2017 Merry Christmas

by Patricia Britt

Merry Christmas in celebration of Jesus Christ birth, and the hearts who absorb his words of love & equality in spirit & protection in good & bad times through one's walk of transformation, or continuation of grace with respect to everyone forever & ever.

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Songs

For Real by Amiel Larrieux
The Storm is Over Now by Kirk Franklin

Quote

No matter how hard it seems ... never give up, always believe. by Yolanda Adams

http://www.tdjakes.org/echurch

The Complexities of Love

Songs

How Great Thou Art by Della Reese 

Up Up & Away by the Fifth Dimension

Charelle ft Alexander O'Neal Saturday Love
VIP by Johnathan Fritzen
A House is Not a Home by Luther Vandross
Spanish Harlem by Aretha Franklin
Flower by Emotions

I Wanna Be Where You Are by the Jackson 5
Jolene by Dolly Pardon

Painted Picture by Commodores

My Mistake by Dianna Ross & Marvin Gaye

Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano

Rev. Emanuel Cleaver  III

http://www.stjamesumc.com/live-view/worship-online/


The Complexities of Love

by Patricia Britt

Della Reese was a jazz songstress. Actress in Touched by Angel, and movie actress. To loose her is like to loose a member of the family you haven't seen in a long time. Della Reese new the complexities of love. She was married three times.

I never got around to watch Jada Pinkett-Smith's interview about marriage, from clips of the interview on TV and the Internet I gather what she said to Will was, .... be man enough to tell me you chose someone else over me, if that's who you want, because you'll never have this paradise once you say so.

The bible depicts emperors with Harem's. All men from one end of the earth to the other love this concept. It's the reality of a man's illusion, even though some choose to be monogamous infinitely, perhaps even beyond heaven.

All men will try to get away with whatever they can from a harmless flirt to violence, and it's never the woman's fault, if a man is a leader, or not.

The word violence contains the word love . Be cautious about speed. Admiration moves slow.

If you're a girl from a big family there are several levers you can activate if you sense or actually feel a man is trying to attain you, keep you, or crush you.  Your family can cause him to course correct , act right , be it by card, love letter, or yaght and keep doing what he's doing or share more of his heart.

If you're an adopted girl your internal drum might be all you have to determine, and direct what you'll put up with.

Youtube has tutorials now. Learn to play checkers, chess, and 21 by observation, or with any set of gamblers in the world online. Sports on tv will sharpen your intuition too. Listen to the announcers. Is fair play what excites them, or a collision.

There are many types of men that boil down to three. Providers, users, and creeps.

If you walk a lot be sure to case each block from South, occasionally North, East and West.

Consider it eye exercise stay on your P's & Q"s If you get in your car make a quick swift synchronized motion to unlock & jump into your car especially if at night near a mall.

If you don't get at least 2 cards a year, 14 dates that includes free music events, he's clearly a user.

In this day and age men are clearly mad at women, and 50% of guys will fall in the user category at some point in their life, accept this as a mathematical "given" statistic that women overlook, because they're nurturers. Realize everyone doesn't feel as you do.  Another mathematical given.

Consider yourself a queen. Don't wait to long to try to change at least one user, which will cross your path far more often than a provider. As a woman you're always on trial . Don't forget your nail polish. Guard your heart a few months, and see what happens. Does he try to elevate your spirit or let it be? If he moves on no loss on your part. Plan B is to plan a cruise if you can, or a weekend away with another female friend if you're not the center of envy, or inferiority. You can also venture out to a concert in town by yourself in the daylight.

If you have worked at the same job, or belonged to the same church for 10 years, and never been introduced to someone open to new people for you to accept, or reject as a possible mate. It's time to visit another church at least once a month to go to a different church, and pray they don't ask your church home. Get some ear plugs, because church choirs vary. Upon your visit you might hear some good music, experience good vibes from the congregation, or you might actually meet someone you want to know better.

You can also take a friend with you to an arcade. Read several of the top 10 books in the last 10 years on love, maybe one a month for the rest of your life if you're free time to do so. The bible is also a love story.

If you're an optimist, and health strikes you at 40ty you might miss your chance at true love, so get busy with your plans A, B, and C your way to the strength of a double bond to ecstasy. You don't have to be an unwed statistic just because the experts have predicted your future.

Last lesson If you're interested in someone at work, and it's a mutual attraction, he'll ask you out on a date within 3 months, otherwise he's just playing street games, and you don't need that at work when you want to by a house for yourself.  If necessary vocalize your curiosity about his coincidental interest in you.

Always believe you can and will do better in love as long as you have your health. The only self intimidation is too hide your light under a bushel because it shines to bright for someone else.

Hope and determination is all any individual has .

Some men are heroes, or cowards that shield, or drain sheroes. To lift and not subdue sunshine is a logical preference, and might help in your decision to nurture a user, or escape early as you can.

When a user sees you care about people, and you give to charity it creates a mushy space in his heart.

