"I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo." – Shirley Chisholm ~ Thinking of you Thursday, my friend
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” – Rosa Parks
“Let us never forget that Black history continues to define American history.” — Yvette D. Clarke ~ Wednesday night restful sleep friend
“The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.” — Whitney M. Young Jr.
Good afternoon❤️ Dear friend/girlfriend Sorry, the internet isn't working well here!!! We're now busy with everything Our house is too heavily insulated, the underfloor heating❤️ and also tall but beautiful trees in front of the house are a bit shorter. They're going to do something about it at our request❤️ and the internet will make it better. I already gave it a nerve tablet❤️, but it didn't help. So many sweet greetings❤️ Hugs from this side❤️ Stay healthy, I hope for everyone.❤️ Well, sweethearts, continue now in the ladies' hair salon and groom❤️ the dogs❤️ Kisses and love❤️ a guardian angel❤️ We hope again Hugs, love you❤️ Soraya❤️
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Isaiah 58:6 NIV ~ Joy and peace friend.
“In light of your longed-for return, we choose to deny ourselves (fast) certain pleasures for this brief season; but we’re not looking to get one thing from you, Jesus—just more of you.” — Scotty Smith
"No one should look down on you, but sometimes mean people do. The only justification we have for looking down on someone is that we're going to stop and pick them up," —Reverend Jesse Jackson ~ Checking In. Peaceful weekend friend
“America is not like a blanket — one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.” — Reverend Jesse Jackson
"If your success is defined as being well adjusted to injustice and well adapted to indifference, then we don't want successful leaders. We want great leaders who love the people enough and respect the people enough to be unbought, unbound, unafraid, and unintimidated to tell the truth." - Dr. Cornel West
“The music, the food, the parades – Mardi Gras is everything that makes New Orleans special.” – Harry Connick Jr.
“The New Black doesn’t blame others for our issues. The New Black dreams and realizes that it’s not a pigmentation; it’s a mentality. And it’s either going to work for you, or it’s going to work against you. And you’ve got to pick the side that you’re going to be on.” —Pharrell Williams
“Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of living. All at once.” — Chris Rose
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:36-40 NKJV ~ Sunday night peace and blessings
