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The 4 Deepest Desires That Can Stop Your Success

The 4 Deepest Desires That Can Stop Your Success

1. The Need To Be In Control The need to be in control is really a lack of trust in God, The Universe, and other people. It says that only I know what’s best for me, when in fact that’s usually not true. Consider all of the times: – you’ve got in the wrong lane [...]

Dear Failure,

Dear Failure,

Dear Failure, I remember when we first met. You were wearing all black and I was afraid of you. At the time, I was dating Good Enough. I didn’t want to take a risk on you. With Good Enough, I was safe, secure, and comfortable. But Good Enough wasn’t good enough. I needed more. I [...]

How To Play A Great Hand

How To Play A Great Hand

If I tried to date every great woman I met, I would be dating non-stop (and that’s exactly what I was doing for about 2 years). I had 3 great relationships with 3 great women. I meet great women all of the time. My circle of sisters includes the next generation of Maya Angelous (authors), [...]

Thy Fathers Will Be Done

Thy Fathers Will Be Done

This poem was inspired by a recent viewing of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf My game ain’t strongIt’s just her father was weakabandoning my seedis something I can’t conceive Around this time last yearfatherhood gave me a scarethough my parents divorced when I was onethey were [...]

Why Are You Getting Divorced?

Why Are You Getting Divorced?

“Mommy…Daddy…Why are you getting divorced?” That’s exactly the question kids ask when their parents sit them down on the living room couch as they stand on opposite sides of the room to announce that they’re getting divorced. Divorce usually means that there has been a lot of tension in the parents’ relationship for a while. [...]

8 Words That Might Screw Your Relationship Up…

…If Used Too Early Cute text message ending with <3 or . Romantic poems recited from the heart. Unexpected cards of appreciation. A (not so) simple “I love you”. Every day people use words to communicate how they feel about each other. There is power in words. They give life to inanimate things. However, being [...]

Love Tug-of-War

Love Tug-of-War

Sometimes relationships enter a frustrating phase where both partners’ needs aren’t being met and they engage in a tug-of-war to try to pull the relationship in their favor. It’s a lose-lose situation. If one partner gets their way, then the other is worse off and if they keep pulling equally, then the relationship goes nowhere [...]

How To Overcome Relationship Challenges

In-Capable of Loving It’s cr-amazing when two spiritual beings recognize each other and vibrate at such a high level when they are together that they combust with love. I’m great + She’s great = Lets get together. Then the honey-moon sets, the sun rises, enlightening the darkest corners, and the truth is revealed. How could [...]

Experimenting With Love

Experimenting With Love

Making (a) Room for Error At the beginning of our relationship, Selome and I wrote out our commitment to one another and two of the most important statements were: 1. We acknowledge problems, but focus more on solutions2. We’re always growing and evolving and therefore we’re always learning new things about one another so it [...]

Selome & Jullien’s Commitment

Our Commitmentco-created on January 2008 With Spirit present, we commit to building a strong healthy relationship that is aligned with the will of Spirit. We are building a relationship that is founded in Spirit which is full of love for nature and the whole world. We are open and honest with ourselves, one another, and [...]

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