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Quotes

Love is a rainbow by Anonymous

Sometimes you have to do articulate while you have the strength to do so. by Patricia Britt

Perhaps one day America will see the value in a $30.00 radio alarm clock to get all of its citizens to work on time. by Patricia Britt

When I'm good I'm bad, when I'm bad I'm better. by Mae West

Gifts for the Poor this Holiday

Leak proof gym shoes

Leak proof work boots

Black dress shoes
Waterproof socks

100 % Wool Berets

Down Coats with hoods to prevent pneumonia

Flat Screen TV's

Sirius Radios

IPads

Smart Phones

Copper non stick pans from Younker's or JC Penney

The ABC's of Reverend Fred Price Sr.

by Patricia Britt

Reverend Fred Price Sr. has taught the ABC's of Christianity for many decades. He is the father of many he has taught the logic of faith, and kindness through Christ that mostly leads to a content life.

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http://www.faithdome.org


Quote


No matter how dark the moment love and hope are always possible. by George Chakiris


Songs

Emmanuel by Chris Botti

Order My Steps by GMWA Women of Worship

Charlottesville : The Truth Will Set Us Free

by Patricia Britt

Charlottesville, VA showed our flaws once more as Americans, that left us to wonder once more, where is the love, last month in August?

Clearly we need more love here, and everywhere else with the eclipse of reason, and soul over materialistic shades of obsession.

A bird's feather for Heather Heyer, forever remembered in the shadow of regressive thought patterns that took her life, when her right to free speech, and assembly was violated, not by an authority in this case, by another citizen in the shameless baggage of a lynch mob mentality suddenly in the afternoon.

We need to educate with the truth so that people, particularly youth aren't so messed up, and  isolated with hatred they act in a blind rage of irrevocable destruction.

Yet American heroes have achieved, and bonded through eyes, spirits, song, philosophy, agricultural innovations, microscopic business, and grand commerce in spite of physical torture, tight laws, and loopholes weaved with regard to slaves.

Abolitionists, the written word, military enlistment, politics, transportation, technology, and will power incrementally advanced blacks, who out of necessity to preserve family status i.e. togetherness, a spec of dignity, or a spiritual choice to communicate or understand the oppressors motives, beyond economics in order to achieve equality, rebuild, and enhance the American spirit as a result. This is the quilt we're composed from as Americans.

As each set of people with various ethnicities arrive in America across oceans in chains (African - Americans), or in search of Manifest Destiny to inhabit Indian, and Mexican land, that created the gumbo that exists today in this gorgeous landscape of the "Real McCoy." We became one, however with a few mutations.

Charlottesville poses the question, is this violent deterioration reversible for safety, spirit, economics, and our legacy as a nation.

We the people recently stood strong together through Texas's "Hurricane Harvey," Florida's "Hurricane Irma," as a united people, not to earn a gold star, it was to keep our fellow American's alive, and above board.  If we can show the same support for the brave state of Puerto Rico hit by "Hurricane Maria," and every state hit by storms infinitely while we reach across borders to help as we always have as individuals materially with concern, empathy, hope, and love we will meet every challenge always.

With humans purity equals an open heart, which attracts love, and happiness when free to pursue lofty values minus interference, in an atmosphere of determination to be just for all, because it is statistically the natural state of the heart, and the goal of our, free within reason, Democracy.

To substitute obsession with freedom is a constitutional concept. The right to fall in love is a remarkable concept evolved in the vital words of the constitution that means love is worthy of protection, across any lines of ambiguity.

Vulnerability lends strength to weather storms is our truth. When one can choose love we grow, evolve, and renew some of the creed of our constitution instead of a no win scenario that doesn't represent our initial ideals.

We need some dreamers, artists, pragmatists, statisticians, scientists, healers, construction workers, teachers, lawyers, humanitarians, and every day people to perpetuate positive change.

Salvation is within each of us, when love owns the moment, and we protect each other, however we can, especially children we live truth.

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https://www.josephprince.org

Songs

You Are Loved by Stars Go Dim

Happy Birthday President Obama

by Patricia Britt

Happy birthday, and thank you, for all the differences you made while president. High school graduation rates went up among numerous statistical improvements, and immeasurable spirit lifters.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/17/498246451/the-high-school-graduation-reaches-a-record-high-again

https://www.obama.org/

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Songs:

Summer Friends by Chance the Rapper

Caminando by David Benoit / Marc Antoine

Love & Happiness by Al Green

Breezin by George Benson

Cruise Control by Najee

Get To Know Ya by Maxwell

Real One by Chante Moore

MSU Professors of Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1EQ3dqwiA4&spfreload=5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv48usNgIdM


Quote:


Where you see wrong,  or inequality, or injustice speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on. by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. by Supreme Court Justice Earl Warrren

Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thurgoodma821973.htmlW

Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thurgoodma821973.html

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/earlwarren112607.html

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/earlwarren112607.html

Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thurgoodma821973.html

“Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. by Martin Luther King

John Legend Making Strides in Love & Harmony

by Patricia Britt

July is the month of our American Independence Day. I think John Legend is a young American in the spotlight working towards change in the Criminal Justice system spreading love on the way.

