Starting Off The New Year, I Want Everybody To Know That..

"We are the children of those who chose to survive."
-Nana Poussaint in Daughters of the Dust

If you ever doubted your ability to survive look at who you came from. Don't limit yourself to parents and grandparents, go all the way back to the root. In your family line is the genius of those who were born into a barren land and built the pyramids. In the oasis of your mind is the conscience of those who charted the stars, kept time by the sun and planted by the moon. In the center of your being is the strength of those who planted crops, toiled in the fields, and banqueted on what others discarded. In the light of your heart is the love of those who bore the children who were sold away only to one day hang from a tree. In the cells of your blood stream is the memory of those who weathered the voyage, stood on blocks, found their way through the forest and took their case to the supreme court. With all that going on for you what are you worried about. We are the children of those who chose to survive. I move in the power of a mighty past.
TAKEN FROM Iyanla Vanzant's Acts of Faith Daily Mediatation for People of Color

WITH THAT BEING SAID LET'S GRIND IN 09!!