After I graduated from college, I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life. For a long time, I wanted to be in the FBI, so everything that I had done up into that point in time was helping me to achieve that goal. I got good grades throughout school, I stayed out of trouble with the …
College is an exciting time. For many of us who choose this route, it is our first time out on our own. For 18 years you lived with your parent(s) or guardian(s), but if you decide to go and pursue higher education then you have to do things for yourself. Yes, you still may have the support of the people …
When I was a child, I went to the same school from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade. That meant that I had many of the same classmates for 9 years. We grew up together. We spent the good times together and the bad times. They became my family, my home away from home, and I loved them. Needless …
I’ve been a fan of How to get Away with Murder since it first premiered back in 2014. The lead character is a successful African American woman and that’s what initially drew me to the show. But if that wasn’t enough to hook me, the intricate stories and the plot twists never leave room for a dull moment to occur. …
January 1, 2017 was a few days ago, and with each new year, many of us start thinking about creating a new version (a better version) of ourselves for that new year. Ideas for resolutions start popping up everywhere because we want to make this year better than last year, and the best way to try and do that is …
I like to read a lot. And if you like to read too then you know just how wonderful reading can be. When you first open up a new book you automatically get this excited feeling that warms you up from head to toe. You know that you’re getting ready to enter into a new world where you’re going to …
We are constantly getting older. Time marches on and we can’t stop that from happening no matter how hard we try. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just a fact of life. But sometimes it seems that time happens to be working against us. Many times in life we have a plan for ourselves. We want to achieve this goal …
I know that some of you out there reading this aren’t Christian, but there is a prayer called The Serenity Payer that many of the Christians I know pray on a regular basis, and goes like this: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change: Courage to change the things that I can: And wisdom to …
Change is inevitable. Yes it’s cliché, but the thing about clichés are that they are also pretty true. Take the “change is inevitable” cliché for example…It may be cliché, but it’s also completely true. Have you ever tried to make change not happen? Have you ever lived a day that was exactly the same as the previous day? Even if …