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10/27/2020 1 Comment

Infinite Possibilities (The Failure to Define Me)

About This Poem

One of my favorite expressions is "Do You Boo!" I tell folks that all of the time and I mean it. As long as you're not hurting anyone else or impeding their life progress, then, by all means, DO YOU! Be true to yourself even when others don't get you.
I could have used more palatable words or phrases like “unique”, “different”, or “dance to the beat of my own drum”. I chose the word “crazy” because it is often assigned to people or ideas that others don't understand. It's easier for some to diminish other people's individuality rather than exploring or embracing their own.
You are the only YOU that God has ever created! You are the only one who is capable of living your life and pursuing your hopes and dreams. Everyone doesn't have to understand who or what you are. There are times when you may not even understand yourself and that's OK. We aren't meant to be static. It's natural that we grow and change.
So, do YOU and enjoy it!

“Infinite Possibilities: The Failure to Define Me” is an excerpt from Role Reversal: Turn Pain Into Power.

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Infinite Possibilities (The Failure to Define Me)

There is a failure to define me.

Let them call me crazy
if crazy allows me to be everything
that my faith qualifies.
I seek places beyond my brief imagination.
Open your mind to gather God’s wonders.

Let them call me crazy
if crazy leads me to find happiness
where others fail to look.
The weak seed cannot grow to potential
without a different way to love it.
Experience God’s boundless wisdom and mercy.

Let them call me crazy
if I get a little angry sometimes
that my goals are reachable
yet I have not attained them,
that I don’t measure up to my own worth,
and I would rather die trying
than to live settling
for the world’s offer.
Understand the absoluteness of God.

Let them call me crazy
when they cannot comprehend this place
that I have actualized-
my own world,
centered around God

Thirsty I searched.
Undeniably, I found.
Fathom my testimony.

Let them call me crazy
if crazy allows me to call on God
endlessly and without shame,
now more often to praise Him
when I call His name.

God is the same
In trouble and in joy.
And I am justified.
Because of Him,
explore my infinite possibilities.

"Infinite Possibilites (The Failure to Define Me)" is an excerpt from Candidreams: I Remember the Beginning

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10/13/2020 0 Comments

Soul Ownership

I love this poem because it took me a long time to find my voice. It took me even longer to learn how to convey my points of view while taking those of others into consideration. I was once told that I demand respect from others but I was not so willing to grant it. I know I am not alone. Many people struggle to find their voice and there are many different reasons why.
I know that as a woman, we are often taught that standing up for ourselves makes us that b-word. Even worse, we are deemed as overly emotional or unstable. As a black woman, the situation is often worse. When we do speak out, we are many times labeled as angry and bitter. We become silenced by these toxic stereotypes. We become afraid to be our true selves.
Some people are going to like or love you and some people are going to hate or dismiss you. The most important thing is that you like and love yourself. As long as you're not mistreating another person, then their opinion of you can not matter more than your own.
It took me a while, but I own who I am. Though it's not always pretty or what I'd like to see, it is me. It is honestly and authentically me. We only live once. We get just this single spin on planet Earth being the person that we are. Own yourself. Enjoy yourself. Be true to yourself.

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I want to help uplift, inspire and empower others and to help leave the world a little better than I found it. I am an author, deep thinker & optimist. I know God is love. I am the author of "Candidreams: I Remember the Beginning" and "Role Reversal: Turn Pain Into Power".
It is never my intent to push my spiritual views on others. I'm just sharing some of my own story in hopes that you or someone else will gain from it and can find some strength and hope in it. As I am fond of saying: I'm just giving you a little personal information and insight. What you do with it is completely up to you!

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