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February 24, 2010
- “It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth. Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving. The relationships we entered, stayed in, or ended taught us necessary lessons. Some of us have emerged from the most painful ...
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January 29, 2010
- The sun never stops shining behind the storm clouds. Although this is a scientifically proven fact, it is also the first thing people choose to forget when Mother Nature unleashes its fury. Quite similarly, whenever we are caught into a life storm, we get easily swept into the whirlwinds of fear and doubt, and forget about the cyclical nature of all things. We survive through the birth and death ...
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September 4, 2009
- I live my life well, but not so well that it is not overshadowed by my own gnawing fear. What am I so fearful of, you ask? Where will I begin?The roots of my fear, my cowardice, are deep. The seeds of those fears planted so long ago, have been fed by my own hand, and they have been fed well. Nurtured by my own doubts, my cowardice has flourished over these years and is now threatening to take ...
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July 4, 2009
- One night while I lay my daughter to bed for the night, I overheard my older sister talking to my dad. She said that she thought mom died because of my loss, as she couldn’t take the pain of watching my great sorrow and hearing me cry! The next morning I asked my dad if my grief was the cause of Mom’s death. He said, “She was greatly grieving, but only God knows why.” “Only God ...
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October 28, 2008
- Why is it that I must shrink around certain people, become small and uncertain and unworthy. What is this power that they have over me? Just when I think i have finally found my own worth, someone comes along to remind me that they are above me and I am left powerless and a victim once again. Why must i assume this role? Why can I not let go of my past? Why must shrink inside myself, so easy to ...
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October 25, 2008
- It's amazing how much we're alike the understanding we have of one another the way we finish each others sentences continue each others thoughts Our Unspoken Words comes straight from the heart it can be defined without a word it needs only a thought We know what the other is going to say before a word is spoken we've got it that way we're joined by our minds as well as our hearts When you hurt ...
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September 11, 2008
- I was fortunate enough to be invited to the African American Literacy Expo, in Tulsa, OK. This fine event, in honor of Zora Neale Hurston, was hosted by Sisters Sippin Tea, Real Page Turners, Tag Team Marketing, The Tulsa Library Trust and the African-American Resource Center.<br>To simply state that I enjoyed myself would be an understatement. Not quite two years ago I occupied a prison ...
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