Of all the pics and propaganda flooding the web I came across one that made me laugh and smile and feel pride and joy. 
The kicker tag under PRESIDENT says "Now available in Black" hahaha LOVES IT!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Way To GO NASHVILLE
Thankfully Nashville has a little sense and voted AGAINST the English Only referendum.
Taken from the Tennessean: "The final was 32,144 for English only and 41,752 against — at about 19 percent, the largest turnout for a special election in a decade. Opponents were well ahead when early voting totals came out just after the polls closed at 7 p.m. and never trailed."
What I am distraught about is the cost of holding this special election. Tennessee is already over 1 billion in debt yet we had to spend $280,000 for this idioic attempt at segregation.
Thank goodness
councilman Eric Crafton has given up on getting this bill passed. Hopefully he wont try to come in the back door and shift things around. Nashville is a melting pot of diversity and all of our residents make the city better not worse.
Way to go Nashville. Yet another showing of how important it is to vote and be counted.
Taken from the Tennessean: "The final was 32,144 for English only and 41,752 against — at about 19 percent, the largest turnout for a special election in a decade. Opponents were well ahead when early voting totals came out just after the polls closed at 7 p.m. and never trailed."
What I am distraught about is the cost of holding this special election. Tennessee is already over 1 billion in debt yet we had to spend $280,000 for this idioic attempt at segregation.
Thank goodness
councilman Eric Crafton has given up on getting this bill passed. Hopefully he wont try to come in the back door and shift things around. Nashville is a melting pot of diversity and all of our residents make the city better not worse. Way to go Nashville. Yet another showing of how important it is to vote and be counted.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Don't Be Afraid To Be Bigger Than What You Are
Don’t be afraid to be bigger than what you are. I received this word while listening to my bishop (http://www.josephwalker3.org/ ) on Streaming Faith (http://www.streamingfaith.com/ ).
I have attended this church since 1994. I have heard many sermons from Bishop Walker. They have become all too familiar. However today as in any other day, the word may be the same, but the message always hits me in a different way. I failed to realize this in 2008. I knew it, but had grown tired of the same old song. Listening to today’s message based on scripture reference John 15 about being ready to go the extra mile and lining oneself up with the word caused a familiar revelation.
The scripture talks about being connected to the true vine which is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and purging ourselves from those that mean us no good or only hang around and drag us down. I have seldom “purged” anyone from my life that I felt was of immediate danger, threat, or proved non-beneficial to my life. Unless you count men I’ve dated then there have been plenty. However, I consider that a casualty of war. They come and they go. No big deal. I have wondered nonetheless if I have ever been intentionally “purged” from someone’s life without me actually realizing that’s what was happening.
Sidebar-train of thought derailed-insert different but related subject here >Most people have high school and college friends whom they keep in touch with for a lifetime. They know each other’s friends, family, behaviors, dreams, plans, wishes, and desires. I on the other hand, can’t really say I have kept in touch with friends from the past. I also cannot say that I have developed strong bonded relationships with friends past or present. At least not to what my understanding of what friendship is considered.
In my opinion friends are those that spend quality time together doing all sorts of things together. They are friends because in a lot of ways they are alike, but what keeps them friends is the ways in which they differ. You can’t be friends with yourself alone or how else would you grow. The reason for the difference is to experience something new together. Keep each other out of trouble and push each other to be better than the rest. Do I have friends that encourage me? I would say no. Nor do I have friends that discourage me. I have friends that are simply just “friends.” And what does this mean? I have no idea. What I’m saying is I don’t really feel close to my “friends” and I’m not really sure how they feel about me. Maybe it could be me just be me pms-ing this week. Then again, I don't think so.
Now back to my original intended post. > My career and life expectancies I dream of have been halted in part due to my fear of success. I am afraid that the things I want to do will push me into the open to be scrutinized and perhaps summoned for an even greater work. The craziness is that is what I want. I want to be considered an expert professional in my field. I want to be asked to speak on this or write a critique or article about that. I want to be deeply involved in the community and recognized as a great leader and one who brings the masses together for preventive youth services, disseminating stereotypes, and challenging the mindset of society’s distrust and frustration with at-risk youth. And by the way, I am starting to really hate that word “at-risk” to describe our low income multi-barrier families. I am destined to come up with a new more positive adjective to describe this hardworking energetic and creative group.
Hence the message I received from the word, don’t be afraid to be bigger than what you are. This was not the specific words that came out of the bishop’s mouth, but indeed what the Lord delivered to me as I listened to the same sermon I’ve heard more than a few times. This was a new revelation for me, one that I realized one day during my company’s re-organization orientation. After reviewing the new way of doing things the directors hope was that we would buy into the concept and figure out what action steps we would take to make the workplace a more desirable place to start a career and stay. These are the goals and action steps I came up with that I thought would help progress the agency.
1. Help the people we provide services for be more successful
2. Make sure our clients are satisfied with our services
3. Grow our own skills and capabilities
What specific actions can I take to help meet these goals?
