Tell the Truth

"It's easier to tell people what they want to hear than to speak your truth. But you'll feel so much better about yourself when you are honest. Today, have the courage to speak your truth. The harder it is, the better you'll feel afterwards."

by Yeshuda Berg, The Dailay Kabbalah Tune Up

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Women's Rights are Non-Negotiable in Afghanistan - Act w/ Amnesty International

http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now

I am a PROUD WOMAN

This day, March 8th, in 2009, I, along with two other amazing ladies, (each representing different parts of the world, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and West Africa [me]), participated in Sophia Abele's Dialogues titled "Women's Rights is it Global".

We each focused our research and presentation in different aspect's of Women's Rights. The ladies, did, each, in "Woman during wars" & "Women & Sex Trafficking".

I did my research on Women's Education in Pakistan, and presented my work to a crowed of 100+, including the President of Westchester Community College, Dr. Joseph Hankin.

I am very proud to have participated in such event, and wish to participate in many more to come. I've met great women during my lifetime, including the ladies of both sides of my family, my mother and mentor, and all my lovely girlie girls.

I believe in all woman, and in our potentials to be great leaders of this world.
I believe in the education of all girls, and in their potentials to lead by example.

I believe in the greatness of all females, and in the respect we give and is given to us by each other and by all men.

I urge you, dear reader, to look into your life, see if there is any woman you love and appreciate? If so, please tell her she is isn't alone, you are there to support her through every thing she experiences in this world.

You could be a woman from the mountain ranges of Afghanistan,

or from an ethnic group in Zimbabwe,

or perhaps a Cuzco woman from Peru.

You could be a woman from the Pacific,

Or maybe the Atlantic oceans.

You could be from any nationality or region in the world,

but our characteristic of being a woman, will always

be the same.

Pearls by Sade

There is a woman in Somalia

Scraping for pearls on the roadside

There is a force stronger than nature

Keeps her will alive

This is how she's dying

She's dying to survive

Don't know what she's made of

I would like to be that brave

She cries to the heaven above

There is a stone in my heart

She lives a life she didn't choose

And it hurts like brand-new shoes

Hurts like brand-new shoes

There is a woman in Somalia

The sun gives her no mercy

The same sky we lay under

Burns her to the bone

Long as afternoon shadows

It's gonna take her to get home

Each grain carefully wrapped up

Pearls for her little girl

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

She cries to the heaven above

There is a stone in my heart

She lives a life she didn't choose

And it hurts like brand-new shoes

Hurts like brand-new shoes

Note: One of my favorite songs in this whole wide world, it makes me cry, every time; by one of my favorite singers of all times.

International Women's Day

Today I woke up so happy, and thank God it's the International Women's Day.
So I sent my lovely ladies an email/text both in English and in Criol, expressing how I feel about this day, today and always.I'd like to share my words.

Congratulations.

Today, once again and how it should be everyday,

we are recognized in this day, March 8th.

Today more than ever,

I want you to always believe in reaching your dreams

and to believe in the positive power of your mind.

Today, way more than yesterday,

and less than tomorrow,

I want you to know that you can do

and be everything you want.

All you have to say is 'YES! I CAN.'

I could go on and on [...] with references to our day, today, but I wont.

As a woman, I'd like to express that self esteem, self knowing, self respect and all those other

SELFness are always NUMBER ONE along with SELF LOVE.

Happy International Women's Day

A Message to My Twin

We were born on the same year,
On the same day,

of a different month,

to different parents.

We were born in the same country,

Brought up with the same traditions,

in different islands,

to different families.

We are so close,

yet so far.

We lived in the same country,

but in different cities.

We met twenty-one years later,

through a mutual friend,

Who did the best thing in this world,

and isn't even aware of it.

We said 'hi' to each other like perfect strangers do,

but our friendship grew stronger and deeper by day.

As we began to talk,

We learned that were doing the same major,

had similar goals, and dreams,

but all with different paths to make.

Since day one, we've kept in touch,

we've shared many human experiences together.

We know each other's deepest secrets,

and desires.

Traveling the world,

Meeting new people.

Experiencing new cultures.

Fearing love,

Respecting others,

Enjoying new things.

These and many more that happened in the past,

which is happening now,

and with no doubts will happen in the future,

are things we are experiencing each day of our lives.

You are short,

I am tall.

You are skinny,
I am heavier.

You are lighter,

I am darker.

But these are differences that makes us the same.

Our closeness is unique,

something not shared with many.

We have a unique position in

sharing perspectives on life.

We experience the need for space,

yet we are always unseparable.

We say to be humans,

we say to be women,

we say to be friends,

we say to be lovers,

we say to be sisters,

but above all,

we say to be twins.

(You know who you are. Thank you for all these amazing human experiences. Thanks to our mutual friend, our "minino", may God be always with us. [Can I get an Amen!]

-Amen)

What's something everyone, should know how to do?

Answer: SELF-KNOWING

PS: What do you think ?