Song & Verse: Show me how big your brave is.

This summer, I have learned and shared boldly this jem: A person’s inabilty to accept who I am is not my problem.

I don’t need to make excuses for the woman I am. I don’t need to subjugate the person I am to accomodate another person’s sense of who they are. If I can’t be who I am in any given interaction with another person, then they don’t need to be interacting with me. ** Follow the link to read the full article.**

Love, Marilyn – Quotes from the HBO Documentary

The more I think of it the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived. And since it is comparatively so short – maybe too short; maybe too long – the one thing I know for sure — it isn’t easy. Now that I want to live and I feel suddenly not old, not concerned about previous things except to protect myself, my life and to desperately (pray) tell the universe — I trust it.”

Summary of Lessons Learned in February 2013

All writings by LaShawnda Jones unless otherwise noted. Click on the “Lesson” for link to the full post. Lesson 1: There is a time for love. When we aren’t ready for it or when we are indiscriminate about whom we give our love to, it can destroy us. But when we are ready and when loveContinueContinue reading “Summary of Lessons Learned in February 2013”

Right behind you…

The ability to dream bigger, rise higher, advance further, break down more barriers, become more in your own right with each successive generation — that’s what the push forward and the firm standing is for. Today’s fight is never for today; today is already done. The fight is for tomorrow – for our children, andContinueContinue reading “Right behind you…”