Work harder on making the numbers add up in a positive light for the clients more so than for the government
Produce a more sound and qualitative analysis of client needs, services rendered, and true to life roads to self sufficiency (this can be done during surveys/ focus groups etc)
Take a SPSS class.
Improve Excel skills, Leadership development, Practice more on data capture and analysis
Improve writing skills
Release the fear of communication
Build confidence
Think more on a permanent basis rather than temporal
Set higher standards for myself by developing a better sense of self
Writing down my skills and look for ways to improve and add needed skills such as policy analysis, data analysis, data management, organizational management, time management
Do more to ease the stress of someone else's job by doing my job in the most accurate and efficient way possible
Make the effort to be on time, friendly, cooperative, involved, and successful. Continue to recognize that my job today is a building block for my next career move.
I have attended this church since 1994. I have heard many sermons from Bishop Walker. They have become all too familiar. However today as in any other day, the word may be the same, but the message always hits me in a different way. I failed to realize this in 2008. I knew it, but had grown tired of the same old song. Listening to today’s message based on scripture reference John 15 about being ready to go the extra mile and lining oneself up with the word caused a familiar revelation.
The scripture talks about being connected to the true vine which is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and purging ourselves from those that mean us no good or only hang around and drag us down. I have seldom “purged” anyone from my life that I felt was of immediate danger, threat, or proved non-beneficial to my life. Unless you count men I’ve dated then there have been plenty. However, I consider that a casualty of war. They come and they go. No big deal. I have wondered nonetheless if I have ever been intentionally “purged” from someone’s life without me actually realizing that’s what was happening.
Sidebar-train of thought derailed-insert different but related subject here >Most people have high school and college friends whom they keep in touch with for a lifetime. They know each other’s friends, family, behaviors, dreams, plans, wishes, and desires. I on the other hand, can’t really say I have kept in touch with friends from the past. I also cannot say that I have developed strong bonded relationships with friends past or present. At least not to what my understanding of what friendship is considered.
In my opinion friends are those that spend quality time together doing all sorts of things together. They are friends because in a lot of ways they are alike, but what keeps them friends is the ways in which they differ. You can’t be friends with yourself alone or how else would you grow. The reason for the difference is to experience something new together. Keep each other out of trouble and push each other to be better than the rest. Do I have friends that encourage me? I would say no. Nor do I have friends that discourage me. I have friends that are simply just “friends.” And what does this mean? I have no idea. What I’m saying is I don’t really feel close to my “friends” and I’m not really sure how they feel about me. Maybe it could be me just be me pms-ing this week. Then again, I don't think so.
Now back to my original intended post. > My career and life expectancies I dream of have been halted in part due to my fear of success. I am afraid that the things I want to do will push me into the open to be scrutinized and perhaps summoned for an even greater work. The craziness is that is what I want. I want to be considered an expert professional in my field. I want to be asked to speak on this or write a critique or article about that. I want to be deeply involved in the community and recognized as a great leader and one who brings the masses together for preventive youth services, disseminating stereotypes, and challenging the mindset of society’s distrust and frustration with at-risk youth. And by the way, I am starting to really hate that word “at-risk” to describe our low income multi-barrier families. I am destined to come up with a new more positive adjective to describe this hardworking energetic and creative group.
Hence the message I received from the word, don’t be afraid to be bigger than what you are. This was not the specific words that came out of the bishop’s mouth, but indeed what the Lord delivered to me as I listened to the same sermon I’ve heard more than a few times. This was a new revelation for me, one that I realized one day during my company’s re-organization orientation. After reviewing the new way of doing things the directors hope was that we would buy into the concept and figure out what action steps we would take to make the workplace a more desirable place to start a career and stay. These are the goals and action steps I came up with that I thought would help progress the agency.
1. Help the people we provide services for be more successful
2. Make sure our clients are satisfied with our services
3. Grow our own skills and capabilities
What specific actions can I take to help meet these goals?
Work harder on making the numbers add up in a positive light for the clients more so than for the government
Produce a more sound and qualitative analysis of client needs, services rendered, and true to life roads to self sufficiency (this can be done during surveys/ focus groups etc)
Take a SPSS class.
Improve Excel skills, Leadership development, Practice more on data capture and analysis
Improve writing skills
Release the fear of communication
Build confidence
Think more on a permanent basis rather than temporal
Set higher standards for myself by developing a better sense of self
Writing down my skills and look for ways to improve and add needed skills such as policy analysis, data analysis, data management, organizational management, time management
Do more to ease the stress of someone else's job by doing my job in the most accurate and efficient way possible
Make the effort to be on time, friendly, cooperative, involved, and successful. Continue to recognize that my job today is a building block for my next career move.
