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        <title>WHY SEX CRAZE AND NOT LOVE CRAZE?</title>   
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<p>As I look back over my life I am reminded of how much people loved one
another.&#160; Girls and boys could be the best of friends without having
sex.&#160; I am not ruling out the activity of sex during that time but it did
not rule over the heart as it does today.</p>

<p>We are finding more and more sexual activity is taking place among our
youths at a younger and younger age.&#160; Also with this growing number, we
find sexual activity multiplying among the same sexual preferences.&#160; With
that, we also see an outrage of infidelity.&#160; What is all of this telling
us?&#160; Very simple, we are not developing our total selves.&#160; The
physical self is ruling and it is doing so with no conscious of morality.&#160;
No one wants to admit the human race has lost touch with its purpose to
exist.&#160; When you have no program, heathen tendencies rule our
conscious.&#160; We were created to love one another unconditionally.</p>

<p>Why sex?&#160; I had to ask myself this question knowing I too have in my
lifetime experienced revealing my nakedness to a man for the first time knowing
just maybe I should not do this.&#160; But I completed the mission with no
thought of the risks.&#160; Why?&#160; Because in that moment I and so many
other people allow the adrenalin rush to bond with another human overtake our
logic.&#160; It is just that simple.&#160; We dive in hoping for something
magical, special, bonding and at times proof that love is possible.&#160; The
very act itself promises no bed of roses only hope that maybe just maybe we are
special to someone or we just downright need to feel something, something we do
not experience outside of this experience.</p>

<p>What we are seeking is a conscious connection to someone.&#160; We need love
a love that makes us feel alive and appreciated.&#160; When we surrender to
this quickening, we are escaping the alienated world we exist in.&#160; Love is
so rare and seldom felt that we lose touch with the sensations that make it
special between two people.&#160; It is easier to search for each other under
the sheets instead of above water face to face.&#160; The natural tendencies to
feel the needs and desires of one another have been savored due to selfishness
and self seeking to survive in a world that hates love.</p>

<p>Sex without the spirit of love is void.&#160; People keep indulging in the
act like a crack head looking to recapture the first euphoric moment of ecstasy.&#160;
They roam from partner to partner hoping for a fulfillment that only God can
fill.&#160; You see God is love and love is God.&#160; It is a far more than an
orgasmic experience.&#160; The orgasmic experience only reveals a false and
temporal fulfillment in comparison to experiencing the reality of God.&#160;
Whether we acknowledge God or not, human nature will seek gratification because
there is something in them that desires its Creator,&#160;because God put that
desire there at birth.&#160; You may think you need a sexual fix.&#160; It is
not that, it is God calling you to experience His reality.</p>

<p>Lonely people sleep together every night.&#160; They have sex and experience
an unfulfilled that not even they understand.&#160; At times they will creep on
their partner thinking he or she is not delivering when in reality no human can
deliver fulfillment but God.&#160; Without God, a destructive force rules our
sexual indulgence.&#160; This is why diseases and unwanted children are
spreading like wild fire.&#160; All the outcomes are evidence of a lack of
love.&#160; We are moving too fast to see.&#160; This is how the world controls
our choices.&#160; The first step in saving ourselves is to be still and know
we belong to God.&#160; WITHOUT LOVE, SEX IS JUST FALSE HOPE FOR IT.&#160; Yes,
we are a world of love starved people.</p>