I saw John Legend perform several years ago at the Lansing, Michigan Commonground Festival, and enjoyed watching the beginning of his climb to stardom. Since then he's made proud strides in love & harmony for America, and the world, showing a bias for a us to come together. 

Although I've never talked to him, it's obvious he's not content with being a star making money to simply enrich his own life, he cares about his peers trapped in a cycle of poverty, and violence that leads to incarceration. His organization is one of many studying the problem of incarceration, and taking concrete action where possible. Time will tell his ultimate impact on a growing situation that needs to be reversed when it costs more to keep an individual incarcerated that to send them to college and be a part of society.

Yesterday I was watching www.tonyevans.com on the Impact network speak about Kingdom Men. He compared God to the commissioner position in the NFL (July 29, 2017 broadcast), and Kingdom Men following bible guidelines as the indisputable rule book, with pertinent statistics on current American culture. John Legend is a Kingdom Man making a difference. He's not ready for sainthood, but everything he does seems to stem from love, and follow loves guidelines from his romantic compositions to his choice to marry his mate and build a family, and help others along the way.

So the next time they broadcast OJ twiddling his thumbs as the model of today's black man, think of John Legend and Tony Evans whom you have to seek out absorb the wisdom of a love song, or the sermon of a regimented life for success. Tony Evans (Book: No More Excuses) might be a conservative, but wisdom is on all sides if you look for it.

His lastest song "Surefire" is thought provoking, and haunting. Lets pay attention, and hold up John's collaborative goals, and buy his music, and support his projects, because he's a young man with a positive direction, a distinct voice,  who knows what partnership is ... "cards on the table we're both showing hearts ..." A lovely lyric from the song "All of Me."

The 1978 Christmas season was a real gift. The piano is John Legend's instrument of expresssion. If music was once again funded in the schools, how long would it take to reverse the trend of idleness, and turn paupers into princes? Please bring back the love songs, and the vehicles for creation so that the object of intention is unity.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend_discography

https://twitter.com/johnlegend

http://letsfreeamerica.com/news/



Songs:


Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington

Sonny Side of the Street by Dizzy Gillespie

Fair Thee Well, Fair Weather Friend by Isley Jasper Isley

You Really Got a Hold On Me by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

Rock With You by Michael Jackson

1000 X's O's (Nothin But Love ) by Prince

Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer

Love Is By Common

Jesus Walks by Kanye West

Walk on By by Dionne Warwick

El Amigo by Romeo Santos ft. Julio Iglesias

I Need Love by LL Cool J

Try Again by Aliyah

Ai No Corrida by Quincy Jones

Lady by Kenny Rogers

Easy by Demetria Mckinney

It's You by Swizz Beatz feat. Alicia Keys

Visions by Stevie Wonder

Addictive Love by Bebe & Cece Winans


Quotes: 

Cinema was my rite of passage by John Singleton

If a father doesn't care enough to stay with his children, then where is the love, something to think about in solitude. by Patricia Britt

I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street. 
by Ambassador Andrew Young

Financial Freedom is a mental, emotional, educational process. by Robert Kiyosaki

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities. by Bill Richardson


Quotes by Nelson Mandella - Mandiba:

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

http://letsfreeamerica.com/

2017 East Lansing Jazz Festival

by Patricia Britt

This weekend's East Lansing Jazz Festival was a pleasure to the ears as always with lots of love from the performers.

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2017 NBC : The Voice Wins

by Patricia Britt

Alicia Keys's Chris Blue won the Voice yesterday with suspense up until the very last second.
http://www.today.com/popculture/chris-blue-wins-voice-giving-alicia-keys-first-victory-t111922

Finalist Aliyah Moulden, Lauren Duskis, and Jesse Larson gave it their all this season, and are surely on their way to the stratosphere.

Chris Blue the R&B artist who exuded love through competition claimed the love of his family and the audience upon achieving a career starter win. https://youtu.be/_3Fpm_6Go_g

There were some show stopper performances that the Voice has become known for with the highs & lows of the purity of song.

Everybody Hurts performed by Chris Blue, & Usher
https://youtu.be/JszPlO41_lo

Remember Me by Jennifer Hudson gave a show stopper performance as always. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unm29dvUJYE

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Quote


“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”  by Duke Ellington


Songs

The Dance by Robert Mirabal https://youtu.be/55m_xMBtNlA

Last Night by AZ Yet

Can't Stop by After 7

Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5

Another Day in Paradise by John Tesh

Man in the Mirror by Siedah Garrett & Michael Jackson 

Everytime I Feel the Spirit by Mahalia Jackson

2017 Earth Day Love

by Patricia Britt

Earth day is an acknowledgment of human concern for the planet for the youth that are here, and yet to come. It's also a very present concern for adults with 20 or more years on this planet with breathing, and aesthetic concerns. Do we want our soil to nurture nourishment & the beauty of the world, or do we want shudder at the thought of Winter & Summer? Do we want almonds for our biology? What about the rain, and the ozone layer we've tamed since the 70's? Resources are not infinite, and need to be loved, and cultivated.

