Keep It Sybil

Lately, I have had way too much time to think.  I think about yesteryear,  I think about yesterday, I think about tomorrow and everything in between.  I am almost afraid of thinking it's gotten so extreme.   Without fail though, my thoughts always turn to love. I am not sure if my parents used to tell me this or if I read it somewhere,  I do know I knew it was a good saying --you don't love things you love people!  This statement is so true.  Now that has never stopped me from seeing a Maserati and  saying,  I love this car.   I have been known to love cake and pie; I may have also said a few times how much I love a song but,  I didn't or don't have a heart-felt love of those things. I also went through a stage were I hated people(not really,it was just a saying).  This is how I know that saying rings very true for me. My aunts,  Bigma, Louvenia and Helen, I loved these ladies with my heart.  My grandparen...

Weight, hormone levels, cholesterol--these are just a few of the things that the American Medical Association has placed their standards on.  The problem for black people,  like most things developed in the United states that set certain standards,  this is not created with us in mind. What makes one person healthy is not going to ring true for everyone.  Let's take as an example Native Americans. They are lactose intolerant. It's in their genes, their bodies are unable to process dairy products. We all know there are standards that have been set forth for the daily requirement of dairy intake; this can't apply to them.  As a race, black people have certain strands of genetics that no other race has.  We have sickle cell,  diabetes and sarcoidosis to name a few disorders.  Of course this isn't to say that other races are not able to carry these diseases it's just that in black people it is more aggressive and more likely to kill. The numbers ar...

The early bird gets the worm;  blood is thicker than water; absence makes the heart grow fonder--all well known adages.  Just because people say it doesn't mean that it is true.   Is it really true that the early bird gets the worm? Maybe if you are a day laborer and first come first hire but what if you are a club promoter? I am almost sure it bodes well for you to be a late riser.  I say this to say, in our time of technology there are sayings that are still being used but are no longer useful. Another saying is,  you always hurt those closest to you.  Now I don't know about others but those closest to me are my family,  mi familia, my blood. That being said,  blood is thicker than water is in direct opposition to that saying.  Loyalty is loyalty!  It doesn't matter if you are blood related or not,  it matters only what your character is and if you are a loyal person. I know for sure that I don't like to be absent from my ...

I have written a numerous amount of biographies for others.  I have had no problems with finding the words that give an interesting description of others.  This has been something that has plagued me when I have needed to give an interesting description of me.  I have decided this is because I have not been able to examine every aspect of myself.  The one thing I always say about myself is, I am an open book.  I mean what I say, and I say what I mean.  If there is anything asked of me I do my best to be as truthful as possible.  With this in mind, I decided, needed to ask myself questions in order to get a full description of myself for myself. What do you want the people, who knew you, to remember about you once you are gone?  What are the things you hold special?  What do you want to teach others?  What have you learned from your struggles?  What have you learned from your triumphs?  Are you doing what is good?  A...