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        <title>YOU LOVE ME?</title>   
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<p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Love is something that always held my
interest even when I was a child.<span style="">&#160;
</span>Something about that word makes us react from within.<span style="">&#160; </span>Some people become emotional and react gently
towards their loved one while others have proven to react violently to those
words.<span style="">&#160; </span>What is it about love that
reminds us we are human?<span style="">&#160; </span>It is a
universal word seldom defined by two people yet desired to be heard.<span style="">&#160; </span>As I go into the years of my life I am
finding love to be a word that is spoken freely without any accountability of
its meaning.<span style="">&#160; </span>I feel this is why people
are so misunderstood by one another.<span style="">&#160; </span>“I
love you” were words that was suppose to build us up and give us strength to
exist in a world of difficulty; yet in reality, we are learning those words are
not delivering results that make this world a better place.<span style="">&#160; </span>Why is that?</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Yesterday while I was having dinner with my
son, Marcus we found it interesting that we both have learned our feelings are
not equated in our identity when we are involved in relationships.&#160; We
found it to be a dilemma to how someone can say he or she loves us and find no
interest in our feelings especially those that make us happy.&#160; I wondered
when someone says he or she loves you; do you really understand what is being
said?</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Someone shared with me their lack of not understanding
why a woman he is willing to provide for along with her illegitimate child
would find it an inconvenience to not go to the store and buy him some socks
knowing he needed them.&#160; Then, someone shared with me that it is not
understood why someone would not join them in going to the store after being
asked by the one she supposedly loves.&#160; It was amazing to realize people
say I love you quite freely but their actions say something different.&#160;
Why would a man you may not see for months on end leave your state and return
to his not honoring a simple request of leaving his fragrance on your
pillow?&#160; How can a woman knowing her fiancée’ is heading to Iraq refuse
his call because she is busy doing hair?<span style="">&#160;
</span>What keeps people from being conscious of other people&#39;s feelings
especially when they supposedly love you?&#160; </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This dilemma is not uncommon.&#160; In fact
it is very common.&#160; People who would rather not be alone allow the one
they love to not fulfill their needs.&#160; Years go by and one is happy while
the other is unhappy.&#160; Many affairs result as a result of accepting less
than you deserve from a relationship.&#160; If someone tells you he or she
loves you, what is it that is being loved.&#160; If it is not your feelings and
thoughts that make you who you are, then what&#160;is it that someone loves
about you?</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I am sure we all have been told &quot;I love
you&quot; and found these words to make us feel special and willing to share
more of ourselves with others.&#160; But do we really understand what it really
means?&#160; Universally speaking, I am coming to learn these powerful words
mean there is something in you I can incorporate into my life.&#160;&#160; I
can overlook the aspects of you I do not like.&#160; And, I am willing to share
my space with you if you are willing to share your space with me.&#160; Is this
enough for a special relationship?&#160; You tell me.</span></p>

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        <title>ONCE YOU&#39;VE BEEN LOVED</title>   
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        <published>2008-07-04T16:57:12Z</published>
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<p>Up until the last two years my oldest and dear friend who was 89 years old
was my source of inspiration and wisdom.&#160; She was widowed for twelve years
and made it clear she would never marry again.&#160; This position in life
seems to be popular among many widows.&#160; I have been widowed for twenty
years.&#160; Marriage was something I enjoyed for it allowed me to build a
foundation to live upon while I faced the world with its challenges.&#160; But
why was I not married and so many other widows?&#160; Because many widows and
widowers know the chances of being loved again are slim or nearly impossible.</p>

<p>&#160;How did we end up so alienated from one another?&#160; Many of us will
leave this world without a true partner and soul mate, because love has become
difficult to embrace.&#160; For sure if you have ever been loved, you know when
you have been shortchanged.&#160; How can a widow or a widower ignore the
reality that though someone is kind and wants to be with you that this does not
mean he or she loves you?&#160; It can&#39;t be ignored because love is something
that can&#39;t be denied.&#160; It has a power of its own that touches your heart
in the presence of the one who loves you.&#160; To accept kindness as love has
costs many people grief.</p>

<p>&#160;Love today is not the love I remember.&#160; Love cares about your feelings,
desires and that which makes you smile. It is a selfless sharing that allows
the other person to be energized, lifted up to a state of fulfillment.&#160;
With this love, you want to do great things for mankind.&#160; It is not something
you just share in your home you go out into the world to bring light and hope
to a world lacking in the beauty of love. Today, love means I will tolerate or
be with this person because it makes my life easier and less lonely.&#160; It
is not about keeping the one you love strong and encouraged.</p>

<p>&#160;Love has the spirit of appreciation.&#160; You can&#39;t do enough for one
another through the hard and good times.&#160; If you have to question whether
someone loves you, chances are they do not love you.&#160; They just care enough
about you to get their needs met leaving you needing more than they care to
give.&#160; This is not the best relationship you can have.&#160; Many people
live in the same house with their spouses and are very alone.&#160; This is not
love it is convenience and you are cheating yourself.&#160; You deserve more
than that.&#160; You deserve to be adored, caressed, wanted and enjoyed by your
companion.</p>

