Espirational

The Price of Hating

“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – Eldridge Cleaver, American writer, political activist, early leader of the Black Panther Party

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” – Michael Jackson, American Singer, SongwriterContinue reading “We Must Still Dare to Hope”

We are the Change

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama, First African American U.S. President

Knowing Where we Have Been

“For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.” – Dr. Maya Angelou, author and poet

The Power of Dreams

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph, U.S. track and field athlete

When is it Time to do What is Right?

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Pastor, Civil Rights Activist

Walking with God

God is in all and through all. In Him we live and move and have our being. This means we actually walk with God every minute of every day of our lives. Most of the time we are not even consciously aware of the presence that is never an absence. But those times when weContinue reading “Walking with God”

Faces of Heart Disease

This is a photo of my late mother Donzella Boldman, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, cousin, friend and member of a close-knit church family. It is also a photo of one of the many faces of heart disease. Does this surprise you? Would you be surprised to know the #1 cause of death for women isContinue reading “Faces of Heart Disease”

How Far Will You go in Life?

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver, American Botanist and Inventor