Too many times, we underestimate our own power. We limit ourselves, placing imaginary lines and stop signs in places where there are green lights and signals to go. At times we do not even understand the value of our own worth. As I was listening to the song ‘Rolling Hills’ off of Jill Scott’s latest …
Expressing our true selves is our purest form of release. Whether it’s exposed in the form of visual arts, creative writing, a theatrical performance, dance or a vocal rendition; self-expression is the voice we all have when we cannot speak. Somehow it formulates our thoughts and emotions into beautiful pieces of art stationed for the …
I want to be in love with love… I want to have its arms wrapped so tightly around me that as it kisses me goodnight, its worries of the day suddenly become second place to my…laughter. I want it to love me so deeply and purely that its only answer to problems is to work …
Occasionally, my sister-friends and I get together and talk. We’ve been doing this for years – since high school at least. These “conversations” or “discussions” have grown from immature girlish cackles to full blown woman conversations about womanly things that now range and run the gamut from careers and money, sex and love, children, weddings, …
Dear Essence Magazine Editor in Chief Angela Burt-Murray, As a child growing up in a sheltered environment, books were my means of escapism. During summers, while most children went to camps and participated in extra curricular activities, I was home. In the comfortable restraints of my house, I let my eyes demolish anything with written …
Musician, Corey Harris “I didn’t know that I was going to be a musician,” he explained, “when I was a kid I wanted to study dinosaurs, play soccer…even draw.” He laughed smoothly. The mellow tone to his voice is enough to make you want to listen; a tone like that soothes your mind, eases your …
Hebrews 11:1- “Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstrations of realities though not beheld.”Over this year, this scripture keeps replaying in my head. It is a source of solace, encouragement, and enlightenment. As I grow and mature, I find myself becoming settled in my adulthood. Content with the idea that …
A common issue in the African American community Under normal circumstances, I would have never noticed him. He was a piece of chocolate tucked behind the shelves of the gas station convenience store. I briefly noticed the smooth surface of his forehead peaking above the butterscotch krimpets and the honey buns. It was very early …
“Instinct leads me to another flow, Everytime I hear a brother call a girl a b****or a hoe, Trying to make a sister feel low,You know all of that gots to go…” Ahhh, the ever so poetic words hailing from the Queen herself…Latifah that is. The truth she spoke back in 1993, still holds …
As this New Year begins, I cannot help but look back at 2010 and ask, where did the time go? To be honest, I cannot completely remember what I did in 2010. I mean, I remember that I went to Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale; I reconnected with a friend I hadn’t seen in about 6 …
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