April 30,2020
I’ve always had a passion for helping people. Especially people that look like me. Sorry….not sorry, it’s my truth. I wanna see little brown girls all over the world become The Best Brown Girl they can be.
But then I thought, well, what about all the other girls in the world?
Yes…one could argue that there are so many other opportunities focused on everyone else and not enough resources focused on Brown Girls. Well let’s consider this thought. Brown girls “should” know how to treat each other, it’s other races that may need a little support understanding how to “respond to, accept, listen to and appreciate” us. So instead of complaining, why not assist. Every girl needs a mentor. Every girl needs encouragement. Every girl needs support. Every girl needs to smile. Every girl needs to cry. Every girl needs a girl.
And that’s why#DivaChicaTheLeader is Your Girl!!!
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August 8, 2020
Fast forward 4 months and here we are still in this danggone pandemic. Who could have ever thought this would be. In March I wrote my first blog with fervent with excitement with purpose. God has something to say to us all during this pandemic. He has birthed gifts in all of us and now is the time for them to come forth was the word posted on every social media platform, and spoken in every pulpit. So there I sat, ready to conquer the world with my words of encouragement and tips for becoming the best you you can be.
Then….it was done. My excitement was done. My fervent determination was flat and I cared more about the vacations and outings I was missing more than I did the need or will to encourage someone…….SHOOT…..I NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT MYSELF!!
It’s 3:43pm in August 5th and I’m laying in bed where I’ve been All Day…WHY you ask….I’ll tell you why…BECAUSE I’m sick and tired and tired and sick of this COVID pandemic and I am ready for the world to return to normal.
Then it hit me, what is normal?
The online dictionary from Oxford Languages define normal as conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
I thought this definition was quite interesting mainly due to the one word that resonated with me which is “conforming”
Ok maybe I’m wrong, but, isn’t confirming something YOU CHOOSE to do? Like the word tells us Be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Sooooo then who says the wold today is not normal? What it is is not familiar but can we say it’s not normal or is what we should do is determine how we will conform to the unfamiliarity currently happening around us where we are today.
So how will you conform to the unfamiliarity around you today? Will you make the most of it? Will you shine a light to make someone else’s life better? Or will you regurgitate your reactions to the feelings of unfamiliarity on others?
Well this is what I’m gonna do. I’m gonna continue laying in this bed like I have been all day and think of ways to conform to happiness rather than sorrow. Think of ways to conform to joy rather than sadness. Think of ways to be a light to others rather than darkness. Think of ways to feel comfortable in unfamiliarity because the unfamiliarity doesn’t make me, but it is how I respond to it that could potentially break me. How do you define normal?
