Your Best Life Ever!!

"The seeds of failure grow as easily as the seeds of success." Ernest Holmes Here is the good news.... 2009 will be your best year despite the great challenges the economy faces...if you do what you are destined to do! What do I mean by destined to do? Your destiny is not your career or lack of one and it is not the relationship that fell apart ... your destiny is - the reason you are on the planet and using your gifts to change what is broken with your gifts. How do you accomplish this and grow your seeds of success...? Take this time of reflection and turn off the TV and the cellphone and ask yourself..what do I really want to do with my life.. for myself and whats makes me really happy. If you have been watching the news (Internet, cable or local) listening to the news (Internet or radio) , you will find many of the stations repeating the same script without any real solutions to what we are facing. So how do we create our own success in this year of financial challenge-- create your own income stream... by using your own passionate energy and talents. Will it be easy- NO!! Will it be a promise against financial ruin? No! Yet if you start to to look inside- it will give you a peace and sense of accomplishment while you work on YOU.. that will help you cope with the other challenges you face daily. Remember .. history really does repeat itself... many millionaires started when they were at the lowest part in the their lives..and for many that time has come again. Seeds of failure and despair need no attention- they are like weeds- they grow everywhere all the time... Success needs to be nurtured.. and fertilized and cared for.. take care of what you listen to and watch...and start nourishing the most important seed in your life-- your mind!!!

Tearful Tuesday!

What will it take for US to see that this bailout of 700 BILLION dollars ( while collar crime) is not a solution for the American homeowners facing foreclosure,, or the workers facing layoff after layoff. The "experts" at the FED and the Treasury want US to believe that if this - new S&L (Savings and Loan) bailout of the 2000's is not passed this week we will be in a recession and more jobs will be lost- Wake up!!!! WE ARE IN A RECESSION!!!! As usual the politicians are using the Terror factor to see if it will fly again- as the Bush administration used for continue the war- so are the boys of Wall Street trying to play on the fears of the American public. Is it any wonder that Goldman Sachs is bailed out- as Paulson was the former head of the company! Do we truly realize that giving the FED and government control of the public banking system will be tantamount to BIG BROTHER in your pocket, more white collar crime- since the same criminals that caused this scandal will become the financial police. The political candidates ( Obama & McCain) are not offering solutions- only promises that will drift away on the winds of time...(after the election).. they can't promise to create an agency to police the people that are there very supporters of their campaigns. Tell Congress Hell No on this bailout!! If not watch the jobs START to disappear.... families loosing more homes.. and government growing bigger and more intrusive in our lives.. and allowing other nations TO buy our debt- IOU or better yet - I Own You Call Now! Call Often! Call Each Of The State Reps of Congress Read the Bail Out Story- and Pass this along You can use this toll free number, 1-877-210-5351, for the congressional switchboard and also send an email at http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=11962621&content_dir=ua_congressorg HELL NO, to the $700 Billion Bush Wall Street bail out scheme!

Friday Follies

Friday Follies

Etymology:

Middle English folie, from Anglo-French, from fol fool

Date:13th century

1: lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight 2 a: criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct bobsolete : evil , wickedness ; especially : lewd behavior 3: a foolish act or idea 4: an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking 5: an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste

As we watch the half-trillion dollar bailout of the lending institutions by the Bush Administration ( Federal Reserve- a private investment group- not affiliated with the government and Congress- not connected to people who elects the) are you wondering what this means to you?!!!

I will make this rant simple and add an audio clip soon. 1. Look for the collectors to start calling (The IRS- will crack down on small businesses and those that claim they are one).

2 Look for the next President to raise taxes- if they don't and lie to us about not doing so- our great grand children won't be able to pay off this debt.

3 Look for more foreign investment into the US and we truly are becoming a debtor nation.

4. Listen for more of the candidates to blame each others parties for this "economic meltdown".

This is not the time for games, laughs and business as usual. This is nothing more than the good-ole-boy network at play again. White collar crime- bailing out companies and wiping out debt- yet leaving millions of home owners on the brink of homelessness and countless others homeless. This action will not create jobs, assist the economy in selling more goods or help families looking for a solution. Here are a few solutions---

1. Show the political machine we will not strangled by debt and 4 more years of Depression- vote for the Green Party

2. Call your Congress persons Monday at 9am and tell them you will not send them back to Washington for more disaster.

3. Stop spending you money on items you truly don't need and support barter and co-ops.

4. Get to know your neighbors- you will need the min the coming years.

5. Turn off the Tel-lie-vision- - all the talking heads- (and start reading news from alternative media on the net)

This is not chicken little hysteria this is real and tragic that a country has been entertained and distracted and terrorized by "FEAR" could let this happen.

By the people and for the people--?? By the government and for Big Business...

Wake Up to the new World Economy of US Taxpayer debt...

What are you doing to make change happen?

