“If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you do have control.” -John Wooden
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words Pic Of The Week
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
20•15
Selma, March 7, 1965.
Quote Of The Day
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
20•15
“To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.” -Confucious
Quote Of The Day
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
19•15
“Regardless of how large or small, we are all born to accomplish a certain task. It is the knowledge of that purpose that enables every soul to fulfill itself. One person with knowledge of his life’s purpose is more powerful than ten thousand working without that knowledge.” -Muhammad Ali (The Soul Of A Butterfly)
Book Excerpt Of The Week: “How To Be Like Jackie Robinson” By: Pat Williams
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
16•15
“Once you become a disciplined person, you are better equipped to confront life’s challenges. The small choices that compromise who you are as an individual are the preliminary events to the big moments that test your very makeup.
There are no undisciplined moral people. The truth of life is, we all have free will, and with certain exceptions, we chart the courses for our lives. Circumstance doesn’t. Fate doesn’t. Luke doesn’t. We do. It’s a great gift that God has given us. It is a great power. And we must be guided by the right values when we wield it.” -From, “How To Be Like Jackie Robinson” By: Pat Williams
TODAY IS BUY BLACK FRIDAY
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
16•15
PLEASE PASS THIS ON! (EACH ONE TEACH ONE OR TWO!) THIS IS PHASE ONE ON HOW WE CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY:
The 2008 not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell case evoked outrage, emotion, and debate. It is not an anomaly that the police officers involved in the Sean Bell slaying were acquitted of all charges on all counts in State Supreme Court. I could run out of ink printing the names of people who have been victimized by the inaptly named justice system.
The American justice system has been especially terroristic towards the African American community. Many community members can cite historic and personal accounts to prove this. Therefore, it would be foolhardy (at the least) to turn to a system that has methodically oppressed us, and request that they free us. We can only free ourselves through extreme discipline and intelligent planning.
As a community we have been too compliant with leaders who organize ineffective, delayed reactions. The only strategy that can save us in this last hour is one that calls for a collective code of conduct that will be conducive to improving the conditions of our community, and shifting the paradigm of how we are treated by outside entities. The first step of this code of conduct should be based on economics.
The old adage of “money talks,” still reigns true in the new millennium. Any political scientist worth his or her library card will tell you that: “Economic powerlessness equals political powerlessness,” and conversely “economic power equals political power.” This means that if we continue to allow our wealth to be extracted from our community, we will remain impotent.
The power of the collective “Black Dollar” is often discussed. However, that power has been left unchanneled. Today is the day to change that. A one-time boycott is not going to bring long-term change and respect to our community. Our community has launched boycotts before. Our success and ascension will be based on what we consistently do. For this reason, we should initiate “BUY BLACK FRIDAYS.”
BUY BLACK FRIDAYS is a small step towards our community acquiring power via controlling our economics. Every Friday, people who acknowledge the injustice and oppression that the African American community has been consistently subjected to should do one of the following:
Option #1: Spend $0 on Friday
Option #2: Spend no more than $10 on Friday
Option #3: Only Shop at Black Businesses on Friday
[PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE OPTIONS CAN & SHOULD BE EXERCISED ON A DAILY BASIS. However, we can all at the very least focus on Fridays. This way we can take a collective stand and build our collective discipline. Please remember that this is only Phase 1!].
To the people who are tempted to label “BUY BLACK FRIDAYS” as racist, I say this: In the big scheme of things, this is about right & wrong, justice & injustice. The African American community is a strong, proud community that has endured the brunt of America’s iron fist. We must stop the pounding. I feel that any fair-minded individual will concur, and join in.
ANY business that is privileged to enjoy the support of the African American community MUST return that support.
I thank you in advance for your effort and dedication.
-Elsie Law AKA Starface
Quote Of The Day
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
16•15
“The key is being mentally strong to deal with disappointments, day in and day out, and still having the energy to come back the next day and try to start fresh.” -Michael Jordan
Definitions Better Than Webster’s: The Brain
Written By: Elsie Law
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Jan•
14•15
THE BRAIN:
“The brain is capable of millions of different things, and people really should learn how incredible they are, and how incredible their minds actually are. Not only do we have this unbelievable thing within our heads that can do so many things for us and can help us learn, but it can change and adapt, and it can make us into something better than what we are. It can help us to transcend ourselves.
And there may be some way that it can actually take us to a higher level of our existence, where we can understand the world and our relationship to things and people in a deeper way, and we can ultimately make more meaning for ourselves and our world. There’s a spiritual part of our brain; it’s a part that we all can have access to; it’s something we can all do.
The brain is at least 1,000 times faster than the fastest supercomputer in the world.
The brain contains as many neurons as there are stars in the Milky Way- about 100 billion.
Number of synapses in the cerebral cortex= 60 trillion.
A sand-grain sized piece of a brain contains 100,000 neurons and a billion synapses.
The brain is always “on”- it never turns off, or even rests throughout our entire life.
The brain continually rewires itself throughout life.”. -From, “What The Bleep Do We Know!?”
