Community Stand Up!

 People, we are a very fascinating species. We are full of contradictions. 

On the one hand we are keeping it 100 and on the other we are terrified to give 50% of our authentic selves to others.

We have this tough unbendable outer shell yet we are traumatized scared children on the inside that crave belonging.

We share our innermost angers on social media platforms but find it challenging to be vulnerable and have intimate conversations with our partners, children and parents.

We are quick to say what we absolutely don't have time for: fuckery, bullshit, disrespect, haters, new friends! Yet, we find it almost impossible to surrender to having time for the things that would possibly serve us well: Mental health check ups, forgiveness, reading, investing in true holistic healing, investing in our future better selves, time away from social media and other toxic behaviors.

Many of us are hurting in ways that we don't even recognize, we need to be reminded that we are valued, needed, enough, and so very loved and seen. 

We are in need of a nurturing and uplifting Village. 

We need our Community to Stand Up!

Life

Life comes in waves

At times the silence of life is appreciated and at others it can be heartbreakingly loud

Life has a very special and unique way of nudging us awake...through loss, illness, and struggle. We are brought back from the edge of simply drifting through.

TODAY!
This Moment
This View
This Love
This Friendship
This Embrace
This Breath...are all that truly matter
They are simply the most important things

                                                                                                                          Kallista Marie

Silent Killer, Make BelieveThriller

October is official ghost and goblin season. 

 Witch's Brew and all things Boo!

 Haunted houses, Trick or Treat which some think is super neat..

In the midst of all the Octoberfestivities there looms in the air somethings that are far scarier still...

Silent Killers is what they are  

They are far more clever than anything you might encounter on the 31st of October

They seduce you while your young and when your wisdom levels are low 

Whispering sweet nothings in your ear as they prepare you for the show

What fun you'll have, sip me, down this...

If you really dare, smoke this here then drank this Lean

No warnings are shared of how they can make you mean

Count yourself among their friends 

and easily kiss your freedoms Goodbye

They give you liquid courage and imagined super powers

All the while, prepping you for what truly lies in wait

They are named Jack, Hen, Colt, Martel and they crew

Never heard of them? I promise, they are not new

They've been sneaking and deceiving since way back in the day

Amazingly people are still stumbling and becoming their prey

You may start off with weekends only or maybe special occasions

But because they are sly, slick and wicked...you find you easily drift into the dark rooms of much more

Slowly your vocab changes and this lends to not giving a f*@k

The more you entertain them they start to ruin your luck

Just think back for a minute when you had goals, dreams and were hungry to pursue them

What happened, have you achieved them or have they fallen by the wayside?

It's time someone pulled off the mask and sounded the alarm

These clowns need to be exposed for who they truly are

They are family destroyers and life stealers

They may not take your life but trust and believe if allowed to keep sneaking in 

the back door...they will steal everyone of your dreams  

No more Make Believe Thrillers, HEY they are indeed Silent Killers (sound the alarm)!

Build

 

 

 

Build

With Your Faith

With Your Words

By Your Actions

Build up Well-Equipped Children

Build Better Communities

 Make This World A Better Place

 

 

Recipe For A Strong Family

Recipe For A Strong Family

 3 3/4 Cups Brown Sugar
(For Natural Sweetness)

10 Cups Heaven
(That's where Faith, Hope and Love comes from)

3 Cups Dreams
(There lies the future)

20 (1 carat diamonds)
(For Clarity of Vision)

4 1/2 Tablespoons Cast Iron
(For Strength and Endurance)

A Family That Prays Together..Stays Together

©T.T. Taharaja

Are you ready to (Re)build YOUR Legacy?

In our daily pursuit of educational and financial success, what do we purpose in our minds to leave our children in regards to our legacy? Many times in our communities, our children grow up seeing their parents, older siblings, grandparents, and older relatives entertaining, spending way too much, not budgeting, arguing over petty things, gossiping, settling, and the like. We tend to have these hopes and hidden dreams that our children will somehow miraculously, in the midst of all of this, still grow up to be these phenominal, wealth building, faith having, well dressed, well rounded, sucessful individuals...even though we never REALLY gave them one of the main tools that would make all this possible.

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7, kjv). This commonly used, powerful scripture, although quoted often, is more commonly used as a cliche' than a way of life. We desire to be apart of strong families, prosperous neighborhoods, integrated and supportive communities, but this is almost impossible with the mindsets that so many of us are living with today. In my thinking (and I did a lot of that today), i believe the very best thing we could ever do for our children would be to leave them a legacy of a different mindset. An enlightened mindset that realizes the power positive thinking and speaking has on the life it desires to create.  Understand that it is indeed true that what you consistently think and talk about, will eventually come about whether you want it to or not.

Let us start new traditions. Let us begin our days with our children, speaking LIFE over and to them.  Building them up with our words and teaching them to voice how they want their days to flow.  Encourage and teach them to pray for favor with their teachers, friends/fellow students, school work, sports and other activities.  Let us be verbally grateful for global mindsets and wisdom in our finances.

Now is the time for us to show our children how to experience genuine love, unshakeable faith (in God) and an intimate relationship with God, instead of being religious, or concerned about church as an institution.

So, my question to you is...Are you ready to (Re)build YOUR Legacy????