Friday, July 30, 2010

A Sista Quote

One should not work to maintain faith,
If you’re working, you are working in fear,
For faith and knowing, just is.
Copyright © Kim Daniel

Soooooo Long...

Though I'm kind and smile as we greet,
I don't like every person I meet...
Hasn't a thing to do with you,
and everything to do with me...
I just don't like what I see...
but you will never know,
And that's all well;
it's me who has to live with myself.
Sorry it didn't work.
Soooooo long.

Copyright © Kim Daniel
SistaSistaSister.blogspot.com

Please tell me why some LADIES call each other BITCHES, and think it's okay to do so.


B. I. T. C. H is one of those words folks spit in anger and distaste, and for the life of me, I have no clue why the women of today choose to use such a derogatory term, to reference themselves, are their GIRL’s…
I was raised to understand that a BITCH is a female dog in heat…
And now you hear it referenced as a term of endearment.
What is so endearing about being called out as a dog in heat.
What happen to being impeccable with our speech, and not talking against yourselves.
What are you saying about yourself, and your peers when you reference them as such a thing, and what honor or respect are you expecting from others, when you can’t even respect yourself?
Hummm???? Again, I don’t have the answer, but I do have many questions, and one request,
Call Me By My Name…
Sista

"Restore Her", by Louis Maye's


Copyright © 2010 Louis Maye
I have been contemplating ...for quite some time...
that which I am about to say,as for men it is a somewhat delicate subject.


As a young man... I hypothesized...that if one wanted to destroy a group of people...tribe ...or nation of people...then ones primary point of attack ...should be the woman...or women. And a little later in life...
I came across the infamous Willy Lynch letter...which was a confirmation of my past ponderances .
When I returned to New Jersey...in 2002 or 3...I began to hear some disturbing things brothers .
Things like "the woman is your enemy...you don't help the woman...and this from the mouths ...of some self proclaimed righteous ...educated brothers.
In conversation ...just the other day ...I was trying...to impress upon a brother ...the necessity...the need...to lift ...the woman...and restore her to her former station. The basis of my theory ,is that as a people...we must rise to a higher level...but in order to do so ...we must rise as a people...as a whole.
Another point...is ...that as a religious or spiritual person...one has a belief...in a god...a creator...,and along with such a belief one has to know...that all are his...and created for a purpose.
That woman...caught up ...the one you call trick ...ho ....whore...prostitute... chicken head ...bitch.
She is God's creation...His Word made manifest...as are we all. Instead of dropping her on her knees
to service you...you should be lifting her up.
These women no doubt suffer from low self esteem...she is demoralized...and in a state of denial...as shame has so ravaged her mind. Brothers it is our duty...to lift her up...not kick her...when she is down.
We must be the ones to restore her to her rightful station. I have heard it said ...,as no doubt you have also ...the saying ..."you can't turn a ho into a house wife".
Question: have you ever heard of Mary Magdalen...who upon meeting Christ...ceased being a prostitute...and followed Him ...the rest of His life...and her own ...never to return to her former life.
So...although I may not be able to...as is said by men "change a ho into a house wife ...I know someone ...who did ...and can .
For any who may find offense with my diatribe ...get the over it...for the truth hurts no one except of course a liar ...and they that believe in the lie

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Belief


It would seem at some point
we would graduate
from believing to knowing...
Are U ready for your cap and gown?

Pace Yourself


All Life's lessons can't be learned in a day,
so slow down and pace yourself,
it's not that kind of race. ~Sista

Sunday, July 25, 2010

U See


We are as we see ourselves,
and in the eyes of others,
we are as they see us....

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Parents, I have a question....what’s more difficult....little kids…teens or adult children? (Question posted on Facebook by Stephanie Wallace)

In the formative years I feared being responsible for a new life, a life totally dependent on me. I feared making mistakes, and being wrong in my judgments, not knowing what my child’s later perceptions of me would be.
As the teen years approached, I maintained some of the same fears, although, I managed to become more lenient with myself, and less the lecturing dictator and more the teacher, counselor and friend.
Now, the mother of adult children, I am yet counselor and friend, and at times I find myself being judge and jury. Therefore, in response to your question, the most difficult times were all the times I spent questioning myself, for my children could only follow my lead.
Sista.

Monday, July 5, 2010

The Trip Is Worth It...

