About Me
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But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful.
Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
And that’s the part that makes me the most proud; the lives that are impacted. I know this work is so much deeper than me being “seen” and in my heart, I’ve always known that I’m simply here to be a servant. I believe the life and prosperity you desire are your birthright. I just want to be the sister friend that teaches you how to build it with peace and purpose as your foundation.
The Best Decision
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain.
These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted.
The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain.
These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted.
The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain.
These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted.The wise man therefore always holds in these matters.
Now here’s my personal truth …
I just might be the only chocolate girl in America who doesn’t like chocolate.
Valentine’s Day was always rough growing up. If a young “suitor” gave me one of those heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, I’d pretend to eat them just to not hurt his feelings. In hindsight, I should’ve just asked for Red Vines upfront. It’s not like I was going to marry any of those guys anyway. LOL!
I can only workout to RnB or gospel music.
Some people find themselves motivated by hip-hop when they work out. I either become extremely aggressive or get too distracted with trying to understand the lyrics which almost never make sense to me. So while everyone is grunting, I’m the girl in the gym humming a love song or having a praise party. Depends on the day.
I only know how to cook four dishes and one of them is cereal.
At one point, I really did try to become more kitchen literate. I signed up for one of those “meal prep at your doorstep” delivery services and thought I had finally hit the jackpot. . . Until I literally destroyed 3 meals in a row and my then 6 year old assured me “Daddy and I love you just the way you are. Please stop this.” True story.
I spent the first 23 years of my life believing I was ugly.
Affirming the children in your life is SO critical. Unfortunately, I didn’t always have loved ones around me who were as intentional as I strive to be with my baby girl. There’s a strong chance that with the right words I could’ve overlooked having one debacle of a picture day after another, but between what I was told and yearbook pictures, I’m blessed my husband intervened and helped me to see myself the way that God sees me.
As much as people believe I have a big personality, I prefer to spend most the day in silence.
I don’t know if I’m all talked out from getting in trouble my entire childhood for talking in class or if it’s the way I conserve energy to have a personal conversation with every single person who comes out to support me on the road, but during my workday, I turn mute. Literally, I can work for hours and never speak or turn on a television or listen to music. Silence centers me. And it has honestly become my little secret weapon for getting more done.
In my next life, I want to come back as an interior designer.
Scrap that. In my head I already think I’m an interior designer, but in that zone I become an artist who’s sensitive about her shhhh. You won’t catch me designing for others yet, but if you hang around here long enough you’ll definitely see a LOT of my own home. And if you’re nice, I’ll share some of my upcoming projects with you here and teach you my “process.” Because, duh. I’m already a designer you’d want to follow in my head. ????
I’ve seen the movies Ghost, The Titanic and The Notebook probably 50x each and I still cry like a baby every freakin’ time.
I always disagree when astrology buffs tell me that I’m super sensitive because I’m a Pisces. No, seriously I’ve had full blown debates about how NOT sensitive I am. And then I find myself on a random weeknight weeping during one of these oldies, as well as, side-eyeing my husband and saying stuff like “Whew! Now that’s love.”
The Best Life
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