Stories of Black Women
If you struggle with seeing the positive side of things, you cannot have a healthy perspective on life. We cannot survive in this world or be the best that we can be without first being positive. Carrying negativity is like an emptiness that seems too dark and vast. If you are swimming in it, you …
I’m not being comical. I am dead serious. In the past, I’ve felt too many times in my life to count – to just let go – let go of being positive, let go of this hard road and move to the easier road, let go of trying to see the silver lining in difficult …
Yes, it is. This fatalistic and defeating view of the world is what is making us into a victim again and again. You may think you’re optimistic and upbeat but you do not know how strong and reliable your attitude is till you are tested in life. “It is during our darkest moments that we …
Seeking out Positive People You and I are not living on an island. We are living together. You can’t say you are a positive person when you have not confronted someone who is entirely negative and come out with your positivity intact. What helps is having a supporting squad. A squad that lives and breathes …
“You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.” Zig Ziglar I would like to tell you that I have always been a positive person but that is not true. I used to be pulled easily into people’s drama and behaviors. By the end of …
Written by Banchi Love. Forgive. Forgive others. Forgive yourself. Take moments to appreciate nature. Do not wait for tomorrow. Today is what you have at your hands. Assume there is a silver lining in every dark moment. Whatever you do, do it with ALL your heart and flair. Take risks. Do what works again and again. …
Written by Banchiwosen Woldeyesus I am participating in a writing contest hosted by Positive Writer. What is below is my article for the Writing Contest. Imagine. Believe. Assume the center of every success is POSITIVITY. Whatever you try and pass through –write your experience. Let the world know. Write. To feel, to learn, to …
Written by Banchi “It is good health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” Mahatma Gandhi If you have all the material possessions in the world, what will that do to you if you have no health? Health is the most Priceless possession in the world.It is terribly important. Just like …
Written by Banchi Good people are nice but nice people aren’t always good. Some people are nice simply because they fear what others think of them if they’re not. When they lose that fear, the MASK COMES OFF and they can actually be very bad people. Let us take stock of who we are. We …
Written by Banchi The other day I took a taxi to take me home from work. The traffic was like crazy. Without even going too far, another car slammed into the taxi. Luckily we were not hurt. The taxi was barely scratched. But, I dreaded the confrontation that was coming. The driver of the taxi …