There are times when the events of our lives don’t always go as we imagine,
and the folks we love and count on don’t always respond in the fashion we desire…
We point fingers,
we wonder why,
we pity ourselves,
and in our supposed loss,
we agonize in fuming emotional pain believing the world stands against us…

We attempt to enlist others in our agony,
our amen corner,
our well wishers,
who know only the partial truth,
for the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
so help us GOD,
would not bring glory or honor to our cause.
Therefore we leave out bits and pieces in-order to gain the desired measure of sympathy.
Then we pull scriptures from our cap and hang them in our windows of pretentious self-righteousness… Shouting “GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN”,
when all along we need to address the
“THE MAN IN THE MIRROR”.

When it seems the world as we know it, has turned against Us,
Let Us recall these words by Rudyard Kiplinging,
“If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
If you can dream and not make dreams your master,
If you can meet with triumph and disaster,
And treat those two impostors just the same,
*Then you will be a man my son.”

The time is now,
we must stop, and see our opportunity for growth,
we must stop and measure the weight of our actions,
we must stop and quantify the validity of our quest, and
we must know that not every NO is a weapon formed against us,
nor is every YES a shield of protection.

When we cease to waddle in self-pity
When we learn to be responsible for ourselves, and the creation of our actions
When we hold to that which is honorable and undefiled,
Then we’ll know greater is that which is within us, than that which is without, and
Yes, the trip is worth it.
Copyright © 2010 Kim Daniel/ SistaSistaSister
*(substituting man w/woman & son w/daughter)

GOD WATCHES OUT FOR BABIES & FOOLS... (Facebook Post)

Stephanie Wallace:
One of the dumbest things i ever did that turned out ok.
GOD WATCHES OUT FOR BABIES AND FOOLS, RIGHT?
I let my thirteen year old cousin drive my car a short distance.
I was nineteen. Remember that Shaun. The white Ford Escort wagon.
That was just plain dumb. Got any dumb things that turned out okay?
C'mon....fess up. ... We will only laugh..we promise not to point and laugh.

SistaSistaSister:
Woooooooh, Just One Foolish Thing?!
Hummm, Let Me see…
The water drinking contest…
It started with just a simple jump rope contest,
and U know me, I had to up the Annie.
The goal was to drink a gallon of water,
while jumping rope, and there were two stipulations,
1. You could not throwing up. and
2. We had to hear the water swishing around in the belly.
Needless to say I refused to be the loser,
but after three gallons of water,
and jumping over and over again,
The human body develops a mind of it’s own,
and when I say “Loosey, Goosy”, well you get the point.
Let’s just say, it was not a pretty sight…
Nope, I did not thrown up,
but from the smell of it, I’m sure everyone there, wished I had… LOL!!!!
Little did I know at that time, all that water was detrimental, due to my congenital heart defect.
But as U quoted, and Momma always said, “God takes Care of Babies & Fools”….
I’m so glad, I’m God’s Babie…. LOL


My Thought for the Day Copyright © 2010


Sometimes we stumble;
Sometimes faith is betrayed;
Sometimes the mistakes we make
are the stones it takes, to build a pathway to the person we will be. Remember we are ever becoming.
(January 08, 2010)

Wisdom is the prerequisite of perfecting love,
Truth is the prerequisite of revealed wisdom,
If there is no truth, there is no perfecting love.
Seek truth, wisdom and love will follow.
(January 10, 2010)

"When I fall, whether I be friend or foe, stretch forth, help me, dust me off, and send me on my way in love." Yes, Love... The action that surpasses all understanding... The force, that creates forgiveness, in the mist of derision. The virtue, that gives all fallen souls the ability to journey on... and to the sender (the forgiver who's been wronged) the ability to heal, and also grow on.
(January 11, 2010)

Every Today was once a Tomorrow,
Every Tomorrow will become Today…
What will you do Today, to influence your Tomorrow?
(January 18, 2010)

Turn down the thermostat! Stop expelling valuable energy! Winterize your heart! Insulate the warmth of your spirit, and conserve yourself (your being) for those who acknowledge your wroth.
(January 23, 2010)

My thought for today is a reflection of something my mother always said, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and well meaning people, who never got around to proving the thoughts of their heart". (February 6, 2010)

The grass always looks greener on the other side, but don’t climb the fence, the dog bites, the cat scratches, and the owner is a jack ass.
(February 7, 2010)

I would hate to wander through the desert of hope, hungry, only to find the fig tree barren.
(February 10, 2010)

What is adequate for one can be inadequate for another, time reveals what is. (February 17, 2010)

We are all more than we believe, if we merely believe.
(February 26, 2010)

