Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Unrepentant

The things you did to me,
Why are you so unrepentant?
The things you put me through,
Why am I the sole defendant?
The things of past haunt me,
Why are you so reluctant?
The things you did, ache me
My body still cries in resentment.
These are my truths of past violence,
Love fills me with confidence.

Monday, July 31, 2017

Appreciation

Appreciation
By Shereema Ibrahim Dumas
July 31, 2017

 

Why do we acknowledge and show our respect
The feelings that are born with their effect
We must take the time to give special thanks
It’s like making a deposit to our emotional banks
It should be all of our obligation
To understand showing our admiration
For all of us receiving to contribute

And without a doubt, show true tribute!

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Believe vs Faith

Believe or have Faith which one?
If you Believe, does that automatically mean you have Faith? 
If you have Faith, does that automatically mean you Believe?
People believe a lot of different things from their daily activities to their spiritual beliefs. How many people have you know including yourself have questioned what you believe from time to time and go back and forth on different concepts until you feel confident on that belief system. Here you have no Faith in what you believe or you wouldn't question it.
Now when you have Faith in something or someone, you don't question it! With Faith, you Believe too! If you have Faith in your partner that they wouldn't do something to hurt you, you Believe that and don't question it. You Believe without doubt! Your Faith is resolve in that Belief!
So I would rather say I have Faith in something than to just Believe.
What do you think?

Present Collides With Past

Our mind is constantly playing tricks on us. We go about our everyday business without a care or with firm conviction to accomplish our goals. Then out of nowhere, we are knocked out by the past colliding with the present.
Silly us to think that we were focused and completed our goals will full resolve to find that we missed a piece of the puzzle. 
Suddenly reminded that we didn't do so good after all, we are slapped in the face of "not again". The past rears its ugly self into our psyche. We try to fight off the gut wrenching overwhelming feelings that takes over us, but somehow we are taken over by compliancy.
Tossed into the depths of depression not caring about anything or anyone more importantly self, we find ourself lost. Then something that comes to the light pulls us back into the very much Present reality. Our body and mind still tired from the ordeal, we come back slowly and cautiously in anticipation of what will send us back to the depths of the Past!

Thursday, June 15, 2017

SIGNS

All throughout our lives we see and are surrounded by all kind of signs. Some we very carefully follow, but others we virtually ignore. We often choose to ignore the signs though they may be right in front of us, the ones we cannot reach out and touch, but clearly are there. Why do we choose to ignore them? Does their importance mean less to us than those more tangible?
Signs appear to us in many forms. There are the ones that come to us in a dream. There are those that are heard through someone we know or even a stranger. Then there are those that appear to us in a series of signs visual, verbal or audible. They will appear one after an another in an attempt to make us acutely aware of their presence. So then, why do we ignore them? 
Is it because we are afraid of the direction it may take us, lead us on another path not yet traveled?
Would it not be more exciting to explore the possibilities presented by choosing to follow the signs? Most times life is not simple as black and white. Most times life is complex and entangled in a manner we would have never imagined for ourselves, but we survive! Wouldn't life be richer and fuller if we entertained doing and being more than just surviving? 
Take a deep breath, take a few and relax and allow yourself to see and be guided to a new horizon, a new truth! Follow the signs, then have FAITH they are part of your Divine guidance!
Believe in the signs!

Monday, April 17, 2017

FINDING PEACE

Peace is a quiet friend who makes no announcements
It does not speak or make any sounds to alert its presence

Instead it waits patiently to be happily discovered
Peace is something we all want to experience

Some will spend a lifetime in search of it but with no success
Others will bask in glory and ecstasy when quest ends

Peace is not something to see on the horizon
Nor is it any unsuspecting face in a crowd we gaze


But rather the overwhelming feeling deep inside of us.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Seeing the Blessings


















So many things happen throughout our lives from the time we are born until the time we die. We are affected by things that make us happy, excited and celebrated. Other things make us feel sad, worried, afraid and hopeless. 
The key is to always see the blessing within your day, throughout your life. Even when something upsetting happens, find the positive of it and thereby finding your blessing. Usually it's the simple things you take for granted that you overlook as the blessing that it truly is. 
Smile at your memories of things that fill you with joy and peace within your heart. Take the time to smell the flowers and walk along a path filled with the newness of the time. Just as you see the beauty of the blossoms on the trees at the beginning of Spring, so should you see your life constantly renewing and giving yourself a fresh start. Giving yourself the opportunity to experience life as it is meant to be is seeing and living the blessing. 

Friday, February 17, 2017

MANKIND MARCH

The manipulated manner in which mankind
Maximized methods of manufacturing mechanical
Manpower is in a matter of fact, a make-up of a
Make-believe meaningless mirror of malfunctioning
Monopoly on mankind.

Mass mayhem mask itself as the new millennium
Means maintaining mankind. Marching marvels
Makes mazes of momentous markets manifesting
Mankind’s mission.

The maneuver mankind makes is a managerial
Mistake, misleading and majorly misunderstood. The
Mankind march should maximize most in a manner
Giving meaning multiplied by My Maker.


AGENDA

What is the agenda of the day? What is it that mankind is trying to accomplish? By the daily events one could conclude that the agenda of the day is not one of peace making or of building strong alliances. The village in which you live today may feel threatened of becoming extinct. It may seem that the agenda is definitely not one being the concept of "it takes a village to raise a child" philosophy. 
If you could have a personal agenda today, what would it be?

ATTRACTION

What is it that has drawn you to whom you are with now? Is it a feeling, a sense of smell, their appearance, an appeal to their voice or maybe just their aura?
Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics by Albert Einstein.
So what do you think? 

MOVING FORWARD

I refuse to let the past hold me back.
I refuse to let yesterday to be the final act.
I choose to move forward with love
I choose to move forward in faith from above.
I have learned to live and smile each day.
I have learned to live a whole new way.
Moving forward expresses the new me.
Moving forward is the only way to be.