#norebfree

I'll also be performing here this Saturday! Hosted by the marvelous @masieblu also featuring the amazing @aethonblaque & @anilimars...and then @cloudatrium will be too!! These are some of the my fav music artists in Philly. . Come build, heal, & jam with us! . . . #keepitcominguniverse #phillyartists #norebspittin #norebfree #love (at Selah Moon)

I drank Coffee Trying to wake up From a nightmare i had last night Made this heart Skip like Breakfast On a Tuesday When its to late to ask you questions When all i wanna know Is why You stayed And/or Why i didn’t leave

she got hummingbirds jealous of the Anti gravity pull on her fro Rainbow on her throat When she talk with her Missippi Twang Be we all from the contitetent So joy sound the same This boy know he breaking her down Ready to bow when she drop legs Making art of melanin and atmosphere She reflect of Jah’s light So he made a temple of his heart For her Call it Irie Big men of Jamdown get bad mind for him When she laugh loud at his language When he tickle her tummy from the inside out When make her feel like sunrise on montego bays She act like he ain’t bae But she surely pick up his calls My momma don’t fall easy But this young yardie make sure he stay on her mind Give her groove in a gift box Like she ain’t already best friends with time

I am finally ready for my lonely season. Happy Feelings came on right when I recognized it. I have been waiting for this moment for over a year now. I have been open my path way for peace and I now feel like all my bags have been dropped to hold on to it. I have met amazing people on this path back to myself. Allowing myself to be myself. Me. Myself that is goofy and sensitive, nerdy and clueless, lazy and ambitious, dedicated and flowing, let myself be peace. I’m ready to take on the responsibilities of an educator and a community member with the knowledge that in whatever position I play, I am a leader and a follower. I am a child and a mother. I am learning and open to wisdom. I’m am teaching and open to wisdom, unafraid as long as my mind and heart are connected to the Most High. And finally, I am ready to connect to that Most High by myself with out help or depending on some source outside of me to tell me how. I got myself to remind me ...

I remember when I was in first grade, all four students at the table had a name that started with the letter D, except me. I automatically compared and felt ashamed because everyone else had something in common except me. Funny thing is, I was also the only 5 year old first grader at that table, reading and writing at a 2nd grade level. That may be a silly example but a sure example of what I see happening around me. In conversations with others, I sometimes see we are so used to being ashamed of what makes us different it can be hard sit and be proud of that which makes us loved, wonderful, unique. We look at people with their iPhone 6 and and wonder why we still rocking the iPhone 5 (or in my case, a very cracked LG Samsung Android...thing). We look at people with their great jobs and wonder why we aren't climbing that ladder of success. We feel unworthy and quiet ourselves, make ourselves small and put ourselves in positions not to take up space lest those who see us notice we are different and thus inferior. STOP IT! My friends and I are at the age where we are defining ourselves based off the first 25 years of our lives trying to make sure the next 25 years are meaningful, successful, and joyful. Because some of us are not where we think we "should" be, we live according to the rule that pressure makes diamonds but lately I have seen this self-inflicted pressure deny us true joy. We seek parties, drank [sic] or drugs to find our balance but all we need is (self) love. We heard this before but what does this mean in 2014? There are more hit and quit songs than love songs, people measure their ability to be loved based on how many likes the get on their selfie, and World War III seems three days away. How can we love self through that? Well  if we stop watching the news, get off facebook/instagram/twitter and only listen to uplifting music, that could be a start to becoming finding joy. I think the main thing is finding peace within. Know that the dreams we have are ones no World War or Top 40 song can destroy. It is divinely given to us from a divine source. Study the children. See how they have fearless belief in their imagination. We got that same childlike hope with in us. We have dreams that will be accomplished. The universe always conspires to fulfill our desires. It is important to take action steps but often the work it requires to be successful is emotional and mental. We must work to be mindful of our mindsets. We must truly protect our spiritual and mental space as clarity makes way for positivity. We must stay in the position for peace and be adamant about not letting anyone destroy it. Shame gives power to outside circumstances. That power belongs to you. Hold your head high and know that you have ancestors, elders, family, friends and a universal force. There is not anything you can do to allow the blessing of the heat of the sun lie on you. But here you are, breathing, reading, and sun kissed. You are beyond blessed. You are here. You are enough. And you have no reason to be ashamed. Know this and pursue your dreams knowing they are there with a purpose. 

3. Make sure you pray

Trying to get comfortable with self-indulgence 

I believe it takes a village to heal a soul. The more we heal ourselves with the love we give to each other, the more powerful we become as individuals and a community. We are the change we are looking for.