If all that you are betting on and counting on is simply in your head and you're only dreaming about it....It'll never come to fruition. The dream and purpose will fade with you.
Until you:
place one foot in front of the other
take the risk
have the conversation
make the call
sign the letter
start the book
set the alarm
say I'm sorry
Nothing happens.
Nothing happens until you Make it Happen. Just Do the Thing so it's finally done. Momentum is needed....
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau has died in a Los Angeles hospital just days after announcing his retirement from touring due to exhaustion.
His official Twitter account and website say he died early Sunday. He was 76.
Jarreau was hospitalized earlier in the week and was said to have been improving slowly.
The Wisconsin native has won seven Grammys over a 50-year career. His biggest single was 1981's "We're in This Love Together." Jarreau was a vocalist on the all-star 1985 track, "We Are the World," and sang the theme to TV's "Moonlighting."
He is one of the few artists to have won Grammys in three separate categories — jazz, pop and R&B.
Jarreau is survived by his wife, Susan, and a son, Ryan.
We celebrate this day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. May his legacy motivate us to want more, to do more, to be more......To Love thy neighbor. It continues to be a day on, not a day off....struggling for peace and equality everywhere.....I still have a dream! "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The dawning of a New Year....Did you finish what was on your list for 2016? Did you make a list....did you need one....or did you make one because you felt that was what was expected of you?
In 2017, simply be on Purpose with Intentions that have realistic expectations. Don't look around and try to impress anyone....just do the thing that has to be done and poured out of your soul. Be About it....Execute on your vision. If you stumble....get back up. If you trip and fall, don't you dare stay down. Be About What you're serious and passionate about. Release what's fueling/burning deep down within......It might be for a cause, condition....relationship....move....whatever you find at the heart of your heart....Move on it - Execute!
Life is shorter than you think......Live each moment...bookmark the memories....make it great....make it unforgettable.
Happy New Year 2017- Love & Blessings as you embark on your great adventures!
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will be a place where all Americans can learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience, what it means to their lives and how it helped us shape this nation. A place that transcends the boundaries of race and culture that divide us, and becomes a lens into a story that unites us all.
The 19th Smithsonian Institution was designed to tell the story of the United States America—from its founding to today—from an African American perspective. The museum will also challenge visitors to grapple with some of the uglier points of American history, from the slave trade to Jim Crow.
“We felt it was crucial to craft a museum that would help America remember and confront, confront its tortured racial past,” said Lonnie Bunch, the director of the museum, at a press conference marking the museum’s opening. “But we also thought while America should ponder the pain of slavery and segregation, it also had to find the joy, the hope, the resiliency, the spirituality that was endemic in this community.”
When you exhale and sense a second wind...a new chapter....a fresh start....a "Maybe This Time" moment.....you start to accept all that is as it truly is.
Each moment....a Gift....Each idea....a blessing of purpose...Each sunrise....Beauty!
Time to waste no more...time to be about unfiltered, unfettered, uninhibited living.....This is the Time....Now is the moment.
If all that you are betting on and counting on is simply in your head and you're only dreaming about it....It'll never come to fruition. The dream and purpose will fade with you.
We celebrate this day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. May his legacy motivate us to want more, to do more, to be more......To Love thy neighbor. It continues to be a day on, not a day off....struggling for peace and equality everywhere.....I still have a dream!
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will be a place where all Americans can learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience, what it means to their lives and how it helped us shape this nation. A place that transcends the boundaries of race and culture that divide us, and becomes a lens into a story that unites us all.
When you exhale and sense a second wind...a new chapter....a fresh start....a "Maybe This Time" moment.....you start to accept all that is as it truly is. 