<p>Sometimes, love is not enough.&#160; Being in love with the one you
love stimulates action.&#160; Love grounds but being in love specializes the
union. This brings the magic and splendor that motivates couples to be
physically conscious of one another.&#160; You just don&#39;t forget the twinkle in
each others&#39; eyes making love ageless and&#160;welcoming.&#160; And this
earthly bonding makes it easy to not desire any other.&#160; My 89 year old
friend, Mrs. Bass loved her husband and he loved her.&#160; I still see that
twinkle in their eyes when they would talk to one another.&#160; Their love was
strong and filled with much playing.&#160; His love carried on even in his death
as he made sure she would not want for anything while he was gone.&#160; Her
head was always held high and she was always at peace.&#160; When she would
mention Mr. Bass, a glow would fill the room especially when she said no one
today compares to the love Bass gave me.&#160; He just wanted me to be happy.</p>



<p>Being alone for many proves to be the best state to live in today because
once you&#39;ve been loved, you know when you have been shortchanged.&#160; Sad to
say, many have not been genuinely love to know the difference.&#160; To you I
say, be aware of your feelings.&#160; They are crying and talking to you for a
reason.&#160; Don&#39;t fool yourself.&#160; If you do, you will remain lost.</p>

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        <title>MOLESTED ANGEL WINGS</title>   
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        <p>MOLESTED ANGEL GET HER WINGS</p>
<p>As a survivor of molestation, I can honestly say there is a beautiful life after being molested. I remember watching &quot;Woman Thou Art Loose&quot; by TD Jakes. In the movie, the main character, a young female was raped by her mother’s boyfriend who took her virginity. Neither her mother or anybody in her life knew her inner suffering with this experience. That hidden anguish grew to self-destruction.</p>
<p>The movie bothered me from the standpoint that when a man of God counsels this young lady knowing her deep seated anger and offered her no answers and in the end no hope. This was a great devastation for me because the victim ends up shooting the victimizer at the altar in the House of God. People found this to be an excellent movie. I found it to be a preying on emotions and a means of an income dealing with a subject so complex and soul altering that to tamper with it with no resolve was unjust to molested victims needing help. Several years later, I still remember this disappointment.</p>
<p>With this in mind, I want victims, not only molested victims to know and understand there is hope and there are answers. We just have to discover our own path to God. I wrote a book, &quot;LAST DAY OF VICTIMIZATION&quot;. This book reveals the soul of victimization and prepares victims and those who love and want to assist in the healing process answers and a real understanding why we are victims. Trust me if you really want to be delivered from your past, it can happen and it will if you consider the possibility it is because you are a child of God therefore you are a target for potential abuse.</p>
<p>Though many people would hate to admit, healing from molestation and many other forms of abuse takes time, lots of time. It is a shifting of gears from low to high with neutral sometimes making us think we are not progressing. I want molested angels all around the world to know you can and will accept your wings of freedom. When it happens you will know it. I remember accepting my wings. It happened in a way that never entered my mind. I owe it to my soul mate. I will ever be indebted to him.</p>
<p>Standing up for one’s feelings, needs and desires was difficult for me as a molested victim because that natural choosing was denied me for so many years of my life. I faced the world not acknowledging my true feelings that made me who I am. Instead, the needs, feelings and desires of the ones I loved had precedence over mines; but finally after much trust in God and allowing myself to rise out of my private abyss, I spoke from my soul and risk the chance of disappointing or even losing my soul mate. See in the past, I was hollered at or spanked if I expressed my true feelings. But my day of realizing God has brought me from a long way I spoke and received my Wings of Healing. Today, I can say: God will restore the years of the locusts. My past can no longer paralyze my presence. To be free is knowing you are AMAZING!</p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>CELEBRITIES&#39; LIVES WORTH MORE THAN A SOLDIER IN IRAQ WHY?</title>   
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">As I get
older and wiser in life, I find a need to question humanity.<span style="">&#160; </span>How did we come to accept that a celebrity’s
life is far more valuable than a soldier?<span style="">&#160;
</span>Do we realize what we are doing giving so much to entertainment
neglecting that which keeps life ongoing?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Yesterday,
I stopped by a deli.<span style="">&#160; </span>There I discovered
a soldier who had served time in Iraq.<span style="">&#160; </span>There
were limited work choices for him so he ended up working in this deli.<span style="">&#160; </span>He was disappointed with his choices in
America.<span style="">&#160; </span>What was offered to a soldier
after serving time in Iraq did not come close to equating the finances received
while fighting a war that led no where.<span style="">&#160;&#160;
</span>His need to survive and have a quality of life led him to believe like
my son who also served time in Iraq that in order to have a valued life in America
he would have to reenlist to have hope of a bright future.<span style="">&#160; </span>This is very sad to me especially when I see
how much celebrities make just because they entertain us.<span style="">&#160; </span>What is wrong with this picture?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Here we
are in a country supposedly a land of the free and the brave.<span style="">&#160; </span>How is there freedom when soldiers are
treated like scum?<span style="">&#160;&#160; </span>I remember watching
a documentary where a soldier had served in Iraq and received multi bullet
wounds.<span style="">&#160; </span>His spine was damaged badly he
suffered with pain daily but was denied financial support from the
government.<span style="">&#160; </span>This soldier was living in
his car.<span style="">&#160; </span>He was homeless.<span style="">&#160; </span>The story got to Geraldo and he aired it on
his show.<span style="">&#160; </span>It wasn’t until then that the
government had mercy on him and made arrangement s to assist him in having
financial support to survive in America.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">We have
celebrities worth millions of dollars and they do not have to work another day
in their lives.<span style="">&#160; </span>We doll out our hard
earned money to them.<span style="">&#160; </span>Why?<span style="">&#160; </span>Just because they entertain us, are we that
shallow that we do not realize they would do what they do regardless of the
overpaid millions we pay because they would have to survive like everybody
else.<span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>America is struggling
financially and it is not getting any better.<span style="">&#160;
</span>The hard working class is suffering because we do not realize we are
living in a country that is determined to have classes of people.<span style="">&#160;&#160; </span>The rich, poor and the decreasing middle
class is what our government is determined to have at any cost.<span style="">&#160;&#160; </span>Why?<span style="">&#160; </span>IT
IS BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR POWER, SUPERIORITY, EVIL, AND CONTROL.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="">&#160;</span>Wake up America.<span style="">&#160; </span>This world is designed to own our souls.<span style="">&#160; </span>Right now as we struggle to maintain our
lives, the gas prices dominate leaving people in a state of desperation as
planned by our own leaders.<span style="">&#160; </span>Their
determination to strip us from the right to have a quality of life is growing
stronger as they rule our necessities. <span style="">&#160;&#160;</span>If a soldier is struggling even after
surviving the war in Iraq, imagine what is in stored for those who are not
celebrities.<span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span></span></p>

