My Life Lessons, Quotes

In Search of New Horizons

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -William Faulker    Recently, my university had its spring commencement ceremonies, commonly referred to as, graduation. I’ve never really been a fan of graduations because they tend to be long and in time my back begins to hurt […]

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Open Letters

An Open Letter to My Sisters…

It’s 2015…  You have new year’s resolutions to keep, birthday parties to plan, places to go and people to see. But before you get swept up into all of the things that are going to occur this year, I just want to talk to you, sister to sister. As women, it becomes too easy to […]

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My Life Lessons, Sharing

Dealing with “pint” people

For as long as I could remember, I’ve always struggled with this idea of doing more for people than I am getting from them. It seems like I’m always giving, giving, and giving all that I have with little to no return. Whether it be from friends, associates, mates, or family, you may deal with […]

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Quotes

We Wear the Masks

We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while […]

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Sharing

What is #AmeriCAN ?

Touchy topics are always hard to discuss because there’s this pressure to be “politically correct” in fear of losing readers. But on the other hand I feel this enormous need to “remain true to one’s self”. It’s a feeling that I can only describe as having my right foot over the gas while my left […]

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My Life Lessons

The Here & Now

It’s funny how one occurrence in our lives can change us drastically. One day we’re carrying on business as usual and the next, we’re almost completely new beings. As you know by know, recently I’ve reached some hurdles in life and instead of jumping them and continuing on about my race, I stopped running. I’ve […]

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My Life Lessons

My Hero. No Cape Included.

Every once in a while, we encounter heroes. Unlike the ones in the movies and books, these don’t wear the capes and tights, and they don’t have masks to hide their identity. However, the heroes in our lives are always on call when we need them, whether we know it or not. One of my […]

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My Life Lessons

Growing Apart

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 […]

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