All the colors of the rainbow are pure joy.

Here are what people are involved in:

http://www.earthday.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYA_Vibx3bU   - A glance at Earth Day

http://www.pbs.org/specials/earth-day

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Flower Art

https://www.greatbigcanvas.com/category/florals/tropical-flowers/?group=b&utm_expid=126186327-10.r_9_XiaHS9uQ33ED3eJH_w.1&gclid=CJaAkKu6udMCFR61wAod_woNIg&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Quote

Al Gore : Book Series : An Inconvenient Truth

https://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Truth-Planetary-Emergency-Warming/dp/B000QEJ0WY

https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/ten-times-al-gore-inspired-us-act-climate

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/22/health/global-march-for-science/

Songs

Earth Song by Michael Jackson

Purple Rain by Prince

Sunny by Bobby Hebb

https://youtu.be/Dh6CKMDBB5k

2017 MSU : Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

2017 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

by Patricia Britt

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater proves its awe every time they perform!

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre enthralled the souls of a grateful MSU audience once more.

The program consisted of Exodus (2015), Open Door (2015), After the Rain Pas De Deux (2014), and Revelations (1960). The company that began in 1958 with Blues Suite. www.alvinailey.org  Explore Our History | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Explore Our History | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Exodus began with grief then joy. Open Door began with a gentle modern dance ballet by a couple followed by a happy dance in a group with jazz salsa rhythms showing the freedom of dance with vibrant yet muted costume tones. The dancers then mesmerized as tinkling light piano keys in a mellow salsa beat, and driving horns set the pace. After the Rain Pas De Deux began with classic modern dance performed by a couple in a delicate love dance on the wings of love in unison with the heart.

Revelations classic spirituals in Pilgrim of Sorrow (I Been Buked, Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel, Fix Me, Jesus), and Take Me to the Water (Processional/Honor, Honor, Wade in the Water, I Wanna Be Ready), and Move, Members, Move ( Sinner Man, The Day is Past Gone, You May Run On, Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham.) satisfied the traditional fans. The company worked it's magic with spiritual angular movements, soul searchin in a somber reflection of the spirit. Followed by light hearted Wading in the Water with the classic utilization of material to crate illusions. There were extensions, and solos, elevations, and fluid movements that told stories from once upon a time.

To see The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre makes you want to see all the great dancers from Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Misty Copeland, Carmen de Lavallade, Twyla Tharp, and so many others that we are able to experience through the Internet. You can read more about each of these legendary artist on wikipedia,org, and see them on youtube.com Artistic dance stays with you.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre is truly a marvelous treasure with a spirit that speaks to every soul.

These are young people that exhibit what's always made America's culture great, as they collaborate to imbue a sense of oneness in the world. Dance is the language of love.

See performances at Michigan State University's www.thewhartoncenter.com

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Quotes

 “Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There’s a light inside of you.” ― Judith Jamison

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. - by Alvin Ailey

Dance is also universal. You can take it anyplace and people will understand it, because it's a language everyone speaks. by Carmen de Lavallade

2017 CBS Easter with Grammys Salute to the Bee Gees

CBS wins the Easter sweeps

\by patricia britt

CBS won the Easter sweeps, because the Grammy salute to the Bee Gees was so heartfelt with the compositions of Barry Gibb holding up for decades that's still relavent to the heart now.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=grammy+salute+to+the+bee+gees+on+cbs

I can't wait to see a salute to www.cher.com!

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Children's Book Day : April 2

Children's Book Day was April 2nd

by Patricia Britt

Of Thee I Sing by President Barack Obama

Stay tuned for selections for the kids.

Buy a book for a kid, or kids wherever they may be.

Boys & Girls Clubs are the greatest! www.bgca.org

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WHM : Chaka Khan :For the Lover In You

by Patricia Britt

"For our daughters and our granddaughters now, the sky is the limit." by Nancy Pelosi

Chaka Khan's music is for the lover in all of us. Her catalog spans decades, and hearts internalized. Practically since I've been conscious of music her melodies have played in my psyche, from Tell Me Something Good, Smokin Room, Echoes of an Era, Ain't Nobody, I'll Be Good To You, Through the Fire, What Cha Gonna Do For Me, Angel, and so many more. In the 70's you could hear a Chaka Khan song from every window in the summer breeze. She'll always be numero uno to any mother raising girls.

In this article I've included two quotes by Nancy Pelosi, because she knows something about feminity, and motherhood. She has 5 children, countless grandchildren, and can give you the statistics on any child.

