Thursday, March 26, 2009

Thought of the Day

I'm apart of a group, who I consider my second family quite frankly. They provide a lot of great information along with tons of laughter. One thing I receive every day from a member of the group, is the thought of day. So I will share today's thought with you.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives; it is the only way we can leave the future open.--Lillian Smith


Today stands before us, ready for our involvement. And it will offer us opportunities for personal growth and occasions to help another make progress on her path to the future. Challenges are to be expected. They further our purpose. They foster our maturity.

How different it is, for many of us, to look forward to today with secure anticipation, to trust in what the future holds! We can still remember, all too vividly perhaps, the darker periods in our lives, periods that seemed to hold no promise; a time when we dreaded the future, fearing it would only compound those awful times.

The fear and the dread are not gone completely. They hover about us, on occasion. They no longer need to darken all of a day, however. We can recognize their presence as parts of our whole, not all of it. How free we are, today! Our choices are many.

I can step toward today with assurance, reaching out to others along the way, trusting that my accumulated steps add stability to my future.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

I'm not even sure what to title this blog, but I figure I'll leave it up to you to add your own title after reading.

I've been living in the DC metro area for almost 3 years. During this time, I've bumped into a number of fairly attractive single black men. If I were to go more in depth, I'm sure I would be able to write a book about my experience with dating in the district. I started this blog to update friends about my not-so-interesting life. After some recent disappointments, I decided to stay away from blogging. It was almost depressing. Girl meets guy - guy appears to be all that and a bag of chips! Then somewhere along the line, something goes wrong!

It's a story that I'm so use to. I'm at a point in life where I want to just give up...but when I start thinking about it... I'm only 24! I'm sure I'm going to have more disappointments dating. I honestly don't think I can go through with it. I just can't deal with the constant excuses, the constant lies! To be quite frank - I think it's absolutely ridiculous!

Some may say I can't always blame the men...but since I think I'm perfect (sarcasm!), I refuse to blame myself!

I'm more irritated than anything! Ugh!
I'll be back... I promise!