I have learned a lot about myself in the last year or so. The issue is putting it use and taking my life and existence to new heights.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Marriage...DONT DO IT GIRL! unless he's heaven sent
Words from Pastor Jamal Harrison-Bryant:
I often warn women who are contemplating marriage to marry someone who can take care of them. When a woman marries, it ought to be to someone who is capable of taking her to the next level. If she comes from poverty, there is no reason for her to get married and still be impoverished. The role of the man is to take her to another place.
When she gets married, she ought to dress better, drive better, live better, and eat better, not constantly be in a struggle over where her next meal is coming from. My grandmother used to say, 'I can do bad all by myself.
For a woman desiring a mate, the objective, of course, would be to find a Christian man, who's settled, has goals, accomplishments and a job. But a goal-oriented and focused man can't just be approached any kind of way.
So the woman who seeks this type of stability must make sure that he stands out above the crowd:
For a woman desiring a mate, the objective, of course, would be to find a Christian man, who's settled, has goals, accomplishments and a job. But a goal-oriented and focused man can't just be approached any kind of way.
So the woman who seeks this type of stability must make sure that he stands out above the crowd:
- Make sure your relationship with the Lord is strong and growing.
- Make sure that you are presentable. Working from the inside out, your presentation should be representative of both who you are and whom you seek. Appearance is a reflection of how you see yourself.
- Have the ability to hold an intelligent conversation.
- And most importantly, allow the Holy Ghost to take control. You don't need to go after him. He's going to come after you, because after he sees and smells you and knows that you're in his presence, he's going to want to know who you are!
I know there's somebody reading this who has been chasing after the 'man of your dreams,' but God says, 'Just sit still and allow patience to have her perfect work through Me. '
Furthermore, it's never a good idea to be too forward and too aggressive. Attempting to win a man's affection by jumping into bed with him will only backfire and cause him to lose interest in ever developing a lasting relationship. It causes him to lose respect for you and question your character.
However, if he sees that you are dressed with quality, that you smell like you are somebody, that you look like you're doing fine without him, then that will attract the right attention from him. He'll have no choice but to give you his attention. Stop looking so needy, climbing into bed, trying in vain to capture a man's heart.God woke me up in the middle of the night and said, 'The same thing that Naomi told Ruth to do is the same thing that I want them to do for me.'
God is so sick of saints coming to Him trying to get a quickie and never romancing Him for Who he is - going to church screaming, shouting and hollering, but hadn't been intimate with God all week long! Stop trying to treat God like a sugar daddy and start romancing Him with worship and praise: 'I'm yours Lord...everything I've got...everything I'm not!'
The God we serve, which is the God of love, demands and requires of us foreplay before He gives us what we need. In the book of Ruth, the mother-in-law tells Ruth, 'You have to wash.' John 15:3 reminds us, Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. When you sit in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you are taking a shower. When you hear the unadulterated Word of God, then the dirt and grime that you've accumulated all week long begins to wash off of you.
Ask God to 'create in you a clean heart and renew a right spirit.' Stand in the word. Then wait upon the Lord to renew your strength. Pass this on to those who have found or are seeking Mr. Right. This message is not directed at the receiver, it is directed to women I know that touch other young women that can benefit from this information. We are to be Naomi's of the world today. Our young women need to be informed of how to catch and keep a man that will respect .
" If he can't meet you where you are....leave him where he's at "
'Every Saint Has a Past, Every Sinner Has A Future'
BE REAL! HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
Friday, January 2, 2009
DAMN THOSE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Good Morning Good People! Lets make today a good day! I have to tell myself this everyday because I get so bored with my daily routine in spite of the efforts I make to change it. My bishop's motto for the New Year state: "IT'S DELIVERY TIME IN 2009"! He keeps coming with them don't he :-) Delivery of course is an acronym but since I didnt attend watch night service I can't honestly tell you what it stands for lol! I do know that some of the message is a repeat from last year. So we have yet another time to get it right. Don't waste it because you never know when this time might be your last time. God keeps waking us up to give us another chance to get it right. Try not to disappoint him or yourself. Live your best life is easier said than done, but I believe it is doable no doubt! Make habits not resolutions. I am officially boycotting that whole resolution thing! BAH HUMBUG to false expectations! Get a grip! Do you for you for life not just for a moment of inspiration. Set realistic goals not just for the new year, but every single day. It takes a constant check and balance to become who you want to be for yourself and others. If you have a strong desire to make changes make them a little at a time. Just like we cancel debt in small increments so should your quest of something new. Never forget to celebrate the small victories. It takes small victories to make it big. Nothing is overnight. If you wake up in the morning that is the day for you to do something different, something right, something spectacular, something habitual. Life is destined to end no matter what. The only opportunity you have to create something spectacular is from dob to expiration. Make it worth something. Believe it or not, Souljah boy actually has the best motto for life...WALK IT OUT. Don't play, do and be for real about it. Be adament. Be nerve racking to the point you can't stand yourself if you don't do it. :-)
Peace, love, blessings, and increased income lol!
Peace, love, blessings, and increased income lol!
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