It just might be your character. - M.Y.M. Monday

Good Morning & Happy "M.Y.M." Monday!
Just because you want something doesn't mean you're ready for it! Your biggest problem isn't the fact that you're not where you want to be.. It just might be your character. In order to get some things & go some places; you must be the person you're required to be.

Conquer where you are, become who you need to be, & receive all you can dream of! Have a blessed week!

#Immanuelmitchell

Merry Coptic Christmas !! (Something is born anew that can change your world)

Today, January 6th, is Christmas Eve for the Coptic Church. (Salutes to my Ethiopians and all others who still observe the first and earlier calendar dates of the Christmas observance/Holy-Day/Holiday !!!)

A few days ago I went shopping and saw a young attractive cashier. As I walked up to the counter I noticed the Coptic Cross on her neck. To be sure I asked "Is that a Coptic Cross ?". She looked at me a little surprised, shook her head, and uttered "It's an Ethiopian Cross, it's from Ethiopia." as she placed my groceries into the grocery bag. "Right, it's a Coptic Cross. Won't you be celebrating Christmas on January 6th or 7th this year ?" I replied. "I'm sorry maybe I was mistaken, your features and your name on your name tag struck me as being Ethiopian." A smile was followed by a look of shock as she asked "How did you know ? How do you know these things ?" I laughed and stated "I've been around a lot of Ethiopians, besides our people should know about our people. - Merry Christmas in a few days." She smiled and expressed thanks as I walked out of the store.

As I walked out of the store it struck me, while the date was of Christmas was changed around 1583, the message of "something being born anew that can change your world" is a daily opportunity. Just as some people have ignorantly told our Ethiopian and Coptic family that they are "celebrating wrong" I think the realization that every day is a new born opportunity misses too many folk. Celebrate today as a new birth, and go out and do something that will change your world. Merry Coptic Christmas !

SV 
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If you have consumer debt, and you'd like to reduce the interest rate, and the amount owed, give me a text or a call @ 757-932-0177. Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a group of debt reduction specialists. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, financial services, real estate, radio, counseling and education (WHEW). Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-932-0177 for more details.

Move Forward. Take the STEP.

So she said "I'm not sure if I should apply. I don't like to fail." After a short period of silence I replied "I'm sure that has helped you avoid a lot of heart-ache. Has it helped you achieve ?" She smiled. "I see where you're going with this Mr. Varner" she stated. "No, it hasn't helped me achieve." I smiled and remained silent. "O.K. I'll complete the application.........I'll do it now." she stated. I smiled, nodded, and pointed to the computer station where the student slowly walked, sat down, and began her college application.

Back to you, the reader......What opportunities have you recently avoided to avoid heartache ?
Know this...... When you avoid heart-ache, you also avoid God's luck and oppurtunity.
Take the step. Move Forward. Take the STEP.

SV
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If you have consumer debt, and you'd like to reduce the interest rate, and the amount owed, give me a text or a call @ 757-932-0177. Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a group of debt reduction specialists. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, financial services, real estate, radio, counseling and education (WHEW). Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-932-0177 for more details.

One for all - Is all for one

Photo: Silent Praise Mine Ministry 12-30-2013

Someone has to lead. It's supposed to be you.
Someone will learn from their mistakes. It's supposed to be you.
When you take that step forward or Backwards, LIFE will meet you three fold.
ONE step can change ALL that you experience.
ALL of the world is waiting for you to take ONE step.
One 4 All is All for One. (Salutes to Brand Nubians)
Move forward.

Seko "DJ Seko" Varner
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If you have consumer debt, and you'd like to reduce the interest rate, and the amount owed, give me a text or a call @ 757-932-0177. Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a group of debt reduction specialists. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, financial services, real estate, radio, counseling and education (WHEW). Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-932-0177 for more details.

Wave your hands in the air ! (Accommodations)

True story....

My background in Special Education has provided me with a working concept with the term accommodations. Students who receive Special Education services very often have instructional accommodations (changes in the way a teacher provides instruction) to make sure that each student has access to a similar level of instruction. Some students have accommodations of sitting in the front of the room, or additional time to submit work, or they wear glasses or a hearing aid. The teacher doesn't change the instruction, the students just gets something to give them equal access to the experience.
Very often when I do presentations, I guide the audience into understanding that they are responsible for identifying areas in their life where they have deficiencies, and find accommodations to assist them. Using auto-pay on my retirement investments is an example of an accommodation as I often forget to invest if I didn't use auto-pay. I also use two alarm clocks set at different times to make sure I awaken at time. Often in life we are presented with good information, yet we ignore the information because it may not seem to apply to us. If you want the results that the information provides, but don’t think that the information can apply to you, then this would be a good time to apply an accommodation.