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    <entry>
        <title>WHO WILL CHANGE YOUR DIAPER?</title>   
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        <published>2008-05-02T19:16:34Z</published>
        <updated>2008-05-02T19:16:34Z</updated>
    
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        <p>There is an old saying: twice a child once an adult. This means just as we entered the world needing someone to love, nurture and protect us we will need the same leaving. When all is said and done and we have met the challenges of the world, we must ask ourselves: WHO WILL CHANGE MY DIAPER when I am possibly sick or too old to take care of my self.</p>
<p>As it stands today, our society is creating a future of alienation and no trust in love not only as companions but also as family members towards one another. In this moment for most of us being able to work, pay our bills and watch television is all one seeks to exist. Yet, we all know by nature we were created to interact with one another and yes, love and be loved. </p>
<p>Recently, my mother had knee replacement surgery. In my spirit, I knew I did not want anybody to tend to her but me because I knew how crucial love plays in the healing process for all life. We will recover at the hands of strangers this we know but I wanted my mother to not only recover but grow and be encouraged through the whole ordeal because it was her first surgery ever at the age of seventy. </p>
<p>During her stay in the hospital, the medical staff was professional and in the beginning very kind, attentive and encouraging. By the fourth day there was a drop off on caring. This is what happens when love is not there. People get treated like a machine after awhile like when we put our vehicles in the shop. You just never know what to expect. But love is reassuring and promises that you are not alone.</p>
<p>In looking at your friend, companion, husband, etc., make sure you know he or she will be willing to focus in on your dependency when so much more is required of them besides laughing and playing. Make sure you know he or she will change your diaper if necessary for the rest of your life. The only certainty one can have is to seek and know they have the best love which includes God. Without a conscious of God no person in your life can be solely trusted to stand by you through thick and thin.</p>
<p>In the end you learn love is not just about convience. It is about commitment, loyalty, and the reality of the power of oneness throughout eternity. Your child, sibling, companion, friend, etc. must reveal the best displays of love if you are going to trust them with your well-being in times of dependency where you are not enough to see your self through. Today, take time out to look at who you have around you. WILL THEY CHANGE YOUR DIAPER?</p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>IS THERE LIFE WITHOUT VICTIMIZATION?</title>   
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">LAST DAY OF VICTIMIZATION (EXCERPT)</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Gripping the
Soul</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">&#160;</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">A HORRIFIC MOVEMENT HAS
TAKEN PLACE MAKING US AWARE WE ARE AN INDIVIDUAL AND WE HAVE A SOUL.<span style="">&#160; </span>It is a taking that mars our total
being.<span style="">&#160; </span>It carries the vibrations of a
wounded animal dying with no value.<span style="">&#160;
</span>Immediately when something is taken from us a death-like agony fills our
emotions and feelings.<span style="">&#160; </span>It makes us aware
of a reality beyond the body and worldly environment.<span style="">&#160; </span>We come to realize what we are made of.<span style="">&#160; </span>That part of us silenced by external
influences now becomes louder than our physical environment.<span style="">&#160; </span>We feel like we’re bleeding yet in many cases
there is no blood.<span style="">&#160; </span>Something is oozing
coming forth like puss from an infected wound.<span style="">&#160;&#160;
</span>We try to stuff everything back inside ourselves but whatever it is, we
can’t see or touch it to control and direct it. It is like someone has literary
pulled our hearts out of our chests and held it in their hands.<span style="">&#160; </span>We see them with it but we can never get it
back; yet we are alive and we have to go on although this huge part of us is
gone.</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">It takes hold of our
total mind and heart and festers into sweet sorrow because we have been robbed
of our natural life flow to experience the moment uninhibited by evil
forces.<span style="">&#160; </span>Bitterness follows in most cases
because that is what unjust pain becomes. The instant preparation of a private
abyss formulates to pull us deeper into the darkness of our agony.</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="">&#160;</span><em>My
soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak
in the bitterness of my soul</em>.<span style="">&#160; </span>Job 10:1</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Doses of Reality</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">&#160;</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">As
the time passed, I grew too weary to think about what happened to me; instead my
interest was in what was it about me that gave my victimizers the signals I
could be captured. <span style="">&#160;</span><span style="">&#160;</span>I went back to the nature of a child because
children are the most sought after and innocent victims in the world today.<span style="">&#160; </span>They have the potential to allow love to be
given and received.<span style="">&#160; </span>Children give us a
chance to do the right thing for humanity.<span style="">&#160;
</span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>Compared
to a child, I found I as well as people I had talked to who had been victimized,
all had a heart to do the right thing by people and life.<span style="">&#160; </span>We tend to have a respect for God and our
spirituality.<span style="">&#160; </span>When I accepted this woman
as a partner in fulfilling my dream, I was busy praying and hoping to be a
blessing in her life because there was no pleasure for me being blessed
alone.<span style="">&#160; </span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>Where
I was thinking about prospering her life while we worked towards my goals, she
was interested in her own progress at my expense.<span style="">&#160; </span>She led me to believe the value of my dream
was valuable to her as well.<span style="">&#160; </span>There was
not anything childlike about her presence.<span style="">&#160;
</span>Her presence in the world joined the other worldly conscious of greedy
and selfish people.<span style="">&#160; </span><em><span style="">&#160;</span></em></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour:</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"> 1Peter 5:8</span></span></p>

