The purpose of creating this journal is because I wanted to share my prayers, activities, and quotes that I created for myself which supported me through my heartache, loss, pain, life disappointments, and despair. These prayers, practices, and activities also supported me in reminding me of who I am and whose I am. There were points in my life where I experienced many relationship failures, pivots in my career, and transitions that didn't feel good that made me feel uncomfortable. Life hit me hard when I experienced loss. In dealing with the excruciating pain of loss, it took me to a place where I was about to commit suicide. I got close to the ledge of the Hudson River in New York, I was about to jump, but God saved me with a phone call from my son. It was after that incident; I knew I had to do something for myself to nurse me back to health. In partnership with going to therapy, reading scripture, mediation, worshipping God, attending church and Bible Study, creating practices/activities, and journaling, etc., it provided me with what I needed to evolve from that pain, develop a more intimate relationship with God, and work on my healing. I had to invest in myself first before I could invest in others. There is no quick fix to anything. I am always in a state of evolving and becoming. The investment in me never stops, and it should never stop in you. This work is intentional in becoming and evolving. The Evolution of a Healed Woman, my memoir will be out soon. However, this journal, which is part I, includes specific practices and activities at the beginning of my evolution. I wanted to share this with women who desire to become who God has created them to be. I hope you find value in this spiritual journal as your higher self is waiting for you.
The Impetus for the INSPIRATION. Whitney and I came together one day to discuss the possibilities of penning an open letter to women. A women's meditational book. We discussed in depth some of the issues and challenges women were encountering and decided to jot down inspirational and empowering messages to propel women to begin seeing themselves from a different perspective, a new lens, new vision: seeing ourselves as healthy, happy, and spiritual beings. What inspired this Book? The anger many women live with! The shame many women live with! The disappointment many women live with! The bitterness many women live with! The hopelessness many women live with! The fear many women live with! The purpose of this Book? To inspire Women to See themselves from a Healthier and Empowered perspective! To inspire Women to Envision more for themselves. Leaving the past pain and hurts. To inspire Women to Dream again! To Inspire Women to Aim Higher! To Inspire Women to Let Go of what hurts! To Inspire Women to Heal where we once Hurt and Love Again! Our Hope is these inspiring and empowering messages would provide clarity where confusion reigns, Replace pain for a Peace surpassing all understanding, Acceptance where anger abounds, Healing where we harbored hurt, Truth where Self-deception tread, and a New Vision of Self.
Whitney will make you think, laugh and cry while she becomes transparent and honest in her writing in order for young people to learn from her mistakes, how to deal with pressure, how to cope with loosing close friends while in school, and many other issues like, sex, drugs, alcohol, financial aid, credit card companies and Greek life, just to name a few! Her memoir also includes interviews from others who attended college who wanted to share their experiences through this vehicle. This is also a good read for college graduates who want to take a ride back to their college days and reminisce and laugh about those experiences! "In order for young people to listen to you and know that you are genuine and sincere about their well-being is to keep it REAL & HONEST with them and not sugar coat anything. They can see right through it!" -Whitney D. Smith. Why didn't you write this book 20 years ago! We are almost the same age and I have to say - you re one wise young woman. You have a great story to share here. Everything about it is nicely done. You have done a great job capturing your memories and committing them to paper along with sharing your wisdom without preaching to your reader. Even though this is a personal narrative, you have written it in a way that many will enjoy and benefit from reading. Your narrative voice is very familiar and friendly - you do an excellent job talking "with" your reader rather than "at" your reader. You have a wonderful way with words. It is obvious that you have done your homework and put much thought and preparation into your work. Your book is well written. I wish more people would take the time to write their stories down like you have. I am sure it will be embraced by many. We can learn so much from reading the stories of other's lives and experiences. The greatest value in any story, it seems to me, lies in what we can learn about our own lives when we take time to analyze someone else's. Bravo! Make sure y
This book tells the story of how my family came to own the whale's back in the early 1920's. It all started with Rosie's grandmother & her 3 kids renting a place only to find it was a lobster shack when they arrived. The events leading up to the purchase of the whale's back & construction of the first cottage will help you understand life on the Island (especially in the winter) on the island.
Reviews the flags and arms of the 174 nations of the world, presenting each country's flag and insignia according to official specifications of color, proportion, and design, outlining their history, and analyzing their symbolism
During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the "burned-over district.
When asked who are you, so many associations can come to mind. You can associate different aspects of your life to define your identity. Defining your identity can sometimes be easy, when you're going by who the carnal world says you are. But your God given identity is the only one that matters, because it's the truth. Society's image for ourselves, can leave us all broken or fighting to fulfill an image, that was never intended for us. God says we were made in his image. Within this book you'll read about how the enemy tries to steal our identity, destroying a false image and help finding your God given identity. This book will help you to learn who God says you are. Read this book and allow yourself to become awakened to your true God given identity. Throw away the false identity of insecurities, rumors and demonic lies, and see yourself in God's image of TRUTH!
Nutrient pollution in the form of excess nitrogen and phosphorus inputs is a well-known cause of water-quality degradation that has affected water bodies across the Nation throughout the 20th century. The recognition of excess nutrients as pollution developed later than the recognition of other water-quality problems, such as waterborne illness, industrial pollution, and organic wastes. Nevertheless, long-term analysis of nutrient pollution is fundamental to our understanding of the current magnitude of the problem, as well the origins and the effects. This report describes the century-scale changes in water quality across a range streams in order to place current water-quality concerns in historical context and presents this history on a national scale as well as for selected river reaches. The primary focus is on nutrient pollution, but the development and societal responses to other water-quality problems also are considered. Land use and agriculture in the selected river reaches also are analyzed to consider how these factors may relate to nutrient pollution. Finally, the availability of relevant nutrient and inorganic carbon data are presented for the selected river reaches. Sources of these data included Federal agencies, State-level reports, municipal public works facilities, public health surveys, and sanitary surveys. The availability of these data extends back more than a century for most of the selected river reaches and suggests that there is a tremendous opportunity to document the development of nutrient pollution in these river reaches.
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