A while ago I was leading a group of teens in a leadership training activity into considering the concepts of accommodations and the importance of one to identify one's deficiencies and find accommodations. I asked if any of them had problems with their 9 times tables and a few students shook their head affirming YES. I then showed a Youtube video that demonstrated how one can use their 10 fingers to do the 9 times tables easily. (Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oamy8L2lDZM). As I began doing the strategy in front of the group I then noticed that one of the teens only had one hand. To make things further embarsing, this was one of the teens who stated that they had a problem with the 9 times table. I quickly stated "If you want to be slick, you can do this with your feet so that no-one can see that you needed the accommodations." The student smiled, and shook their head in agreement. Later on my co-facilitator stated "I was embarrassed for you. I just wanted to begin laughing when I realized the student only had one hand. You handled that well. I just had a thought. If that teen could draw a hand on a sheet of paper, they could use that strategy. If they are creative, that strategy can still work for them.

Identify your problems, and search for accommodations. You can accomplish the same with less. You have the whole world in your HAND. Give yourself a HAND !

Be prosperous !
Seko

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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes. They specialize in Special Events Entertainment and have a financial division for debt reduction and debt management. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, finance, entertainment, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-932-0177 for more details.

Guest Post - Reflecting On Commitment by AngelinaD

Reflecting On ~ Commitment

By angelinad

I’m beginning to find it interesting that people have asked me to blog about specific topics; that my reflection and introspection is both relevant and personal to those who can receive it. I’ve shared this with you to say that I am thankful for this gift as it has been given to me; and every word I print or speak carries with it the Spirit of the Gift…and so for my Sunshine who requested it, I reflect on ~ Commitment…

com·mit·ment n. The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

I am committed to my faith. I am committed to the upbringing of my children. I am committed to supporting my mother. I am committed to using my gifts. I am committed to the man I love. Commitment is relational; so by my own declaration, if I am committed to my faith, then my commitment to all the other things goes without saying.

Faith is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something, and it is not based in proof. It is, quite simply, belief. Faith is the gut feeling.  Faith is the knowing. Faith is the – say what you want, but I believe that _______. It does not require justification or explanation, and people can have faith in whatever or whomever they so choose. Do you agree?

Stay with me now…

Commitment is the state of being bound emotionally or intellectually – emotion and thought. It is the response to the things you can see and touch and contemplate. Commitment is the responsibility to do and act based on – faith.

When you are committed to faith, you will act in a manner that is a constant demonstration of that commitment, that responsibility. You see, you are the representative of that which you declare and any shared commitment rests in shared faith and shared understanding of what that means to any persons involved.

Take a moment to consider your observations of the actions of others. Do their actions represent the faith commitment they declare? Why or why not? If your response is based solely on outcomes that affect you, you may have misinterpreted to what they were committed.

Also, consider your own actions in situations. Do your actions represent the faith commitment you declare? Why or why not? If you are acting in a way that solely suits you, then perhaps you may need to reevaluate your commitments as well.

“The time is always right to do what is right.”
~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is my belief that commitment is responsibility. It can do good or harm, depending upon who declares it. It is the act of being responsible to and for situations, atmospheres, and at times, people.

Be committed to right; and anything or anyone who does not share your level commitment will show themselves – wrong.

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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.

Guest Post - Feelin’ Some Kinda Way About Boredom

Feelin’ Some Kinda Way ~ About Boredom

By angelinad

We get busy. We often find ourselves at certain points in our lives trying to figure out when we can claim some down time. We are frustrated with our day-to-day because there never seems to be an empty moment.

We are trying to determine a way to add another few minutes or hours to the day because it seems as though there is so much to be done; and we are either running out of energy or we realize that we are only one person and simply cannot do it all.

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This is a guest post from AngelinaD. The full original post may be found here:
http://angelinad.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/feelin-some-kinda-way-about-boredom/
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Be thankful. You have things to do and the ability to do them. Somewhere, more than one someone is not feeling well today. Their health is failing them. They were not well yesterday; and perhaps, they will not be well tomorrow. So, while you run around in the hustle and bustle of your day-to-day, that person may not wish for all the things that you have to do. It’s not their desire because, simply put – they’re not you. They don’t want to do what you do. However, they would just like the opportunity to do one of the things you needed to get done today. They crave a place they need to be, a new opportunity…something to do.

