If the situation drove you to clarity–consider your experience a divine blessing. It was exactly what you needed to bridge you perfectly on the journey of your true hearts desires. Clarity is exactly what you want. Clarity is exactly what you need. Free yourself from the dead-end feelings of regret. The only way you could
Be okay to be alone or easily accept the unacceptable. Learn to find the peace and joy in your solitude. This doesn’t mean that solitude is all you want. This means that solitude is apart of a healthy well-being. Solitude is a precious part of life. It’s okay to hear the spirit. It’s okay to
I’ve been busy. I am a few months from completing my second degree. I work full-time and still working towards the completion of my second book. I have to maintain my exercise regimen and still meet the GPA requirements to get accepted into Pharmacy School. I have a lot to achieve as we all do.
Just recently I found myself feeling like time was not on my side. I had been in summer school working on my prerequisites to apply to pharmacy school and working full-time. Working and going to class every day I found myself looking for the time to study, work out, write, downtime, good times… Only to
Sometimes we rest on our potential. In some cases we don’t believe in our potential. In other cases we don’t want to do the amount of work and consistency it takes to turn potential into gold. But potential can only get you so far. Are you comfortable with that? Is potential enough for you? Are
Broken Spirits I’ve examined myself and realized, I have a sense of duty and responsibility to broken spirits. I have an attraction to broken spirts and broken spirits have an attraction to me. The only constant in this attraction is failure and un-fulfillment. I don’t mean this for romantic relationships in particular, I mean this
What do our Grandparents want for us? I asked myself with the passing of my grandmother last week. I call her Grandma Smith. She is the first grandparent that has passed in my life. I was blessed enough to have an extended family with six living grandparents. So this one is a first for me
Choose one. You only have one choice. What’s it gonna be? You can rise above your situation or die in it. I choose to swim. I may feel like I’m drowning. My heart may be slowing. But I hear the words of wisdom of my elders. I hear the wisdom of my God. And I
My sin is better than your sin. Oh, you didn’t know. Even though I sin too, I’m still better than you. I judge you and I justify it. I miss my own opportunities for growth. I’m just too busy putting you down to make myself feel better about my own shortcomings. So… Your un-wed fornication
You can’t tell me anything. And if you tell me something that I absolutely do not like; beware. I’ll overtly analyze and defend all that I have. So, you really can’t tell me anything. I’m just too defensive. I will assume the worst and lose the best of me; the kind me, the understanding me,
JAZZMIN S. SMITH 