Stuff Black Girls Like

#22 Freedom

In my Deneice Williams' voice, "I just want to be free, free, FREE!!"

YES, black girls from Harriet Tubman and Sojourner truth to you and me have been breaking the shackles off our feet so that we may DANCE!

Whether its a dead-end job, relationship, sin-clogged life - it is a chain binding you. These chains keep you from your destiny and living that abundant life. I can truly attest that if you seek God with all of your heart this journey to truth will set you free, free, FREE!

This black girl loves her freedom. I start a new gig Monday that is more in line with my hopes, dreams and career goals. Letting go of the old nine to five was truly a freeing experience. I am so grateful all I want to do is praise and dance.

What are you glad to be free from? What has this freedom allowed you to do and/or become?

Let our shackless feet dance together in one romp of praise!

#21 Organization or No Clutter

An organized home=an organized mind.

I have found it difficult to keep up with blogging ever since I moved in January, hence the delay in this post. I still had boxes from that move packed. I finally looked at those stupid boxes and said ENOUGH!

Black girls like organization!

So I have taken the past 2 weekends to organize my home starting with my bedroom and down to the smallest details. Clutter will no longer rule me.

Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein

This is a short post. No room for extra words = too much clutter! lol

#20 New Year's Day

Make it great in 2008! Staying fine in 2009! You can win in 2010!

Whatever your rhyming declaration, black girls like the New Year. It is a time to brush off the disappointments and frustrations of the old and start anew.

I was raised in a Church of God in Christ denomination, COGIC for those in the know, meaning no New Year's Eve parties for me. We had "Watch Service" in which we went to church around nine o'clock and prayed until after 12 midnight. It did not matter one bit that we stayed in neighborhoods in which gun shots would be ringing right along with our prayers.

God kept us safe.

Even to this day, it is difficult for me to not pray at midnight. I would feel a bit guilty drinking in the New Year. Anyway, out with the old and in with the new, right?

This New Year's holiday has me wanting to make one resolution - WRITE! This includes my book, my blogs and freelancing.

We black girls must agree on a New Year's declaration - a rhyming one. How about lucky number 7 in 2011? lol

#17 New Beginnings

Black girls like new beginnings.

A fresh start is the best treatment for any failure - personal or professional.

As women, we can get caught in a cycle, an unhealthy cycle, that allows the same wound to be reopened right as it has finally crusted over with a scab.

I know gross imagery but sometimes we need to hear the truth.

A few examples:

1. You're in an on again/off again relationship for ten years. The man calls you up and says it's over, I am in love. You decide to visit home. He calls you up and says, "Just kidding. I love you!" You sleep with him - it starts all over again.
2. The same family member(s) that has (have) betrayed you time and time again once again lets you down. You are hurt and injured and they are on their merry way.
3. You start a diet and workout regimen and are losing weight steadily. One weekend you fall of track. Instead of getting back on track, you wallow in self-pity and gravy.

I am being a tad facetious but you get my drift.

It's time to heal. It's time to prosper. The one way you can start today is by making a new beginning.

My prayer lately has been, Lord help me to take one day at a time.