Musings x 4/4/14

I've been on such a high lately. There is so much going on - from my business doing well to my upcoming trip to Los Angeles to planning my birthday outing - I am in a great space. 

I like to feel "busy;" and not just any type of busy where you're just filling your time with meaningless things… good busy where I'm actually working toward things that matter. 

My trip to LA will consist of reuniting with my love/ sorority sister, Celeste of Sucka Free Social Club, shooting a look book for We the TRIBE, and attending a screening for my cousins first short film under their newly formed production company, Celistan & Co Films. 

My birthday will be low-key compared to last years Jamaica trip. It will consist of an intimate dinner with my closest friends. I didn't want to put too much pressure on my self to plan anything extravagant. I just want to enjoy good food, good laughs and good company. 

Lost Queen x Pharell

remind you that you are a lost queen.

Basel Week Miami '12 x #TBT

Art is so cool. 

Basel Week Miami '12 x Holton Rower

Went to Church for the First Time, In A Long Time

I went to church last night for the first time in a long time. I want to share some of the message below (in the form of the notes I took) because it hit home for me, and may do the same for you.

 

"The Lord wants us to find his rhythm... means having to stop some things until they get right!"

 

"Some of us live in a constant frustration (in regards to wanting things to happen on our time)... pushing so hard to make 'it' happen. Life's not meant to be a constant stress and strain."

 

"The enemy finds ways to bind us to the concerns of the flesh/ this world/ man instead of the interests of God."

 

"The work of the enemy in our lives tries to keep us preoccupied with anything other than that which serves the Lord.'

 

*Made reference to bolas as a metaphor for the enemy's attempts at entangling us in his trap. Mentioned a trip to Africa where a hunter told the story of having to stop using bolas to capture animals in certain areas because the animals began to catch on to the trap. Bolas only worked if the animals were using forward motion... because in this motion the weapon would wrap around their feet and demobilize them. The animals eventually learned to stop moving when they saw the weapon coming, and it would fall off of them. They could in turn step out of the trap and go on about their way. All of that to say, sometimes we need to simply, "Stop and reset course."

 

Don't allow yourself to get so distracted by the small meaningless things in life that you overlook the bigger picture.

Don't rush God's timing.

 

"The Lord never tells us to speed up... he's often telling us to slow down."

 

His pacing,

His pattern,

His way.

 

The Lord's rhythm,

The Enemy's silence.



So I Have A Pen Pal...

pen pal things.

I'm excited

New Month, New Season

Can you feel the newness in today?! Or is it just me? Woke up feeling refreshed, renewed and unbothered by my yesterday's! Something about seeing that "1" on the calendar that just sparks a major reset in me. Feel the newness that a new month.. a new season can bring. Happy April everyone!

life is too short

I just want to be happy

travel the world

and surround myself with good people

who hold me down the way I hold them down.

Stop pursuing happiness and create your own.

Revel in it.

No one owes you anything. And in turn you owe nothing to anyone. If someone chooses to do right by you they won't do it because they feel like they owe it to you, they'll simply do it because they want to. Noted.