#joco23

It is the last 24 hours with @reverend_dr_dj_riz , @leandergreeny , Mr. Bunny, Laura, Randy, Ken, Melissa, Craig, Rachel, Phil, Brenda, Bino and Crickett. . We have all elevated in a serendipitous way. We all seek solutions and growth. We absorb, ingest, reflect and give each other wisdom we can actually use. . It is low key therapy, but one steeped in courage and movement. It was time for me to ask for help. So, I did. . I talked to one of the voice actors today and asked simply: Do I need an agent? . He listened to my history, and my voice, and abruptly stopped me. . "It's time. You are on track for an Emmy. It is time for more money and more representation on a larger level. If you are doing voice, you can upgrade your equipment...but you do not have to move. It's time, Jada. It's time to let the world see the face along with your voice." . Later, in private, I wept. To remember, to mourn and to accept. I gave up everything for this moment. Ten years as a performer, eight years as a voice actor...now, I will take my batter dues to Los Angeles and have the chance to the limelight. . I am frightened...but I am ready to wear the crown denied so long. I am ready to sit on the throne I polished for so many others as I knelt at their feet. . I am ready to shine in the limelight I was meant for and take those who kept me upright when I had nothing, with me. . Give me the greenlight. . I'm ready to go right now. . #jococruise #joco23 #voiceover #voiceactor #theempress #givemethegreenlight (at Atlantic Ocean Crossing) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpr98NGuJbT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It is the last 24 hours with @reverend_dr_dj_riz , @leandergreeny , Mr. Bunny, Laura, Randy, Ken, Melissa, Craig, Rachel, Phil, Brenda, Bino and Crickett. . We have all elevated in a serendipitous way. We all seek solutions and growth. We absorb, ingest, reflect and give each other wisdom we can actually use. . It is low key therapy, but one steeped in courage and movement. It was time for me to ask for help. So, I did. . I talked to one of the voice actors today and asked simply: Do I need an agent? . He listened to my history, and my voice, and abruptly stopped me. . "It's time. You are on track for an Emmy. It is time for more money and more representation on a larger level. If you are doing voice, you can upgrade your equipment...but you do not have to move. It's time, Jada. It's time to let the world see the face along with your voice." . Later, in private, I wept. To remember, to mourn and to accept. I gave up everything for this moment. Ten years as a performer, eight years as a voice actor...now, I will take my batter dues to Los Angeles and have the chance to the limelight. . I am frightened...but I am ready to wear the crown denied so long. I am ready to sit on the throne I polished for so many others as I knelt at their feet. . I am ready to shine in the limelight I was meant for and take those who kept me upright when I had nothing, with me. . Give me the greenlight. . I'm ready to go right now. . #jococruise #joco23 #voiceover #voiceactor #theempress #givemethegreenlight (at Atlantic Ocean Crossing) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpr9v2nOjMCZHUFuVHoQucQ-sm_oHjuqp4ETSQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This was a cathartic cruise to say the least. Every JOCO cruise previously attended was one steeped or tinged in some sort of tragedy. I exuded a strange sort of detached peace. I've leveled out my pain with curious inspection and came out scarred, but healed. . Happiness, in my opinion, is not an emotional high, but simple reflection at how one moves in the world that helps it in some way. . @leandergreeny and I ate lunch in Tortola and talked about what really makes us happy. What is really, and truly important to live, thrive and evolve. All of my close friends have a theme this year: they feel that they are growing larger than their current selves and wish to be bigger, to do more, to help more. . And I think that is beautiful. Energy is energy...and you are what you surround yourself with. This makes me happy, as I know if my close friends are starting their trek to their glory, so am I. . #jococruise #joco23 #tortola #britishvirginislands #travel #blackgirlwisdom #blackgirltravel (at Tortola British Virgin Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpr74TZOHx9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This was a cathartic cruise to say the least. Every JOCO cruise previously attended was one steeped or tinged in some sort of tragedy. I exuded a strange sort of detached peace. I've leveled out my pain with curious inspection and came out scarred, but healed. . Happiness, in my opinion, is not an emotional high, but simple reflection at how one moves in the world that helps it in some way. . @leandergreeny and I ate lunch in Tortola and talked about what really makes us happy. What is really, and truly important to live, thrive and evolve. All of my close friends have a theme this year: they feel that they are growing larger than their current selves and wish to be bigger, to do more, to help more. . And I think that is beautiful. Energy is energy...and you are what you surround yourself with. This makes me happy, as I know if my close friends are starting their trek to their glory, so am I. . #jococruise #joco23 #tortola #britishvirginislands #travel #blackgirlwisdom #blackgirltravel (at Tortola, British Virgin Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpr7ujeOGRw3IlHg7iJPxU4ZFcIIfRn8ocWOxI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=