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

#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.

#15 Christmas

Black girls love Christmas.

Christmas is so multi-faceted that it encompasses many great things black girls like. It is a time of family and friends. It is a time of giving and receiving. It is a time to reflect on the birth of Christ. Yes, Christmas is all of these things. It is also a time of reflection on how you have lived in the previous 11 months without all of the pressure of New Year's Resolutions.

I am never one for resolutions or hollow proclamations - it's fine in 2009, things are great in 2008, etc. What exactly rhymes with ten anyway? lol

At least at Christmas, you can just feel love. If you are near family or abroad - just feel love. It travels through the atmosphere and reaches your heart. If you are estranged from someone, reach out to them. No rehash of past wrongdoings, just give love. Love melted the Grinch's heart. I am sure it can melt yours.

After all, the Christmas story tells us that God came down unto man as the baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. I am told that God IS love.

I send love to all of my readers on the Christmas Day. Don't worry, you can re-gift it. LOL

#13 Passion

Black girls love passion. Passion as defined as any powerful or compelling emotion.

What are you passionate about? What is it that causes you to get out of bed in the morning?

I love a man that is passionate about something. Be it music, career, education, or making a difference, have some passion about it.

I think Michelle Obama took a look at a scrawny, broke, nerd trying to make his way into politics and said, "This man has PASSION!!!" We all know how that story unfolded.

Soooooo, what is your passion?