"To dream anything that you want to dream - that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do - that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits - that is the courage to succeed." - Bernard Edmonds

Ralph Waldon Emerson
 

"The ultimate measures of a man is where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr.

Big Brother
 

I think about you night and day
The tears continue to fall like rain
My heart feels like its been broken
My life will never be the same

I hurt when I think of your smiling face
That you've been taken feels unreal
I try hard to continue on with life
It's not easy when pain is all I feel

You were taken from us so quickly
I never got to say goodbye
It doesn't seem fair that you were called
Gods unforeseen plan only makes me cry

I should have said "I love you" more
Know, Big Brother, that I do so deep
I should rejoice that you are in Heaven
No hang my head and weep

Although I know that you're better off
It hurts now that we're apart
No matter where life takes me now
Michael, you'll always be in my heart

In memory of my big brother, Michael Allen
June 12, 1972-October 19, 2011

Close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream.
That's how I get by.

But why is the rum gone?! - Captain Jack Sparrow

"Character is never erected on a neglected conscience." - Author Unknown

I am sure by now you all can tell I love Iyanla
 

It can be challenging to forgive someone. The hardest person to forgive may be you. At times, it is hard to believe that you can forgive yourself; that you deserve to be forgiven or, that you are worthy of forgiveness. When you forgive yourself for believing you deserve to be punished, growth occurs, learning takes place and healing is the result. When you forgive yourself you release fear, eliminating the possibility that fear will continue to control your behavior.

~~Iyanla Vanzant


What is prosperity? A mental state. A functional attitude that draws to you an abundance of every great thing. How do you get prosperity? Expect it. Always ask for the highest and best; never doubt that it will come.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

Life Lesson
 

When you see crazy coming....cross the street!

~~Iyanla Vanzant

I've found Today
I've shut the door on Yesterday,
Its sorrows and mistakes;
I've locked within its gloomy walls
Past Failures and heartaches.
And now I throw the key away
To see another room,
And furnish it with hope and smiles
And every springtime bloom.

No thought shall enter this abode
That has a hint of pain,
And worry, malice and distrust
Shall never therein reign.
I've shut the door on Yesterday
And thrown the key away ---
The Future holds no doubt for me,
Since I have found today.

---- Author Uknown

Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying. ~ Christian Furchtegott Gellert

If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently? ~ Robert Brault

The more side roads you stop to explore, the less likely that life will pass you by. ~ Robert Brault,

I feel so miserable without you, it’s almost like having you here.

I may have posted this before...sorry for the repetition
 

I like long walks...
 

Forgiveness doesn't stop the pain.
Forgiveness doesn't erase a memory.
Forgiveness doesn't fade a scar.
Forgiveness doesn't heal a wound.
Forgiveness doesn't unbreak a heart.
Forgiveness doesn't repair what was destoyed.
Forgiveness doesn't answer any nagging questions.
Forgiveness doesn't ease the grieving or loss.
Forgiveness can't return what was taken.
Forgiveness simply removes anger from the equation.