Ironic. The day I decide to write a post on releasing control, my car dies completely. The old me would have been highly annoyed at this...

New levels require new mindsets. This can be uncomfortable for many reasons, but growth is inevitable. Jay-z has a song, “Most Kings,” in...

Learning comes in two parts: knowledge and application. The space between gaining knowledge and actually applying it can be frustrating....

Nobody’s perfect. In theory we know this, but accepting our own flaws can be a process. Lately, as the day I leave my job gets closer,...

In the movie Best Man Holiday the star football player (played by Morris Chestnut) lives by a theme of God, Family, and Football (in that...

The last two weeks were rough for me. Although it wasn’t apparent on the outside, signs of a downward internal spiral were hard to...

Time is an essential concept over which we have no control. Too often, we occupy our time being “busy” and still end each day with full...

I’ve heard it said before that the biggest enemy is the one within. When I think about the goals I haven’t achieved, this statement rings...

With the first quarter of 2019 ending, I find myself in a state of reflection. It feels like the year just started, but it’s April- the...

There will always be a reason to deprioritize ourselves if we aren’t careful. It’s up to us to set the tone for the world to follow....

The hardest project we will ever work on is ourselves. The more I attend therapy, the more this fact rings true. Most recently, while...

"Pack light." -Erykah Badu Friday morning, I packed a bag of clothes from a past lover. These items were given to me, but per his request...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -Alice Walker Somehow over the last four years, I...

Behind closed doors, I’m a different person. I discovered this within the past two years when I realized my home was the one place I...

I have three sets of flowers on my dining room table collected over the past week. The third set came yesterday when the church I visited...

Valentine's Day is Thursday, and that used to mean something to me. It was always a defining moment for whomever I was talking to because...

I didn’t plan on writing this post. I knew I wanted to do a series on love for February. I even intended to make a fancy connection...

Saturday night could have ended badly for me. I don’t often hang out, but I was invited to a gathering and after a productive week, I...

Last week, I threw out three full containers of oatmeal and two new garlic powder seasonings. I was determined to use up the food in my...

Ironic. That’s how I would describe the fact that the second post of my self-discipline series almost didn’t get published. I sat down to...