I’m feelin’ some kinda way about boredom because I realize that sometimes I get bored with my day-to-day; and yet, my day-to-day is not bedridden, institutionalized. Ultimately, I have limitless options to find a way to do something different. Everybody doesn’t have the choice I have. So, the next time you get bored, think of someone who doesn’t have the ability to choose today, and do something different –
with them.


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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.

The Plan is coming..... I hope you are coming too !

'The Plan is coming'..... I hope you are coming too !
O.K. This is 'The Plan' week, which is title of Positive Vibes Financial first event. We will be hosting an event once a quarter with a Service-Services model. In short we will host an event which we will do as a service to the community in a way that also provides a glimpse on our company's services. An attendee wouldn't need to use our firm to benefit from the information we are going to share. In fact, the strategy is to provide the guests with tools they can use themselves to improve their lives without our assistance. This may sound a little backwards, but our business model is to help everybody in a group setting which leads to certain types of client who wants to improve their family's financial life in specific ways. This first installment is a practice run. I formally and digitally invite you and yours to attend and to provide honest feedback as we continue to develop this presentation and our firm. Here's the deal:

The Plan

The Bible’s Plan for

Getting out of debt & building wealth.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

Presented by

The Positive Vibes Financial Team

www.HappilyEverAfter.Be

 

Presenter:

Seko “DJ Seko” Varner, WFG

Presenting his finds of sound financial steps in scripture.

Lean more about Seko by visiting his blog:

www.FunFamilyFreedom.Blogspot.Com

FREE

Thursday February 28, 2013

7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

The Fellowship Hall

Of Christian Church Uniting

6049 Indian River Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Questions ? Call 757-248-3820
positivevibesfinancial @ gmail (dawt) com

We hope to see you there !

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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.

The Plan is Coming.... Plan to be there !

I'm steppin' out with my team's first Financial Event !

I'm pretty excited........And I'm pretty concerned....... I want our events to truly be a source of guidance for as many as possible. I also want our events to further force my team to 'walk the talk'. So I have scheduled our first event to be a primarily invite-only event. If you are reading this, you are invited.

This event is called "The Plan........God's plan to get out of debt and to build wealth." This is actually the second presentation-styled event that I devised, but it's the event that we are leading with. While I'm not a theologian, I'm not evangelistic, and I don't exude that "Churchy" presence, I've recently become very interested in the scriptural guidance in regards to finances. In my first presentation, "Wealth strategies of the wealthy" I referenced the financial guidance that is found in the Torah, the Bible, the Koran, and in the writings associated with the Buddah. (I haven't gotten to researching the financial principles of traditional African, traditional Asian, and other indigenous religious cultures. That may be next.... I'll see. Any-who)....  After giving this presentation  (Wealth Strategies) twice for other groups I decided to do further focused study in the Judea-Christian texts................and voila..................The Plan.

This first installment is a practive run. I formally and digitally invite you and yours to attend and to provide honest feedback as we continue to develop this presentation and our firm. Here's the deal:

The Plan

The Bible’s Plan for

Getting out of debt & building wealth.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

Presented by

The Positive Vibes Financial Team

www.HappilyEverAfter.Be

 

Presenter:

Seko “DJ Seko” Varner, WFG

Presenting his finds of sound financial steps in scripture.

Lean more about Seko by visiting his blog:

www.FunFamilyFreedom.Blogspot.Com

FREE

Thursday February 28, 2013

7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

The Fellowship Hall

Of Christian Church Uniting

6049 Indian River Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Questions ? Call 757-248-3820
positivevibesfinancial @ gmail.com

I hope to see you there !

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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.

Considerations - I can't equals I don't enjoy...

Bob Marley has a lyrical that says something like 'Everybody wants Heaven, but no one wants to die.' Today I was listening to the Metaphysical discussions of KRS ONE and this thought came to me. My interpretation of the thought coming to me leans me to believe that this awakening came to me because I asked The Almighty a few days ago for guidance to better guide a child who is struggling to achieve against life's gravity. Here's that thought:

When one says "I can't" they a frequently saying "I don't enjoy the act of." I told a friend a while ago that I can't watch movies over and over again as it bores me. The more enlightened understanding is I don't enjoy the re-watching because the element of surprise is missing. I enjoy the elements of surprise. I have a counseling client that frequently says "I can't sit and listen to that boring teacher." The more enlightened understanding (looking deeper) leans toward an understanding that the client doesn't enjoy the event.

