Sometimes I’m asked why I don’t hang with certain people anymore… My reasoning? You can’t possibly begin to see the potential God has given you while you’re hanging with people who don’t want to see you GROW or become successful. The Bible even says “Come out from among them…” (2 Conrinthians 6:17) When you stop spending […]
Read moreLet’s Connect with the Youth
Last week I volunteered with the Sheriff’s department for ‘Read-a-Thon’. An event hosted annually that is geared toward reading for our youth. While I was there I encountered a Kindergarten aged boy. He was very shy when I asked him if he wanted me to read to him. He slowly shook his head ‘yes’ […]
Read moreWhere’s Your Inner Peace? [Part 2]
In the last article, ‘Where’s Your Inner Peace?’ (link to article), we discussed the meaning and importance of having and maintaining your inner peace. I hope you’ve been practicing your daily dump truck mindset in order to help you dispose of all of the baggage and negativity that may have been weighing you down. So, […]
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Where’s your inner peace?
Next to love and happiness, inner peace is one of the most important things for a person to have. The importance of inner peace is often underrated and undermined. However, it’s significance is tremendously essential to how we go about our daily lives. “Inner peace (or peace of mind) refers to a state of being […]
Read moreThe love you deserve. [Part 3]
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” -Stephen Chbosky Part 3 [Final]: I know that this is long overdue and for that, I apologize. I’ve been suffering from what you may call “writer’s block”. It wasn’t that I couldn’t write anything… however, I don’t believe in writing something that isn’t genuine just for the sake of […]
Read moreThe love you deserve? [Part 2]
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” –Stephen Chbosky Part 2: If you’ve read the previous post, then you are familiar with my friend ‘Casey’. If you haven’t read the post, I suggest that you do so that this article won’t be confusing to you. Casey and I have another friend named ‘Ashley’. We met Ashley […]
Read moreThe love you deserve? [Part 1]
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” -Stephen Chbosky PART 1: Recently, I caught up with a friend who informed me of some things she and another friend of ours had been facing. With respect to her identity, I will call her for the sake of this article, ‘Casey’. I met Casey my freshman year of […]
Read moreMy Royal Sargent, Kris
When I was 15 years old, I met Kristopher Gibson. An overly critical man with a tailored blazer, cowboy boots and a BMW. He was not my cup of tea, what-so-ever. But I had to suck it up and proceed because he was now my assistant Royal Court advisor. For those of you who aren’t […]
Read moreLife is a gift.. Cherish it
The realities of life are pretty simple. What goes up, must come down. What goes around, will come back around. And if someone is born into this world, one day they will surely leave it. If we know these universal truths, why are they still so hard to grasp? When a baby is born, we […]
Read moreDo Good…& Don’t Stop
During my freshman year of college I stayed in Wheatley dorm, which was definitely not one of FAMU’s best housing facilities in more ways than one. But I was told that the residents would compensate for whatever the dorm may have been lacking in, including but certainly not limited to: Hot water Mold free walls […]
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