These ladies are every woman, and they look after babies hearts across the globe with gladness in their souls. 

We watched you on "Dancing With the Stars," an elegant treat.

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance. by Nancy Pelosi

Chaka Khan is a worker bee with a music empire that's taken her to every corner of the earth, and the through the winds of change in the music industry. I can't wait for more music from her.

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Eres Mia by Romeo Santos

I'm Every Woman by Chaka Khan

Love Song Away by Kevin Ross

Show Me by Howard Hewett

Proud To Be An American by Lee Greenwood

https://youtu.be/Q65KZIqay4E

Almendra by Ruben Gonzalez

Your Song by Cissy Houston & Elton John

https://youtu.be/vIKSEPvk_RY

Book: Chaka! Through the Fire by Chanka Khan, Tonya Bolden

WHM : Hillary Clinton

by Patricia Britt

Hillary Clinton has the gift of gab. Her words are a rainbow.

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Quote:

If faith is your motivation, share that.

Song:

Angel of the Night by Angela Bofield
Lush Life by Zara Larsson

2017 International Women's Day

by Patricia Britt

The Statue of Liberty is with the ladies today.


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People by Barbra Streisand
Golden by Jill Scott

2017 Black History Month

2017 BHM Dr. William Anderson

Dr. William Anderson : MSU's Slavery to Freedom Series by Patricia Britt Dr. William Anderson presents MSU's Slavery to Freedom series each year. A Civil Rights icon of the Albany movement. To learn more go to www.msu.edu 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink

2017 BHM : Dr. Mae Jamison

Dr. Mae Jamison : Slavery to Freedom Series by Patricia Britt Dr. Mae Jamison's lectures are riveting in the lecture, and question and answer portion. Learn more about the 100 Year Starship at http://100yss.org/news/press 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink

Poem : Happy Valentines 2017

Happy Valentines 2017 Grocery Store Roses to say the least! Grocery Store Roses, scallops & sparkling water. That's a start. Where's the card? I can't believe you forgot! Here's your balloon & Avon cologne, Cool Water was sold out, I had to work late. Looks like we're a matched set. What's next a jazz cruise in the ocean, or a walk by the bay? Name the game that whispers peace, And you've won my heart on the way to bliss. 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink Love is a good sensation, through whatever time there is. Love's a journey you want to take. Love comes in many styles & whims to perpetuate harmony to soar or to dissipate as with song ... Spend My Life With You by Tamia & Eric Benet After All by Al Jareau Sara Smile by Hall & Oats Turn It Up by Johnta Austin I Can't Tell You Why by the Eagles When I'm With You by Tony Terry Water Runs Dry by Boyz II Men It's Alright by Chante Moore Loveable by Chante Moore & Kenny Latimore Victory by Yolanda Adams 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink http://www.snowhawk.com/lovelang.html http://www.journeywoman.com/lovestories/ILoveYouin100DifferentLanguages.htm https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/love Stay tuned for "The Stars on Mars" poem

2017 Movie Hidden Figures : John Glenn

by Patricia Britt The movie Hidden Figures was number one at the box office last week. John Glenn's legacy has carried over into 2017, and will surely be limitless, through his historical tie to Katherine G. Johnson mathematician beginning her illustrious career with the title Computer at NASA. Her calculations were instrumental in Astronaut John Glenn's historic journey into space, and safe return to Earth to reach the age of 94. July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016. From the moment John met Katherine human to human, spirit to spirit, equal to equal in heart, and intelligence by his acknowledgement of the 30 black female "Computers" at NASA when he arrived to meet the NASA team there was a bond. He trusted her knowledge completely. Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson (Descendent of the great explorer Matthew P. Henson (http://www.greatblackheroes.com/science/matthew-henson/ ) played their characters with outstanding dignity, aptitude, and persistence worthy of Academy Awards as their portrayals brought tears to my eyes. Perhaps Taraji P. Henson will follow in Meryl Streep's footsteps with the diversity of her work. Kevin Costner's no non-sense every day guy formula portrayal that compels you to see whatever he's in to see what this good guy will do in each new set of circumstances was played to the heart as usual. Kevin Costner follows in the Paul Newman tradition of simplicity. You can search John Glenn, Katherine G. Johnson, and the other historic pioneers of space at NASA.gov after you note the other names, and triumphs from the film. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-is-john-glenn-k4.html https://nasasearch.nasa.gov/search?query=katherine+johnson&affiliate=nasa&utf8=%E2%9C%93 The film has all the able elements of greatness right through to the soundtrack available worldwide. The bottom line is kindness combined with intelligence is unstoppable. People, astronauts work together on the space station millions of miles above earth among the stars in space on an international space station level. Lets hope we can work things out on Earth with an act of kindness each day. Stay tuned for a poem called "The Stars on Mars." 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink Songs: Mothership by Parliament The Right Stuff by Vanessa Williams Moving Mountains by Usher Tightrope by Janelle Monae Silver Shadow by Atlantic Starr https://youtu.be/R9qIbnnGNFA After All by Al Jareau Just a Closer Walk With Thee performed by Mahalia Jackson https://youtu.be/_yk43bMDXRs?list=PLyGabUXyHgAfv2OaDLvS6gjPui0J6a3hp Science Starter Kit It's highly improbable in the limitless vastness of the Universe that we humans stand alone. by Charles Bolden https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/bolden_bio.html Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/profile/about-neil-degrasse-tyson Michio Kaku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku Bill Nye the Science Guy http://www.planetary.org/about/staff/bill-nye.html https://www.bannekerfoundation.com https://www.deepakchopra.com http://www.livescience.com/environment https://infogalactic.com/info/Main_Page http://www.virgingalactic.com/ https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_mind_behind_tesla_spacex_solarcity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin

