Single Mother Dating Advice
Families and Living Arrangements noted that there were 12.9 million single parent families in 2006; 10.4 million single mother families and 2.5 million single father families. According to stats, the ...
When approached by Lillian Ogbogoh, a tremendous speaker and host from BlogTalk radio show called Waking Passions, for an interview, I accepted. How could I ever pass up an opportunity of reaching out to people on matters that concern us all. Lillian Ogbogoh had a series of questions in hand for me to answer. I’ve gone ahead an attached the interview for all of my guest that didn’t get a chance to listen in. Sit back, relax, and don’t forget to click the play button. Enjoy!
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Jul 11
7
I’m Only Human
Many may read my articles and perceive me as being a perfect man. Many may feel that I hold all the answers to their many questions. Many may feel as though I own the right of being “that man,” you know, the one that every other man would do right to learn from. The truth is, I’m only human.
I learn from the world and the people within it. I learn from my deep observations of human interactions. I learn from the ones that do right, and from those that do wrong. I learned and continue to learn so much from my parents. I learn…from me.
I’m a man of many flaws that I’ve come to appreciate. I mean, without these flaws, how could I speak? How could I write? How could I learn? It sometimes frustrates me knowing the man I have the potential to be when I’m living the man I am today. But hey, no need to be too hard on myself. I’ll only continue to improve as much as I continue to listen, learn, and grow. The hardest part is not actually knowing or learning, rather, it’s actually applying the new with that old crap I was brainwashed with. It’s a constant battle, but I must understand that it took about 18 years of my life for them to feed it to me, so I’ll just have to be patient as I want these young ladies to be with myself knowing that the best, is yet to come. With that being said, goodnight Gio. I look forward to meeting a better you tomorrow. Something tells me there’s a lesson to come and an opportunity open for growth. Exploit it!
Jul 11
5
My Constant Battles
I’ve been away for a while without a legitimate excuse for an unwritten article for thoughts continue to run circles through my mind. Sometimes I wish the world could love and embrace me as the guy I have the potential to be. I speak of the man I am, not realizing that, when presented the opportunity to show him, it’s the wounded soul I present. I look at this man demanding him to return with the man that once was. The man that not only knew how to get a woman’s attention, but also the man that took pride in doing whatever it took to keeping her.
Although I still love the man that I am today, it saddens me when I am unable to introduce the real Gio. I find it in me to smile, knowing that he’s still within me because I continue to see glimpses of him reassuring me he’s still there. Just like any good thing, I’ll patiently wait because I know this time, I’ll never let him him leave my sight again.
It seems like after every relationship we go through, apart of us tends to stay behind. Many of us blame the past relationship for stripping apart of us away when, in reality, we habitually fail to realize just how much of us we’ve gained. We claim that we’ve been drained without realizing just how much strength we had, having endured such an event.
The truth is, it’s the things we choose to hold on to that affect the things to come. See, a broken relationship leads to disappointment, constant thought of disappointment leads to self inflicted pain, and this pain…leads to “self-defense.” The constant reminders of the pain we experienced leaves us building a wall that we believe prevents a sequel.
Again, we spend so much time trying to prevent the past from repeating itself that we prevent the present from fully developing naturally. At the end of the day, in preventing the past, we hurt ourselves because we end up preventing that true connection we so long for.
How do I prevent my past relationship from affecting the present? Well, I choose to put more of my focus on the things acquired rather than the things lost. I believe that my future is made up of all of my experiences. Although not all of my experiences may have been tasteful to me, it doesn’t take away from value that comes along with it. I choose to embrace my past instead of rejecting it. In accepting our past, we acknowledge the love lost, and the wisdom and growth that comes along with it.
Like they say, “What doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger.” Remember, the past is what we’ve done, the present is what we’re doing, and the future is what we look forward too. Let’s not affect the present by dragging along what was done towards what we’re doing. Learn, grow, and move on!
May 11
29
How Do I Attain True Love?
“How do I attain true love,” many tend to ask themselves. “I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to find someone.” Attaining love is more than just the act of wishing or wanting, it’s actually that true feeling of letting go. No matter what our reasons are for asking these questions, the answer to the question always comes back to us.
We always seem to believe that the answer is given. We also somehow believe that if we search enough, it’ll actually be found. Ever lost a pair of sunglasses and searched for it recklessly only to find that it was on your head all a long? Better yet, looked for the pen you were writing with, discovering that it was actually in your hand?
The truth is, attaining love is not as hard as we think it is. Ready for some good news? Well, here goes nothing…we control that! Shocked aren’t you? No fairy tale. We are actually the ones preventing ourselves from that true love we oh so long for. See, we unconsciously, collectively carry our “painful” past stories in a folder called, “my past” in one of the files we keep in our brain. What affect does that have on us?
Well, keeping any sort of bad memory inside affects the way we approach a new situation or event. How is that you ask? By holding on to these memories, we approach the next encounter with fear. That’s right, with the fear of allowing that past to repeat itself. We think to hard, we analyze excessively, we doubt, and eventually, we miss out easily on what is truly in front of is.
We search through books, through conversations with friends and perhaps strangers. We search everywhere possible, but we forget to search our hearts. We’re so busy searching to free our minds clogged up with so many questions, that we forget to search our hearts, which actually bears all the answers. We forget to release our hearts from the prison we personally locked it in.
Ever took the time to look towards to sky as the sun began to set? What feeling did it give you? I bet you smiled as you marveled while the pack of birds just passed you by. Just like the birds in the heavens, our hearts were made to soar in order for us to live, connect, and yes, attain true love.
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