July 2010 Blog Posts (205)

What will you invent, discover, explore, or become? Dream big, think big, and aim for bigger and better things in life. Your socioeconomic background, family, or race does not define the person that you will become. It’s how you see yourself that determines how far you…

As a community, why do we wait until outsiders come into it to tell us that it needs to be cleaned up? Why can’t we just pick up our trash, remove the broken down cars, repair or tire down the dilapidated homes that are not suitable to live in? Are we content with living in our own filth that we have become immune to our surroundings?…

Depression in African American women is real. Many black women are raised with the misconception that black people do not get depress. Or that black women are strong and can handle anything that comes their way. But, The National Alliance on Mental Illness has come to dispel those myths. Reports show that over sixty percent of African American women suffer from depression. According to a 2001-2003 study, Black American women represented the second…

What do you do when it feel as if the whole world is upon your shoulders? What can you hold on to,…

Statistics shows that after an athlete retires from sports, he or she will be broke within five years. Why such a substantial loss in finances so soon after retirement? Because, of failure to prepare and educate themselves of the people around them and also their lavish taste for the finer things in life after the game has ended.…

Life is like playing your favorite sport. It’s not how well you played the game, but how you finished it. Weak players never get far in the game, only those that are stronger than their opponent advance ahead.



How long you’ve lived is not the issue, but what contributions you made in your life while here on earth. Success doesn’t always mean great financial wealth or the fine cars that you drive, but who’s life you had an impact on. Did your…

Domestic violence affects thousands of women and young teenage girls each year. Why do so many women live with it, instead of moving out and getting help?…

Whether working with a major house or self publishing, an author today must maintain a website. Having a professional online presence is as standard as having a sales sheet and a business card. But the old (that is, more than two years ago) expectation that a website can be just a glorified billboard is obsolete thinking. What can or should an author-and-book website do for an author now?

First, the site does serve as a sales tool, but only if it is a dynamic tool where reviews and…

Fool's Gold and Tunnel Vision are now on sale at the eTreasures website. The prices are much better than on any other website. This is a great opportunity to pick up two great books to read this summer. Hot weather and laughter just seem to go together somehow. Take…

Sister Hoods - The Battle to Save a Magic Forest

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lauren_S._Smith]Lauren S. Smith

http://www.plblair.com/

P.L. Blair, author of fantasy/detective novels, has written her fourth book in the Portal series, Sister Hoods. Readers will be delighted to discover intrigue and mystery in a world of nymphs, satyrs and a herd of…

Back when my hair was naturally blond and my idea of dieting was only three scoops of chocolate ice cream drowning in hot fudge sauce instead of four, I went through a stage where I wanted to be an actress.



I was pretty, had been in quite a few plays, and thought I had some potential to go professional at some point. Toward the end of this period, I confided to my acting coach that I dreamed of playing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, to which she responded with a…

Sex After Sex Addiction

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lauren_S._Smith]Lauren S. Smith

http://www.eroticintelligencebook.com

Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction, written by Psychologist, Alexandra Katehakis, gives readers a peek into the minds of those recovering from sexual addiction. For…