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Rescuing Lois Lane

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Visit my Natural Hair T-shirt Shop HERE Last week while braiding my stepdaughter's hair, a song came on the Music Choice cable channel that I was listening to, and it really grabbed my attention. The musical track is what captured my attention at first. Then, I paid closer attention to the lyrics and said, "oh my goodness! That song not only has a nice, catchy melody to it, but it has a lot of gems within the lyrics." As I'm sure you all know how my mind operates by now...I started seriously contemplating those lyrics, and I decided to look up the artist and the song on YouTube so I could really analyze those lyrics even more. I could share how I broke down and analyzed every verse of the song, but then this blog post would be much longer than I planned. So, I'll spare you all some time by just giving my broad observation and thoughts of the song. First and foremost, the song is about a woman being ready to be rescued by Mr. Right, who would be symbolic

Level Up or Glow Up!

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You know this whole Russell , Ciara , & Slim " Thug " situation got me thinking... Check out  Derrick Jaxn's (YouTube Vlogger) Commentary. (Click on Video) I totally agree with him! If you're in your 30's or 40's and still in the same predicament you were in when you were in your teens & 20's, then at some point you gotta start looking at yourself & start asking the hard questions like: I been seeing the same results after all this time, why is that? Or....I been holding on to this relationship for years, but we still stuck financially, emotionally, etc...what is really going on? Why am I not seeing any growth? The answer to all that is....MINDSET MATTERS! YOU GOTTA CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS OR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE IN ORDER TO SEE REAL GROWTH & CHANGE!!! YOU GOTTA BE WILLING TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX OR YOUR COMFORT ZONE!!! I say that because I really believe that we cannot keep expecting different results, but continue to do t