Category: relationships

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to resist your growth? Why they get uncomfortable when you start reaching for more? The truth is, folk can only give you what they have—and if they’re stuck, they’ll try to keep you stuck too. But you weren’t created to stay small. You were called to break…

When an old thought or imagination pops into your mind out of nowhere, question it. Take that thought captive and bring it to the obedience of Christ. You’re not just thinking self-defeating thoughts—the enemy is shooting darts at your mind to slow you down. Where else is he fighting you? Right… the fight is in…

“For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.” — Romans 8:19 NKJV There are so many people waiting for what you have. I’ve heard that so many times in the past and would think to myself, “I have nothing to offer.” I also resented the statement…

I was driving the other day and thought about something mean someone said to me a while ago. It just popped up outta nowhere. I got angry all over again, and then I started thinking about all the other mean things people have said to me over the years. Before I knew it, I came…

When I was a kid, I had a bully. Most of us had the same bully, unfortunately. It was a girl called ‘Metris—short for Demetrius. She was in a grade higher than me and was bigger than all of us because she developed early. She was also unwashed most of the time. On a school…

I watched Monster’s Ball years ago, and back then I didn’t really get the depth of the movie because I hadn’t lived long enough to know that sometimes, you gotta just let yourself be loved. Last night, it was on—so I watched it—and it clicked. It’s kinda beautiful when you think about it. Two people…

Good morning! Just an FYI. I haven’t deleted anyone or my page. This is what I woke up to. My page has been marked for permanent removal and has been removed. I can’t get anything on messenger either. Reach me here or email me. I can’t send or receive inbox messages either

It’s programming. All my life, I have lived from hand to mouth. I remember as a child, the end of the month was brutal. Food stamps came on the first of every month, so the week leading to the first was famine. We ate whatever was left or given to us by the neighborhood food…

I will be fifty in 241 days. I will have lived half a century with the belief that life was happening to me and not through me. This limiting belief caused me to sometimes pity myself. I would look at how things in my life were going and believe—erroneously—that I had no control. Imagine that.…

The lease for my suite was signed, and the supplies were flowing in. I was all set, except for the fact that I had to give the spa my two weeks’ notice. That was the worst part of everything. I hated to let anyone down, and I felt like I would be letting Anne Marie…