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Monday, May 6, 2013
Guest Post - Reflecting On Commitment by AngelinaD
Reflecting On ~ Commitment
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.
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.
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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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Family of 4 shows the way to Financial FREEdom
This is one of the best examples of living for the future. America, we can get out of debt !
Don't believe me just watch:
Seko
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The original post is here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-a-family-of-four-manages-to-live-well-on-just--14-000-per-year-174803218.html
By Mandi Woodruff | Business Insider
By Mandi Woodruff | Business Insider
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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.
Don't believe me just watch:
Seko
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The original post is here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-a-family-of-four-manages-to-live-well-on-just--14-000-per-year-174803218.html
How a Family of Four Manages to Live Well on Just $14,000 Per Year
By Mandi Woodruff | Business Insider- Business Insider - Photo: Courtesy of Danielle Wagasky
In the years since the recession, the median
household income in the U.S. has dropped to just over $50,000, while
fixed costs like health care, higher education, and housing have only
soared. Now imagine trying to support a family of four on a fraction of
that income.
It's a reality that stay-at-home wife and mother of two Danielle Wagasky has lived for the last four years. And, perhaps a little surprisingly, she wouldn't have it any other way.
Wagasky, 28, lives with her her husband, Jason, 31, and their two young children in a three-bedroom family home in Las Vegas, Nevada. While Jason, a member of the U.S. Army, completes his undergraduate studies, the family's only source of income is the $14,000 annual cost of living allowance he receives under the G.I. Bill. Despite all odds, the family has barely any credit card debt, no car payment, and no mortgage to speak of.
Wagasky has been sharing her journey to living meaningfully and frugally on her blog, Blissful and Domestic, since 2009.
She was kind enough to chat with BI and tell us how she makes it work.
Wagasky finds inspiration everywhere from the library to tips from readers on her blog.
Amazon "My husband told me he'd heard about this book, [America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money![]()
]," she said. "We talked about it over the phone and I read it and thought how it could apply to us."
The couple had a single savings goal in mind –– scraping together $30,000 for a down-payment on their home in their native Henderson, Nevada.
The mindless spending was out, and Wagasky came up with a budget she could make work. "I changed the way I was grocery shopping and started working my way up, " she said.
She stopped eating out and learned how to cook.
Wagasky barely knew her way around a kitchen when she started her money makeover.
Now she's an avid cookbook collector (she checks them out from libraries or asks for them as gifts to save), and it's one of the simplest ways she's managed to cutback on spending.
With a $7 bread-maker she scored at a local thrift shop, she never spends on store bought slices. She's not shy about professing her love for wholesale stores like Costco, which is her go-to source for baking ingredients.
Everything in the home is either hand-sewn and or made from scratch.
seth w./Flickr"Everything
must be budgeted," Wagasky wrote in a June entry on her blog. "From
family outings, to toiletries to clothes purchases. It must be
budgeted."
And she takes Do-It-Yourself to the extreme. Everything from laundry soap and clothing to the kitchen her husband installed in their new home was either crafted by hand or thrifted.
She swears by this home-made laundry detergent recipe.
The family swapped cable for Netflix and Hulu.
When it come to cutting costs, cable was as easy luxury to part ways with.
With two children aged 6 and 8 to entertain, Wagasky invests $14.99 in a Netflix plan and recently added Hulu to the mix.
The family also uses a simple antennae to pick up basic cable channels.
She goes to the grocery store once per month, pays cash, and never goes over budget.
REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniWith a single source of fixed income, there's no room for impulse purchases in the Wagasky household.
They budget $400 for groceries each month and that's it.
"Once that $400 is gone, it is gone," she writes. "There are no extra shopping trips made because there is no more money."
They are a cash-only household but keep a credit card for emergencies.
Wagasky said they have no credit debt, but they do charge emergency expenses on plastic when absolutely necessary.
"We recently had some medical bills we had to pay, and we were able to take our savings and pay those down as fast as we could," she said.
They fill up their tanks once per month and combine errands as much as possible.
