STOP THE VIOLENCE?

So yesterday for the first time in my LIFE, I participated in a "STOP THE VIOLENCE WALK". I made sure I was there promptly at 9am, I was wearing my Blossoms t-shirt where I empower young women, and it started raining. When it began to rain, all I could think about was flashbacks of black activist, civil rights movement, walking and marching in the rain to fight against discrimination, and equal rights. Looking at the people who showed up today said we can do whatever we want to do. Seeing our people come out to support a very serious cause in our communities said we care so much that rain isn't going to stop us. Then the high school band came along and watching them march in rain gave me so much inspiration. The fact that young folk younger than me was out there, just touched me. We walked and then we ended at the local community YMCA. Inside we sat, and I was honored to hear personal testimonies of loved ones being killed due to violence. Others came up to motivate, to solve, and to uplift all that was there. Men and women who want to see violence stop in our community. Some stood up and said "its all of our responsibilities", and some said "its the fathers". Another person said "we have to change our mentality, its all about how we think". A young lady said "we have to show them love, because no one is telling our men how much we love them". One person really hit it on the nose when they mentioned "WOMEN". Now understand this person wasn't blaming us for the violence. He was simply saying don't forget about our women, they are apart of this just as much as the men are. Everyone had a solution to how we can stop the violence. Whether it be "changing our mindset", "showing love", "being accountable and responsible". We as "women", as a "culture", as the "power house", as "the ones who makes the world go round". We as women who "birth" and "raise" our children, and "others children". Understanding our capabilities, and recognizing our gifts as women says we can do all things through Christ that strengthen us. We do have to change the way we think. We do have to be responsible and accountable. We do have to not only tell our men we love them, but show them we love them by teaching what love mean. There are many of us who simply just don't know what love mean, or what responsibility, accountability, or even legacy mean. We just don't. However, we have the power to ask. We have the power to learn. We have the power to teach. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to work with our young girls at a crucial age of 9-12 years old. I am grateful to introduce a new way of thinking, and teach them what love means, instead of just saying I love you. I am grateful to teach them how, instead of just telling them what they can do, when they don't know how to. We as "WOMEN" simply do the best we know how, and we pass that on to our children, not realizing that we're lacking in some areas, simply because we don't know. I am blessed an honored to have an opportunity like this. When you empower a man, you empower one person. When you empower women, you empower a nation. Think about it.

What are you SOWING?

Every action you take is a seed you sow, and every seed you sow is a harvest you'll reap. In everything that we do, you have to look at it literally as a seed that your sowing. Karma always says, what goes around, comes around. From what we say, to what we do, we are sowing that same thing into our lives. I was telling the girls how we can so life, beauty, greatness, knowledge, and wisdom, simply speaking them into ourselves. When we all come to a closing, we say "I AM .......", and we fill that with a positive word. So you hear young girls saying "I AM AMAZING, I AM PHENOMENAL, I AM UNSTOPPABLE". Not only do we learn to speak greatness into our lives, we learn to speak greatness into each other lives. There is nothing more powerful than sowing seeds of greatness. In every seed that you sow, it will grow. The next time you go to say something, ask yourself "What kind of seed I am sowing?". Asking yourself this question not only makes you think, however, your becoming aware of your thoughts, and action.

CONFIDENCE is beauty!!

The most beautifulest thing about a woman is confidence. Knowing what you can do as a woman is a powerful thing. There are a lot of women who don't know what confidence mean. Confidence just means "knowing" how to do something. We limit ourselves as women when it comes to learning something new, or trying something new. Confidence also relates back to loving thyself. When you love yourself, your forever learning, because your growing. LIFE doesn't stop when you graduate from school, or college. LIFE is forever living, not meant to be wasted which is considered DEAD. Confidence is not about what you have, what you own, but what you KNOW. I remember this commercial use to come on every Saturday morning when I was a kid that said, "The more you read, the more you know.", and there was was a star that came across the t.v.. This commercial is so true. A lot of times we all get caught up in the glam life and forget about the real life. We forget why we were created in the first place. In society today its all about the appearance, and not what's on the inside. Beauty is always recognized by confidence first. Its also recognized as the most sexiest thing about a woman. Don't take my word for it, ask and find out. When you find out, then you'll KNOW. Its all about what you know ladies. I don't know about you, but its time for some reading!!

Cleanse Your Path!!

Becoming an amazing woman means to first cleanse your path. We have so many past things in our lives that clouds who we really are and shows who we really are. We carry so much in our lives that it shows in our homes, and in our relationships. How can we make room for better things to come into our lives if we still have the old stuff around? How can we improve in our relationships when we hold on to things that they've done to us? How? There's a saying that when one door closes, another door opens. First we have to know how to close that door, for another one to open. Have you ever went into someone house, and there was so much clutter, clothes, collected items, and items around that were never used but there for decorations? We are the same exact way. Think of yourself as that house. We have so much in our house that we have no room to add greatness. We can't even find the couch to sit on, and if we find the couch there's belongings, decorations, and clutter there too. We have to find ourselves first. Finding ourselves means to clean up and ship out. Think about your past relationships, think about the mistakes you've made, think about the times when you should've, could've and would've. Think about all the pain and suffering you had to go through. Think about all the men you have been with. Think about those things, and notice your patterns. Pay attention to what it was that your were doing. Everyone has a pattern of how they do things. Once you have accepted everything that has happened, and everything that you've done in your past, you are now ready to get rid of them. Throw all that pain, past relationships, suffering, clutter, the should've, could've, would'ves out. Now your path is clean. Now your path is ready to accept greatness. Now your path is ready for that amazing newness of you. Now your ready for that amazing date, that amazing relationship that you've deserved all this time. Cleanse your path, set your self up for success and not failure!