Category Archives: Growth

Thirty Day (Review)

Posted on August 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

What a good and thought-provoking story. I found that I was questioning myself throughout the book: Am I living a lie? Am I living the life that I think I should? I love books that spark something in me causing me to dig deep. Like you, I too believe that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. A lesson is a lesson is a lesson. It’s all about what one does w/that lesson that matters. Kori just needed to sit herself still and be by her dang on self for a minute. & stop falling for them damn red bones…(I’m not bitter, really. I love being brown…LOL).
After reading that, the nuggets I’m walking away with are: be grateful, be thankful, my situation may not be as bad as someone else’s, but it’s mine, confront your issues head-on – no matter how painful, trust yourself and have faith because GOD has a plan for you and it will manifest itself when you allow him to do so.
Kudos to you my friend!
Phette Ogburn

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Posted in Growth, Journey, Love, Phette Ogburn, Review, Thirty Day Notice, Trials, Triumph, True Self

>Planting Seeds & Producing Fruit

Posted on June 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

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Photo By: Valeriy Kirsanov
Seeds carried with me wherever I go
Sometimes they’re planted so deep that the fruit takes a while to show
Removing the weeds from the uncultivated parts of my mind
When the harvest approaches it’s right on time
Seeds enriched with the best process of fertilization
Carefully developed and matured with the fullest of preparation
Allowing it tender love and room enough to grow
Love is part of the process that develops the seed’s flow
Seeds maturing and reproducing into more seed
Photosynthesis creating the ability for one to breathe
The climate and the terrain doesn’t always seem conducive
Roots so deep but they never seem intrusive
Holding on to Faith when the fruit seems slow
Careful not to reach for fruit that strategically hangs low
Reaping the harvest from the seeds planted throughout life
Now it’s time to open up and take a big ole’ bite.

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Posted in Cultivate, Deep Roots, Fruit, Growth, Harvest, Love, Plant, Produce, Seeds

>When Others Grow & Expand

Posted on June 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

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When we watch others grow and expand
We can’t use that as a time to reprimand
But to recognize it as the beginning of growth
Give them credit for stepping out of the boat
Or realize that energy might not be new
Maybe they never felt comfortable to share that side with you
So we shouldn’t challenge or put them down
But allow them to revel in what they have found
Or when they begin to speak in a positive way
Not to speak negative about what they have to say
But maybe we should allow it to challenge our thought
Instead of trying to see if they could slip up and get caught
Maybe not look so much for the things that are wrong
But possibly change the track to a new song
Maybe if we allow the growth of others to infect us
We’ll expand just a little more and have something else to discuss

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Posted in Credit, Expand, Grow, Growth, Negative, Positive, Reprimand