Oil worth the cost

alabaster tweets

Thinking about some things, I was feeling particularly blessed last night and almost instinctively logged on to twitter to express that.  {not that that's a good thing!}  A gentleman I follow was tweeting some words to a song that I LOVE! He was letting the world know that they should not be … [Read more...]

Thankful with every breath

enjoy little things

I woke up as usual on a Friday morning, early enough to take a moment to myself. I immediately thought about Happy Friday and what I would write today. What life lesson would be meaningful enough for me to write about and to share. *blank stare* Nothing. Nothing??!!! Can’t be! I … [Read more...]

Good Intention

A Goal or Intention is not enough....DO something.

    I found this story by Michael Josephson early this morning and it was so ironic that I was listening to one of my favorite albums by Lauryn Hill with the song “Mr. Intentional” playing in the background. Read, listen to the video below, enjoy and SELAH! Five Birds and … [Read more...]

Perspective

happy friday jun 2nd pic

This week I contributed to some drama. Yup, I don’t like to roll that way, but yeah, I dunnit. I was upset for the good part of a day. To have someone I cared about hurt and to have confronted the situation the way I did really bothered me. I was like forget it! Washing my hands….no time for … [Read more...]

GROW or Die…

growth

  "Ya get rich and switch!" "I’m that same ninja!" "Ain’t nothing changed, I’m the same old me."   I hear and see this a lot. Oh can’t forget the “I'm just keeping it real” line. Here’s the thing. Anything that is not CHANGING and GROWING is dead.  If you want to be 30, 40, … [Read more...]

For Mr. Burnside….

jb3

I knew that he was “the” Jackson Burnside. I sat quietly in the first two or three meetings, paying attention to the matters at hand, answering and raising questions. At about the third meeting he asked in the Bahamian way who my ma and pa was. In the same Bahamian way he told me and everyone … [Read more...]

Just DO It

real-time

I hear a lot of people talking saying that they don’t want to work for people for too much longer, they want their own business, they want to be their own boss and make their own way….. me included.  Sometimes, people LOVE their jobs but want more out of it. Or, they know that their calling … [Read more...]

Flaws and all

love keeps no record of wrong

Having a conversation this week I asked him what he would like to see me do to improve myself.  He told me there was nothing. I kept prodding, like seriously!!! What would you like to see me work on, or stop or change? I’m just wondering what you would like to see to make me better.  He said … [Read more...]

ONE Decision

decision

  I know what I want. Pretty much. I’ve written it down, prayed on it, over it and above it.  I’ve asked for advice and I’ve even told one or two friends. I KNOW what I want. …yet here I am. What I want is over there and I stand here.  Looking across the figurative divide…maybe … [Read more...]

Daffodil Principle

Five acres of flowers planted one at a time

  Happy Friday is to share my experiences and lessons with a simple aim to encourage and inspire.  Sometimes, I hear “I” too much though! Like I know yall could get tired of hearing about “MY” life all the time.  This email came to me at 4:39 exactly this morning as I wondered why … [Read more...]