Feb 06

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around.


You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more.


You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement.


They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful.


There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are.


The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever.


Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant.


Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby.


Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do.


Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.


You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you.


You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.

Bob Marley
Feb 01
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
Langston Hughes
Sep 23

I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Pablo Neruda

This is Carl Rowan, one of the most prominent black journalists of the 20th century and one of my inspirations.

This is Carl Rowan, one of the most prominent black journalists of the 20th century and one of my inspirations.

John Coltrane — “My Favorite Things” [Live]

Sep 21
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
Virgil
Sep 18
On this day in 1919, Fritz Pollard became one of the first black men to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. He later became the team’s head coach, the first black man in the NFL to do so.

On this day in 1919, Fritz Pollard became one of the first black men to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. He later became the team’s head coach, the first black man in the NFL to do so.

Sep 12
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I've Got So Much to Give Barry White I've Got So Much to Give 10 Plays

Barry White — “I’ve Got So Much to Give”
from I’ve Got So Much to Give

Aug 25
Aaliyah(January 16, 1979 — August 25, 2001)

Aaliyah
(January 16, 1979 — August 25, 2001)

Aug 08
Every day I run scared. That’s the only way I can stay ahead.
John H. Johnson
(January 19, 1918 — August 8, 2005)
Aug 04
Norman Rockwell’s “Southern Justice (Murder in Mississippi)”, which depicts the brutal murder of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.

Norman Rockwell’s “Southern Justice (Murder in Mississippi)”, which depicts the brutal murder of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.

Louis Armstrong — “What a Wonderful World”
(August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)

Aug 02
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
James Baldwin
(August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)

Fela Kuti — “Teacher Don’t Teach Me No Nonsense” [Live]
(15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997)

Aug 01
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Yves Saint Laurent
(August 1, 1936 – June 1, 2008)

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