Category: daily encouragement

you want life to be easy, or do you want your life to make a difference? this isn’t asking whether you want have a hard knock life or not, fam — quite the contrary.what this question poses is whether you want to stay comfortable or if you’re willing to move through uncomfortable situations to get to a…… Continue reading life can be easy + life can be different

sometimes, the door is slammed shut on purpose. the door isn’t always meant for you to go through it, fam. in reality, there door may be there to show you possibilities. perhaps it’s there to show you that though this is one way to get to where you want to be, this isn’t the only…… Continue reading the door is slammed shut on purpose, fam

in most instances, we only see what we expect to see. our minds + eyes are so trained to see what flows that it sometimes skips over what doesn’t belong +/or labels it as an anomaly. so then it leaves us to only see what we expect ourselves to see.this isn’t an issue being we…… Continue reading expect more + quit playing small, fam

the successes you experience today all have a connection to the past. from your actions of yesterday to the actions of your ancestors years + years ago, your achievements were meticulously handcrafted for this moment. without prior foresight from your previous self + others, nothing that you’ve accomplished today exists.that’s why it’s important to never…… Continue reading your ancestors are smiling right now, fam

people may have opinions about what you do, but the person who talks you out of doing most of what you miss out on isn’t them, fam — it’s you. your mama can say what she wants about your situation –ya daddy, too. your siblings have their thoughts + your friends, coworkers, and colleagues are gonna say what they…… Continue reading your inner voice has something dope to say

“i don’t feel like it” is the biggest dream delayer, relationship killer,  momentum pauser, excuse making phrase there is. it’s a tricky phrase to use because on one hand your feelings are totally valid;on the other hand, your feelings are not facts. so how do we acknowledge how we feel without allowing our feelings to dictate…… Continue reading the biggest dream delayer

dreamers must do + doers must dream. having one without the other leads to a boring ass life.when your head is in the clouds is just as important as when your head is down + you’re locked in + focused on a task — in life we must experience both, fam.what is there to do without a dream?when…… Continue reading stop postponing life for perfection when you can do this

snail’s pace is still progress. snail’s pace is still progress. snail’s pace is still progress.snail’s pace is still progress. snail’s pace is still progress. does it need to be stated again, fam? don’t get caught up in moving fast — fast doesn’t mean a thing when it isn’t the direction you must go,  when you aren’t learning what…… Continue reading snail’s pace is still progress

what does freedom mean to you, fam? is it having more time? is it not having to face challenges? is it skating through life without a care in the world? when you don’t care about anything, you aren’t truly living. when you don’t have difficulties, you aren’t experiencing life to its fullest potential. when you…… Continue reading freedom as its defined by you

disappointment is not a permanent place. it a place we visit from time to time, yet it is not a place in which we must reside. to move away from disappointment, one must take steps in a different direction.when we find ourselves face to face with disappointment, it’s important that we remember moving away from…… Continue reading to go forward, one must take a step back