I am now moving towards guiding that client to add an enjoyable activity and pairing it with that boring teacher's lecture. Possibly drawing, writing lyrics, whatever.... I'm going to now take time to listen to myself when I say "I can't." If you decide to join me in your personal "I can't" consideration experience. Leave me message. Let's grow together.

The KRS ONE video clip is here:  http://youtu.be/71yG030XZME  
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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.

My brothers are Baltimore Ravens ! Dad is so proud !

In honor of the superbowl I wanted to post a photo of my brothers playing for the Baltimore Ravens !

O.K................They are my fraternity brothers.......... I'm still tossing up my hooks !
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  !

America, Enjoy the Superbowl !
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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances.

Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education.

Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television.

Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.

Nobody else can do this for us - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Nobody else can do this for us" - America's King

I was raised with  reverence for the Almighty, a path of following Yeshua (Jesus the Christ), an understanding that all I was given was given for me to give, a love of America, and a love of Africa. As I frequently spent time in primarily "White" environments as a child I learned early on that I couldn't fully publicly celebrate in February's Black History Month. In the environments I've been employed in I frequently silently smiled at comments from people of African descent who would attempt to 'fit in' by publicly watering down Black History Month  as they worried that the recognition would "cause more harm"..... Americans seem to use the strategy of dilution frequently. The honorable Dr. King was watered down to "I have a Dream." (Many will say that this speech wasn't his finest). The honorable Rosa Parks was watered down to one act of courage (an act she did more than once, and and act that was done numerous times before her). The honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey was diluted to "Back to Africa." (Nuff said) and the White and Jewish Americans who made decisions that complemented the acts of the aforementioned are rarely mentioned. (Somebody "White" had to sign to change the 'Un-American yet strangely American' laws that Dr. King's activities were able to nudge towards change). I, however, wasn't taught diluted history which relates to people who have a glorious African ancestry. 

I was raised being taught about Mexico's 2nd President who was proudly of African descent. I was taught the hidden Black history of the 'Three Musketeers" candy bar. I was taught about the atrocities and hidden gems of Christianity's Black History (in example: the African cultural and regional origins of the man who is recorded to carry the cross for Christ) and I was warned by my parents and teachers that even as we are Americans, Americans will not fondly allow "us" to publicly celebrate the African aspect of ourselves. 

I realize that this post may make some feel uneasy. Rest assured. We love you as well. Celebrating one aspect of myself doesn't reduce a love I have for other parts of my American and Human and everything else existence. "So for those that have ears"........Here are some of the things that I was taught.

Here's some of the Dr. King I was raised on:
“I come here tonight & plead with you, believe in yourself & believe that you’re somebody…nobody else can do this for us, no document can do this for us, no Lincolnian Emancipation Proclamation can do this for us, no Kennedisonian or Johnsonian civil rights bill can do this for us, if the negro is to be free he must move down into the inner resources of his own soul & sign with a pen an ink of self assertive manhood his own emancipation proclamation…don’t let anybody take your manhood, be proud of our heritage…we don’t have anything to be ashamed of, somebody told a lie one day, they couched it in language, they made everything black ugly & evil, look in your dictionary & see the synonyms of the word black- it’s always something degrading, low & sinister look at the word white, it’s always something pure..well I want to get the language right tonight, I want to get the language so right that everybody here will cry out YES I AM BLACK & I’M PROUD OF IT, I AM BLACK & BEAUTIFUL!” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Here's some more of the Dr. King I was raised on:
“We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism are all tied together ... you can't really get rid of one without getting rid of the others... the whole structure of American life must be changed.  America is a hypocritical nation and (we) must put (our) own house in order.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“There must be a better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“The shirtless and barefoot people of the land are rising up as never before.  The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.  We in the West must support these revolutions.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

During this month I invite you to enjoy my past lessons and to consider that "Nobody else can do this for us." Whatever it is that I, you, we - need to change.....Nobody else can do this for us.... We must do it for ourselves, for our ancestors, and to the glory of the Almighty. God, continue to bless America.

Remain beloved, beloved.
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Seko Varner is from Positive Vibes Financial, a World Financial Group team of financial services agents. They specialize in debt reduction, investments, and insurances. Seko is also in high demand as a special events DJ and owns an event marketing service. Seko has diverse background in business, real estate, counseling and education. Seko is active with numerous Youth Mentorship programs and has a background in radio and television. Visit www.HappilyEverAfter.Be or call 757-248-3820 for more details.