2017 Rap Needs Illusion To Relate

2017 Rap Needs Illusion To Relate By Patricia Britt The key to rap is to relate to a particular track, whether it be the beat, or the lyrics in the quest to understand today's youth that have been emotionally battered, and need understanding. Many rappers only have one song a non-rap enthusiast can endure as with heavy metal. One track at a time you can check the pulse of American youth if you have the patience to listen. One track at a time with the metaphysical elements of the Lord in a gospel track, or a dream track would probably make the rap artists product more profitable, and appealing. American youth need to try to meet their elders half way and include a gospel rap song on each project with their concept of God, a philosophical track on each track with their concept of the path to achievement, and contentment, that equals two tracks without curses i.e. composed for an over 30 audience who's hip, or not so hip if this centuries rappers care for their brothers well being in similar circumstances, and image to be held in esteem vs suspicion with all the other forces that sometimes work against, particularly black youth. The ultimate honor one could give their lineage, and to the lions of the Civil Rights Symphony to enjoy this decade since their DNA, and the DNA of ancient shores from the seven continents are the higher soul ground within that circulates, and compels articulation without. With $2.00 and a dream you can help build President Barack Obama’s Presidential library when it’s announced just as you had, and have the opportunity to build the African American Museum of Culture & History in the Smithsonian library complex. One Mic by Nas is a hypnotic thought provoking song, however his catalog is laced with stay out of the boardroom if you're not from the same branch of experience.If one mic matters in the realm of love that carries on in word vibrations the total audience matters. If you google "Sean Combs Motivation" you'll get a myriad of interviews, in addition to the many artists that are his legacy. With music, television, and acting Sean Combs has laid the groundwork to emulate beyond his wild videos also. Russell Simmons teaches meditation, yoga, and has 6 books ( https://www.google.com/webhp…). The knowledge is out there on every level to attain even if this is preaching to the choir. When I met Julian Bond it seemed he never met a stranger after the NAACP Spingarn ceremony for Representative John Conyer's a decade ago. After the event I collected the speech he read from. The first word was "NOW." If you do a google search of now in the bible there is much wisdom to be attained through www.biblegateway.com study. The black man has proved his brilliance, his heroism, his ability to make money, his love of country, his love of family, his love of sports, even his love of self in the roadblocks that sometimes conger a maze that ascends, drops, and clears when philosophy of the heart breaths a fresh sensation each morning he walks through the door to reality with the illusion of the stars electricity within as a catalyst to continue the trip to financial stability, and consistent love in his individual path to freedom with his woman on the climb. The majority of rappers still have to prove other rappers at every level on every avenue matter to them. It's mentorship month for those with a road map to teach those without GPS. 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts Letters Ink www.mybrotherskeeper.org https://www.whitehouse.gov/reach-higher www.greenjobs.net SONGS: BARRY WHITE & Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme Tobacco Road by Lou Rawls Nothing Can Come Between Us by Sade ABC by the Jackson 5 How Do I Breath by Mario Stay in My Corner by the Dells I'm Wishing on a Star by Rolls Royce No Looking Back by Damita Haddon Hard Habit to Break by Chicago You're My Lady by D'Angelo Jazzie's Groove by Soul II Soul Black Magic Woman by Santana Time & Chance by Color Me Badd Get It Shawty by Lloyd Who's That Lady by The Isleys If I Was a Bird by Floetry Angel of the Night by Angela Bofield Superwoman by Noel Pointer DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand Just An Illusion by Imagination Nobody by Mai Lee Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey Sara Smile by Hall & Oats Sweet Freedom by Michael McDonald Last Night by P. Diddy (featuring Kesia Cole) Superwoman by Noel Pointer Open Arms by Journey I Need Love by LL Cool J Cherish by Kool & the Gang Jacobs Song by Bri - Keys To My Heart www.soundcloud.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY3Z45owIX0 http://www.oldies.com/artist-songs/TD-Jakes.html Lets Just Praise the Lord by TD Jakes / Potters House https://youtu.be/bn2DSxsW59A www.tdjakes.org Inline image 1 Quote: "I swear I couldn't love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow." by Leo Christopher "Your attitude determines your altitude." by Zig Ziglar Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. by Theodore Roosevelt We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. by Jesse Owens If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built. by Van Jones Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. by Plato Google Pat Britt Poetry Spirituality & Events to see my latest blog on President Obama : North Star Blue Print Books by President Obama Dreams From My Father The Audacity of Hope Of Thee I Sing Barack Obama In His Own Words Words That Changed a Nation : The Most Celebrated and Influential Speeches of Barack Obama

