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How do you ration your passion?

In what situations have you experienced your life to the fullest? Do you live your passion as fully as you can? How do you limit your experience of passion?

Passion emerges when your essence expresses itself. How do you stop yourself from fully expressing who you are?

I think we all should answer those questions for our own personal lives. Do you even know your passion? Your passion in life should coincide with your purpose. For instance one of my passions is dance and I believe it is my purpose in life to move & positively affect people through the art form of dance and train them to be dancers as well. To do this I have formed a performing arts dance company & my dream is to one day open a dance studio.

In order for our passions to be fulfilled we have to live it as fully as we can. No limits. If you limit yourself then you will be lacking. We can not lack & succeed at the same time. So I push you to answer these questions above and apply the results to life- whether it is to move forward in pursuing your passion, or developing one and figuring it out; today is the day.

Quotes to leave you with:

“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”

– Henri Frederic Amiel

“We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.”

– Wilbur Wright

“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.”

– Frederico Fellini

What does Black History Month mean to you? Please share!

It goes by so quick so don’t let these 28 days breeze by without you reflecting on the Black culture and how it has impacted your life. What accomplishments are you proud of? Where would you like to see the Black race go in the years to come? How has your ancestors changed your life?

Please reflect & share with GS! We welcome all comments

Sex, Marriage, & Fairytales

Last year I wrote a thank you card to my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ and tucked it away in my Bible just so that I can randomly read the things I once were thankful for, and still likely am. Whenever I am feeling ungrateful I can turn to this card to remind me of all my blessings and to humble myself back down to thankfulness.

The things I wrote with the preface of “God you’ve been so good… I just want to THANK YOU…”

for my gift of dance

for all the blessings to come!

for my mother

for providing a way out of no way!

making ends meet and exceed

my health

my friends

your healing

for your son who died for my sins

allowing me to work in a capacity where I can utilize my talents

your mercy & grace!

my smile

saving me from “the worst”

my heart & compassion

for giving me life

YOUR LOVE.

What are you thankful for?

Blessings to you!

-Gossiper

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- Love from all my heart

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- Ask every question that I ever wanted the answer to

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- Tell my significant other just what he meant to me

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- find a way to express in words how much I love & appreciate my mother and alllllll that she’s done

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- admit my every wrong, not yet confessed, and ask that person harmed for forgiveness

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- think happy thoughts, and finally let go of the past

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d-sit quietly and reflect over my life and LAUGH!

If tomorrow was to never come, I’d- track down Beyonce’ and challenge her to a dance dual just to say we danced side by side one time! *HAHA! Gotta have a goofy one on the list!*

However, this list may be nice and all, and I hope it entertained you, but we honestly don’t know when our last day is. Why live your life as if everything is promised? I bet if we’d start living and doing as if we WON’T get a second chance- we’d love better, we’d appreciate more, we’d be nicer, we’d accomplish our goals & dreams, we’d be FULFILLED! Try that out and let me know how it feels to really live… *smiling*

Be Blessed

Gossiper

What drives you?

“Your life has to do with the agenda that has been set for you by you, by that part of you that we’ve come to call, in our language, your soul.”

– Neale Donald Walsch

Our purpose in life has a spiritual foundation. Our MAJOR LIFE ISSUES are usually of 3 types:

- physical and POWER-ORIENTED, like making our stand and being more courageous.

- emotional and LOVE-ORIENTED, like expressing and receiving love, compassion and nurturing others.

- mental and INTELLECT-ORIENTED, like developing our minds and creating new things and processes.

“Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask, but when we are challenged to be what we can be.”

– Morris Adler

“We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don’t accept others the way they are.”

– Don Miguel Ruiz

Riddle me this, what is perfection, who defines it, and why??? Sometimes I’m so hard on myself because of a thing called “perfection;” but who sets the standards? I’m not sure if I do or if society has hammered into my head what is deemed perfect so well that I can’t tell the difference!? But this quote from Don Miguel made me ponder. I, and anyone else who can relate, have to make sure we are careful not to inject self-rejection on ourselves. Living up to someone else’s standards can cause resentment (I’m a witness). Step back and think about who you are striving for “perfection” for and why, and then loosen the straps a little bit…It’s not that serious to be PERFECT; it’s virtually impossible anyway. Love yourself; do your best; be your best; do YOU!

Be Blessed

Gossiper

Happy Black History Month!

Gossiper

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But how many of us thank in advance? God is more than worthy of our thanks and praise. We ought to thank Him in advance. Not only should we thank Him when he does something, but if you really knew what He was capable of you’d thank Him for what He is going to do! Because it will be good.This Thanksgiving holiday take a look around you and realize all your blessings; bask in them; enjoy them and cherish the moment. Also, look ahead and imagine all the blessings that are to come, and give thanks for those too!

One thing I am thankful for is all the readers of G.O.S.S.I.P. It may not be many, and I may not even know you are reading (because getting you all to comment is like pulling a 6-year-old’s teeth, but I am not complaining! LOVE ya! Haha). It’s my desire that you can take something positive from this site, and what Miss Gossip and I publish. I aspire to inspire YOU!

Thank you for reading…

Be Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!

Gossiper