Kenneth Davis

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
TO
CHARLES BURTON

     Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. He who knows himself is enlightened.

~Lao Tzu~

Kenneth Davis

WEDNESDAY WELLNESS

Addiction and Substance Abuse - Drugs and Alcohol

These 2 Alcohol-Related Diseases Are on the Rise,

 Says New Study

Kristine Gasbarre Qaderi - Published on Mar. 16, 2025

https://www.thehealthy.com/

     The G.I. and liver journal from the American Medical Association has published new research on a particularly concerning demographic. The general belief used to be that it was older individuals who tended to suffer the greatest harm to major organs from years of regular drinking. But as fatty liver disease rates have been increasing—“disproportionally” among young adults, Canadian researchers observed—their team of doctors and scientists at Queen’s University in Ontario analyzed nearly two decades of data to further investigate “end-organ complications” from alcohol in adolescents and young adults.

     Their February 2025 study, published in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology publication of the American Medical Association journal, used healthcare data taken from 2003 and 2021. The ages for the adolescents and young adults the data came from ranged from 13 to 39 years old, and they were either seen in emergency departments or an inpatient setting for “end-organ alcohol-related harm.”

     The patient encounters were split into the main categories by organ: pancreas (alcohol-associated acute and chronic pancreatitis) liver (alcohol-associated liver disease, alcohol-associated hepatitis, alcohol-associated cirrhosis) other organs (stomach, adrenal glands, nervous system, muscles, heart, and fetus when applicable)

     The results: Of the 11,508 adolescents and young adults included in the data, pancreas-related issues were reported in 29%, while liver-related complications represented 19%. The researchers also noted that those with pancreas-related complications specifically shared some common themes:

⦁ 71% likely to be male

⦁ 88% likely to live in an urban area

⦁ 77% likely to need hospitalization.

     But the study also showed a jump in alcohol-related complications affecting young women. Pancreatitis increased by 7% per year among the male group, and the while increasing 12% for women. Meanwhile, liver-related complications rose by 6% per year in the men and 9% for the women.

     The researchers remarked that their findings show “gastrointestinal complications from alcohol” increasing in adolescents and young adults “at rates much higher than in other organ systems.” Pancreatitis and alcohol-associated liver disease affected more men, but the team also remarked that young women experienced higher rate changes in the two diseases.

     Similar to alcohol-associated liver disease, “males and females may have a different risk of acute and chronic pancreatitis for the same level of alcohol exposure,” the study noted. The team also emphasized that they “did not observe these changes in other end organs, such as the stomach and heart.” The researchers concluded that more research is “urgently needed” on the topic.

     This is for information purposes only and should not be considered as a substitute for medical expertise. These are opinions from an external panel of individual doctors. Please seek professional help regarding any health conditions or concerns.

Joycelyn Lacy (Sommerville)

Kenneth Davis

   T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N   
TODAY'S WORDS - PICK YOURSELF UP

     What's normal to you is normal to you. There is so much wonderful stuff and so many amazing people in this world. We are all different and that's okay. Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn, and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.
     I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland. My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger, it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England, it was very British. I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I've worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time. When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my Nigerian accent. I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives.
     Accents are very easy for me. With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels. I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job. Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly. I am constantly afraid, but it's a big driving force in my life. I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.
     Be sure of what you want, focus, work hard, be ready to pick yourself up, do not take rejection personally, be as prepared as you can, always be learning, and eliminate negative people from your life regardless of who they are. The only way to come to a full acceptance and understanding of yourself is to embrace your own culture, quirks and differences while learning about those around you and exploring, incorporating and embracing their cultures, differences, quirks, etcetera.

    
~Toks Olagundoye~

Kenneth Davis

TIME FOR ANOTHER 

Kenneth Davis

    T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N    
TODAY'S WORDS - YOU HAVE GROWN SPIRITUALLY 

     Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters. Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another...The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness. The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
     Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary. Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually cultivates it, even at the risk of separation or loss. The ultimate goal of life remains the spiritual growth of the individual, the solitary journey to peaks that can be climbed only alone. True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision. I define love thus: The will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. Love is the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of sex, the hope of ambition, friendship-all that makes life alive, meaningful and significant.
     It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn. The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth. The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. Do what you feel called to do but also be prepared to accept that you don't necessarily know what you're going to learn. Be willing to be surprised by forces beyond your control and realize that a major learning on the journey is the art of surrender.

 
~M. Scott Peck~

Kenneth Davis

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
TO 
JAMES CLOWER

     Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do. Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
~Albert Einstein~

Kenneth Davis

WELCOME TO 
SMOOTH
 CONTEMPORARY JAZZ 

Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most of it. The harmonies within the music can relax, soothe, relax, and uplift the mind when you concentrate upon and absorb it. 
     Jazz music stimulates the minds and uplifts the souls of those who play it was well as of those who listen to immerse themselves in it. As the mind is stimulated and the soul uplifted, this is eventually reflected in the body.

