September 2010
“When people cease to find meaning in work, when work is boring, alienating and...”
– Richard Florida (via azspot)
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Bishop Eddie Long: Where does this leave our...
Most if not all of us have heard about the alleged sex scandal involving Bishop Eddie Long and three young men who have come forward. If you’ve not seen or heard the whole story it’s all over Youtube and any other video/news/gossip site.
Those who frequent my blog know that I am a woman of faith in Jesus Christ. This scandal didn’t necessarily surprise me because things like...
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“I chose not to sacrifice bits of myself to the gods of mediocrity anymore.”
– Ashley.Truly
“Years ago in New York City, I got into a taxi cab with an Iranian taxi driver,...”
– John Wimber (via iamlovedbytheking)
#Truth.
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That's what I like about him.
A dear friend of mine texted me last night and it was a sweet surprise. I’ve known him for a few years now and we care for each other in a way that is a bit more than friendship but not a relationship. We don’t get to see one another as often as we’d like since we don’t live in the same state anymore but we check in every couple of months or so. It’s not often that...
A Woman’s Side: Aubrey O’Day, D. Woods Respond To... →
I never cared for Aubrey O’Day, at all but she spoke some serious truth here in response to that silly rant of Slim Thug’s a few months ago.
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The Transition: A Black Girl's Journey Back to...
I’m trying to get back to the above photograph. Where my hair was Natural. It was curly. It was soft. It was everything I wanted my hair to be. But I got a texturizer. WHICH, wasn’t a bad thing except I think I got touch ups way too often. A texturizer is only supposed to loosen the curl pattern of your hair slightly, not make it straight. My hair became completely straight in some...
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God knows best.
I understand now.
There is no amount of preparing, dreaming, networking, social climbing, studying, buying, selling, reading, writing, or working that can produce as fruitful a harvest as the simple yet complexly RICH favor of God.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning said, “God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.”
The magnitude of that statement is transcendent, amazing.
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“I do not weep at the world. I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
– Zora Neale Hurston
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Oh but now... I LOVE what I do.
I’ve experienced the 20-something mid-life crisis. It is not deep in some lake with the Loch Ness Monster or frolicking in the forest with Big Foot. It is very real.
There is a measure of depression that lives in it. There is a measure of fear that stiffens it. There is a measure of hopelessness that weighs it down. There is a measure of uncertainty that holds it back.
I know.
From the...