2017 Obama Legacy: North Star Blue Print

2017 Obama Legacy : North Star Blue Print : President Barack Obama By Patricia Britt President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii land of the Demi-God Maui as folk lore tells. You can see the president’s long form birth certificate online, perhaps they’ll put a replica in a glass case on display at vital records in Hawaii for a tourist attraction. President Obama’s documented achievements rooted in the intimate knowledge of the Constitution, other relevant American documents i.e. the Federalist Papers, world history, Chitown logic, Christianity and the awesome mysticism of Hawaii & the Far East accented by the foundation of love he acknowledged, and held onto for love's sake resulted in the culmination of a fair man who retains knowledge, because it’s based in truth, and the internalization of justice. All of these elements allow him to apply theory, perception, vision, and projections from home to galaxies unknown with concrete style. President Obama has established a duplicatable code to be copastetic, and accelerate the path to achievement for anyone woven through the Internet, which is that much more valuable for the statistic in search of elevation. His goal was to leave a blue print for purpose, unity, and progress. Search for the meaning of the “NORTH STAR” in the sky you view that is part of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy on a clear night, within your heart where the ultimate code is programmed, or absorb it from the history of the world from the moment our time began on earth. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Senator Barack Obama launched his campaign for the Presidency in Springfield, Illinois. He took his first vacation as President to the Virgin Islands. His last State Dinner was with Italy. His most recent vacation was in Hawaii. His farewell speech was in Chicago. He’s got thousands more miles to log so look alive, and you just might get a selfie in a year, or so! Think quick! Study the www.whitehouse.gov web site. Stay woke & vote for the man with a plan in your city. Contact your party’s state office via email, and ask about the next November slate of candidates & www.rockthevote.org. The Internet will hold the questions, and answers Barack Obama posed, and carried out for anyone with an interest in following the North Star of tomorrow anywhere, anytime, anyplace. President Obama left technological, and hard copy road maps here, there, and everywhere. People internalize at least three schools of thought 1. “If I’m on the treadmill next to you, it’s a race, a competition.” by Anonymous 2. Non competitive : The satisfaction of life is people interaction. 3. Your life only has meaning as it relates to my achievement. 4. A mixture of the above. With eyes on the prize at all times Senator Barack Obama attained the presidency of the United States of America, held it for two terms, and made a positive difference in many lives, in many ways. Jobs have been gained the last 75 consecutive months (Brookings Insitute), graduation rates are up. President Obama will continue his legacy through the Brothers Keeper initiative, his presidential library in Chicago, and who knows what else with common sense, and empathy for all from coast to coast in the calm, and through the storms. Change, Hope, Cheers to the Obama’s to infinity, and God bless them always as they've blessed all of us. For the Beauty of the Rose We also Water the Thorns. Thank you, for reading my last two posts for Poetry, Spirituality, and Events. Technical mishaps occur sometimes. For publishers you may also see some of my older work at www.nabj.org for employment opportunities. 2017 Copyright Zimation Arts & Letters Ink https://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper www.brotherskeeper.org wwwbarackobama.org https://www.whitehouse.gov/reach-higher www.greenjobs.net SONGS: Gratitude by Earth Wind & Fire Mama Used to Say by Junior I-O-U by Freez Beautiful Day by U2 How I Made It Over by Mahalia Jackson Could It Be I’m Falling in Love by Spinners With Your Love by Jefferson Starship Love is on the Way by Dave Koz Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul La La Means I Love You by The Delfonics Share My Life by Kem Run To Me by Angela Winbush Mighty Love by the Spinners Love X Love by George Benson Yes We Can Can by the Pointer Sisters Make Me Like You by Gwen Stefani At Last performed by Beyonce Walking in Rhythm by the Blackbyrds Love Ballad by LTD Friends and Strangers by Ronnie Laws A Love of Your Own by Average White Band Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle Can We Talk by Tevin Campbell Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel by Tavares Cater 2U by Destiny’s Child Always & Forever by Heatwave Betcha By Golly Wow by the Stylistics Push It by Rick Ross Must Be Nice by Lyle Jennings Work To Do performed by Vanessa Williams Fair Weather Friend by Ernie Isley Sound of Summer by Jazz Masters Searching by Change Love Roller Coaster by the Ohio Players The Boss by Bruce Springsteen Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours by Stevie Wonder Earth Song by Michael Jackson High by Skyy How Do I Breathe by Mario Places & Spaces I’ve Been by Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds Paradise by Sade Don’t Stop Believin by Journey Controversy by Prince Spotlight by Jennifer Hudson I Will Always Love You by Dolly Pardon Better TImes by Dianne Reeves Stereo Hearts by Adam Levine One Nation Under a Groove by George Clinton Blackwater by The Doobie Brothers One Man's Dream by Yanni Sun Goddess by Ramsey Lewis Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekela People Make the World Go Round by Stylistics You Raise Me Up by Celtic Women Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson God is Able by Smokie Norful Lets Stay Together by Al Green Fallin like Dominoes by Blackbyrds Jesus Walks by Kanye West A Fifth of Bethoven by Walter Murphy What Kind of Man Would I Be by Chicago The Impossible