That's a very, very touchy subject, domestic violence. I think women don't realize is it's something that's very prevalent. It goes on, on a daily basis. LaToya Jackson More Quotes by LaToya Jackson More Quotes From LaToya Jackson Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter! LaToya Jackson stay-strong pages book I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future. LaToya Jackson family real dream There's a lesson to be learned out of everything we go through in life. I recall when I left [Jack Gordon], and my mother was so upset. "How could you allow him to beat you? You should really be upset with him." And I said, "Mother, I can't be." She goes, "Why?" I said, "Because I can't harbor hatred in my heart." I was extremely religious and extremely naïve. God took me through that for a reason, for me to learn the outcome. LaToya Jackson religious mother heart Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me. LaToya Jackson ocean sound listening I think women need to have a lobby. I feel that women need to speak out. The first time a man hits you is one too many times and you need to do something about it. That something about it is walking out that door and seeking for help and never looking back. LaToya Jackson doors men thinking I've always wanted to adopt kids ever since I was 16 years old. I always said I'm going to adopt, I'm going to adopt. There's too many kids in the world that need love and attention, I can give it to them. LaToya Jackson giving kids years I think life is a learning lesson within itself. I think you should take the best out of everything that you see and that you encounter and make the best of it. LaToya Jackson encounters lessons thinking You do learn from what you've done in the past. LaToya Jackson done past I'm urging all women, I ask them the first time men hit you, please walk away. There is help out there. There are a lot of places that you can go and get help. That's the first step to your freedom and to your life is to walk away. LaToya Jackson steps men firsts I think that every day we are taught lessons and sometimes we don't realize or see it. LaToya Jackson taught lessons thinking I'm an entrepreneur and I love business. That's what I've always done. I went to school for that. My father took me out and said, 'You're gonna be here like everybody else.' LaToya Jackson entrepreneur father school Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have. LaToya Jackson week done two J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me. LaToya Jackson talent believe past I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well. LaToya Jackson appetite wells That's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can I do today to make it better than it was yesterday?" LaToya Jackson ritual yesterday today I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain. LaToya Jackson pain hurt love He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend. LaToya Jackson chapters legends brands People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me. LaToya Jackson healing writing book Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. LaToya Jackson get-better growth needs It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling. LaToya Jackson feelings night people
