OH BOY COULD MONDAY BE ANY LESS PAINFUL I woke up this morning, after a long 4 days off, thinking I should have had one more day off. I obviously had only slept 3 hours the whole night, so I was sleep deprived, and cranky, very cranky. My alarm blasted off at 0430 am, and... Continue Reading →
THANKSGIVING – GIVING THANKS
Today in the United States of America, it is Thanksgiving day. All around, turkey has been cooked in all its forms and variations, cranberry sauce, sweet corn, candied yams, green-beans casserole spread out, some corn bread if you are from the south, sweet potato pies and all kinds of stuff. If you are me,... Continue Reading →
PEARL #82: ACCESS OR NO ACCESS? SET LIMITS
How many people have access to us on a daily basis? We might not think many do, especially when you look at the number of phone calls a day, or how many people you call on a personal level. However, in the new era of social media, changing work environment, and daily routines, there is... Continue Reading →
DEAR DIARY
My small library grows daily, and daily I hope and pray one day it will occupy the books I have written. In the mean time, I savor authors and amazing works of art, literature, penned by some of the most gifted minds. Everyone has a teacher in them, so as I learn and teach and... Continue Reading →
PEARL #81: PLAN YOUR LIFE
DEAR DIARY, IT'S NOVEMBER 1ST 2014 "FAILING TO PREPARE IS PREPARING TO FAIL..." I used to hear this from Dr Dawkins Derrol, senior Pastor and Pediatrician, Birmingham AL. At the time I was just a student in nursing school, working as a Medical Assistant in his Pediatric practice. I wondered, what did that mean?... Continue Reading →
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
"...God doesn't make mistakes, why will He start with you?..." Mah Mekolle
How often do you think about why you exist? Too complicated a thought or too simplistic a view? Truth is, whether we think about it consciously or unconsciously, we are in one way or another striving to make sense of our existence. It is hard to experience total peace until we feel a sense... Continue Reading →
PEARL # 79: GO FOR IT
GO FOR IT The truth is, by the time you finish wondering, pacing around, and thinking about working the courage to do something good for yourself, it will still be the same time on the clock if you had moved. If it is 10 o'clock now where you are, in one hour the clock will... Continue Reading →
PEARL #78: INTEGRITY JOURNEY
A life of integrity is honorable, the journey tedious & rife with potholes & falls. Still rise up and try anyway. It's worth it. It's by rising every time we fall and fail that we learn what not to do or say. Learning happens at any stage in life, in our triumphs and in our... Continue Reading →
MY DAILY PRAYER
Dear God you know it's me again. I thank You for waking me up this morning, you are always so faithful. As I acknowledge your presence today, I ask that you forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sinned against me. You have created a beautiful earth and in it you put... Continue Reading →
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