Dream performed by Andy Williams A Heart is a House of Love by the Dells Yah Mo Be There by James Ingram , Mothership Connection by Parliament, Pass the Peas performed by Nasty Delicious Nani by Leward Kaapana https://youtu.be/WZ-y3qT83ns?list=RDqXw71KxjKSw We Are Family by Sister Sledge Meditation de Thais, Sarah Chang Love You With a Sense of Purpose by Third World Help Me Believe by Kirk Franklin Somebody Loves You Baby by Patti Labelle 8675309 by Tommy Tutone www.mybrotherskeeper.org https://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper www.whitehouse.gov/reach-higher TELEVISION CNN Special : “The Legacy of Obama” produced by Fareed Zakaria Time Editor / GPS Sunday’s Highlight – President Obama’s trademark’s were tolerance, courtesy, and equality. Quotes, a few words of wisdom from the past & present to research, and absorb. It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close." by Jesse Owens Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals. by Ralph Bunche Power is the flower of organization. by A. Philip Randolph If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just you have a moral obligation to do something about it. by Congressman John Lewis There is a source of power in each of us that we don't realize until we take responsibility. by Diane Nash We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American. by Barbara Boxer A good education is a foundation for a better future. by Elizabeth Warren You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. by Cory Booker The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias. by Loretta Lynch Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will. if you find the level of oppression that a people will accepts, that is exactly what they will get. by Danny Davis The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process. by Eric Holder Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. by Dick Durbin Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that. by Barbara Bush What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special. by Morris Dees Instead of working to undo POTUS exec action, we need to work collaboratively to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. by Senator Mazie Hirono It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. by Henry David Thoreau Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose. by Reverend C.T. Vivian Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. by Jesse Owens You gotsta love all God's Children. by Reverend Joseph Lowery But despite historic levels of obstruction, President Obama was able to bring the economy back from the verge of a second Great Depression. Representative Steny Hoyer The Humanity of All Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others by Julian Bond http://www.colorlines.com/articles/9-powerful-thought-provoking-julian-bond-quotes http://www.colorlines.com/articles/9-powerful-thought-provoking-julian-bond-quotes In my view, investing in libraries is an investment in the nation's future. by Bill Gates I am somebody. I am a somebody. I am a child of God. I may not be educated but I am somebody. I may not have any money but I am somebody. I may not eat steak every day but I am somebody. I may not look the way you look but I am somebody. by Reverend Jesse Jackson "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility. by Nancy Pelosi We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. by Aristotle The time is now for Congress to address health care in America. by Representative John Conyers, Jr. I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off. by David Axelrod We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices. by Senator Carl Levin Agriculture looks different today our farmers are using GPS and can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet. by Debbie Stabenow I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved. by Vernon Jordan We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. by Jimmy Carter Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. by NAS Americanism is not a matter of skin or color. by Senator Daniel Inouye Today’s Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish. by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall http://thurgoodmarshall.com/the-bicentennial-speech/ In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival. by Ambassador Andrew Young The Humanity of All Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others by Julian Bond http://www.colorlines.com/articles/9-powerful-thought-provoking-julian-bond-quotes http://www.colorlines.com/articles/9-powerful-thought-provoking-julian-bond-quotes It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness. by Sheryl Sandberg I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. by Arianna Huffington Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. by Steve Jobs Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism. by Vice President Joe Biden Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. by Warren Buffet I think everything I have done in my life, my reasons at the time were right no matter how things worked out. by Steve Wozniak If we can reach in with the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child. by Ossie Davis  Where there is love, there is God by Mother Teresa,  Peace builds bridges;hatred is the builder of walls by Pope Francis, Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch, what make you go beyond the norm.” ― Cicely Tyson In my view, investing in libraries is an investment in the nation's future. by Bill Gates No Act of Kindness No Matter How Small is Ever Wasted by Aesop A Life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives by Jackie Robinson Books by President Obama Dreams From My Father The Audacity of Hope Of Thee I Sing Barack Obama In His Own Words Words That Changed a Nation : The Most Celebrated and Influential Speeches of Barack Obama http://www.faithdome.org Pastor Dr. Betty R. Price, Rev. Frederick KC Price, DD, Rev. Fred Price Jr.