OF SELF

cell phone religion 3

Toni Braxton in a thong & pants 2 

"How unjust to themselves are those who turn their backs to the sun, and see naught except the shadow of their physical selves upon the earth!" - Kahlil Gibran

portrait of Dolly Castro, model, designer
& actress from Nicaragua 

Body Imagine

"Body image changes as we age. We change, but insisting we remain as we were, or as men clinging to the hope younger women will be attracted to us older and healthy men is more vanity and clinging to what once was possible. Aging reflects back and forth between then and later. In the present, it is wonderful to see the change in the changes as we age. Maturity is its own wisdom and peace keeper.

None of us knew this when we were young." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 4.22.15

body of Toni Braxton 

Bebe Neuwirth, actress

body perfection of an older woman 2 

Martha Steward walking with her daughter Alexis in New York city
after grabbing iced coffee at Sant Ambroeus by Brian Flannery in 2006 !!!!

 

MARRIAGE: to merge or not to merge

Beautiful Women

a Black man & his woman by Joey Rosado © island boi photography 2014

Love Is About Bringing Out The Best In You

Anytime you find yourself in a love relationship, you should be happy, excited, overjoyed, and at peace. In other words, when you love and are loved in return, the best should be coming out of you. Let me say it this way. If you find yourself losing who you are as a person and/or making excuses for why you're not achieving what you set out to achieve, look in the mirror to examine what love is. As my mentor dropped in my spirit the other day, love brings out the best while insecurity brings out the worst.

The Bible declares, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." That's my word for you. Examine what love is and allow it to make you better. - Rev. Dr. Sinclair Grey III 2.12.14




Trina E. Braxton




The Braxton Sisters flanking talk show host, Bethenny Frankel on her show
February 1 , 2014

To love oneself either happens early in life, or later after struggle and pain. The first way is easier. That is self love. What you seem to point out is directed towards people who base their marriages and relationships upon conflict. Your first sentence is the ideal marriage, a reciprocal one. Most aren't ready for it as evidenced by their inability to remember seeing one, and for others who've never conceived of it as a possibility they'd look at you and say, "What is he talking about?"

The gap between the popular state of being married and a reciprocal marriage is a chasm. Knowing, in depth, what reciprocation in marriage looks like is one step closer to embodying love, as the apostle Paul described it to the Corinthian church, with ease. Trying to get there is as difficult a task as trying to teach a grown up driver to merge into the highway. It is too subtle an art form for the crude and abrupt. - Gregory E. Woods, 2.15.14

Reflect into the Future I AM

Toni Braxton in a splendid moment in time !!!!

How do we as elders extend our hands to the upcoming events to be shaped by our grandchildren and their children's children is fundamental to who we are right now! There are a variety of ways and techniques to do this work, and it all begins with one question: "What is your spiritual responsibility?" 

If you don't understand the two questions it is because your life-force is linked to a commitment to die, mediocrity and an origin in the narrowness of selfishness. I am not interested in trying to dissuade anyone from that path. I have no interest in the process. What I am interested in is training, legacy and the generations to come and the presence and influence of our ancestors. It is a worldview old as time on Earth, our Mother from a tradition deep into the ground we walk upon and exalted by the forces of Life in the air surrounding us the way water embraces land. 

"What is your spiritual responsibility?" - Gregory E. Woods, 11.2.14 

innocence of Nadine Sage !!!!

TONI BRAXTON, R&B singer

Toni Braxton Gallery

HEALING RELATIONSHIPS

photo: Toni Braxton not kissing her husband

Toni Braxton: Separates From Husband, Keri Lewis

Posted by Brennan Williams on Nov 9th 2009

Toni Braxton separates from her husband!

This is one of those dramatic moments in someone's live that is meant to be a poignant moment for one person (her husband) to discern the meaning and feel its impact ripple through his consciousness, and mind for years to come. Outside of that intimate dialogue we can only be onlookers, or sink low and be gossips.  If we are onlookers the best thing we could do is 'dream' their reconcilation. If we descend into gossip shame on us! Gossip energy is contemptuous, and without merit. -Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

 

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