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        <title>HILLARY, SHOW THE LOVE</title>   
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">As we begin to narrow down to that Democratic
candidate, I can’t help but wonder which one can actually be the best candidate
so I am left to rely on what I personally consider what is important.<span style="">&#160; </span>In my everyday walk in life, I judge people
by their parenting because if they are committed to their parenting then the
chances of being people of good character rank high in my sight.<span style="">&#160; </span>With this in mind, I wondered about Hillary
Clinton.<span style="">&#160; </span>I have not seen her exposure of
nurturing and enjoying her family.<span style="">&#160; </span>I’ve
received numerous of e-mails and caught glimpses of Barrack Obama showing
genuine affection towards his entire family.<span style="">&#160;
</span>Being that women are supposedly the natural nurturers created by God, it
seems that there should be more displays of Hillary being a nurturing person
towards others.<span style="">&#160; </span>What I have only seen is
a woman on the battle field.<span style="">&#160; </span>And the
price has left her to appear to have to put on tough skin to compete in a man’s
world.<span style="">&#160; </span>This is a turn off for me.<span style="">&#160; </span>We have enough male energy going around in
this world.<span style="">&#160; </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">The changes that this country need to be making is
getting back in touch with the reality that we are spiritual beings having a
human experience.<span style="">&#160; </span>We are not human
beings having a spiritual experience.<span style="">&#160;
</span>For our country to re –establish its ground, it has to face the fact
that too much of anything is not good for us.<span style="">&#160;
</span>It is no doubt that America has had too much materialism and
technology.<span style="">&#160; </span>We have had too much mental
and physical dependency leaving our spiritual selves out of our choices in
life.<span style="">&#160; </span>For this we are not making good
judgments as individuals and as a country.<span style="">&#160;
</span>If we were in touch with our spiritual existence, we would not have
ended up in Iraq to continue to gain more physical substance.<span style="">&#160; </span>The lack of love for our fellowman over
materialism has resulted in our facing the world as a real melting pot.<span style="">&#160; </span>We are decaying quickly and the world is
watching.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;">As I stated in the beginning, I believe parenting is
the key to establishing loving bonds from one person to another.<span style="">&#160; </span>When a child does not experience nurturing,
love, caring and a chosen priority in their parents ‘ lives, the result is a
callous heart that goes out into the world to gain material success and in some
cases at any cost.<span style="">&#160; </span>Our candidates
including the republican candidate, Mr. John McCain must have a heart and that
heart must be grounded in the family foundation in order that he or she will
understand the soulful needs of this country that is starving from a lack of
love, empathy, compassion and justice.<span style="">&#160;
</span>Charity always begins at home and spreads abroad.<span style="">&#160; </span>Without love there is no hope of
justice.<span style="">&#160; </span>It is this reality that the
world does not want to face for it is love that ends corruption.<span style="">&#160; </span>There is no need in listening to candidates programmed
to the ways of the world.<span style="">&#160; </span>They will not
accomplish anything but more corruption and a need to continue to rape the American
people of their freedom to enjoy life as a child of God.<span style="">&#160; </span>What does this mean?<span style="">&#160; </span>It means without spirit, the American people
can forget having a life without dictatorship.<span style="">&#160;
</span>The gas prices are telling us something.<span style="">&#160;
</span>There is a very powerful source behind the controllers of this needed
entity.<span style="">&#160; </span>This source wants Americans to
become silent slaves to their madness.<span style="">&#160; </span>And
their success depends on our not allowing love to be a priority beginning in
our homes.<span style="">&#160; </span>Love will alter priorities
and needs.<span style="">&#160; </span>It will allow us to be set
free as we were born to be.<span style="">&#160; </span>Hillary let
me see your love.</span></p>

