Black cats, black magic, Black people, and more. — Black “Your shirt is evil! Your shirt is evil,” my little nephews and nieces yelled, pointing at my black t-shirt. I have fifteen nephews and nieces and 7 of them and my daughter were present and they all had worried looks on their faces. “Uhm okay. What are you guys up…

I’m godly — Because I don’t like to make things about me, I don’t like writing in the first person, but I think that not writing my feelings and stating what I need is what is causing some readers to think they can spew negativity at me and my work and get away…

It’s very cool until it’s one existential crisis after the other — 1. You Feel Like An Outsider Whether you've traveled all over the world searching for a home or lived in a single place trying to make it feel like home, it is difficult to truly feel at home. You are unsure if you will ever find a place that feels like home. You're unsure because you…

It's not easy but there’s a purpose in the wait — 1. The Timing Is Not Right Waiting is one of the most difficult things to do, yet it involves doing nothing. It’s no fun sitting around doing nothing when there’s something you’d rather be doing, but waiting is a necessary skill to learn or life gets unnecessarily painful. There’s a time and season for everything. If…

You will only break it by being cursed by it — I. The Trauma If you’re going to be the one who breaks ancestral curses that have been in the family line for centuries, you’re going to have to take a walk in the darkness. That is the only way. Ancestral curses come from the belief that individuals inherit the judgment of the sin…

Historic markers of change — The Solstices Because the planet is tilted on its axis, different points on earth receive more or less sunlight at different times of the year. If the earth was balanced, then the sun would be directly above the equator and the amount of light the earth receives would be fixed. But if…

It’s easy to forget the most important things — I must have forgotten how smoothly my day went on the days I meditated. I must have forgotten the little miracles I attracted into my life on days when my mind was free of the burdens from the previous day. …

The way to the promised land is through the wilderness — 1. You’re in the Wilderness Being in the wilderness is difficult, but anybody who is called and chosen to be used for good works will have to spend some years in the wilderness. Those who are to stand with the strongest and most powerful of them all will walk in the darkness of the wilderness…

If you can understand these things, you will do okay — 1. The Things You Feel Think about a time when you felt like you had hit rock bottom. You’d been walking miles and miles and you saw no light at the end of the tunnel. You’d grown tired and weary. You didn’t know if you could continue the journey. You just wanted to throw your…