Activating a Thought Leader In Me

light skin vs. dark skin. I recently read an article by Khaya Dlanga, on his blog about light skin and dark skin with the black culture. How the lighter skinned blacks get better treatment within society as a whole. How the lighter skinned blacks are held in more higher esteem then the darker girl. As someone who believes in the beauty of all woman, i wanted to explore this topic on my own. it is a topic that has been covered over and over. So I  juxtaposed a number of articles together to find out more about what is being said about this topic and the reaction of different people within the black community and within our own culture.     It is only normal the first article would be that of Khaya Dlanga, who got me interested on the topic.   The lightness of being light skinned*   "This is an age-old discussion that has gone on in the black community for some time now. Light-skinned people are automatically considered beautiful simpl...

www.plus-size-tall.com  As women we need to learn to love our bodies, love ourselves for the people we are, we should stop looking at skinny models and identify ourselves by them. Know your body and know your worth. Learn to embrace your size and who you are. But that does not mean be unhealthy, someone who loves themselves takes care of their bodies and their live, gym and a healthy life style is important to a womans well being. Learn to love your self and take care of your self. The perfect body is not a size 0 but it is a healthy size and size perfect for you.

o ne of the most difficult things to do is forgive, forgiving those who hurt us and most difficult forgiving ourselves. We are human, pain is part of life, but when pain is inflicted by someone or is causes by ourselves we find it hard to let go, to forgive. When you forgive you not just letting go of the hold you have over the person, but you let go of the hold the person has over you. Most times the person who hurts you, doesn't even care or acknowledge your exist, they move on with their lives like nothing ever happened, while you can not sleep, thinking about the person, thinking about the incident. There are two powers that have a hold of you, the power of ther person who hurt you and the incident its self. You need to let go, forgive and move forward. You will be stuck in one place in your life, not being able to reach your full potential because this is eating you inside. One of biggest problems comes when you forgive and don't forget, there is a reason when God forgi...