Don’t Be Afraid To Try
“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.”
– William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure” (1.4.87-9)
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The Goal Of A “True Education”
“Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”
–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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2 comments July 26th, 2007
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Awesome Guy Blogger Award
On July 23, 2007, Joezul, at All Is One, One Is All, has awarded me with an “Awesome Guy Blogger” award. All the recognition I’ve been receiving from my blended, extended family members is extremely humbling. I’ve seen so many bloggers who also deserve to be honored and recognized for their outstanding efforts.
July 2007 has been an extremely difficult month for me but so many of you have showered me with your love, your support, your patience, your prayers that I felt empowered, encouraged, and inspired to keep getting up and showing up to read what you have written.
Technical difficulties with my site have prevented me from publishing posts worth reading because my DSL link keeps crashing for some inexplicable reason whenever I try to publish my posts. As some of you know, I have been able to leave a few comments on other bloggers blogs.
So far, the DSL connection has been stable enough to publish this post. If this post appears on-line, then I will try to publish all the posts that have been archived until this perplexing problem gets resolved.
Troubles don’t last always.
I thank all of you, who commented or emailed me this month, for your continued patience and for all the link love I’ve received. I have not been ignoring you.
Even the strongest of the strong struggle to keep risin’ after every fall. Whenever possible, I will personally respond to all your comments and finish listing all the names of the bloggers I’ve chosen to receive their individual awards from me.
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5 comments July 25th, 2007
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Thinking Blogger Awardees Pt. I
My wife, my queen, my best friend, the mother of our beautiful pearl of a girl, KWiz, publishes Women Walking In Wisdom’s Footsteps™, knows that I take receiving any Blogger award from my peers and blogging seriously. Blogging is not a game to me. I consider what we, as critically thinking, socially conscious bloggers, do a privilege that should not be taken lightly.
I’ve done extensive research since receiving my Thinking Blogger Awards. I have nothing but love and respect for the outstanding bloggers who chose to honor me. During my temporary leave of absence, I thank each of you for your patience and for understanding that you weren’t being ignored or taken for granted during my extended season of “sunny-side-down days.”
Since day 1 of this unpredictable “year of firsts,” I’ve learned so much from the many gifted bloggers God has blessed me during my humble beginnings. The arduous amount of behind-the-scenes work my mentors do to prepare, write, and publish their posts must be extensive.
My blogging is done for an audience of One, for an eternal purpose. For me, blogging is a non-traditional form of “ministry” to inspire people who just need a breath of fresh air to keep going during those dark days and lonely nights when all seems lost.”
To avoid any misunderstandings about the reasons why I published this blog, this site isn’t monetized. I don’t blog to acquire many of the mind boggling stats that appear to indicate the success or failure of a blog or a blogger.
My reward will come when my humbled soul crosses the Great Spiritual Divide and Jesus Christ looks me in the eye on the Day of Accountability and says,
“Well done good and faithful servant.”
The 15 bloggers I’ve selected are diversified and more than deserving to receive their individual awards for making us think. Each recipient has inspired me because they are committed to making a difference in the lives of ordinary, everyday people to whom little appears given.
The first 5 winners of the Thinking Blogger Award are:
1) Rev. Dr. Renita Weems publishes Something Within.
2) Dana Roc publishes Daily Dana.
3) Dave Schoof publishes The Disquiet™ In Men.
4) Content Black Woman publishes Content Black Woman.
5) Glace and Philip from The ZDocs Blog, publish How To Publish A Book.
Congratulations to all of you for the excellent, thought-provoking work you do. To obtain your awards and to view the rules for receiving this award, please visit, Women Walking In Wisdom’s Footsteps™ to review the established “rules of engagement.”
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6 comments July 23rd, 2007
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Thoughtful Blogger Award
On July 19, 2007, Lyn at, “It’s A Woman’s World,” honored me with a “Thoughtful Blogger Award.” As always, I appreciate all the love and support God has gifted to me through all the bloggers who have blessed me since January 1, 2007. To be quite honest, I’m overwhelmed by all the recent awards bestowed upon me during what may have been my worst months as a blogger.
I don’t like to complain about personal challenges and setbacks because we all experience extended series of “sunny-side-down” days after the invisible fist of Adversity strikes. As you know,
“Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.”
I’ve had my fair share of head-on collisions with humanity’s spiritual enemies this year. Sometimes God uses Adversity to test our faith, to see if we “honestly believe” what we as public speakers and writers publicly espouse.
“A faith that cannot be tested is a faith that cannot be trusted.”
Only God knows how many more “faith tests” and spiritual “crisis” my humbled soul will have to survive before 2007 finally comes to an end. But by the grace of the Almighty still go I.
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1 comment July 20th, 2007
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The Inspirational Blogger Award
On July 15, 2007, Christina, at Harley Blues, unknowingly blessed me with a birthday gift by honoring me with “The Inspirational Blogger Award.” Click on the highlighted words to the left to view the other recipients.
Due to the fact a lightning strike damaged our home’s phone lines Saturday, our Internet connection has been extremely unreliable and kept crashing whenever I tried to publish a post. By the grace of God, this weeks posts were written, imported, and posted publicly whenever our Internet connection stayed up long enough for me to do so.
According to Christina, The Inspirational Blogger Award is,
“For those bloggers who inspire others through their words and actions. With a positive attitude, and an uplifting spirit these bloggers make the blogosphere a better place, and encourage others to do the same. This award is for bloggers who rise up to set an example but continue to reach out and support others.”
Congratulations to the rest of the recognized bloggers who received individual awards from Christina. The rules for receiving this award are posted at Writer’s Review!
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8 comments July 18th, 2007
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I’ve Been Schmoozed
Mr. Jim Leginton at A Lad’s Lunch With Favor and Anna at Box1715. have honored my efforts to make a difference with the “Blogging Community Involvement Award.” Ms. Vanessa Byers at Vanessa Unplugged explains the significance of this schmoozing award better than I can. Thank you both for this deeply appreciated recognition.
Click on Vanessa Byers’ name in the previous paragraph for the specifics about what it means for a blogger who possesses the power of schmooze.
If time will not permit you to do so, here’s what Ms. Darlene Tenes, CEO of Marketing Maniacs has to say about “The Art Of Schmoozing.”
“The art of schmoozing is an essential social, career and life skill. Many people at the top of their fields are excellent schmoozers. They know how to connect with people and are able to leverage those connections.”
Many of the socially conscious bloggers I believe are excellent smoozers have already received their Blogging Community Involvement Awards. Due to a lightning strike that fried our phone lines, I’ve lost access to the Internet.
God willing, I shall conduct my research and award the bloggers who deserve to be honored and recognized by their peers no later than Monday of next week.
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