A New Year’s Dawn By Reggie Legend

A New Year’s Dawn By Reggie Legend

For those that are single (or are in relationships but acting like you’re single), be careful who you hook up with as you start out the new year.  Realizing that some of the craziest parties are getting lined up to b/ring in the new year, does it not make sense that they may attract some [...]

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What I’m Not Gon’ Do In 2012

What I’m Not Gon’ Do In 2012

what i’m not gon’ do in 2012 this year, i am choosing not to make any resolutions. instead, i am going to talk about what i’m not gon’ do in the new year. 1. apologize for who i am and for the choices i make: i tend to be a people pleaser. choosing to apologize [...]

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Resolutions Schmesolutions

Resolutions Schmesolutions

how many people make a resolution each year? How many of those same people break that resolution within the first month? I personally never make a new year’s resolution. I don’t see the need. for some people this is a way of setting goals, but oftentimes these goals are either too broad or too unrealistic [...]

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What Is Your Ideal Vacation? By Gresham Harkless

What Is Your Ideal Vacation? By Gresham Harkless

My idea vacation is to be with my family going to some place out of the country.  For my ideal vacation, I would love to be able to go sight-seeing and do some adventurous things.  At the end of the day, I want to be able to see things and meet people that I would never have [...]

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Success Requires Sacrifice By Jarrai Stephens

Success Requires Sacrifice By Jarrai Stephens

Jarrai Stephens is an Internal Auditor for the Department of the Navy. Best described as “rare and rarely forgotten,” she is an outgoing, charismatic, results-driven lady with swag. This morning I breezed through my usual morning routine: woke up at 5:30 am, watched the news while getting dressed, rode the 6am bus, transferred metro lines, [...]

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Would you accept a position with less pay but doing something that you love or more pay but you hate what you do? Gresham Harkless

Would you accept a position with less pay but doing something that you love or more pay but you hate what you do? Gresham Harkless

Gresham is a freelance writer and entrepreneur.  He graduated from Howard University and Georgetown University. He regularly blogs at his personal blogProgreshion.com……, edits documents at Exemplary Editing and contributes at Hearpreneur.com….  He has been published in the PW Business Magazine, The Prince William News & Messenger and Patch.com…….* “Would you accept a position with less pay but [...]

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Success Is The Work Of Your Hands

Success Is The Work Of Your Hands

Brandelyn N. Castine is the author of 2 novels, Everybody Plays the Fool and U.G.L.Y. She is also the author of Spoken Silence, a volume of poetry and dreams are not concerned, the forthcoming volume of poetry and prose due out June 2011. Please visit the website Website: www.beencee.com… or follow her on Twitter: @BeeNCeedotcom. ["Usually there's a deeper truth submerged [...]

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Filthy Rags To Riches by Reggie Legend

Filthy Rags To Riches by Reggie Legend

We’ve all heard the saying – often uttered out of a sense of humility and Biblical scripture:  “Well, we’re all just filthy rags!”  Well what if it could be revealed scripturally that this mindset is wrong?  I’ll not delay the revelation of scripture until the end of this entry; rather, I’ll just quote it directly [...]

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It’s Not As Black And White As You Think By Crystal Marie

It’s Not As Black And White As You Think By Crystal Marie

*I’m Crystal Marie and I’m the writer for www.awordorthree.com….  I like to say I’m the sole member of “Team Awesome,” but that’s just crazy. All the people that read my blog, follow my tweets, friend me on Facebook, etc are also awesome. As you can see, I’m also modest. Me in Threes   Dane Cook, Kevin [...]

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Are Interracial Relationships Still Taboo? By Bengemin Grehe

Are Interracial Relationships Still Taboo? By Bengemin Grehe

If they aren’t, then why even ask the question?  Clearly some degree of taboo has to exist for situations occurring like the one in Mississippi right now.  They’ve never been taboo to everybody everywhere, and so I suppose the issue is subjective to the relative parties and their immediate environment.  But racism still exists and so long as [...]

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Motivational Monday- 1.30.12

Thank you for visiting Mocha Writes! Content on this blog includes motivational quotes, motivational articles, business and writing tips. Hope you enjoy! Source Article from www.mochawrites.com……Motivational Monday- 1.30.12www.mochawrites.com……www.mochawrites.com…Mocha WritesMotivation + Tips for Business & Life

 

Nightime Thoughts: Stream of Conciousness

I fall asleep each night to the sound of your voice and the unspoken words that remind that I am not alone in my desire to be close and warm from the sensation of understanding I’m able to lay my head down to rest next to a small well worn stack of books heaped one [...]

 

The Right to Bear Arms…Ummm Ok…If You Say So

Whenever I think of this “right” in the U.S. Bill of Rights I always think of the Family Guy clip viewable here where the words of the Founding Fathers of this nation were taken slightly out of context by the following generations. We laugh.  But I seriously wonder if the “right” extended by the Founding Fathers is [...]

 

In Search of the Elusive Black Teacher; Are there Any Left?

Minority educators, particularly African-Americans, are disappearing from the profession. In 2008, only 14.1 percent of the nation’s teachers were African-American or Hispanic, even though these ethnic groups comprised 26.5 percent of the adult population. Those numbers are especially alarming considering that the proportion of minority children entering our nation’s schoolhouses is projected to rise. According [...]

 

Couch to 5k

Couch to 5k In my continuing quest for a healthier me I have decided to try the couch to 5k program. I have already lost about 10 pounds this year so far by just watching my calorie intake and doing light to moderate exercise. Light to moderate meaning doing about [...]

 

The REAL Deal About “Swagg”

We’ve all heard it by now…we’ve all heard others saying or singing about it…we may have even caught ourselves adding it to our own vernacular. The new “it” word in the urban, contemporary world has hit the scenes like a tsunami: SWAGG. Personally, I do believe that swagg is a viable word with a proper [...]

 

YWB Spotlight: “Team Change Flint” & Young People Against Violence

The youth are the future. Whether the issue – education, environment, energy, economy – the youth are the ones that will have to live with the decisions made today. They are also the ones that can make a difference – there is no rule that says the youth have no impact until they turn 18. [...]

 

YWB Spotlight: Liz Niemiec & Little Wish Foundation

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That’s What Friends Are For…
Take a second to look around at your circle of friends. Now think of how many of them are truly your friends or just people who you ‘hang’ with.  Are they an enhancement or detriment to your life? I have a small circle. This is by my choice. I surround myself with people that make me [...]
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Motivational Monday- 4.16.12
Thank you for visiting Mocha Writes! Content on this blog includes motivational quotes, motivational articles, business and writing tips. Hope you enjoy! Source Article from www.mochawrites.com……Motivational Monday- 4.16.12www.mochawrites.com……www.mochawrites.com…Mocha WritesMotivation + Tips for Business & Life
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Are you ready to reinvent yourself? Check out the Virtual Soul Vision Mapping Retreat hosted by Therese Prentice
Do you feel disconnected from your life? Are you working in a career or living a life that you aren’t sure is fulfilling your purpose in life? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you should check out Soul Stylist Strategist Therese Prentice and her Virtual Soul Vision Mapping Retreat.  On Saturday, April [...]
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