~Horace Silver~

Joycelyn Lacy (Sommerville)

Kenneth Davis

   T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N   
TODAY'S WORDS - QUIET MEDITATION 

     In our prayer and meditation, we hope for fulfilling ordinary life. It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core. To the soul, the most minute details and the most ordinary activities, carried out with mindfulness and art, have an effect far beyond their apparent insignificance. Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.
     An enchanted world is one that speaks to the soul, to the mysterious depths of the heart and imagination where we find value, love, and union with the world around us. As mystics of many religions have taught, that sense of rapturous union can give a sensation of fulfillment that makes life purposeful and vibrant. There is no way to re-enchant our lives in a disenchanted culture except by becoming renegades from that culture and planting the seeds for a new one. A few moments of silence may be all the meditation we need at times. Our homes could have a little space for withdrawal and quiet, and even a small garden could offer some distance from noise.
     The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided. Maybe a garden sometimes seems fragile, for all its earth and labor, because it achieves such an extraordinary delicate balance of nature and human life, naturalness and artificiality. It has its own liminality, its point of balance between great extremes. Every sign indicates that nature wants us and wishes for collaboration with us, just as we long for nature to be fulfilled in us. If our original state was to live in a garden, as Adam and Eve did, then a garden signals our absolute origins as well as our condition of eternity, while life outside the garden is time and temporality.

~Thomas Moore~

Estella Wright (Mayhue-Greer)

Kenneth Davis

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns

     April 20, 2025: Beloved, it is My wish that you learn to be gentle with everyone including yourself. The world is full of harshness and severity, but you must be kind, tender and understanding. Only then will you be led by My Spirit into blessing and abundance. Remember that what you sow is the substance of your harvest, says the Lord. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

   T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N   
TODAYS WORDS - BLESSING AND ABUNDANCE

     When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed. We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature. Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He can deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, and pour out peace.
     The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities. The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of, to be grateful for, the happier we become.
     Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable. Take care of yourselves physically. Guard your health carefully. It is one of our greatest blessings. I especially encourage some type of exercise program so you can stay physically fit and physically capable in proportion to the demands on your body. Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting for the right and knowing you'll eventually win for keeps - this is the tonic every true Christian patriot needs and deserves. Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.
     Personal revelation, consecration of performance, attention to detail, and dependency on God-with these qualities you cannot fail. We are recipients of God's choicest blessings. We enjoy an abundance of material things beyond that enjoyed by any other nation in the history of the world; but unless we keep alive a realization that all these blessings come from God and are a part of our great spiritual heritage, they may crumble as ashes in our hands. "In nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things and obey not his commandments."

~Ezra Taft Benson~

Kenneth Davis

   T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N   
TODAY'S WORDS - YOU ARE NOT ALONE

     The only limit to success is your own imagination. Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change. I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing. Ditch the dream and be a doer. Nobody got anything great by playing it safe.
     At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. Everyone always says to me, 'Why aren't there more people of color on television?' I'm like, 'Why don't you ask a bunch of people who aren't putting people of color on television why there aren't more people of color on television?' I remember saying, very almost jokingly, I'm going to take over the world through television, that's my plan. And I said it to my agent, and I said it to my friends, and I said it to myself.
     I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV. Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are. I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman. Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprint. 
     I've learned this is a very long marriage doing a television show. I like the people that I work with to be people I enjoy, so you want to cast people who are as excited and enthusiastic as you are. I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of Grey's. It's something I have no control over, so I don't even pay attention. We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life. You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone. The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes. But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself. The future is never the way we imagined it.

~Shonda Rhimes~

Kenneth Davis

IT'S TIME FOR 
JUST JOKING MONDAYS

Curtis by Ray Billingsley

Joycelyn Lacy (Sommerville)

Kenneth Davis

    T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N    
TODAY'S WORDS - FIND YOUR PEACE 

     Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another. ‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.
     Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world. Love isn't material. It's energy... We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.
     Humanity's mission is to find a peace that lies beyond the veil - a peace that is not of this world. The peace that is not of this world is not dependent on human circumstances. You have tremendous gifts to give; God sent them with you when you came to this earth. And while you might forget them, or doubt they exist, God does not forget, and He will show them to you. As soon as your gifts are dedicated to His work, they will blossom. Chains that might have held you back for years will dissolve. And you will feel free. You will learn that your spirit is bigger than your circumstances, as soon as you put your spirit first.

     No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen. Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are. Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place". It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know. Go forth in confidence and go forth in peace. For there are angels to your left and angels to your right; angels in front of you and angels behind you; angels above you and angels below. You are loved, and you are not alone.

