I think I'm going to get a passport this month and take a trip to Bermuda. I keep seeing ads for $200 flight tickets. Hey, why not? I have all the time in the world again. So it's official. My boss decided to let me go because I didn't give a firm enough commitment for … Continue reading The Unemployed Life
"The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty."- Anne Lamont This quote really confounds me because as a young person growing up in a religious Christian household, I was taught to believe in the certainty of faith. I memorized the famous scripture. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not … Continue reading The doubt in faith
So my boss told me that he wasn't going to hold a teaching position for me in the fall. That means I am unemployed again. The obvious issue is the fact that I am 1000 miles away from close family and friends and I just renewed my lease. Scary, right? But I'm not scared. I … Continue reading Unemployed Again
"Tell your neighbor. "Don't worry about it.'" And in the typical call in response tradition of the African American culture, the church repied, "Don't worry about it." Oh how I needed to hear those words. Last week, my lender took out a lump sum of money out of my account. I was on an income … Continue reading Don’t worry about it
"Don't allow stress to destroy your life. Stress is an expression of fear. Fear and faith are exact opposites and you cannot operate in both at the same time." -Freeda Bowers
Happy February! Wow! Time is flying by! So far, January has been a reflective month for me. I was kind of depressed for a week simply because I realized that I don’t know what I want to do with my life. I hate that. I feel like at times, I feel so sure then at … Continue reading God has already answered
"We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living. We are persecuted, but God doesn't leave us. We hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed... So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming … Continue reading Inspirational Quote
My mother is a strong willed devoted mother and Seventh Day Adventist Christian. Unlike my father, she is anchored in her beliefs. She has no doubt in her mind that her faith is founded in truth, which is the Bible. She knows that she is right. As she prayed for me this morning she mentioned … Continue reading Lessons Learned from Ma
Esther Yvette 