In this second half of the year, you will not only live, you will live well. You will thrive. You will excel. Everything you lay your hands on shall prosper.
A man is going to be who he is, no matter what you bring to him. You can be beautiful, solid, have your own, carry yourself right and still end up dealing with somebody who just not built to handle you. You can’t love a man into acting right or upgrade his mindset by being a better woman.
No man should settle for me, no man should manage me, if I’m not good enough for you, if you don’t like/love genuinely, if I’m not the one your heart truly desires please leave me and keep it moving because I’m someone prayer point.
I'm going to say something that might upset some people, but I believe it deeply and the evidence backs it up.
The single most powerful thing Black people anywhere in the world can do to fight racism is to become collectively wealthy.
Not just individually successful, but wealthy as a community.
I watched this happen with other groups. When Japan was poor, Japanese people in America were put in internment camps. When Japan got rich, suddenly everyone wanted a Toyota and Japanese culture became aspirational.
Korean Americans were targets of violence in the early 1990s. Today, after South Korea's economic rise, Korean culture is one of the most admired in the world.
The pattern is so consistent it's almost boring: poverty invites contempt, prosperity commands respect.
So when I hear debates about fighting racism in America, I always think the same thing. Yes, call out injustice when you see it, absolutely. But also build businesses, create wealth, and invest in your children's education like your life depends on it.
Make your community so economically powerful that discrimination becomes expensive for anyone who practices it.
That is how you win the game everyone else already figured out.
when Michelle said Barack has “stubborn optimism” I realized I also really want that in a partner. Somebody who isn’t moved by life’s shortcomings but ALWAYS sees the light at the end of the tunnel. That’s a true leader, not just of a country but a household. what a legacy.