Category: desire
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Changing your discouragement into determination…
Picture courtesy of http://www.workmatters.org Does anyone else feel like you are going through one trial after another? Does it seem as if when you just catch your breath, you are gut punched with a new problem? At times, these issues seem overwhelming and insurmountable, leaving you distraught, angry and hopeless.…
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Should women without children be entitled to a form of maternity leave?
Picture courtesy of www.acep.org Click here to read the article: Author suggests childless women deserve ‘meternity’ leave When I first saw the headline for the article above where Meghann Foye discussed her new novel “Meternity”, I immediately became irritated. My first thought was why does everything have to be tit for tat?…
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Do we ever really mature ?
Picture courtesy of www.quotationof.com At what point is enough, enough and we make that decision to cross over into adulthood? Not just adulthood , but absolute maturity. The point where we leave all our insecurities behind, shed all our inhibitions and just start to coast through life. It’s a point where…
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Lost and Found…(A Mara Prose Poem)
Picture courtesy of www.kirklandviews.com I’m lost without an anchor I’m alone in a deep blue sea I’m surrounded by beauty But I just cannot see My world is very turbulent Full of blessings, lessons and to be’s I strive for equilibrium I strive to be free There’s a new me…
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Shame, shame, shame…
With the new season of Game of Thrones right around the corner, I thought how fitting would it be to pay tribute through my blog and talk about how much our society loves to shame people (Yes, I am a die hard GOT fan 😊). I know we have all…
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My 40 Dates with Positivity (Part II)…
Picture courtesy of www.happinesz.com I am Methodist and every year we vow to give up something for Lent. In the past, it has been superficial things for me such as giving up sweet tea, sweets, hamburgers, etc. Last year I gave it a lot thought and felt that those things were…
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Offense, Defense and just plain overkill…
I am beginning to wonder if our society will ever be allowed to voice objective opinions ever again? At the turn of every corner, someone is always whining about being offended. We are surely in a time where the thin-skinned and sensitive rule. It even seems to have become a…
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The Victim Mentality
Picture courtesy of http://www.grassrootssuccess.net At some point in all of our lives, we are going to come across the “Victim”. You know, that person everyone is supposedly against, can do no wrong, who is never given a fair chance and who never accepts responsibility for their actions? Yes, this nuisance…
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Chris Rock, smh…#Oscarsowhite
Picture courtesy of http://www.dallasnews.com Well, the Academy Awards have come and gone and the majority of the world is rejoicing Leonardo DiCaprio’s well deserved, if overdue Oscar win. The overshadowing subject was the lack of diversity in the nominations and Chris Rock’s humor in regards to the subject. I for one am…
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Sweet Memories (A Mara Prose Poem)
Picture courtesy of www.1001freefonts.com Wanting something new but stuck with the old Desiring that warm, fuzzy feeling but stuck in the cold Do I stay or do I leave? What about all the memories? Wish I could go back to better times When I was yours and you were mine…
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