To be unpredictable, for some is a challenge of intellect.
To be conventional, for some is deifying creativity.
To be absolutely unique, is a freedom we all seek, at various levels. (February 27, 2010)

We view photo's, we read blogs and status', we agree or disagree, we like or dislike, we study, examine and respond, based on our perceptions of what we believe is communicated and revealed, What you see is not always what you get.
There are times we should use our prudent minds, to take another look, there could be more than what meets the eye.
(March 7, 2010)

Things don't always End Well,
Yet its well they ended.
(March 17, 2010)

Women, we are always told, we talk to much, so men created Facebook, Texting & Twitter, to teach us to be direct and to the point. Please say it in 140 - 420 characters or less…
(March 18, 2010)

S H I N E !!! Even in your darkness shine.
Those who need your light will see it. S H I N E!!!
(March 20, 2010)

Selfishness will tax any relationship, and chronic selflessness taxes the individual.
(March 27, 2010)

Many of us read to locate, take note of, or memorize, that which has been taught unto us. Some of us study to gather information of that which is written, and has been taught unto us, with no intention of questioning its validity.
Others of us locate, take note of, memorize, gather information and are able to rightly divide the written and spoken word, which has been taught unto us, and there confirming or denying its validity. Wisdom is seeking beyond what is taught or understood, to affirm truth.
(March 29, 2010)

We are taught in childhood, not to question, our parents, our elders, and those deemed to have religious authority over us... We are not to lean to our own understandings, and if we find ourselves of another opinion, we are told it is the devil. Therefore withstanding our failure, our unwillingness, our fear to question, that which is questionable, we adhere to a belief passed down but never scrutinize by those we looked to for guidance. We pledge servitude to a belief we ourselves struggle to comprehend, and in so doing, we vaguely acknowledge the God-ness, the creative force within ourselves… (Greater is he that is within U than he that is in the world. (The world meaning, outside of U.)
(March 30, 2010)

Misery loves company, and hurt people hurt people. If folks fail to take the time needed to heal, they will always repeat the cycle of pain. I have found love means different things to different folks, so we must find our definition of love, and apply it as we await the arrival of that mate, whom shares the same definition of love as ourselves.
“Can two walk together, except they agree" Amos 3:3
(March 31, 2010)

Normal isn't fun....
Sanity has no adventure... and when U go crazy,
there are no valid excuses... I'm staying crazy...
(April 24, 2010)

Not every Hello is permanent,
and not every Goodbye forever...
time is the common denominator.
(April 29, 2010)

Allergies are like sucker punches,
there aren't any warnings,
and you're never prepared....
(May 3, 2010)

There must be balance… as you will learn;
your success is no more superior than your greatest failure.
(May 4, 2010)

Reggie Arnold THOUGHT: you have to love some people from a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng distance. Help yourself before you extend too far, there may not be enough rope left..
(May 8, 2010)

God always places the answer within us...
We must be still enough to hear, and wise enough to listen....
(May 18, 2010)

soap & water don't make U clean..
it just makes U washed...
so watch U'r deeds...
(May 27, 2010)

Love at first, second or third sight is possible.
For U determine the love u will give...
U determine the barriers or limitations U will set.
We don't love because we think others will love us,
We love because we so desire to do so,
Despite whether we are loved in return.
Love at first sight simply means I choose to love this person despite their willingness or lack thereof to love me back...
I will love without seeking a return...
I Love u because I can.
(June 28, 2010)

All Life's lessons can't be learned in a day,
so slow down and pace yourself,
it's not that kind of race. ~Sista
(July 27, 2010)

It would seems at some point we should graduate
from believing to knowing...
Are U ready for your cap and gown?
(July 27, 2010)

Wine is a necessity... for relaxing conversation... :)
(July 29, 2010)

One should not work to maintain faith,
If you’re working, you are working in fear,
For faith and knowing, just is.
Copyright © Kim Daniel
(July 30, 2010)

If you’re giving to get,
You’re not giving, you’re lending.
(August 10, 2010)

Baby stepping to my forward motion....
Hope the train don't leave the station fo' I get there...
(August 18, 2010)

One of the most amazing encounters is watching my thoughts manifest before my eyes...
I am grateful
(September 3, 2010)

Rummaging through the closets of my memory, I found U.
Just like old times, we laughed and smile, and joke for awhile, then the phone rang, and guest what, it was U... (September 29, 2010)

Wisdom can sometimes look crazy, and looks can sometimes be deceiving. (October 22, 2010)
resolve to LOVE Unconditionally

Living In A Stream Of Possibilities