~Marianne Williamson~

Kenneth Davis

     T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N   
TODAY'S WORDS - RISE UP
 

     To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity but the good health of the land. Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways than society usually acknowledges, or even knows. These farmers produce valuable goods, of course; but they also conserve soil, they conserve water, they conserve wildlife, they conserve open space, they conserve scenery. A significant part of the pleasure of eating is in one’s accurate consciousness of the lives and the world from which food comes.
     The grower of trees, the gardener, the man born to farming, whose hands reach into the ground and sprout, to him the soil is a divine drug. He enters into death yearly and comes back rejoicing. He has seen the light lie down in the dung heap and rise again in the corn.      Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating. 
     The pleasure of eating should be an extensive pleasure, not that of the mere gourmet. The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground, pulped, strained, blended, prettified, and sanitized beyond resemblance to any part of any creature that ever lived. People who know the garden in which their vegetables have grown and know that the garden is healthy will remember the beauty of the growing plants, perhaps in the dewy first light of morning when gardens are at their best. Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. 
     If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over; you will experience some aches and pains. One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener's own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race. Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure we experience our dependence and our gratitude, for we are living in a mystery, from creatures we did not make and powers we cannot comprehend.
      Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed. Connection is health. And what our society does its best to disguise from us is how ordinary, how commonly attainable, health is. We lose our health -- and create profitable diseases and dependencies -- by failing to see the direct connections between living and eating, eating and working, working and loving. The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies of the field or the birds of the air and pondered the improbability of their existence in this warm world within the cold and empty stellar distances will hardly balk at the turning of water into wine which was, after all, a very small miracle. We forget the greater and still continuing miracle by which water (with soil and sunlight) is turned into grapes. When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret like a leaf. We can grow good wheat and make good bread only if we understand that we do not live by bread alone. We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. If we can't afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we're in an insurmountable mess.

~Wendell Berry~

Kenneth Davis

New Study: Blood Pressure, Combined with This,

Seriously Influences Dementia Risk
By Miranda Manier
https://www.thehealthy.com/

     A leading professor of geriatric medicine finds "high-level evidence" for two things to add to your life—plus two to avoid—to maintain a healthy memory. According to the World Health Organization, 55 million people around the world have dementia, the symptoms of which can range from issues with memory and language to big changes in mood.
     While research has shown that activities like brain games or other memory exercises can help you protect your mind from dementia, many other seemingly unrelated factors also play into your long-term cognition. For example, a June 2024 review published in Maturitas, an international journal publishing research on midlife health, highlighted two particular health metrics that appear to play roles in long-term cognitive (brain) wellness.
      This comprehensive review by Leon Flicker, MB, BS, NSW, PhD, a professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Western Australia and executive director of the Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing [sic], was partly based on a May 2023 lecture from the 14th European Congress on Menopause and Andropause. Dr. Flicker evaluated various strategies for preventing cognitive decline to identify which lifestyle changes could make a difference in long-term brain health.
     Dr. Flicker found “high-level” evidence that managing blood pressure and engaging in regular physical activity can have protective effects on memory. One trial he evaluated showed that managing hypertension can “significantly” reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment, while numerous studies he examined affirm the cognitive benefits of regular exercise—particularly resistance training.
     Though Dr. Flicker notes that the research varies, other factors he studied can also affect brain health. According to the review, completing higher levels of education and having a more active social life are both associated with lower dementia risk, emphasizing the importance of lifelong learning and maintaining strong relationships. Avoiding head injuries and quitting smoking are also crucial for brain health, though direct evidence linking them to dementia prevention is limited.
     While Dr. Flicker says further research may be needed, these findings underscore the importance of a holistic approach to maintaining cognitive function through healthy lifestyle choices. That morning crossword and cutting back on binge-watching sessions can be good for your brain, as is a general commitment to your health to protect your memory for years to come.

     This is for information purposes only and should not be considered as a substitute for medical expertise. These are opinions from an external panel of individual doctors. Please seek professional help regarding any health conditions or concerns.

Kenneth Davis

   T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N   
TODAY'S WORDS - ASK FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE
 

     Sometimes it's better to be kind than to be right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens. You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die. A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors. Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.
     The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you. Your mind is a powerful thing. Mind is everything. What we think, we become. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and One life can change the world. What you have become is the result of what you have thought. Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful. Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. 
     Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done. We alone are responsible for our lives. The way to happiness is keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by. The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable. Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it. Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well-wishing than you yourself. Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss. They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.
     Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity and you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom. Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good. In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

~Gautama Buddha~

Kenneth Davis

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
TO 
GERALD BEST

     One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. 
~Baltasar Gracian~

Kenneth Davis

Joycelyn Lacy (Sommerville)

Gerald Best

Estella Wright (Mayhue-Greer)

Throwback Thursday 

Piece by Piece, the Puzzle of Memories

Remember when we were excited to see a black person on television?

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, director, activist, and diplomat who broke barriers for Black actors in film and theater. In 1964, he became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The Supremes made no fewer than wo appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show from 1964-69.

Diahann Carroll, an award-winning actress, singer, model, and activist, broke racial barriers on television and Broadway. In 1968, she became the first Black actress to star in her own TV show, Julia, where she played a non-stereotypical character. 

Nichelle Nichols appeared as Uhura on Star Trek

Joycelyn Lacy (Sommerville)