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Everything I Thought I Knew About Diabetes Was Wrong
Did you know diabetes mellitus is a term for a group of disorders that cause elevated blood sugar (aka glucose) levels in the body? Known by it’s first name, diabetes is a chronic (aka long-lasting) condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Glucose is a critical source of energy for your brain, muscles, and tissues. When you eat, your body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose (sugar) which is released into your bloodstream. This triggers the pancreas to release a hormone called insulin. Insulin acts as a “key” that allows glucose to enter the cells from the blood. If your body doesn’t produce enough insulin to effectively manage…
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People who hide themselves are impossible to know.
She can't trust me to know what she likes because she has never really shared any of her true self with me. At least not in recent memory. She has hidden away in anger and hatefulness for so long, no one can see anything else.
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Haters hate. Keep moving.
For a while, I struggled with the true view and value the closest or more constant people in my life have and project of me. Then I decided I am going to live my life out loud. I am no longer going to shield my thoughts, hopes and ambitions for my future and my life.
- Black people in America, equality, Joint Action Plan: Brazil and USA, mercy, self-determination, unity
A lesson on class and leadership from First Lady Michelle Obama
"Family motto: "When they go low; we go high."
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Quote: ..stop being so timid.
One day you will have to stop being so timid. Life will demand it of you. Your only enemy is fear. Adele Bloch-Bauer, Woman in Gold (film)
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Thoughts on Granddaddy’s death
It is only when we are confronted with loss that we truly appreciate what we’ve gained. Granddaddy closed his eyes at the end of a December and we bid our collective farewell at the beginning of January. It’s a different take on new beginnings. Beginning the year with a burial. Beginning with death and a seed. Beginning with the celebration of a well-lived life.
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To everything there is a season. | For Heaven’s Sake, Hurry Up and Die.
To my surprise the desire to return isn't enough. Even with the best intentions to get up and go, I've been getting distracted. There's always something to do. Or more rest to take. However, suddenly, over the last three weeks, there's been and urgency to get to the church building. To be present during the songs and the sermons. To open myself up again. To return. To remember. To be enveloped by the healing songs of praise reverberating off the walls and ceiling of the sanctuary. To sing my hallelujahs and participate earnestly in corporate prayer. {Click link to read full post.}
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Note to self: Don’t limit yourself
Don’t limit yourself by what you’ve achieved. {Follow the link for the rest...}
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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.**
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Change is inevitable
Change is one of the only guarantees we have in life, yet we all resist change for most of our lives. During some self-reflection this weekend, I acknowledged that I have become rather complacent in areas of my life. A couple of years ago, I saw that I was moving towards complacency and I desperately tried to spark myself to steer clear of that life-hole very few ever escape from. I didn’t want to become comfortable with where I was in life or satisfied with what I had. I thought such comfort and satisfaction meant that the desire to strive for more or better would be extinguished indefinitely. But resistance…
