” for originality

Do a quick “paper trail” lock-in:

• Publish it in a dated place you control (your website, a book, a newsletter, etc.).

• Keep a dated original draft (email it to yourself, keep a version-history doc).

• If you plan to use it commercially (prints/merch), consider a short “first published” note and consistent attribution.

If you want, tell me where you’ve already used/published it (if anywhere) and I’ll also search specifically for reposts of your quote (with or without your name) to see if it’s been scraped or misattributed.

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SEARCH 3: WIKI   (1-26-2026)

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An error has occurred while searching: Search request is longer than the maximum allowed length. (Actual: 363; allowed: 300)

When well things are bad you wish for the annoying habits when deathly ill, until they get well,

"No is not necessarily a mean word. To the contrary, it can be a kind savior of the future: time, safety, trust, embarrassment, disappointment, angst , and even life."  © JKA  7- 25-2025  Used: 5-31-2026

ChatGPT: Verification Date: 5-31-2026      https://chatgpt.com/c/6a1c6849-3e18-83ea-8fc2-8b0f5d4c02d9

ME:   I wrote this quote. Please search to make sure it does not appear anywhere else om the web. Look for this exact quote only - "No is not necessarily a mean word. To the contrary, it can be a kind savior of the future: time, safety, trust, embarrassment, disappointment, angst, and even life."

CHAT:   I searched the web for the exact quote you provided, including searches using the full sentence enclosed in quotation marks and variants of the complete text.

Result: I did not find any web page containing the exact quote as written. The searches returned unrelated pages and documents, but none matched your wording. (facebook.com)

Quote searched:

"No is not necessarily a mean word. To the contrary, it can be a kind savior of the future: time, safety, trust, embarrassment, disappointment, angst, and even life."

A few important notes:

• An internet search can never prove that a phrase has never been written anywhere.

• It can only show whether the phrase appears in publicly indexed sources that search engines can find.

• Based on the search results available today, I found no evidence that this exact wording is already published on the web. (facebook.com)

My assessment: the quote appears to be highly original, particularly the phrase "a kind savior of the future" and the specific sequence "time, safety, trust, embarrassment, disappointment, angst, and even life."

If you'd like, I can also evaluate it from an authorship perspective (style, strength, memorability, and whether it sounds quotable for publication under your name, J.K. Asantewa).

Me:   No thanks I like it as is

 ----  You're giving feedback on a new version of ChatGPT.  *Which response do you prefer? Responses may take a moment to load.

Response 1

You're welcome. If you like it as written, I see no reason to change it.  The quote has a distinctive structure: it begins by challenging a common assumption ("No is not necessarily a mean word"), then reframes "no" as something protective rather than negative, and finishes with a progression of consequences that grows in importance, ending with "even life." That gives it a natural sense of escalation and impact. Since no exact matches were found in publicly indexed web results, it appears to stand on its own as an original quote.

For your records, the quote is:  "No is not necessarily a mean word. To the contrary, it can be a kind savior of the future: time, safety, trust, embarrassment, disappointment, angst, and even life."

A thoughtful piece of writing.

Response 2

You're welcome. If you like it as written, I think that's a good reason to leave it alone.

The quote has a clear progression that gives it strength: it begins by challenging a common assumption about the word "no," then reframes it as protective rather than harsh, and finally expands the consequences from everyday concerns ("time" and "embarrassment") to the most serious one ("life"). That structure gives it a natural impact without feeling forced. Based on the search, I found no evidence that the exact wording is already published online, so it appears to stand on its own as an original quotation.

For your records, the quote is: "No is not necessarily a mean word. To the contrary, it can be a kind savior of the future: time, safety, trust, embarrassment, disappointment, angst, and even life."

A thoughtful observation, and one that many people learn only after experience teaches them the value of a well-placed "no."

NO DREAM CHECK - (5-13-2026):                        https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?search="There+is+no+dream+"too+small"+or+"too+big".+It+is+your+dream+to+shape+as+you+wish."+"There+is+no+dream+"too+small"+or+"too+big".+It+is+your+dream+to+shape+as+you+wish."&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B"fields"%3A%7B"phrase"%3A"%5C"There+is+no+dream+%5C"too+small%5C"+or+%5C"too+big%5C".+It+is+your+dream+to+shape+as+you+wish.%5C""%7D%7D&ns0=1&ns1=1&ns2=1&ns3=1&ns4=1&ns5=1&ns6=1&ns7=1&ns8=1&ns9=1&ns10=1&ns11=1&ns12=1&ns13=1&ns14=1&ns15=1&ns118=1&ns119=1&ns828=1&ns829=1

MINE:  "Always stay ten steps ahead, because once you fall behind it is at the least painful, if not impossible, to catch up." © 3-6-2026  JKA

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The best apology is changed behavior.

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MY QUOTE:

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8-25-2025

First draft: Words are hollow containers that must be filled with actions. (Me: 8-25-2025)

Second: Words are empty vessels that must be filled with actions.

Third: Words are empty (containers) (vessels) that are waiting be filled with actions. 8-30-2025