Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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World Fastest Man —-Jamaican Usain Bolt
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Jamaican Track and Field Star
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Born Jamaican - By Tony Robinson
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There is nobody like a Jamaican, Nobody! Sometimes it’s difficult to determine where someone comes from. Drop us into the vast mosaic of the peoples of the world and try to figure out who is who.
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“Him is from China, no, is Japanese, but him could be Korean still.” The same goes for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. We just can’t tell them apart. Not so with Jamaicans though, who stand out and stick out like beacons in the night. Foreigners know us in a flash, and we can identify each other from way across the street. We are so distinct that other people try to walk, talk and act like us.
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I’m so amused when I encounter Americans, Europeans, Japanese, [Madam Cleo, or Ron] trying to act Jamaican. “Hey mon, wha hoppening mon, eberyting irie?” I usually reply in my most proper English. If they are Japanese, I say, “Sukiyaki, Sayonara, Sony, Toyota Mitsubishi.” Just to keep them guessing.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE!
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“So you speak Japanese?”
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“Ah so, Nissan, Sanyo, Toyota Tercel..”
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But what makes us so different from other people? First it’s the walk, nobody walks like us. People in foreign walk briskly, head straight, arms swinging almost in military fashion, with a stride and purpose like they’re going somewhere. Not us though, who saunter with a rhythm that is almost slow motion. No hurry, no scurry, no flurry, no rushy rushy, just cool, with a bop and rhythm that could be put to music. Years ago we used to call it bop. For some it’s natural while others practiced it.
Bob Marley Commemorative Coin
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If you’re a girl in the middle of Paris, Madrid or Tokyo and hear, “psst, psst,” from across the street,
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Jul 31 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
Tags: abundance, acceptance, appreciation, balance, blessings, cycle, encouragement, energy, example, feelings, food, generosity, gift, giving, God, gratitude, heart, learning, lesson, love, mind, nurturing, quotes, receiving, thought, universe, world
Acceptance As Giving
Allowing Ourselves To Receive
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Giving and receiving are part of the same cycle, and we each give and receive in our own ways. But we can lose our balance when we try to be too controlling on either side of the cycle. On the receiving end, we may feel that we don’t deserve the effort made if what we gave was easy for us to give. But perhaps there is a different lesson there for us. We may be receiving not only gratitude, but a chance to see the world through the eyes of another. We may be learning that just because we gave easily, it doesn’t diminish its value. Or perhaps the universe is giving us an example to hold close to our hearts, to encourage us on some future day when our own generous act of giving is not met with a visible act of receiving. When we can allow ourselves to receive as well as give, we do our part to keep the channels of abundance open for ourselves and others.
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Sometimes we may find ourselves struggling to respond to others’ gifts in the same ways—like responding to an expensive present with something equally expensive, or feeling like we have to throw a dinner party for someone who has thrown one for us. But
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Apr 21 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: African-American, America, American, balance, black, blacks, brilliance, cemetery, color, colors, community, companion, computer, confidence, couple, dignity, discipline, duty, encouragement, exam, example, family, fashion, first lady, First Mom, generation, generations, ghost, girl, government, grace, granny, grown ups, happiness, humor, husband, influence, inspiration, intelligence, internet, interview, job, joy, labor, laughter, learning, life, lifestyle, lifetime, love, magazine, media, message, moment, moral, mother, mother-in-law, newspaper, obedience, obituary, online, parents, partner, photos, play, president, pride, privilege, quiz, race, radio, reading, resource, resources, responsibility, role, role model, security, smiles, son, spouse, style, success, support, task, television, test, values, wealth, White House, wife, work
A Mother’s Love: First Lady & Mom
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In their first interview together, First Lady Michelle Obama and her mother, Marian Robinson, sit down in the White House to speak exclusively to ESSENCE Editor-in-Chief Angela Burt-Murray about retaining their family values, what it takes to raise good kids, and being role models for the Black community. Read on for excerpts from the interview.
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Mrs. Michelle Obama on what being First Lady means to her:
“It’s an honor and a privilege when you walk into the White House-at least I automatically felt a level of obligation. This is a big responsibility, a wonderful platform and I just want to make sure I take every advantage to serve as a role model, to provide good messages,
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Apr 10 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Advice & Tips.
Tags: acquaintance, advice, balance, beauty, communication, dignity, feelings, friends, friendship, heart, honesty, hug, humanity, kisses, language, love, man, memory, nature, occasion, others, personality, pleasure, thought, tips, truth, woman, words
Henry David Thoreau, whose love for simplicity often took him into solitude, also wrote of the sensitive side of human nature. “The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.”
How easy it is to destroy the only approach to our true selves. And how often communications are broken down by the brutal force of “getting to the point” and speaking “frankly”.
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Mar 17 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Advice & Tips.
Tags: , attention, balance, body, color, comfort, earth, energy, food, force, harmony, home, life, listening, mankind, mind, music, nature, organic, power, quotes, rhythm, season, shape, sleep, space, spirit, texture, wisdom, world
Earth Living
Following Nature’s Cycles
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Nature, in all its myriad forms, is the most powerful force on earth. Although mankind has tried, we have not found a way to match its awesome power, but we have found ways to work with it. Science often confirms the wisdom of the ancients who observed and then harnessed nature’s rhythms and cycles to shape and enhance their lives. We can begin to do this in our own lives by first paying attention to our own natural rhythms, such as when we wake or when we feel the need to sleep. If possible, we may want to try to rise and sleep with the sun or live without electricity for a weekend and then monitor how we feel. We can make the choice to eat the foods of the seasons and to seek fresher, locally grown, or organic produce whose own cycles have not been tampered with by technology.
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Mar 09 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life".
Tags: achievement, balance, capability, energy, goal, lesson, quotes, responsibility, strength, success
You may have been accepting more responsibilities and projects lately, and that could be because you have also found the right place for your unique skills and have accepted your high level of capability. You may feel industrious and choose to take on more, knowing that you can handle it. Your confidence may also be increased, allowing you to communicate assertively and only take on what feels right. By being aware of both your capabilities and your limits, you can successfully create a life of balance and abundance. Read More
Jan 21 2009