Labors of Love

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. Mark Twain Opposites attract.  I have heard that a lot over the years. I have even bought into it a couple of times. I am here to tell you from firsthand experience that just because opposites attract truly does not mean they are supposed to coexist. Then there is the other side of that coin. The person you have almost everything in common with. The people you meet and feel like you have known them forever. You also have to be wary of this type of attraction as well. Now don’t think I am Anti Love or anything like that. I mean after all...you can’t have a blog entitled Labors of Love and not buy the product you’re selling.  No, I am love's biggest cheerleader. In its proper context of course. Proper context meaning that you are being loved as much as you are showing love. Life and Love have taught me time and time again that there is no rhyme or reason to love and that’s the way it should be. On...

There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [ 1 John 2:19 ] People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go!!! And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.. You've got to know wh...

Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes  W. Clement Stone The ties that bind. I never really gave much thought to that statement as a youngster. However; as I am now an adult and have matured somewhat, I truly understand the importance of establishing and maintaining enlightening, healthy, positive, supportive and uplifting relationships – albeit formal or informal. I personally have had people come and go through my life like commuters through Grand Central Terminal. Some of them leaving an imprint on my life that will last a lifetime while others have barely registered a blip on my emotional radar. All of them nonetheless helping to mold me into the man I am destined to become. However, I’m still a work in progress. We all are. In some shape, form or fashion we all are incomplete to a certain extent. I think that’s the way the Creator intended it. To stave off complacency. To keep us hungry and ever evolvin...