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        <title>DEEPER THAN LOVE (EXCERPT)</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-23T15:38:25Z</published>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><strong style="">What happens when a
soldier falls in love with a molested angel?</strong></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="">&#160;</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="">“All right, soldiers, line up in two’s and follow me,”
shouted Drill Sergeant Delap. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>We
followed the short woman to our barracks. <span style="">&#160;</span>Her uniform fit her like a glove and it was
obvious that she didn’t take any mess. <span style="">&#160;</span>Our
over-packed duffle bags were slung awkwardly on our backs, while we carried our
personal belongings in our arms. <span style="">&#160;</span>By the
time we made it to our new home we were all sweating and panting from the long
walk. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Inside the long room, there were two bays, each with
two rows of bunks. <span style="">&#160;</span>The first instruction
we were given was to make up the disheveled bed we would be using for the next
eight weeks. <span style="">&#160;</span>All of us were exhausted. <span style="">&#160;</span>Some girls just burst out crying and started saying
they wanted to go home. <span style="">&#160;</span>We were
subjected to over an hour of needless torture and mind games ranging from, how
to correctly fold a shirt to how to clean the dust out from under our beds.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>Finally,
the drill sergeant grew tired of running us in circles and ordered us to bed. <span style="">&#160;</span>Once in my bunk, I fell asleep wishing for my momma.
</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">But after that night, I was fine with the idea of
being away from home. <span style="">&#160;</span>It finally dawned
on me how great this moment of my life was. <span style="">&#160;</span>There wasn’t a soul here who knew anything
about me. <span style="">&#160;</span>I could be any person I wanted
to be. <span style="">&#160;</span>It was like going on stage and
being a star. <span style="">&#160;</span>I decided to be a person
without a past. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I thought, <em style="">“Let’s
see who I am.”</em></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Basic training was an experience I will never forget.
<span style="">&#160;</span>All forty females in the barracks were
awakened at five o’clock in the morning, every morning. <span style="">&#160;</span>We jumped out of bed and had to be in
formation by six o’clock. <span style="">&#160;</span>We marched
everywhere we went, whether it was the chow hall or to the track to run laps. <span style="">&#160;</span>We were like one big family in green. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Our drill sergeant was a petite, fair-skinned, white
woman with blonde hair. <span style="">&#160;</span>Drill Sergeant
Delap was thin enough to be swept away by a breeze. <span style="">&#160;</span>She looked like a Barbie doll in fatigues. <span style="">&#160;</span>Her boots looked like they weighed more than
she did. <span style="">&#160;</span>But as small as she was, she
could holler so loud you’d think she was ten feet tall and weighed 300 pounds. <span style="">&#160;</span>You just had to respect her. <span style="">&#160;</span>Her fatigues were starched perfectly, with
straight creases down the front of her pants. <span style="">&#160;</span>Her shirt was so well starched it appeared to
be made out of cardboard. <span style="">&#160;</span>The woman was
perfectly presented as a representative of the United States Army.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“Private
Tillard, get your butt over here, front and center.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“Yes,
Drill Sergeant,” I bellowed.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“You will
be responsible for this platoon.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“Yes,
Drill Sergeant.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>On the
inside I was doing cartwheels but on the outside I was stoic and at attention. <span style="">&#160;</span>I couldn’t believe I was being selected to be
the platoon leader of our squad. <span style="">&#160;</span>We had
waited a whole week to find out who it would be. <span style="">&#160;</span>I thought it was going to be Gladys Jackson
because she passed every inspection with little effort. <span style="">&#160;</span>Some of the girls rolled their eyes at me,
while others congratulated me.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“She must
really like you. <span style="">&#160;</span>I don’t see anything
spectacular you did that I didn’t do,” said Martha.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>Martha
