Special Time

I know that the weight of the recession is beginning to hit a lot of people. I heard on the radio one lady say that her kids will only be getting heat and food for this christmas.

The one thing that I see in what people feel is such a horribe situation is that we are forced to remember that this season is not about the gifts you get. For so many years parents ran around and made themselves go broke to make sure their children have toys. Well now many are on a fixed budget so spending money on toys is not a option. That can seem bad but it actually makes us all spend more time with our family and not stressing about how much debt we created.

This special time of year is about love so as you sit at home or where ever you decide to be love whomever you are with. That is worth much more than your money could buy.

Is it me?

I am a only child. Sometimes the only child comes out and I don't want to be bothered with other people. I learned a long time ago that being with just "me" is not a problem.

In the adult world though instead of just being the only child I have turned into the woman that shuts down. The one with a attitude. The person who does better off without anyone bothering her. Is that how I am seen?

I really feel like people get me confused. I can play and joke all day with the best of them but I am serious about my business. I am serious about what I produce and support.

Is that the reason people start acting brand new around me? Am I suppose to lower my leader characteristics because other people don't want to give 100%.

If that is the case then I guess I am guilty.

It is me and I am that:
strong
professional
serious
organized
"Power House" that you either want to be around or would rather hate on.

Hmmmmm

Looking With the Naked Eye by Stacey Barlow

Our visions start when we are little children. Around the age of five, everyone has had an imaginary friend growing up. This teaches us how to play alone when our parents may have been too busy or we just didn’t have anyone around our age to play with. As we get older, we start thinking about what goals and dreams we desire to accomplish. Television is a part of that vision because a few of us tend to emulate our favorite entertainers. We watch what characters they play and feel like, at times that this character is a good character to portray while growing.

I grew up wanting to be many different things in life. My first attraction was becoming a firefighter, then a tennis player. In my teen years, it was to become a detective after reading in a well-known African American magazine about a female detective in New York. Then while listening to the radio, I decided that I wanted to become a DJ now known as radio personalities. In my late teens, I was very interested in politics. I loved Civics and told myself that I would become a lobbyist and work in the white house.
Always having the love of English, my interests started to change without me even thinking about it. I ended up working at the Literature and Language Department when I went off to college, and when I returned, I worked as a substitute teacher. Within those years, I had been writing poetry, entering contests and receiving awards. A suggestion made by my sister that I need to do something with my work. I took the necessary steps to get started. I sat down one day and had a revelation. Without realizing it, my life become full circle. In this process, I was writing down things that I wanted to accomplish. I found that list earlier this year.

With life’s vicissitudes, you may have gone through a struggle whether is be good or bad. When you write things down what you want out of life that is a step in the right direct. All you have to do is manifest it. Webster’s dictionary states that a visionary is a person who has fantastic ideas but the ideas are not real.

If you have very good ideas, let those ideas come to life by networking with people in your circle, but be careful whom you tell your visions to because they may not be apt to listen and later take your dreams as their own. Let us change the meaning of visionary, show the world what we have seen, and desire to do.

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A moment in time

One of my favorite songs is "Do You Know" sung by Diana Ross.

I am still trying to find out where I want to be in the world.

Do you know?

Evaluate and Correct

People are so use to living outside of their means that now that they are forced to see the results of their actions it is scary. Everyone is walking around talking about what they don't have and what they cannot buy instead of being happy with all the (things) they accumulated. People are more concerned with stuff than the things that are suppose to matter most like:
Health
Family
Freedom
Friendship
etc.

What is really going on?

In the mist of getting decent jobs and being able to do more than previous generations people are really losing their minds.

It hurts to see people more concerned about a $500.00 bag than finding out why they have a pain in their chest. That bag won’t save you. Better yet being so worried about what other people think people have a debt of 500, 000.00 when they only make 60,000.00 a year. Come on!

Now is the time for everyone to learn the lesson. Check wallets and priorities so that instead of feeling the sting of the changes happening around the U.S. people are giving valuable advice and thriving still.

Add to the Obama Collection

If you are like me and my family we have been collecting magazines and newspapers about Obama being President Elect. Yesterday in Barnes & Noble I found a magazine that was created of pictures, snippets from speeches and much more from Obama. It is in the magazine (news stand) section for $7.99. If you would like to see what this looks like let me know.

I just thought I would share just in case someone else was collecting documents to preserve for the generations to come.

Announcement

Happy Birthday To Me!!!!

Live your life!

Closing out 26

Leaving my 26 is unlike leaving any other year. I am sitting here recapping the good, bad, and amazing parts of my life. I have done so much and grown in ways that I didn't think I could. It is still amazing to me that a year has passed and I am still standing.

Lessons learned in 26:
You have to be a grown up because no one will take care of my business.Sometimes we have to let people go in order for them to see how much a value you are.
It is important to have order so that you can continue to move forward.
When you sit still you can learn even more than when you speak.
People care about their passions more than yours.
Do unto others as you would have things done to or for you is a foolish statement.
When you allow those around you to change who you are, you loose not them.
Finding your destiny is truly a blessing.
Doing things for yourself is one of the biggest rewards you can do for yourself.
You cannot allow other people emotions or feelings effect how you live.
You can conquer the world for yourself better than you can for others.

After much observation i know what I want to take into 27. I may loose more so called friends but I deserve happiness no matter what has to happen for me to achieve it. For 26 years I have cared for others and been used/abused so since my spirit is tired change has come.

I want to do more such as:
Finish, have edited and publish my mini story Jitters.
Write and maybe complete my book Striving for Something More.
Put quality time into my business consulting firm.
Work on either a certification or degree (maybe both).
Act like I know and change my eating habits so I can continue to take over the world.
Stay as organized as I canBe the me in my dreams.
Really pursue my writing career because it is my blessing and I love it.
Pick 3 social groups to be active inPlan my calendar to include what I need to do instead of just supporting others.
Make all my partnerships work and continue to be tracked.
Either be with or without my destiny,
Grow my spirit and cherish what I am.
Spend time with family and friends.
Travel to new exciting places (I have my passport).

Live my life!

See u in 27!

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Wednesday Wisdom - Experience Election 08

I had the great pleasure of working the polls yesterday because I really wanted to make sure that at least in my area votes were processed correctly and things got done.

People were outside before we even got there at 5am. For most of the morning until about 11am the line was wrapped around the building.

At 5pm I announced that Obama would be president just because you could see that his supporters came out. McCain poll watchers didn't even show up at all. Another indication to me.

It was a experience that I will never forget.

I didn't make it to a party but I was overjoyed that we all came together to make Barack Obama President-Elect.

What was your experience?

What do we do next to support our new president?

Time to Share

I have been meeting a lot of people. I also said this year I would do better with staying connected with family and friends.

So what better way to keep everyone updated then by having a blog.

I hope you enjoy my world as much as I do.

Take care and I look forward to the comments