Tag: broken patterns
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“Things I Left Behind” : A Year End Reflection
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 KJV The 2022 version of this thing […]
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Depression ADHD: When my soul gets overwhelmed
That “A” in ADHD should also include anxiety and that “D”? Well at least one of them ought to mean depression cuz mines be on its RIHANNA, like “Baby! This is what you came forrrrr.” Here’s how it goes: I become overwhelmed trying to manage my tasks and times in a reasonable way but then […]
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You got me going in circles
Last night, I finally dreamed again–not the regular dreams that people get that we usually don’t remember. No, I saw a dream from God. And this is the part where you leave if you don’t believe in God. Or don’t. Cuz maybe you need to believe in God. Anyway. When I was little, it happened […]
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Values and Beliefs and Feelings and Thoughts and Words and Behaviors: The essence of alignment
You are not what you say you are; you are what you believe and what you value. You will always act in accordance to what you really believe and have found worth in, thereby demonstrating what is true to you. Even when that runs contrary to what that mouth do.🫢 Side note but importantly so: […]
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Frustrated Black Girl
I’m frustrated. You tell black girls to love themselves, then set about praising everything that is opposite of who they might be: if it’s light skinned/white, skinny, petite, “demure”, small, wavy/straight haired, not “too loud”, certainly not too black or sure of itself. You tell them they can’t be all the things they are, to […]
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Let Kids Be Kids
Newspapers often print negative stories of the lives of black children murdered–as though ONLY black teenagers do wrong stuff, as though those one or two instances tell you everything about who they are. News flash: black kids are kids, too. All teenagers do rotten things–they are impulsive, flighty, and otherwise silly. If they published every […]
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Living in the Overflow: An Adjustment of Perspective
For a very long time, I have fought for acceptance by doing things for others. I would bend over backwards, forwards, and sideways to try and get people to accept and appreciate me even just a little bit. Can you say people pleaser?! Every relationship left me drained and hurting–because people never knew who I […]
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Wednesday Morning Mind Wanderings
Wisdom: What you want ain’t always what you need. Sometimes, what you want is encouragement when what you really need is healing. You need release instead of just relief. You need conviction rather than comfort. Sometimes, you need to be delivered from your own self. Unhealed wounds, family curses (patterns of behavior), soul ties (cuz […]