was jealous about any and everything pertaining to everybody, so I wasn’t
surprised when she made that comment.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“I bet if
you weren’t so jealous-hearted, you probably would’ve been selected to be a
platoon leader. <span style="">&#160;</span>Your funny ways would
just hold us back.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“Jealous?
<span style="">&#160;</span>You think I’m jealous of you? <span style="">&#160;</span>You’re just a lucky black token.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“Oh, so
you’re prejudiced, too? <span style="">&#160;</span>You’re a poor
thing, you can’t think for yourself. <span style="">&#160;</span>You’re
not just jealous and prejudiced, you’re ignorant.”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“You’re a
black fool. <span style="">&#160;</span>You have no right to talk to
me like that. <span style="">&#160;</span>I’m better than you no
matter what you think,” said Martha.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“How are
you better? <span style="">&#160;</span>Oh is it because you got
money? <span style="">&#160;</span>It sure ain’t because you’re cute
with your out of shape butt.<span style="">&#160; </span>You think
you’re all that? <span style="">&#160;</span>Or is it because you
have white skin and you’ve been brainwashed to believe you’re better than other
people? <span style="">&#160;</span>Which is it? <span style="">&#160;</span>It can’t surely be because you have a brain
because you’re stupid,” I said.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“You both
need to stop,” Ann said.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>I sucked
my teeth. “She started it. <span style="">&#160;</span>She’s evil!”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“Hold on
now,” said Jean. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This was beginning to turn into a racial war. <span style="">&#160;</span>The black females gathered near me, while the
white females joined Martha. <span style="">&#160;</span>All the
other races of girls just looked on, afraid of the outcome.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“This is
crazy,” I said as I turned and walked away.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“You said
I was evil. <span style="">&#160;</span>That was not fair. <span style="">&#160;</span>It’s a lie,” Martha said following close behind
me. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“I don’t
hate you, but I’m not going to let you put me down because of the color of my
skin.” </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>The room
was very quiet as everybody moved to their areas to prepare for inspection. <span style="">&#160;</span>As I was folding my socks and underclothes, I
couldn’t help but wonder why people were so quick to attack each other. <span style="">&#160;</span>Out of all the things we could do in life, why
choose to be less than loving?</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">After our argument, we managed to tolerate each other
long enough to get through basic training. <span style="">&#160;</span>I wasn’t trying to be anyone’s best friend and
that was good enough for me at the moment. <span style="">&#160;</span>The biggest accomplishment for us had to be
passing the physical fitness test. <span style="">&#160;</span>We
had to run two miles in a certain time frame or flunk basic training. <span style="">&#160;</span>Most of us did well with the sit-ups, pushups,
jumping jacks, and the other requirements, but the track was another story. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Alabama
sun beamed down on us like it was trying to fry us up for afternoon chow. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>“I can’t
make it,” cried Tina as she began to throw up toward the end of the run. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span><span style="">&#160;</span>I ran out on the track and hollered at her. “You
better make it! <span style="">&#160;</span>You only got a few more
steps and you will make it, throw up and all!”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tina dragged herself to the finish line, barely making
her time.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Girls were falling out all over the track. <span style="">&#160;</span>I helped as many as I could to cool their
faces down and encouraged them to stand up and keep moving, even if they had to
walk the rest of the way. <span style="">&#160;</span>Though many of
them came in soaking wet with sweat and vomit on their clothes, all of us
passed our PT test.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </span>The next
day we had to go through the gas chamber. <span style="">&#160;</span>As we lined up outside the shack filled with
tear gas, we stood quietly waiting our turns. <span style="">&#160;</span>The first set of ten went in and came out
crying and gasping for air and I thought I wasn’t going to make it because I do
not like being closed in. </p>

