Inspiration

Inspirational Quotes for Women – “Be Who You Are”

December 10, 2018 By Preslaysa 4 Comments

Inspirational Quotes for Women – Never be afraid to be who you are. Even when people walk away. Even when it seems easier to follow their way. Never be afraid to be who you are.

Never be afraid to be who you are. Even when the world shouts and screams. Even when it appears as if they have the power to shatter your dreams. Never be afraid to be who you are.

Always have the courage to be who you are.

Because with courage comes magic. The magic to attract people who love you for you. The magic that opens pathways to better ways. The magic to bind shattered dreams and make them really, really real. The no-longer-a-dream kind of real.

Always have the courage to be who you are.

#SaturdayVibes – Connecting to Joy

November 24, 2018 By Preslaysa Leave a Comment

I hope you connect to what matters to you today.

I find joy in writing and in connecting to my family. However, writing with a family has been a source of conflict and contention for me. As time progresses, I am learning to open a wider space for the stumbling, messy way that I maintain both.

In this space, I give myself grace for not always staying on plan. In this space, I am learning to slow down and sit with the mess ups and melt downs.

In this space, I find joy.

Success Quotes for Women – Marva Collins

November 23, 2018 By Preslaysa 1 Comment

Today’s Success Quotes for Women comes from Marva Collins. A lot of my ideas on achieving success came from a position of powerlessness. I waited on other people to give me what I could give myself.

So I wasted a lot of years waiting, waiting, waiting. I waited inside another person’s system, a system not designed for me to succeed. I waited for them to give me success.

Instead of waiting, I could’ve created my own model for success. However, that meant taking the long road. It involved changing my way of thinking and being in the world. It involved a lot of inner work.

The book of Joshua says that if we meditate on the Word of God day and night and then we will “MAKE our way prosperous and have good success.” I truly believe the spiritual route is the best way to renew our mindsets, redefine what success means to us, and then achieve it.

How about you? Are you waiting for the world’s definition of success to fall into your lap?

Or are you doing the inner work to define what success means for you? Are you creating your own system of “success”?

Cultivating Gratitude

November 22, 2018 By Preslaysa Leave a Comment

“In everything give thanks for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus…”

These words took on new meaning for me as I underwent my personal transformation this year.

So I give thanks in everything. I give thanks with my heart reverently rooted in my ancestors’ past and our shared, troubling history.

I give thanks for the abundant blessings and stinging disappointments in my present circumstances.

And I give thanks with a hopeful and transformative eye to the future.

In everything, I give thanks.

#TuesdayThoughts – Give Light

November 20, 2018 By Preslaysa Leave a Comment

It’s hard for me to give light when I’m not feeling too light. When that happens, I have learned to sit with shadow. Sometimes it gets scary and painful, but it’s also a cleansing for me. I rid myself of the old. Afterwards I can give light without resentment or fear.

Are you a light bearer? Or are you in a season of sitting in the shadow?

#MotivationMonday – See Yourself as Worthy

November 19, 2018 By Preslaysa 1 Comment

It took me a long time to follow Nikki Giovanni’s advice, and once I did, everything in my life upended. It upended because I saw that many of the people I surrounded myself with weren’t aligned with me. They didn’t see me as fully human.

Once I learned to cut ties, things slowly fell into place. My level of self respect increased, and I started to surround myself with people who respected me too.

How are you treating yourself with respect today?

Loving Black Women

October 29, 2018 By Preslaysa Leave a Comment

“When we love Black women, we love ourselves and the God who made us.” -Michael Eric Dyson

I’m loving myself as a Black woman. Do you love other Black women?

Or do you question their credibility and their motives? Do you see them as less than you or paint them as angry? Do you want them to explain their existence to you?

That’s what I get whenever I am in circles where Black women and women of color aren’t centered and celebrated.

However, I’m finding the warmth of other suns (to quote Richard Wright), places where I can simply exist, where I can simply be, where I can simply be loved.

I Am My Mother’s

October 25, 2018 By Preslaysa Leave a Comment

“I am my mother’s, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Black boy or girl without a chance to prove their worth.” -Mary McLeod Bethune

My mission is driven by the freedom fighters who came before and paved the way for me. It also stems from a deep love for the millions of people who suffered during the Middle Passage and their descendants. .
Descendants who are living today, striving today, and dreaming today.