Bank failures in 2008 Silver State Bank, Henderson, NV September 5, 2008 Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, GA August 29, 2008 The Columbian Bank and Trust, Topeka, KS August 22, 2008 First Priority Bank, Bradenton, FL August 1, 2008 First Heritage Bank, NA, Newport Beach, CA July 25, 2008 First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, NV July 25, 2008 IndyMac Bank, Pasadena, CA July 11, 2008 First Integrity Bank, NA, Staples, MN May 30, 2008 ANB Financial, NA, Bentonville, AR May 9 2008 Hume Bank, Hume, MO March 7, 2008 Douglass National Bank, Kansas City, MO January 25, 2008 Job loss in the US at 460,00 Foreclosed homes Still under the cloud and color of "terrorism"!!! Will the new president change all of this? Can we accept the fact that we may have 4 more challenging years with the economy and in order to thrive we cannot continue to look for a "job" to sustain us. Here is a quote - in my opinion that deserves a moment and revisit! If we believe the Obama camp or even McCain has our best interest at heart when the real money is from Wall Street and world investors is bailing out failing companies while families are put into shelters- we need to Wake Up! Let me give you a word on the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims, have been born of earnest struggle. If there is no struggle there is no progress. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to — and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” —Frederick Douglass, “The Significance of Emancipation in the West Indies” (August 3, 1857) We as a people In This Country are demanding crumbs from the candidates and that is what we will get.. while the New World Order of change includes privacy erosion and spying , economic wealth distribution and entertained masses to weary to fight. "Change is comin- but will it be for the common working class! If we continue to vote and allow the discussions to be about rhetoric-jobs, immigration,abortion and negative campaign ads... what will we truly get except crumbs of concern. Yes these issues are important in the grand scheme of political plans- its called divide and conquer- while we fight about small issues- the corporations and politicians are creating a future for who- US or themselves? Carter-Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Next Pres....all have an agenda- what is our agenda? To be pacified and "energized" every 4 years and like a pair of sad bookends- squeezed to tears- with higher prices-challenged employment and trickery and slight of hand.

Wide Eyes Open Wednesday

Its time we take the blinders off -regarding the health of African Americans. 3.2 million African Americans ages 20 years and older (or 13.3 percent) have diabetes, one-third of whom are undiagnosed. On average, African Americans are 1.8 times more likely to have diabetes. The CDC reports- Obesity is disproportionately higher among African Americans. It is estimated that 80 percent of black women and 60 percent of black men are overweight or obese. Mental Illness- not the type recognized by the "experts" -psychiatry and psychologist- yet more destructive the type we continue to repeat in our minds and lives-the mentality of struggle! We struggle in our lives to "just get by" we struggle in our relationships- to "just making it" we struggle with the day and can't wait and pray "Thank GOD it's Friday"! Its time to open our eyes to the fact that the solutions are within. Diet- we MUST eat better-less processed foods, more fresh fruits and vegetables & less sugary drinks Mental- we must start to change our language from struggle conversation to one of possibility and success and talk it-believe it and live it. The passing of Bernie Mac and Iaasc Hayes, the passing of your uncle, aunt, mother or father to preventable dis-ease, crime in the neighborhoods or stress of daily life-can be prevented- not by a doctor or the government-but by US. Our eyes must remain open to the change many others are taking (better eating habits , exercise and uplifting the mind- because what we are doing now is not working! Open your eyes and see where you are going- if its not working- are you ready to change or keep masking the pain? Mahatma Gandhi: You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Are we ready to change our world? In think we have started we need to expand and hold each other by the hand and each one of us- must teach more of us! Darrell Nobles

Mindful Monday

Honor the gift of time the creator has blessed you with!

What will it take for you to realize your greatness?

The passing of two great men this past weekend - one a musical genius and the other an actor/comedian- yet both at an early age…makes me ask this question.

What will it take for you to see that you don’t have unlimited time to express your creative gifts and share them with the world?

Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac knew they had a mission- musical expression and making a better life by using humor.

Does your time, talents and 10th deserve any less expression? Whatever you are doing while reading this daily devotional… working.. up early in the morning to have a moment of peace.. or just sending a few emails- after your task-take time for you! Look at your life and decide what will it take for you to see and use your greatness.

The Holy Trinity

Success quote- We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore Men - what are you looking for in a woman? Someone who is intelligent, beautiful or sensual? All of these would be nice to have in one person- yet do we truly look only at one of these aspects of the women at a time? If you watched the CNN special on Black in America- or Soulmates or Diary Of a mad black women or any host of movies and specials on the lack of quality black men to date and marry- who is to blame? Men we must wake up and stop playing games with the feelings of our women for the sake of a one night stand or long term relationship with no ring in hand. We must eliminate the word "player" from our vocabulary as a term of manhood or rite of passage! If we are truly serious about changing the statistics of black men in prison, on the DL, under-employed. low self-esteem and beaten down by "the man"etc....its time we start on the positive with the women in our lives. See the real woman( Friend-Lover-Help Mate), stop denigrating our queens and little princesses with words and images that they have embraced as normal and acceptable. It is time to lose sight of destructive cultural attitudes, practices and values that are destroying our core- The African Women-our Holy Trinity I would love to hear your comments.