I don't want to go on a rant but why won't you please yourself?

Why is everyone so worried about how everyone feels about them? We constantly look for approval from family, friends, the church, our boyfriends and girlfriends, etc when the only person that we should be worried about pleasing is God.


Now in no way does this mean, please God and ignore your own desires, no.
This means recognize your purpose and fulfill it. God has given EVERYONE a special gift whether it'd be to create artistic masterpieces, or to have the specificity of a master surgeon. We were all put on this earth to fulfill a purpose that no one but you and God will understand. 


Your parents may not understand, your lover may not understand, and even YOU may not understand in the beginning, but you must listen. Open your eyes and pay attention to your surroundings; the people around you, the places that you go, the things that you watch and the things that you think about constantly.


God is telling you something and you have to listen. If you don't, you will only be as unhappy as you have been. Don't ignore your blessings, and don't let anyone else tell you what THEY think that you should do. 


Those instincts, those desires that you have, that is God. He is telling you what your purpose is. He wants you to create, he wants you to live rightfully by him.


Show him that you were put on this earth for a reason!! Make him proud, and most importantly be happy. You have ONE life to live and you don't know when it is over. What will they say about you if you left right now at this very moment? What is your legacy? Did you live to make YOU happy or were you always concerned about others? Become more conscious of yourself, your thoughts and your actions PLEASE! 


I could go on and on with this but I won't because I like to keep it short (most of the time). I just want everyone to be all that they can be and open there eyes, and their minds to their true potential. It saddens me to see how people box themselves in...but I digress.


Just please....be true to yourself and your destiny, pay attention to what God shows you, and live to be better than you are. #THATISALL

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

Could you please lend me your ear?

What's up?!


How has everyone been?! As we all know I have the habit of being an inconsistent blogger, BUT hopefully my accomplishments during my absence make up for that ;-)


So what's going on with BBI?! Well..........:


We're still working on our e-board! (e-mail if interested in running for a position)

We enjoyed a WONDERFUL day at Durfee middle school back in March, talking to the 7th and 8th grade girls about  Positive self-esteem among other things :) That was a very exciting thing for me and I can't wait to build a full time program to do things like this in the community.


A big thank you to Student African American Brotherhood for doing the same for the young men at the Middle School as well!!


Our fashion show is still being planned for the fall semester and coming together nicely! Keep me posted if you are interested.


All in all, networking and gaining members is a very important focus! We're making it work, just keep the faith in our movement ladies!


On a more personal note, aside from school, I recently went to New York to audition for the Apollo Theater Amateur Night showcase with Ms. Malachi London....which we're currently awaiting our feedback *crossing fingers* and I met some wonderful people :) Mrs. Pearlie who was such a joy to meet and talk to :), the mother of Schizophrenia, a rock band based out of Staten Island, NY and New York Carribean band Smax, whose sound I looooooovvvved. Those hours (12 am-9am) were definitely a memory that I will NEVER forget. :)

School is still school and GEOLOGY omg thought it would be easy but............................

not  at all. It takes a bit more studying but I'm making it.

I was cast to be apart of the Vagina Monologues underneath the council of WSU's Alpha Phi Omega and their support of the very powerful VDAY Movement. I encourage everyone to click the link and learn about what's really going on with our women, our young girls. They need us. Hearing all of those stories was eye opening to me and my guy friends especially. Hearing these heart-wrenching stories gave us a new way of viewing the word "vagina" and what it means in all different parts of the world. We could easily think of that word and think "pleasure" but to so many women around the world it is a word of pain, of confusion, disgust, enslavement and in very rare cases of freedom. Please don't be ignorant to the facts.

Photo courtesy of @THEE59FIFTY lol

I've also recently joined the ranks of one of the beautiful So Plush Models!  I believe I found them on twitter (@ashchristined :-) ) and I loved their movement because their goals were similar to those of Bodacious Butterfly Inc's. I decided to enter into a contest they had, just fooling around and unexpectedly won! :-o I went downtown for my photoshoot with the beautiful women (who were nothing but kind and reassuring to me and my newbie-ness LOL) and the next thing I know......I'm on the team. I know I love taking pictures but this is so different and so exciting and definitely a confidence booster....being paid to be cute...can't beat that being a college student with no job hahaha.

I'm confident that alongside these ladies and everyone who supports the Curvy girl movement and Bodacious Butterfly Inc, our young girls, teens and even older women will gain back the confidence and positivity that we all need. We need to believe in ourselves and realize our potential more now than ever with so much confusion going on in the world. There is a lack in peace and the only thing left to do is start from within.

Keep the faith and keep pushing, and always be kind to one another. Remember that the only one to judge you at the end of it all is God, so live to make HIM proud. Show him that you've lived rightfully by him and make a difference no matter how big or small.

I love you all <3

~*Toodles Butterflies*~