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by Shani G. Dowdell | April 8, 2012

 Ten Years Later: Black on Black violent crime rates have risen.

This video was taken from an article written last March; however, with the recent deaths of two teens, just last month in Lee County, Alabama it is unfortunately still very relevant today.

I can't stress how important it is for children to pick up a love for reading while they are young. Kids in their developmental stages of 5-9 should read at the very least one book a week, but don't take my word for it. Check out the stats in this video. Knowledge is empowering.

What Whitney Gave to Me

By Nayberry Publications | At Home – Mon, Feb 20, 2012 9:43 PM EST

Music for the Heart and Soul

At ten, I stood in front of the mirror singing, word for word, The Greatest Love of All. I felt as if I were live in concert in front of a hundred thousand people - just me, a worn hairbrush, and a pretend audience that included teddy bears, a Barbie and Ken set, and a few critters that had flocked to my bedroom window to hear me crone to the vibes of the likes of the world-renown Whitney Houston. At that moment, I was a star.

Of course, I couldn't hold a note if Stevie Wonder put it in my hand and Jennifer Hudson volunteered to help to hold the note steady in my hand, but that's besides the point. With Whitney's music, a young girl from Tuskegee, Alabama in the 1980s could feel hope. It was with that glimmer of hope, if only for a five-minute track that could be rewound over and over until the tape broke, that a girl was allowed to dream much bigger than her surroundings.

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By Nayberry Publications | Work + Money – Fri, Apr 1, 2011 5:07 AM EDT

Discernment of spirits is the interpretation of what St. Ignatius Loyola called the "motions of the soul." These interior movements consist of thoughts, imaginings, emotions, inclinations, desires, feelings, repulsions, and attractions. Spiritual discernment of spirits involves becoming sensitive to these movements, reflecting on them, and understanding where they come from and where they lead us. (Taken from IgnationSpirituality.com)

Ah, Discernment...

There have been times in life when I have not tapped in to my spirit of discernment and each of those times left me with bumps, bruises, and lots of whiplash memories to remind me not to ever do that particular thing again. It's like being a child and touching the stove. Once you touch the stove the first time and get burned, no one has to tell you the second time that it is hot. It doesn't matter if the stove is off, if someone tries to put your hand close to it you holler, "no!" That's not so much discernment as it is learning from your past lessons, but then again discernment and growth go hand in hand.

Whenever we step out on faith to do something bigger than we can see, think, or feel. Whenever we finally find out what it is that we are supposed to be doing and decide to walk that walk, we will be faced with conflicts, decisions, and quite frankly crabby people. There is no way around it, unfortunately, but one thing that we all are equipped with whether we use it or not is the spirit of discernment.

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