Speak Out!

Ms. Deborah White, you go girl! I am so proud of your initiative and commitment to serve your community. I encourage you to complete your degree even if it takes you longer than you planned, you will get there. Dreams deferred are not dreams lost unless abandoned, keep on moving. At 47, I’m a full time student earning my graduate degree. I tutor blind, deaf and dyslexic college students in Spanish and English part time, and I will begin teaching Spanish three days a week at the neighborhood community center to students 10 and under this Spring. I applaud your willingness to move from self to selfless; you have the attributes champions are made of, God Bless You through all your endeavors this year and beyond. Stay strong and Peace be with you.

Cathy Archey-Morgan, thank you for being a positive force in the universe and for setting the example for what that looks like. Thanks to everyone else for sharing their ideas as well.

As you are setting goals for this year, consider making them SMARTY Goals S -pecific M -easurable A -ttainable R -ealistically High T -ime Sensitive (i.e. they have a deadline) Y -ours (not someone elses).

Goals without deadlines are simply dreams.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Tavis. My Resolution is to be better at everything I do. Better at the projects I am working on, better as a wife, better as a mother, a sister, a cousin, a co-worker, better as a neighbor, a friend, a citizen of the community. Just Better.

My New Year's Resolution is to share whatever positive thought I have for and about people.

This is actually a continuation of last year and I loved it. If the young person at McD's does something well then I will acknowledge them. If I like some stranger's hair, I acknowledge them. If someone at work is always sweet and kind, I thank them and acknowledge them. Putting something positive back into the Universe.

My new resolution is to (1) write and (2) submit. I really feel God is leading me in this direction. I'm flooded with ideas in the middle of the night. Including some things with my 12 year-old son. I'm ready to move into new areas...

Happy New Year Everyone...

This year alone will bring about a tremendous world-breaking historical day ever. It is my belief that this world, as sad and hopeless without God as it is-it will prove to all humankind that God is in control. It saddens me to hear so many people believe in man’s power to arrogantly orchestrate his way through a world that does not belong to him. Man has nothing but a breath that is given to him by God as a gift. He intimidates no one but the weak into believing that things will never change and that he-MAN- has the power to control that thought.

If manpowers are so superior, then let us run to Dr. Man-Powers to add numbers to our days here on earth. And while we're at it -instead of having the doctor say we have medically done all that we can for your love one-there is nothing more we can do, let's ask Dr. Man-Powers to grant us a miracle.

“Gosh, what happen”? Can someone turn the lights back on please?

This entire universe is in for a rude awakening. All that we do outside of the Will of God is useless. God is making changes, his word will not return to him void. New President, new wave, New Ideas. We have never had a woman for President nor have we ever had a black man as President; this alignment is not by coincidence nor by chance; it is by divine appointment. I say all of this for one reason and one reason only, for the first time in history we will experience something we never witnessed before. No matter how many unbelievers there are concerning this Political race –we are looking at a completely new place in time never recorded by main, yet ordained before God.

1. Senator Obama reminds me somewhat of Moses. Moses told God: Exodus 4:10 (Whole Chapter)
Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."
Obama is eloquent but very slow in speech. He may stutter a little but that is okay. He will stutter us upon some insurance for our kids, education, create new jobs and some bread and Merlot wine on our tables to celebrate.

I think Obama or Hillary will allow America a better chance at being a hardworking citizen with fringe benefits. When families come home at night, they can have a whole chicken on the table instead of cutting it in half to eat some now and save some for later. They can take bubble baths and not have to use Dawn dish detergent just to get bubbles… Instead of choosing which bill to pay in order to feed their children-they will be able to be happy as a family around the table filled with abundance-I believe that for the future.

Homeless people should not exist in this rich country, yet we have Senators asking for the records of the Pastors of Mega Churchs, throwing stones at others' glass house while they sit in a shattered proof house- you think? Okay while we are at it, let us see their income. After all, our kids still have not received all that they deserve…Holla if you feel me! So while the Senator motes his brother’s eyes, give him a mirror and let him get the Nat-butter out of his.

“I’m just voicing the truth. Thank God, that he has blessed me to be a blessing for others but I can only do so much. Finally yet importantly, let us take care of our kids first before we bring company over from Mexico.

Let Us Vote For a NEW BEGINNING! LET US VOTE HISTORY TO LIFE!

My new years resolution is to stop believing that "celebrities", from all the various fields of endeavor, are somehow more significant, intelligent, blessed and most importantly deserving of our attention and patronage (adulation?) than the rest of us "commoners" in society. Sorry Tavis. I know you make your living talking to the "best and brightest". Why, you are even a member of this elite club. But I am more interested in serving the "least of these".

I resolve to remain prayerful with open arms for those brothers and sisters who have left the fold, calling them back home. Those who undermine the progress, vitality, and dignity of the people, who disfranchise the people, who cast the dispersion that ignorance prevails within our communities, whether they are prominent in politics, entertainment, or live in the neighborhood. I really don’t want to mention any names… Armstrong Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Cory Booker, Jesse Peterson, Alan Keyes, Nelly, Wu-tang Clan, Karrine Steffens, and any of my “home boys”, “dogs”, or crew members down the street hell-bent on killing each other; that’s the short list.

When you do decide to come home, I’ll greet you at the front door rather than the back one, singing a rendition of Oh Happy Day! Followed by a recitation of those famous words “Free at Last, Free at Last”. I pray this year we halt the madness and exploitation of each other that destroys and debilitates us, here and in Africa.

Disclaimer: Forgive me, but I’m tired y’all.

Peace be with you