LAST Lesson Of The Day: Okrah Withfry Last Blog Post....

Keeping It Real: I am closing my blog! Shoutout to all my followers, people who actually clicked the link and read my blog! I enjoyed it while it lasted! Thanks so much for reading and following my blog! I certainly appreciated your participation, words and checking me out! I'm not deleting it just no more posts after today! Thanks and God Bless..Ya Dig?

Lesson Of The Day: Keeping The Faith...

Keeping It Real: For some of you, 2014 has been trying. There have been unexpected challenges, not blessings. You may have lost a job, a loved one, income, a relationship, a business, a dream, or suffered a setback in your health. Or, 2014 might be the continuation of years of struggle.

 

We have all been there at some point in our lives. In those times, it’s not easy to believe. It’s not easy to trust God. Not because you lack faith, but because your faith has grown weary. Weary of believing but not seeing results. Weary of waking up to the same circumstances morning after morning. Weary of barely holding on to hope.

 

Getting weary in your faith is not a sin. Pretty much every patriarch of the faith became weary in believing at some point. God expects it, which is why He said even the young grow weary (Isaiah 40:30). Weariness is actually a part of the faith process. If something is worth believing for, we’ll get exasperated with it at some point. Amen... Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: ME!!!!!!

Keeping It Real: Add 3 cups of honesty, 2 parts bravery, layers of humor, a pinch of ego and a big ole topping of intelligence and that's who I be! Yup, that's me...on the real! 

I'm also a mixture of An Envogue, Delectable, Sexy, Hood, Nubian, Bad, Crazy, Cool, Naughty And Phenomenal Woman!! 

I Am The Authoress Of The Only Dictionary That Defines Me. I Don't Need To Wear My Blackness As A Badge Of Honor. Black Is Not All I Am!! There Are So Many Components To Me Being A Thick Madame'!! I Am The En Vogue Woman With My Intelligent Smile, Sexy Disposition & Womanly Grace.  

Mix And Blend Together And You'll Have Tonya a.k.a. LadyT, ""Jill"" Of All Trades, So To Speak!!! Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: Believe In Yourself...

Keeping It Real:

Things To Remember:

Success is an attitude.

Whatever your mind can believe and conceive, you can achieve.

Dream great dreams and work to make them come true.

You are unique and special.

Never affirm self-limitations.

To accomplish great things, you must believe, dream, plan and then act. 

Yes you can! ( it is not just Obama's slogan)

Believing is magic.

You can always better your previous test!

You don't know what you can do, until you try!

There is no failure except in not trying.

Defeat may test you, it need not stop you.

If at first you don't succeed, try another approach.

For every obstacle, there is a solution.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Make it happen. Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: National Recording Registry...

Keeping It Real: On Wednesday April 2, 2014, The Library of Congress added 25 pieces to it's National Recording Registry, a collection of 400 audio recordings preserved for their historical importance. This year's additions include Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son," U2's "The Joshua Tree," the 1979 original cast recording of "Sweeney Todd," and the "Shaft" theme song by Isaac Hayes. Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: Flat Tummy Water....

Keeping It Real: It tastes pretty good! Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: Suspend Judgment....

Keeping It Real: We subconsciously pass judgment regularly on people or situations and often miss the point. Suspend judgement and look deeper. Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: Cinnamon Rolls Waffles....

Keeping It Real: Self explanatory! YUM!!! Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: Be Awake & Sober In The Lord...

Keeping It Real: So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing (1 Thessalonians 5:6-11).

How often have you tried to fit in? I believe this is a part of who we are.  We all want to feel as though we belong, but don’t you know we do belong.  We belong to God.  But yet, we feel we need to be accepted and fit into what society says is the “norm”.  But their “norm” is not God’s norm.  In fact, God tells us that we are different, “we have been set apart” (Psalm 4:3).  A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people..(1 Peter 2:9).

Because we have been set apart, because we are His chosen we need to be sober minded at all times.  Not only sober minded but we must also learn to encourage one another.  When we come together week after week, we develop relationships with one another. The word of God warns us not only to be watchful of our own hearts, thoughts, words and actions but those of our brothers and sisters.  I now this is an old concept but we are truly our brother’s and our sister’s keeper!

As we develop in Christ, we also develop with our brother’s and sister’s.  This is our family and we need to learn to come together in unity and harmony.  We need to learn to lead an ear to the joys as well as the pains of our family members.  When one hurts we all hurt, when one rejoices, we all rejoice – Amen.

Be devoted to one another in love.  Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.  Practice hospitality (Romans 12:9-13). Amen....Be Blessed! Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: Free Yourself...

Keeping It Real: Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with! Ya Dig?....

Lesson Of The Day: Growth...

Keeping It Real: There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. "Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."
 
Today may there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us. Ya Dig?..

 

 

Lesson Of The Day: Grammatically Challenged

Keeping It Real: This is only a short list because there are more, so the list goes on and on...!! Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: Judgment Call...

