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Freedom Friday: The Stay Connected Edition

Greetings Good People!

This week, my faith has definitely been tested. 

When you have a dream or a goal, the only way it will come to pass is when you just step out there.  Whenever I have an idea, I have to make a conscious decision to make it happen.  And I find when I begin to move, or make that “leap of faith”, things begin to happen.  However, taking the jump is the first and easiest part for me.    What do you do when you are in mid-air, and the net hasn’t appeared yet?    This is really where my faith is tested.  

How am I going to find the money?  How am I going to get along with these people?  How am I going to do all this work?  How am I going to make it work?  This is doubt, fear or uncertainty that plagues all of us.  However, we have to remember that faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1).   I will admit, at times, I get a little nervous and have some sleepless nights.  However, eventually, my faith activates, and my will and determination rises up in me and says “You are going to do this.”  Instead of feeling beaten or discouraged, the challenges motivate me to overcome them.  And even when things don’t turn out the way I pictured, I find that it still is a blessing because I tend to learn more about myself and how to become better.  So I guess you can say it is a win-win situation. 

And when I overcome my challenges eventually, I always am in awe to see “a way made out of no way” and wonder why I had doubt in the first place.  God hasn’t failed me yet.  And the more we activate our faith, I believe, we are linking ourselves to God, the universe, the Light, that greater and better part of ourselves.  So it is so important to stay connected.   And when more of us are connected, we are more unified and more powerful to make a positive difference in the world.  

So how do you connect?  Prayer, meditation, yoga, sitting in silence, singing, reading sacred texts.  Just do it! :-)   And the more you do it, the more each of us can jump with purpose, with confidence and in love.

Have a great weekend!  

Peace and Blessings, ThatKellieGirl

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Freedom Friday: The President’s Speech Edition

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Hello Good Folks!

Whether you agree or not agree with the American Jobs Act, President Obama came with it last night.  He presented a solid plan, but he also let Congress know that he’s not playing nice anymore.  When you are elected President, you have at least four years to work your plan.  And President Obama has accomplished a lot that he isn’t given credit or is flat-out ignored.  Besides, if anyone watched the GOP debates, I think we need to be concerned about their plan for Americans.  Especially when you have a candidate like Rick Perry who calls social security a “Ponzi scheme” and proudly defends the execution of 234 people in Texas, more than any other Governor in modern times.  I guess they haven’t learned the lesson about what happens when we use divise language and untruths to win at all costs.  I don’t believe in bully politics, but I do believe in being assertive.  And I believe President Obama finally got the memo. 

And as a group of my friends watched President Obama finish his speech, we all wished Obama could have dropped the mic Randy Watson style

Earthquakes, hurricanes, now floods….it’s coming to an end.  Summer that is. :-)     So this weekend, the outdoor festivals are winding up.  Check out the Virgin Music Festival is at the Merriweather Post Pavillion on Saturday.  And Bilal will be at the Birchmere on Sunday.  And on Sunday, check out the National Triathlon benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 

Enjoy your weekend.  And be safe out there as we commemorate 9-11.

Peace and blessings, ThatKellieGirl

The Washington National Cathedral will be conducting weekend events for A Call to Compassion in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of September 11th. As we remember the tragedy and losses suffered on that fateful day ten years ago, the Washington National Cathedral is honored to bring the nation together once again in a spirit of compassion and healing.
 
September 9-11
 
Various locations throughout the District
 
Click here for the full schedule
 
All events except those on the morning of Sunday, September 11, are ticketed events. To reserve your tickets, click here . All events will be webcast live.

Easter Weekend Edition

There are some great events going on this weekend.

First up, the Soul Symphony concert.  This show features an orchestra backing the legendary Roberta Flack, Eric Roberson, N’dambi, Navasha Daya and Rhonda Thomas performing soul classics and “neosoul” originals.  This is going to be a night to remember.

Saturday, April 3

@Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium

2455 Sixth Street NW

8PM-11PM

Get tickets here.

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For those who missed the 2010 Winter Music Conference in Miami last week, you can attend the Post Conference Wrap-Up Party.  The DJ line-up is bananas, so you will be dancing all night long.

Saturday, April 3

@the warehouse

411 New York Ave NE

9PM-4AM

Cover: $10 includes a free drink before 11PM

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Also tonight is Sol Power! with DJs Stylus, Meistro & Deep Sang.  This is one of my favorite events.  This is where you are going to sweat. TRUST ME!

Saturday, April 3

@Dahlak

1771 U St, NW

9:55PM to 3AM

Afro.Latin.Brazilian.House.Disco.Funk.

NO COVER!

Rest In Peace

Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936.   Her high school career was completed at Fosdick-Masten Park High School. She attended Howard University from 1953 to 1955 and graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia (near Buffalo) in 1955.  Her first book of poems, Good Times, was rated one of the best books of the year by the New York Times in 1969.

Clifton remained employed in state and federal government positions until 1971, when she became a writer in residence at Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryland, where she completed two collections: Good News About the Earth (1972) and An Ordinary Woman (1974).  She also wrote Generations: A Memoir (1976) and more than sixteen books for children, written expressly for an African-American audience.

Some of highlights:

  • Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for  in 1987 for Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 and in 1980 for Two-Headed Woman (1980)
  • Received an Emmy Award from the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  • Elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 1999
  • Served as Poet Laureate for the State of Maryland
  • Became a Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

After a long battle with cancer, Lucille Clifton died on February 13, 2010, at the age of 73.

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