Imagine it’s your birthday. Your crew shows up to celebrate you — major. Your better half arrives looking like all things sweet, and you wonder where they’ve been all your life. The grill is fired up. Savory barbecue aroma fills the air. …

It pains me to write this but, as it stands now, Black people in America will always be poor and impoverished. We likely will never achieve the high degree of wealth and prosperity that many white families have traditionally enjoyed. This is because, for numerous reasons (most not our fault)…

“I used to like to watch her. You know they makes them greedy sounds. Eyes all soft and wet. A cross between a puppy and a dying man. But I knowed she ugly. Head full of pretty hair, but Lord she was ugly.” -Mrs. Breedlove, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni…

“It’s my impression that we just don’t hear the words, ‘I love you’, enough.” I live in a mildly populated area of Georgia about 30 minutes outside of the city. …

As long as you consistently promote yourself and your business, and continue to demonstrate your abilities for others, you will gain wealth. I had a talk with my mentor. He’s made a lot of money over the years. I told him I wanted to start and grow a business. He…

Always put yourself in someone else’s shoes before writing them off. The idea for this simple post came when I realized that so many of us think less of and minimize others based on our own limited world view. We can’t possibly know what someone else is going through. …

Are tomorrow’s generations doomed? Have our technological advancements steadily made us more entitled? Conversation with a 50-something-year-old… 50+ year old: You young people have no idea what it’s like to fight for something you really want. You’re too soft. Me: What’s young to you? 50+-year-old: People born in the '80s…

“JayEss outdoes himself yet again as he explores the outermost limits of his creativity. This is the mark of a master.” Life occasionally presents us with empty moments of solace, times where we can just sit back, relax, and be thankful for what we have. As I listen to his…

“Just notice that you are breathing. How does it feel to breathe? Sit with this sensation.” Around the age of 25, I realized that the only way to hear from my inner self was to keep quiet for a time and find my breath. This allowed me to reduce the…