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Those with loving hearts have helping hands!! - Rumi

About Me

I am from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands but currently live in Atlanta. I have spent my life trying to get all that it has to offer. Life is about continuous growth and maximizing the precious little time that we have. As such, I have pursued many different career paths, mostly of an entrepreneurial nature. I am also an avid reader and firm believer in the old adage, "knowledge is power." I love to travel and one of my lifetime dreams is to see every country on earth.
I am one of the founders of Rolling Bones Premium Pit BBQ....Bon Appetit Magazine Top 50 in the Country.....Featured on PBS series "BBQ USA"....Atlanta Journal & Constitution's Top 50!!! Check it out at www.rollingbonesbbq.com.
A little over a year and half ago, I had a life changing spiritual experience. It has led to many changes, but primarily I realized that my destiny is one of service and compassion. This has led me to pursue a master's in counseling. The ultimate goal in this path is to work with troubled children and to write books about my experiences and the life lessons I have learned. In all of this, I owe all of my eternal gratitude to The Most High, as I am simply a vessel for His work.

My Interests

My interests include travel (I love to see how the world lives), reading (mostly non-fiction), cooking, plants, spirituality, yoga, meditation, the beach, and sports.

I'd like to meet:

I would love to meet anyone who is about positivity, spirituality and growth. I also love open-minded people who appreciate many different cultures and enjoy seeing how the entire world lives.

"Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do." - Rumi

"There are seasons, in human affairs, when new depths seem to be broken in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. These are periods when to dare is the highest wisdom." - William Ellery Channing

"He that gives should not remember, he that receives should never forget." - Talmud

-The Sun Never Says-
"Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe Me.' Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky." - Hafiz

"If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started." - The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey

"The wise man is he who loves and reveres God. A man's merit lies in his knowledge and in his deeds, not in his color, faith, race, or descent. For remember, my friend, the son of a shepherd who possesses knowledge is of greater worth to a nation than the heir to the throne, if he be ignorant. Knowledge is your true patent of nobility, no matter who your father or what race you may be." - Kahlil Gibran

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right." - Confucius

Music:

First and foremost REGGAE MUSIC. I prefer conscious reggae music by far. However, my musical tastes are still quite versatile.

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Movies:

Comedy.....life is so much better when it is full of laughter.

Television:



Books:

The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I Volume 1, Haile Sellassie I...My Life and Ethiopia's Progress, Kebra Negast, The Alchemist, The Gift...Peoms by Hafiz, Autobiography of a Yogi, Gandhi...An Autobiography, Blink, Awareness, Holy Cow, Shantaram, Rumi..The Book of Love, Rumi...Gazing Into the Eyes of the Beloved, Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, The Spirituality of Imperfection, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, No Ordinary Moments, Dark Night of the Soul, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, The Art of Happiness, Silent Power, The Lightworkers Way, Seven Masters...One Path, Too Soon Old...Too Late Smart, Wisdom of the Ages, The Sword of No Sword, The Audacity of Hope, Sacred Hoops, Be Quick-But Don't Hurry, Seven Lessons in Conscious Living, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Power of Now, Connecting to God, Awakening the Buddha Within, Teachings of the Hindu Mistics, The Three Pillars of Zin, Teh Tao of Inner Peace, Vibrational Medicine for the 21st Century, Eastern Body...Western Mind, and The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran.

Heroes:

H.I.M. above all else. Without HIM there is nothing!!

This is a picture of me and another one of my heroes, my great grandmother, Rose:

My Blog

The Way to Happiness

THE WAY TO HAPPINESS   Keep your heart free from hate. Keep your mind free from worry. Live simply. Expect little. Give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self. Think of oth...
Posted by Original Cat on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:24:00 PST