all the time...

i love coming back to the simplicity of my spirit self. knowing that there is a higher order. something bigger and greater than us all. all of our religion(s). all of our right(s) and wrong(s)...

grace is getting what we don't deserve.
mercy, is not getting what we do deserve.

let that sit with you for a minute. don't think too much on it. we spend to much time in our head space and not in our spirit and heart space...

think about your life. the blessing you have received when you least deserved or expected them. (thank you for your grace.)

the times when you should have been the worse off and yet, you were not. (thank you for your mercy.)

God is good, all the time. all the time, God is good.

peace,
nzingha

on this day of thanks...

this day, and every day, i am ever thankful for the people in my life. and yes, that includes you! i am truly blessed to have the most outstanding and phenomenal family and friends. people that love, and put up with, me on a daily basis. people that not only stand by me in my light, but also in my dark. people who accept me for who i am with all my beauties as well as all my flaws.

thank you.

i pray that you continue to see the many blessings in your life. even those that don't seem like blessings at first glance. they are all around you. in your home, in your work, while you're driving in your car, while your walking your dog, when you wake up in the morning, when you fall asleep at night...

all you have to do is open yourself, and look.

much peace and all my love,
nzingha


live with intention.

walk to the edge.

listen hard.

practice wellness.

play with abandon.

laugh.

choose with no regret.

appreciate your friends.

continue to learn.

do what you love.

live as if this is all there is.

-mary anne radmacher

my "i love the 80's" summer throwbacks...

ok, so since i don't have cable, i've been digging WAY back into my VHS box (for realz, i love VHS) and re-discovering my 80's collection of good shit. so here's my ongoing list of this summer's flicks! you should definitely check some, if not all of them:

the breakfast club (1985) - "don't mess with the bull, young man. you'll get the horns."

coming to america (1988) - "hey, baby, i'm almost single. my husband's on death row."

dirty dancing (1987) - "nobody puts baby in a corner.

ferris beuller's day off (1986) - "pardon my french, but you're an asshole! asshole!"

mannequin (1987) - um...old school kim catrell. nuff said.

ghostbusters (1984) - "i am the gate keeper."

the goonies (1985) - "THATS WHAT I SAID! BOOBY TRAPS! god. these guys!"

the last dragon (1985) - "shonuff!"

the neverending story (1984) - a flying dog, horses with lazer eyes and a dark nothingness that threatens to destroy society? yes please ;-)

the princess bride (1987) - "my name is inigo montoya. you killed my father, prepare to die."

purple rain (1984) - dudes, it's prince. it's appolonia. quit trippin'.

say anything (1989) - love, love, LOVE john cusak. AND joan cusak is in it too? they're like an older jake and maggie gyllenhaal to me. both great actors.

"i don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. i don't want to sell anything bought or processed...or buy anything sold or processed...or process anything sold, bought or processed...or repair anything sold, bought or processed. you know, as a career, i don't want to do that."

stand by me (1986) - "gordie just screwed the pooch!"

top gun (1986) - "i feel the need...the need for speed!"

wierd science (1985) - "by the way, why are we wearing bras on our heads?"

to be continued...

one love.

tra-la-laaaaaaaaa...

soooooo, yesterday i recorded a christmas jingle for the radio airwaves with brian mcknight. (brian mcknight? i know, it's been a while. think: " do i ever cross your mind, anytime..."). was pretty damn cool and crazily random.

you know, it was kinda like singing with miss lauryn hill all over again...but not, at the same time.

anyhoo, was just a random piece of goodness that i thought i'd share. have a fabulous day!

peace and luv.

neither here nor there...

this hit a bit close to home for me:

have you ever been somewhere you didn't want to be? maybe it was a job, a town, or a relationship. maybe it was a stage in life, like singlehood, or a state in life, like a disability.

it's very possible that as you read this, you're wishing you were somewhere else – anywhere else – living a different life...

be mindful of being physically present but mentally somewhere else, thinking of the future or the past, thinking of someplace else. our journey with life requires we be fully present in the present.

you may feel like you're in exile, but the universe is still working in your life; the message to you is: dig in and fully embrace the life around you.

peace and blessings / love and light

do it anyway.

yes, yes. i'm a sucker for a quote that moves something in me ;-)

people are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
forgive them anyway.

if you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
be kind anyway.

if you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
succeed anyway.

if you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
be honest and frank anyway.

what you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
build anyway.

if you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
be happy anyway.

the good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
do good anyway.

give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
give the world the best you've got anyway.

you see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
it was never between you and them anyway.

-mother teresa

much love.

eat, pray, love...

"your treasure -your perfection- is within you already. but to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart."

"...it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." (from the bhagavad gita)

"meditate on whatever causes a revolution in your mind."

much peace and love yo.