Advice to live by...

Honor that which is honorable.

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Most assuredly, our creator wants us to honor our parents - but- remember, that only applies to that which is honorable.

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Authority must be respectable and honorable in order to receive our honor, respect, and deference. Sometimes authority figures make mistakes or become overtaken by ego and ask others to comply to things that are obviously wrong. It is not uncommon in such circumstances to be told that one is committing the sin of dishonoring a parent while refusing to sin by acting as directed by a manipulative authority figure.

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Complying with dishonorable tasks is not honor. We honor our parents in a greater fashion by acting out of the good that they taught us: we do not have to comply with tasks that do not fit into our spiritual and moral perspective in order to honor our parents.

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It is meant to be shared...

Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay. Love isn't love till you give it away.

-Oscar Hammerstein

Favorite Song Title

Free your mind and your @$$ will follow

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- Funkadelic

Fastest way to break up with a religious man...

Light a match and tell him you've summoned a incubus.

(Demons are said to smell like sulfur. Some Incubi are said to be bi-sexual. You may have to add the bi-sexual part if the man wants to stick around long enough to try to conduct an exorcism.)

Gossip is nothing new...

As empty vessels make the loudest sound,

so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers.
~ Plato

Remind your sons that they're beautiful...

Yesterday, I was walking through a schoolyard with my six year old daughter. As she fell behind, I heard myself call to her, as I always do "Come along, beautiful".

I heard a small, yet unfamiliar voice. It asked "Who is beautiful?"

Turning my head in an effort to locate the speaker, I see a group of children to my left. Unable to see the group clearly and see the children specifically, I stop and simply reply "Everyone".

At this point, a young man steps forward. He seems a little older than the children around him and has two younger siblings in tow. His bright smile glowed beyond his beautiful ebony skin. His reply was simple but it spoke volumes to me when he said "thank you."

I've known many men over the years. I have met many men who never grew to see the beauty of their own self. Many men are taught equate their self-worth with their achievements, their bank account, or the title on their business cards. That's a shame, isn't it?

The truth of the matter is that every human being is born special. We are not born with titles, degrees, or money. We are not born with fancy clothes, bank accounts, or fast cars. We are simply born our naked self: the creator must believe that is all that we truly need to succeed.

Remind your children that they are beautiful in their own right. It seems that they may not hear it enough.

Grow up, now!

Whenever a child gets in trouble it is a symptom of an adult dropping the ball.