REUTERS/Pichi ChuangWith gas prices creeping higher each all the time, the Wagaskys watch their mileage like hawks.
That means combining errands together and doing all they can to make one tank of gas last a month.
"We know we don't get to drive and visit family often, so when we do we cherish it," she wrote in a blog entry.
"We don't go just for an hour, we stay and visit and even run errands that may be close to where we have family. We try to remember that when the gas is gone...it is gone."
They paid for both of their cars in cash and have no car payments.
After Wagasky's husband left active duty and started school, the couple knew they would only have $14,000 per year to live on.
So they paid off the $8,000 he owed on his truck while he was earning more and they could afford the expense.
They also bought a van, which they saved $10,000 for initially and were able to pay the remaining $12,000 owed within a year.
Having zero car payments is a nice relief.
She skips all kiddie snacks in favor of healthier, cheaper DIY options.
AP Photo/Brennan LinsleyLike
anyone with simple math skills, Wagasky was quick to realize how much
cash she was wasting on prepackaged snacks for her children.
She cut them out completely and whips up homemade granola bars and trail mix instead.
If she can freeze food, she will.
If you're on a tight food budget, your freezer will become your best friend.
Wagasky chops vegetables and fruits and freezes them for a month. She actually does the same for dairy products like cheese, butter and yogurt.
"I am able to freeze about 8 gallons of milk each month," she writes. "They sit at the bottom of my freezer and we thaw them out when we need them." Baked goods get the same chilly treatment.
She uses a food co-op to save on fresh produce.
REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniWagasky
was dubious about joining a food co-op, but after three months, she
realized she would never beat the savings or quality she found.
Food co-ops pool membership fees together in order to fund a monthly harvest that's distributed at designated pick-up points.
A couple of times per month, Wagasky gets a basketful of in-season produce for $15 –– way better bargain than she'd ever find in stores.
They took advantage of Nevada's declining housing market to score a cheap foreclosure.
By the time Wagasky's husband came home from Iraq, they had managed to scrape together the $30,000 they needed for a downpayment on a home.
"But we decided the best option would be not to have a mortgage payment at all," she said. "We found a fixer-upper that didn't have a kitchen ... and we paid cash."
Price tag: $28,000. With the leftover cash, they were able to finish the kitchen and install wood flooring throughout the house.
It's a reality that stay-at-home wife and mother of two Danielle Wagasky has lived for the last four years. And, perhaps a little surprisingly, she wouldn't have it any other way.
Wagasky, 28, lives with her her husband, Jason, 31, and their two young children in a three-bedroom family home in Las Vegas, Nevada. While Jason, a member of the U.S. Army, completes his undergraduate studies, the family's only source of income is the $14,000 annual cost of living allowance he receives under the G.I. Bill. Despite all odds, the family has barely any credit card debt, no car payment, and no mortgage to speak of.
Wagasky has been sharing her journey to living meaningfully and frugally on her blog, Blissful and Domestic, since 2009.
She was kind enough to chat with BI and tell us how she makes it work.
Wagasky finds inspiration everywhere from the library to tips from readers on her blog.
Amazon "My husband told me he'd heard about this book, [America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the MoneyThe couple had a single savings goal in mind –– scraping together $30,000 for a down-payment on their home in their native Henderson, Nevada.
The mindless spending was out, and Wagasky came up with a budget she could make work. "I changed the way I was grocery shopping and started working my way up, " she said.
She stopped eating out and learned how to cook.
Wagasky barely knew her way around a kitchen when she started her money makeover.
Now she's an avid cookbook collector (she checks them out from libraries or asks for them as gifts to save), and it's one of the simplest ways she's managed to cutback on spending.
With a $7 bread-maker she scored at a local thrift shop, she never spends on store bought slices. She's not shy about professing her love for wholesale stores like Costco, which is her go-to source for baking ingredients.
Everything in the home is either hand-sewn and or made from scratch.
seth w./Flickr"Everything
must be budgeted," Wagasky wrote in a June entry on her blog. "From
family outings, to toiletries to clothes purchases. It must be
budgeted."And she takes Do-It-Yourself to the extreme. Everything from laundry soap and clothing to the kitchen her husband installed in their new home was either crafted by hand or thrifted.