Keeping It Real: Always remember. Never Be so quick to judge. Cause in the end you could be wrong. Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: Spoken Like A Woman Fed Up...

Keeping It Real: I'm tired of looking out of my window, seeing shadows of you, and I can't cruise around with my girls, because I'm constantly checking out my rear view. 

You calling, breathing all hard, like I can't hear you, and every time I hit the clubs, you just happened to be there too. 

All I ever wanted was to be with you, but when I needed you, I had to compete with the clubs, drugs, the streets, XBOX and PS2.  Out all night chasing women with your weak ass crew, but I guess when you're in Rome, you do what the Romans do.

Uh, they go home, alone, just like you, wishing they would of held on, just like you. Probably calling and playing on phones, just like you. I'm so thru dealing with weak ass brothas, just like you. See I done had a few brothas, just like you.

I had the ballers calling claiming they were coming thru. I had the CEO's bring me dough because he always had something to prove. I had the so called God man, that thought he could do everything God can, so he was closer to God than the church man. I had the meet me at the poetry spot down to earth man, I had the brotha from the club who was only good for a fuck. I had a street brotha who  kept claiming he was down on his luck. I had a player with no gold , no heart just game .I had the 24/7 brotha in the studio on his way to fame. I had a control freak that thought he could keep me on a chain. I had a brotha' that lied so much I don't even know his real name. At the end of the night, they all made me feel the same. I had a million things to lose and not a damn thing to gain.

See I told you I need you and you hump shoulders and shrug, then I tell you, I'm leaving and you call my bluff. I say a million men want me, you say they can have you then, so when you beg for me to come back, I tell you I got a man! Who is not just my lover, but also my friend. He is the closet person to me so I call him my next of kin.   

I know you think you own this, but guess what he stepped up and in and represented for all men even those that act likes boys but we still call men and to think you're gonna fall back in and feed me bullshit, sprinkle it with game on it. When he hit it, he wrote his name on it, see I was committed when he put his brain on it!! He and I will parade these streets and I'll be damn if I let you rain on it.

Look I know you have your regrets and I'm not gonna throw it in your face, hell I wish the you the best BUT him for you, that's like more for less and I just can't do it; you had your chance and you blew it!  

Deep inside I think you knew it was killing me, but silly me I couldn't see the forest for the trees and I didn't know I was cut so deep until I began to bleed. I guess they left out all the snakes in the story about the birds and the bees..

So you can cry me a river, cry me a sea but this is the last time I love a man that ain't got no love for me...Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: Black Cop vs White Cop...

Keeping It Real: Why is it, you see white cops always on the internet, in the news, newspaper, TV getting caught beating the HELL out of folks (mostly Blacks), getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar or doing something unethical and being a man of the law? We see black cops on a RARE instance getting caught beating the hell out of white folks!! Even in predominantly Black cities, you do not hear of the black cops beating a person brutally, be them white or black! Why is this? Yeah, some get caught doing unethical things and not righting when they are wrong, but why don't we see them beating white folks up like the white cops do to blacks? Folks wonder why Blacks have a problem with cops and supposedly they are in position to protect and serve, more like some people are getting served than protected! Ya Dig?... 

Lesson Of The Day: Dear Father...

Keeping It Real: I am a work in progress, Lord and Dear Father, I thank You for the victorious life You've given me in Christ. I live and walk in the consciousness of this life today and declare that satan and all the challenges he may bring my way are bread for me. I live triumphantly, far above the devil and the negative system of this world, in Jesus Name. Amen. Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: Lotteries, Sweepstakes, Contests....

Keeping It Real: You can't win, if you don't play and or enter!! Ya Dig?...

Lesson Of The Day: This Is All I Love.... :)

Keeping It Real: 1st and foremost, the Almighty God, thanking Him for another day! To my Mother & Brother, R.I.P., love ya and miss ya! My Father, Bill Ashley, without you, there would be NO ME, my stepmother, Clara, to my 6 brothers, Jerry, Roger, Larry, Kenny, Bruce and David; my 4 sisters, Rosie, Phyllis, Pearl and Sharon, I love you guys more than you'll ever know. To all my beautiful nieces, my handsome nephews, my wonderful Aunts and loving Uncles! To my Foxy daughter, Ashlee, you are the SPARK in my eye, my Sexy son Donte', you are the apple of my eye, my 2 grand daughters, Ashyla & Sanai, love you 2 so much, I see my children all over again in you two, all my cousins, family, friends and relatives, I just wanted to shout out, I love you all!! God Bless..Ya Dig?... 

Lesson of The Day: Thought You KNEW!!!!

Keeping It Real: I am NOT a "Bad Bitch"...but I AM damn good at WHAT I do...

I am NOT a "Boss Bitch"...but I AM in control of WHAT I do...

I don't need to "Show You better than I can tell You"...Simply Because...I KNOW You're watching...You can see for Yourself...Ya Dig?..

Lesson Of The Day: 11 Reasons Why You Should Drink Green Tea...

Keeping It Real: Ya Dig?..