One woman's journey to accepting imperfections and finding self love… by letting go and embracing my inner Ginger
The healer cannot heal others without first healing themselves But how do you heal yourself without allowing yourself To live To love To feel To anger To cry To laugh To explore To grow To break free of all that you thought you were all that others expect you to be to become all that you truly … Continue reading Comfort in the Uncomfortable
Recently I signed up for a free 21 day meditation with Oprah and Deepak (who is no relation to Tupac as my sister seemed to be curious about), called Shedding the Weight - Mind, body and spirit. It was free, so I figured, why not? Can't hurt, right? I'm up to day 17 and I … Continue reading Packing Light
She was tired. Exhausted really. Tired of trying to be someone she wasn’t. Tired of trying to contain and stuff and hide the real her. Why must she sugar coat herself? Why did she continue to people please. Didn’t she know they wouldn’t be happy? Didn’t she know you can’t water yourself down? Didn’t she … Continue reading She was tired
So I went to the bookstore after work today to kill some time before picking up my son from work. I wasn't really looking for anything in particular but the more I walked around browsing, the more I started thinking of books I wanted to check out. So I was looking in religion and philosophy, … Continue reading White Washed World
Whatever it is that you came to teach me I am here to learn it 'cause I believe that we are written in the stars I don't know what the future holds but I'm living in the moment And I'm thankful for the man that you are, you are, you are
So it is day 2 of the Love quotes by Black Artists. I have picked another song with the same title. That's right, The Truth. This one is by India Arie. One of my favorites lines.... There ain't no substitute for the truth Either it is or it isn't 'Cause he is the truth You … Continue reading Day 2 – Love Quotes
We all have those days. Those days we feel like we have failed. Those days we want to sit in a corner and hide. Or crawl back into bed, pull the covers over our heads and shut out the rest of the world. Why is it we are so hard on ourselves, yet so kind … Continue reading It’s ok to Cry
So I recently posted a Blogger's award and nominated 10 bloggers who I follow and enjoy. I also asked them several questions about music and decided I wanted to answer them myself. So here are my answers to the questions I asked. What music/musician do you find most influential in your life and why? I … Continue reading Just Like Music
So recently I started this blog, not really knowing where I was going with it. Everyone would ask, what are you going to blog about? What is your theme? I had no idea. So one night I sat down and just started writing my introduction. It seems that each time I go to post I … Continue reading Using My Words
It’s been a couple of weeks since I started my blog. To be honest, around the same time I was starting my blog, I had just shared one of my first writings publicly. (See link at bottom of blog) It was a response to a blog I had read by Wendy Grossman, as well as, … Continue reading Ups and Downs and Other Lessons
EMBRACING MY INNER GINGER 