Courage is something I have often struggled to maintain, yet in the end when I actually do channel it, I rarely regret the situation. For example, if on a particular day, I find the guts to speak up during a meeting at work or start a conversation with people I don't know well, usually I am proud of myself for being direct and social in that moment.
I woke up this morning singing — or rather, groaning — the melody of one of my favorite India Arie songs. It’s perhaps one of my favorite songs of all time, India or not because it seems to voice those wants and desires that I can’t always articulate myself. And it does so in a […]
Since the smile was most likely a moment of spontaneity, my expectations were shaken and I was not sure how to react, despite the nice surprise a stolen second of kindness caused. The big question I had to ask myself, though, was: Why is kindness and warmth so unexpected in public places? Have we been so desensitized to human contact beyond our own associations that strangers have become just beyond our reach? Does unsolicited optimism scare us?
Benjamin Todd Jealous is the president and CEO of the NAACP. Seventeen years ago, I was an organizer in Mississippi. And I was scared. SOURCE: NPR | The Root Benjamin Jealous
Fear is a powerful form of thought. It paralyzes the nerve centers, thus affecting the circulation of the blood. This in turn, paralyzed the muscular system, so that fear affects the entire being, body, brain, nerve, physical, mental and muscular. Here are tips to remove all fears: 1. Focusing on the good Related article: 10 […]
Any person who has come close to encountering their spiritual selves knows that sooner or later, fear becomes a wall that is seemingly impossible to break through.
Burst couldn’t be a more appropriate word. I hung up the phone and burst into tears. Like a water balloon too full, tears spilled out of my eyes, down my cheeks and chin, and landed on the table below. My ears heard the words, they understood the sentences they formed, but my mind wouldn’t let […]
