Unconditional Love

Families are very important in understanding ‘unconditional love”. Family members will love you through all your ISSUES. They may not like you but they will always love you. Take care of your families today and every day; your families are the foundation that will anchor you through the storms that will come!

You have a Gold Mine inside of you! It’s called potential. Our potential is probably our greatest untapped resource. Many people busy themselves with tasks as opposed to reaching in finding their true calling and therefore their real potential. If you begin today to concentrate on ONE MAIN GOAL and continue to improve to meeting that goal then you will find JOY today. Reaching your true potential is like finding the missing compass in your life—you TRUE NORTH! Don’t settle for just leaving; spend some quite time with yourself to discover and reach to attain your potential. It just takes a minute; it just takes your deciding that today is the day you discover and actualize your potential.

History Was Made

Well history was established last night. An African American accepted the Presidential nomination of a major political party. This is a remarkable event and I sincerely hope each of you and your children were a part of it. Regardless of whether you a Republican, Democrat or Independent; whether you are male of female or whether you are an African American, an American of Hispanic origin or white, this was a historic event and a historic day.

We should all celebrate because less than 265 years since the abolishment of slavery and 45 years to the date of the “I have a DREAM speech” by Martin Luther King, this country put forth the nomination of the most qualified candidate to represent the Democrat party to become the President of the United States and leader of the free world. He is a senator, he is a lawyer, he is a husband, he is a father, he is of mixed racial parentage and in the US is classified by the US census bureau as an African American. We should all be proud to be Americans today and God Bless You and God Bless the UNITED States of America!

Tapes Playing In Your Head

Have you noticed that people are FIRST influence by what they see? This is a human trait and is probably a good protective mechanism and a hold over from our old brain. People’s first impressions are always on what they see which is why both Hilliary Clinton and Barack Obama have had the challenges they have had in their current pursuits. Folk are not used to SEEING either women or African Americans in positions of power.

We also influence our children in the same way. If you have children, then you’ve probably observed this. No matter what you tell your children to do, their natural inclination is to follow what they see you doing. Do you ever wonder why you have some of the negative or positive “tapes” running in your head? Some of those tapes and memories are things your parents gave you – “respect your elders”; “don’t trust strangers”, “Go to work everyday not matter how sick you may feel”; “See how you can get over on people”; “Save your money”; “Live on credit”. At some point we should all evaluate the tapes we have running that prevent us from critically evaluating every person and situation on its own merits. This is the process of maturation and will create “new tapes” that we can call our own. Critical thinking skills are necessary building blocks for success.