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        <title>OBAMA&#39;S SPEECH REMINDS ME OF PRESIDENT LONDON B. JOHNSON (LBJ)</title>   
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 1.25em">One morning I was relaxing in my bed and flipping channels on my television when I came upon a documentary honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>The film was in black and white showing the time frame of our history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>Dr. King was leading large numbers of people to march against injustice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>So many were of school age yet they were strong in their mission to be treated fairly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 1.56em">There were times when dogs were loosed on human beings who were peacefully marching to expose the injustice that ruled our country; water hoses were opened to literary blast many to the ground breaking bones and causing tearing of skin; tear gas was released in the air to burn their eyes near blindness and police officers used hard clubs to beat them in the head <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160;</span>and anywhere else on their bodies that would cause physical damages to take control of their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>The dramatic and barbaric attacks marchers experienced back in those days revealed the core heart of this country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>You must ask your self who has a right to attack a child of God?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>That is the only question that one must ask to understand why racism should be resolved by now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 1.56em">As I observed the hideous sight of human beings being treated like animals, I realized there was a man in the White House who was not like the average man in the White House, this man had a heart for humanity just as his predecessor, President John F. Kennedy had when he stood up for injustice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>President London B. Johnson was warned his popularity would practically diminish if he made it possible for blacks to vote in America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>This man was also involved in “The War on Poverty” and many other civil issues. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160;</span>Knowing his risks, he stood behind his convictions to bring justice to the people Dr. King, Jr. was fighting for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>As a result, he lost popularity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>When asked why the fall in popularity, President Johnson told them, &quot;I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don&#39;t always please all the people.&quot; Johnson also blamed the press, saying they showed &quot;complete irresponsibility and lie and misstate facts and have no one to be answerable to.&quot; He also blamed &quot;the preachers, liberals and professors&quot; who had turned against him.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size: medium; color: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 1.56em">This American history reveals our tendencies to not choose best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>Also it reveals that although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and millions of other people who suffered and died for justice lacked the power to get things done alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>The world was not going to listen or move on the determined marchers’ behalf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>It took President Johnson to open the eyes of many Americans to see how unjust we were as a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>As the election progress we are seeing our American demons exposed daily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>Usually when a soul attempts to bring the world to a state of universal conscious, hell breaks lose and at times someone good dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>I pray that America is still not following the devil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>We need to stop killing hope, love and life in America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>What candidate has what it takes to step up to the plate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>Whoever it is, he or she would be a humble spirit depending on God to guide their footsteps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>We do not need darkness anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>ENOUGH ALREADY!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>Come on America wake up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&#160; </span>We are dying.</span></p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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