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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Food For Thought: It is Your Life

 

There comes a time when you have to look at yourself, honestly. We can blame our situation, our circumstances and everyone else for what is not going right in our lives but we have to take time out to see what is our part in our own mess. Because memo to self, it is your mess. You have to live within your own situation and handle the reality of your own world. No one else.

Did you ever realize that no one inherently gets happy when you do? If you make a million dollars today, that's your victory, no one elses. Just like your decision to get up and wash up is your decision and everything you do from that point forward, so is your happiness.

You are responsible for the decisions you make it.

You can ask other people for their opinions, validation, praise, or two cents, but at the end of the day, you have to live with what you decide.

Know what is in your best interest.
Do things to build yourself up versus tear yourself down.

Stop making poor decisions out of fear.

Do you realize that you can spend a lifetime inviting in the wrong people into your life and doing all the right things to make other people happy simply to belong, fit in, and please other people?

The time for people pleasing, and self abuse is over.

It is time for you to live your life to its fullest.

Your circle is already complete whether or not you have another person in the room with you.

You have with you at all times the presence of the holy spirit and god and jesus with you by calling on them in prayer.

You are not alone.
So stop inviting people into your world to fill up space and to stop feeling lonely.

Analyze your circle and see if you have people in your life who genuinely care about you and are building you up.

If you have people in your life who are constantly tearing you down, wearing out your self esteem and never seem to be happy for you, time to have a friendship divorce. Pack their bags and tell them to go. Party over.

Life is too short for you to be surround be negative, dead people.
Instead, invest the time that you were giving to those people to yourself and your prayer life with god. Become your number one fan, friend, and confidant. You are a good person and deserve only good things. Settle for nothing less in this year.

Stay blessed!

: )

Lady Charmaine Day

Pastor/Christian Consultant

Unlimited Help Ministries

www.unlimitedhelp.com