Black History Month is a good time to acknowledge the contributions of past black leaders, inventors, and innovators. Those individuals were influential in the creation of better lives for us. In addition to celebrating past contributors, we need to spend time creating unity within our families. If there is disconnection in the family, someone has […]
You Talkin’ to Me…or are You Talkin’ on the Phone?
Grin and Bear it 😀 I like talking on my cell phone as much as anyone else, but sometimes we need to put our phones down just long enough to see what is going on around us. If it appears that someone is talking to me, I assume he or she is on the phone, […]
Laughter is Still the Best Medicine…
Somestimes it helps to see humor in your shortcomings and blunders–this is a true story: The GPS Lady and Me I have always had a problem finding my way around; it doesn’t matter whether I am walking, driving, or on public transportation, I manage to get lost. However, when I purchased a GPS navigation device, […]
Community Pride
Communities foster habits to encourage residents to maintain their properties and surroundings. Setting specific standards for the neighborhood is one way this is conveyed; there are positive and negative reactions to this strategy. Guidelines are set so that the community operates uniformly. Specifically, the village requires that residents maintain their dwellings and the grounds surrounding […]
It’s Your Time to
It’s your time to… Help someone Thank someone Forgive someone Learn from someone Teach someone Trust someone Inspire someone Believe in someone Support someone Tell someone, “You are loved.” There is no priority order for this list because even the smallest act of kindness can have an amazing effect on the quality of life, not […]
Discover The Writers In You
You don’t know the writers in you… When you read your own work, you meet several different people. You are always amazed to discover that all those people are you–on paper. Write like someone you haven’t met yet; for, that is when your best works come forth. It will all come out in the writing. […]
Reach Out Anyway
Reaching out to others could project you beyond your emotional comfort zone, thus, opening the possibility for rejection–or for an experience that might turn your life around and give you a better prospective. Some of us have the desire to reach out, but are waiting for someone else to take the first step. We sometimes […]
You Are Not Alone In Your Struggle
Even when you’re by yourself, you’re not alone. Even when you want to handle things on your own, someone is feeling your struggle. Even when you think you’ve lost the battle, you have cause to celebrate a victory. Every time you pick yourself up from a fall, you are thrust into victory. No matter what […]
Focusing On The Mission Will Make The Journey More Rewarding; Creating Incentives For Yourself Is A Fun Way To Stay Motivated
This is the time of year for resolutions; many people have already made them. There will be changes and modifications, but anyone who has made a resolution, in essence, has created a mission statement for his or her life style. Even if no consideration is given to the actual steps required to fulfill resolutions, the […]
Pursuing Dreams Is A Building Process; The Journey May Take You To Several Unrelated Destinations
Dreaming while asleep, is sometimes very confusing—one minute you are safely relaxing in your home, the next you are at a different location, accepting whatever the situation offers or demands. No matter how illogical the pattern of events, the dream continues; there are no rules or time frames, you just follow it through until you […]