One of my favorite shows on television right now is OWN’s Fix Your Life featuring Iyanla Vanzant. This show focuses on people that have issues that affect them moving forward in their lives or obstructing their peace. Ms. Vanzant provides insight on how to overcome the issues the people are facing. At the beginning of …
Plant Your Feet and PUSH
I serve as the caregiver for my mother who suffered a stroke a few years ago. As a result of this illness, her left side remains weak. One morning, as we were preparing for our day, she called me into her bedroom. As I entered her room, I find her sitting on the floor. She …
Resolve to Live
As many of you are making your resolutions for the year, decide each day to live your life to the fullest. Set goals that will allow you to capture the moments, to walk in your truth, and to be better than you were the day before. You owe it to yourself to be the best …
Let’s Start Again
I started this blog with much anticipation and excitement. I was going to change the world through my words, become an instant success, and publish my writings. We will not comment on how lofty those goals were. Honestly, when I think about them, I laugh, but these were my actual goals and dreams. Then life …
Five Ways to Encourage Yourself
Samuel 30:6 states, "And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God." When everyone around you is against you, sometimes you have to gird up …