Tag: personal development
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Revving Up and Getting Back on Track
Revving Up Since I haven’t quite decided on a suitable term to adequately capture how I feel, I will settle for one that conveys the most predominant feeling right now. It is with humility that I embrace this time of my life, to reconnect with the world, and make a deliberate and significant stride toward normalcy since the recent passing…
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Parenting 101: Counting My Mommy Blessings One Occurrence at a Time
Most people will tell you they do not need to be told how to parent their children. While that may be the case, it is not unusual to find that these same parents have been wired to respond, more so, to the negative or destructive behaviors of their children than to the positives. What is…
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Upcoming Event: Celebrating the Creativity of our Youth Gala
You may have heard about Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. and asked what they were all about. You have a chance to find out by attending their first major fundraising gala and wearable art presentation. Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc., a New York State registered non-profit organization, will launch its 1st major fundraising…
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When Regifting Is Acceptable
You are that spark that makes the fire rise. A crown of jewels will rest upon your head for you are God’s child that has been truly blessed! Amen These are sentiments I received a moment ago from a kindred spirit. I know she would not mind me regifting these empowering words to all who come across…
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Spotlight: A Friend to Youth and Parents
Congratulations to Devon Harris, motivational speaker, author and founder of the Keep On Pushing Foundation, on being honored for his community service by New York’s Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano at the Caribbean American Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Mr. Harris, also of Jamaican Bobsled fame, has for the past two years been an…
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A Creative Take! – Author: Florence Bell
Saturday’s event echoed my words, “Come dance with me and I will make you Fishers of Men.” I saw them wonder. I saw their flicker of anticipation. I saw their shadows fade. Their opened minds, Exercising, Freedom of speech. I saw them – comfortable within themselves, Relaxed in their huddles. They spoke of the “who”…
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Go On, Tell Them About Themselves
I told someone about himself the other day, and my husband who was standing right beside me was in agreement with what I had done. I told a salesperson about himself when I said to him, ” You are such a pleasant person; keep on smiling.” His modest, if not bashful response was, “That’s all…
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Gratitude * Resolve * Service – Pressing On
As we enter 2013 with great expectations that everything we touch will turn into gold, and that all that we wish for will be manifested tenfold, we pray that we can muster the courage, strength and determination to position ourselves within the space of the brand new year to fully experience a Happy New Year.…
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Connecting the Dots: Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
As we continue to deal with the effects of Sandy’s visit to our area, we must pause for a moment to extend our thoughts and prayers to those affected by the loss of their loved ones. We also hope that the inconvenience caused to those who have been displaced from their homes, those who have…
My Time 4 Talk by Madona Cole-Lacy 