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We cover our bodies to hide our imperfections. We use make-up to cover our blemishes. There are so many products out there to cover up our flaws. But regardless of what we look like on the outside, deep down don’t you just want to run around naked? Naked in that you do not have… [Continue Reading]
Answer me, oh my love, just what sin have I been guilty of? Won’t you tell me where I’ve lost your love? Please answer me sweetheart….so goes the first verse of an old song by Nat King Cole. I grew up with this song….I can hear my father crooning the words along with the radio… [Continue Reading]
I will respect myself without your permission. I will respect my work. I will seek counsel from trusted advisors. My work will be my life message. My life will reflect my beliefs and values. My values will be visible to ME at all times. I will respect myself at equal or higher levels than… [Continue Reading]
Coming out of Zumba today, a woman my age looks at me and says, “One day I am going to be able to move like that 25 year old teacher.” I say, “One day I will not be able to move as well as I do today.” She looks at me and says, “Oh God,… [Continue Reading]
Oh how Facebook has reduced us to junior high feelings all over again. Those feelings weren’t that great the first time around. Now they are possibly worse because, on top of the same old teenage insecurities floating to the surface we have that feeling that OMG, really, I am a grown adult and am… [Continue Reading]
She wouldn’t accept my offer of a bracelet. She wouldn’t let me make a crown for her. She refused to come closer. She was one of the 200 or so students in one of the orphanages that my clown group visited. There I was sitting on a step, making crowns from pipe cleaners. The kids were… [Continue Reading]
Think about who you have to listen to each day and have a conversation with, or communicate with daily: Spouse Kids Your boss Employees Friends The people sitting next to you… [Continue Reading]
I was chatting with a dear friend a while back and I heard myself say that sometimes people’s excuses are bigger than their Joy. Wow, I thought, that’s good… What do I mean by that simple sentence? I mean that some people like to wallow on the “poor me” side of the street. The… [Continue Reading]
You’ve probably had situations like this… You can’t put together a sentence. You have something to say but the words don’t come across. There is sound from your voice but no one seems to be hearing you. I recently wondered what I needed to do to be understood because my words were not coming… [Continue Reading]
It happened so quickly. I did not feel like walking down the subway steps to take the train and the bus stop was right there. I also did not want to waste money on a taxi. I walked into the yogurt shop and said, “Do you have change for the bus?” I then saw… [Continue Reading]
A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to spend about 5 days with a friend. Just us two! We worked side by … [Read More...]
When I was growing up in Trinidad, I was repeatedly told that I was "too emotional". I have struggled with that label for … [Read More...]
It was the size of a small marble for more than 10 years, the lipoma on my shoulder. I used to feel it right under … [Read More...]