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Hello Readers!!! Welcome to week 2 of my new series on  Life, Faith &Love  titled  Life Lessons Learned in my 20's .  Every Saturday, I will be posting a new blog of a story sent to me by one of YOU. I have loved reading all of your stories so far and I am so excited to share some of these lessons with you guys. This week life lesson stems from my younger sister Marvellous. She titles her life lesson "One Step At A Time" Marvellous: "There's a popular saying that goes, 'if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.' And I couldn't believe that anymore. Although I'm at the early stages of my 20's, I've already learned a whole lot as a young woman trying to make it in this world. My biggest lesson so far is that, not everything is going to go as planned. It's easy to get caught up with how you envision yourself to be and every detail to get there, but the blow will hurt so much more if you don't prepare yourself fo

Hello Readers!!! Welcome to my new series on Life, Faith &Love titled Life Lessons Learned in my 20's .  Every Saturday, I will be posting a new blog of a story sent to me by one of YOU. I have loved reading all of your stories so far and I am so excited to share some of these lessons with you guys. This week life lesson stems from a friend of mine name Ebi! One main lesson she has learned so far in her 20's is something she calls "Imposed Anger." Read below for Ebi's story: "2 things I've learnt so far, appreciate the big picture and beware of imposed anger:  I got into a accident recently, and had my car totaled. That, in itself is an inconvenience, but looking at the big picture, I wasn't hurt in the accident, I'm blessed with friends and family willing to give me their car and/or rides. I've actually enjoyed the time I spent riding with friends, and... my insurance is taking care of everything, so I don't have to spend a

Thanksgiving is a season centered around being grateful. Families and friends gather together to dine and give thanks to this thing called life. But what do you do when you are not feeling thankful? When you are experiencing some thanksgiving blues? Maybe you recently got laid off, ended a relationship, or loss a love one and it's weighing you down mentally and emotionally. This blog post is focused on how to tackle feelings of ungratefulness during this Thanksgiving season. 1. Start At The Root People go through things in life and they try to mask what they are going through. They put on a fake smile and pretend that everything is okay, but in reality they are in pain. In order for real healing to begin, we must begin at the root of the problem. Dig deep and ask yourself when did I start feeling this way? What happen? How did it happen? For example there was a season in my life when I was feeling down. For me, when I am down most people can not tell. I still put on smile,

It's very easy for us to love people that treat us right. Even easier to love others when they are thoughtful, caring and compassionate. But what do you do when people make it difficult for you to love them? When they are closed off, emotionally unavailable, and difficult. Holiday season is right around the corner and you might be seeing a relative that is difficult to love or might work with a co-worker who is difficult to work with, or possibly married to someone who is difficult to love. This blog is focused on applicable tools on how to love the unlovable. 1. Evaluate Yourself First, Are YOU the Problem? When I was in college, I was a Resident Assistant for five years. Throughout those five years, I've worked with at least 70 different co-workers with several different personalities. Some co-workers were easy going, others were more up tight, and some were difficult to work with. The few staff members that were difficult to work with, made me dig dee

The google definition of integrity is, "The quality of being honest and having strong moral principle; moral uprightness." It seems like in today's day and age people are starting to take more short cuts to get to the top. Some people want an easy ride to the top and forget about the beauty of hard work, integrity and a virtuous character. This blog post is simply to encourage my fellow hustlers out there to be full of integrity while we're hustling to the top. What you do when no one is watching is a reflection of who you really are.  Let's be real, we've all had an experience where we've been dishonest. We have ALL lied at one point or another. Right now in my life I value honesty and transparency so much. My close circle of family members and friends know that I'm almost too honest to a fault. BUT there was a time in middle school/high school when I would lie to get out of the house. When I was growing up I wanted to hang out with certai

Valentine's day is right around the corner and everyone is making plans to get booed up. I'm all for finding love, but sometimes we try really hard to get someone to like us, that we have no business talking to. I am a woman and I can only speak from a ladies perspective, but sometimes women try so hard to gain a man's attention, that we can make ourselves an option, instead of his number one selection. You send the text messages, buy the gifts, try to initiate hanging out, but the guy is not reciprocating? Or maybe he's reciprocating, but just enough to keep you interested in him because he likes the attention you give him, but he's just not 100% clear with his intentions for you? If this is your situation, sis I advice you to let go. Quick story time: there was a time I was interested in a man. I'm typically very old fashion and I believe the man should pursue the woman, but I found myself trying to shoot my shot at this guy. I told him that I was catc

Hello everyone! I hope you all were safe, yet had fun breaking into the new year. Wow, it's still crazy to me how fast 2018 went by. Time definitely does fly by. I want to start off my first blog of 2019, by saying welcome to 2019. I know New Year's resolutions are a big deal when a new year begins. I am all for change, but last year during the New Year I proposed saying NO to New Year resolutions and saying YES to life time solutions. If you're interested in that blog, click on  Lifestyle Solution . This year I want to encourage you to start of the new year by intentionally choosing to TRUST God. Choosing to trust God can be easier said than done. I walked through a really hard season in 2018, things have dramatically improved, but to be honest at times I still struggle with this. There was something I was praying and asking God for in 2018. Y'all I asked God numerous times. I prayed, fasted, told friends about it for corporate prayer, I tried to do everything &quo