Hello my Fellow Bloggers,
I wanted to write and let you know that you can email me at blkqn9@yahoo.com or leave a message on the blog posting. Please feel to leave any questions, topic or comments. This blog is to empower and encourage the reader in all aspects. Remember that no question is dumb or unimportant. I look forward to hearing from you.
Ms Ladee
Monday, November 10, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
What Happened to a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
What happened to a dream deferred? When I think about the recent change in our society, my mind is blown. The dream that I once thought had died has now been made into a reality. We the people, elected the first Black president!!! As a result, the bar for the unexpected and impossible has been raised. I used to wonder if dreaming was a waste of time or was it powerful seed that would paramount into something greater.
The recent election is proof enough for me that a dream is something greater.
Isn't it amazing how a thought can become a dream, and a dream can turn out to be a great reality? I remember growing up and dreaming of being a motivational speaker that would go around the world and empower people. I could count on all my fingers and toes the times people told me, I was wasting my time on my dream. And to be honest, there were times when I thought I was crazy for thinking I could be anything different.
But the words my 9th grade teacher, Maria Elena Wakamastu spoke. She told me, " I see GREATNESS in you, just believe in your dreams and it will happen for you!!!" Her words lifted my heart and made me realize there was power of dreaming. Look at me now, my dreams are becoming more than a reality but a lifestyle.
Wherever I go, I empower people and let them know there is power in their dreams, they just have to dream and believe.
I know some people think there is an alternative motive behind my words, but I remember when I didn't have hope because everything in my life seemed to be dying- friends, family members, dreams, life and more importantly my hope. The only things that remains were the words my teacher spoke to me " I see GREATNESS in you, just believe in your dreams and it will happen for you!!!"
Don’t tell me there isn’t power in words or dreams. I hope this post as well the recent mandate of change in our community helps empowers you to believe and to dream.
Always Ms Ladee
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
What happened to a dream deferred? When I think about the recent change in our society, my mind is blown. The dream that I once thought had died has now been made into a reality. We the people, elected the first Black president!!! As a result, the bar for the unexpected and impossible has been raised. I used to wonder if dreaming was a waste of time or was it powerful seed that would paramount into something greater.
The recent election is proof enough for me that a dream is something greater.
Isn't it amazing how a thought can become a dream, and a dream can turn out to be a great reality? I remember growing up and dreaming of being a motivational speaker that would go around the world and empower people. I could count on all my fingers and toes the times people told me, I was wasting my time on my dream. And to be honest, there were times when I thought I was crazy for thinking I could be anything different.
But the words my 9th grade teacher, Maria Elena Wakamastu spoke. She told me, " I see GREATNESS in you, just believe in your dreams and it will happen for you!!!" Her words lifted my heart and made me realize there was power of dreaming. Look at me now, my dreams are becoming more than a reality but a lifestyle.
Wherever I go, I empower people and let them know there is power in their dreams, they just have to dream and believe.
I know some people think there is an alternative motive behind my words, but I remember when I didn't have hope because everything in my life seemed to be dying- friends, family members, dreams, life and more importantly my hope. The only things that remains were the words my teacher spoke to me " I see GREATNESS in you, just believe in your dreams and it will happen for you!!!"
Don’t tell me there isn’t power in words or dreams. I hope this post as well the recent mandate of change in our community helps empowers you to believe and to dream.
Always Ms Ladee
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
New Beginnings!!!
"I will do a new thing" ( Isa 43:19)
I am excited because this blog represents the new things that are manifesting in my life. I made a promise at my recent speaking engagment that I would share my story with people, especially women, young and old, all over the world.
I envisioned that I would speak life where death seems to be the only tennant on the lease, to implant the crop of hope where the land had yet to be tilled, to paint dreams full of color where people only saw visions in black and white.
This will be the start of my destiny because is my song and the words are my music.
I am excited because this blog represents the new things that are manifesting in my life. I made a promise at my recent speaking engagment that I would share my story with people, especially women, young and old, all over the world.
I envisioned that I would speak life where death seems to be the only tennant on the lease, to implant the crop of hope where the land had yet to be tilled, to paint dreams full of color where people only saw visions in black and white.
This will be the start of my destiny because is my song and the words are my music.
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