Sunday, February 24

Langston Hughes----Life aint been no crystal stair

Life ain't been no crystal stair.... Langston Hughes


Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

But all the time

I'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the dark

Where there ain't been no light.

So, boy, don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps.

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now—

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

We have to remember day in and day out that life has not been and may never be a crystal stair and that there will always be a glass ceiling. We must be like diamonds cutting glass as it comes our way; and like dynamite , blowing down anything that may stand between us and our destinies. Please acknowledge that there is a jungle out there and we got to live like we are the last of a dying breed determined to be vast and not extinct, excel in all that you do and take your failures as test runs.....keep climbin, keep driving, and dont give up not even when the breaks get stuck.

Saturday, February 23

Bitten by a Passion LEECH; now I am REVIVED


This morning; actually this evening after my nap I WOKE UP!!!! I woke up and decided that I would not allow this LEECH on my soul to continue to suck me dry. You see; this passion sucking parasite called HARD LIFE and STRUGGLE continues to drain me of my passions, determination, and desires. I am HUMAN and I can admit that sometimes I am in deep need of TRUE inspiration. We can easily be swayed from our gifts; and passions when faced with mounds of STRUGGLE and HARDSHIP. It gets hard trying to survive for some of us; we get discouraged and become enthralled in emotional warfare within. What is emotional warfare you ask???? Its that draining battle we face when trying to be strong and stand firm but in turn; we are confronted by a deep and dark portal that convinces us that giving in to weakness may be less stressful.
Let me get a little deeper with you; I have battled a massive amount of loss. At very young age I lost my mother and my father had abandoned my siblings and I at that moment in life WE had been ORPHANED but were raised by loving grandparents all though that my not be a struggle to some, for us it was quite a challenged. At times we were emotionally abused, and mentally corrupted by the views of outsiders whom condemned us to being no more than a future statistics. But; I refused to be defeated; now I have a college degree and a decent job; so you think all is well. For me it is not, you got to understand some things scar deep. Approximately a year ago I lost my second mother; my grandmother and that has left my three siblings and I to survive on our own. Imagine being 22 and having three younger siblings whom now are left to survive alone.
Each day I ask for a blessing to come upon my troubled seas and give me the ability to take my siblings in and allow them the right to feel secure; but I can hardly provide the needed security for myself. These struggles and hurdles welcomed the passion bug to lay upon my heart and suck me dry. However; that bug was not ready for what would happen. The parasite was not ready for the light that would come and revive me; kicking its behind to the curb. HOPE, FAITH, and INTERNAL STRENGTH gathered as a trinity blessed by the GRACE of the Holy Trinity stood firm and gathered in my honor with one task at hand; relieve me of this passion-sucker>>>> their crusade was successful and I received the passion transfusion I had been waiting for.
I know strongly and PASSIONATELY that I will let no barnacle; of any kind steal from me what the LORD has blessed me with. Although he has taken from me these loved ones I know that "God will never deliver me to a place where he can not protect me". I will stand FIRM and I hope that whomever reads this is inspired to be revived as well if they have a LEECH on their SOUL or HEART. I want you to know you are strong and all it takes is for you to STAND FIRM>>>>> I leave you with this message from MAYA ANGELOU and remember there is nothing you can not rise from.

Still I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou