How Will You Remember Her Fight: Don’t Just Carry the Torch

Just a couple of days ago, we learned of the passing of one the most iconic, greatest leaders of our time: the late Dorothy Height. She was truly was the epitome of what GREATNESS looks , walks, and talk like in ever essence of her being. She believed that a person’s true value was through their service and to be called a leader you must be willing to serve others as one. My kind of Lady! As we celebrate her life, and we hear all the talk about who will carry the torch, I believe that true question is who will be willing to model her SERVICE ATTITUDE and not only carry the torch, but re-light the passion in a movement to be more than LEADERS but true actors of service.

Although I have never had the esteem opportunity in meeting Ms. Height, I believe that she would tell us “Sweethearts, don’t cry for me because I have completed the kingdom business that I was called to fulfill. I am truly satisfied and completed at peace because I came to this earth with a God given mission and I took ever moment, every breath to ensure that it was started, completed, and made available for someone like you to ensure it never dies”. So, if you want to remember me, THAN SERVE!” For the true question is what will you do with your opportunity to serve and how will you live out the God given mission that has been set upon you and the crisis that your generation faces today?”


Well Ms. Height, I don’t know if I could ever carry the exact torch that you did, but what I can promise is that I will use my life to SERVE and become a vessel that exemplifies the qualities and examples that you created. I want to continue in the fight that you pursued for women of all kind, justice for all races, and service that purifies the crisis within our communities, nations, and the world. Just carrying the torch is not enough, I know Ms. Height, you need us to step up and be bold enough to ignite our own torch of freedom and justice to enlighten the world that that our young women are gifted, beautiful, equally made, wonderfully created, divinely destined, and capable of creating a difference in the world that uniquely makes us true healers and innovators of our time. You see through the example of Ms. Height's life I have learned this,

“Our lives are shaped to serve and live for God and His Purpose, so there is no pressure to worry about what people expect or require from us. If we can remember anything, as the ever so lovely Ms. Height understood, it is this: finding greatness will find you, as long as you stay true to yourself and you do not become too busy applauding your own cause, but rather looking to constantly create one!

Your Life is A True Dedication of Service and A Model of True Greatness! Thank you for the Template Ms.Height, We Love and Celebrate Your Life!!!

No I am not CRAZY; Just PROMISED

First let me say thank you to all the people who individually called or emailed me to thank me for my words of REALINESS and checked on me to ensure I didn’t need a shrink. I enjoyed speaking to all of you individually and I am still laughing from many of our conversations. All of your kind words and encouragement have reassured me that my blogs are relevant and tremendously needed in this day and time. I am also EXTREMELY grateful for the support of my family and friends who called to ensure that the NYC had not driven me mentally insane. Rests assure I have not lossed it, but rather gained a new strength and testimony. I share my many struggles and life experiences to be a living testimony to show the world that no matter how together you may think you are; OR no matter how grounded you may feel: Or for my Christians out there (no matter how saved you are or appear to be to others **WINK WINK), life is REAL and we all fall short and sometimes experience a downright unbearable, stressful, not so put together moment. I don’t care how many times you experience something, or think you have built up the courage or strength to overcome it, there are still moments where you may fall short or miss the mark. I use myself as an example to inspire others to embrace the humanity within and no matter how crazy you feel, remember YOU ARE NOT ALONE! As I reveal the sheerness of my life, I am reassured that the fighting failures of my journey will be the strength for others to learn how to fight with their eyes wide open and their hearts in total submission to God.

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong habitation, where unto I may continually resort. Thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O LORD GOD; thou art my trust from my youth. By thee have I been held up from the womb; thou art he who took me out of my mother; my praise shall be continually of thee. -Psalms 71; 1-6

When I get ready to share an experience with you on my blog, I turn to God, and ask him, “Lord use my life as a vessel, let me not be concerned about what others may think, but who you will touch, set free, and regain through the losses that they felt hinder them to walk into the destiny that you have already planned .” It ain’t easy in these streets, but you gotta know who YOUR ROCK is and sometimes what the WORLD may deem crazy may be the very moment that God must use to fulfill a PROMISE in your life or another sister who’s given up on the legacy of Success. When you realize that there is a PROMISE over your life, you will begin to understand that God does not need your artificial words or made-up story, but an open you that is not afraid to TURN, RUN AND FALL into the His lap Truth! He already knows you are not CRAZY, JUST PROMISED, so there is no need to pacify an unrealistic you or respond to the human critique! Experiencing a crazy moment allows you to create a heavy duty first aid kit for the world, so that you can handle the deep and REAL moments that lie out there! So go ahead Sistah Girl, let’em know,
“No I am Not Crazy, Just PROMISED”!