She swears by this home-made laundry detergent recipe.
The family swapped cable for Netflix and Hulu.
When it come to cutting costs, cable was as easy luxury to part ways with.
With two children aged 6 and 8 to entertain, Wagasky invests $14.99 in a Netflix plan and recently added Hulu to the mix.
The family also uses a simple antennae to pick up basic cable channels.
She goes to the grocery store once per month, pays cash, and never goes over budget.
REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniWith a single source of fixed income, there's no room for impulse purchases in the Wagasky household. They budget $400 for groceries each month and that's it.
"Once that $400 is gone, it is gone," she writes. "There are no extra shopping trips made because there is no more money."
They are a cash-only household but keep a credit card for emergencies.
Wagasky said they have no credit debt, but they do charge emergency expenses on plastic when absolutely necessary.
"We recently had some medical bills we had to pay, and we were able to take our savings and pay those down as fast as we could," she said.
They fill up their tanks once per month and combine errands as much as possible.
REUTERS/Pichi ChuangWith gas prices creeping higher each all the time, the Wagaskys watch their mileage like hawks.That means combining errands together and doing all they can to make one tank of gas last a month.
"We know we don't get to drive and visit family often, so when we do we cherish it," she wrote in a blog entry.
"We don't go just for an hour, we stay and visit and even run errands that may be close to where we have family. We try to remember that when the gas is gone...it is gone."
They paid for both of their cars in cash and have no car payments.
After Wagasky's husband left active duty and started school, the couple knew they would only have $14,000 per year to live on.
So they paid off the $8,000 he owed on his truck while he was earning more and they could afford the expense.
They also bought a van, which they saved $10,000 for initially and were able to pay the remaining $12,000 owed within a year.
Having zero car payments is a nice relief.
She skips all kiddie snacks in favor of healthier, cheaper DIY options.
AP Photo/Brennan LinsleyLike
anyone with simple math skills, Wagasky was quick to realize how much
cash she was wasting on prepackaged snacks for her children. She cut them out completely and whips up homemade granola bars and trail mix instead.
If she can freeze food, she will.
If you're on a tight food budget, your freezer will become your best friend.
Wagasky chops vegetables and fruits and freezes them for a month. She actually does the same for dairy products like cheese, butter and yogurt.
"I am able to freeze about 8 gallons of milk each month," she writes. "They sit at the bottom of my freezer and we thaw them out when we need them." Baked goods get the same chilly treatment.
She uses a food co-op to save on fresh produce.
REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniWagasky
was dubious about joining a food co-op, but after three months, she
realized she would never beat the savings or quality she found. Food co-ops pool membership fees together in order to fund a monthly harvest that's distributed at designated pick-up points.
A couple of times per month, Wagasky gets a basketful of in-season produce for $15 –– way better bargain than she'd ever find in stores.
They took advantage of Nevada's declining housing market to score a cheap foreclosure.
By the time Wagasky's husband came home from Iraq, they had managed to scrape together the $30,000 they needed for a downpayment on a home.
"But we decided the best option would be not to have a mortgage payment at all," she said. "We found a fixer-upper that didn't have a kitchen ... and we paid cash."
Price tag: $28,000. With the leftover cash, they were able to finish the kitchen and install wood flooring throughout the house.
By Mandi Woodruff | Business Insider
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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.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
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:
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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.
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
Presenter:
Seko “DJ Seko” Varner, WFG
Presenting his finds of sound financial
steps in scripture.
Lean more about Seko by visiting his
blog:
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
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
Questions
? Call 757-248-3820
positivevibesfinancial @ gmail (dawt) com
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.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Time traveling....Love is the message...Go to class
This video is an audio lecture done by Chris Parker aka KRS ONE. In other lectures and songs he challenges the listener to "Visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture." He then drives the listener to create the path of decisions the visualized wealthy self made to arrive at that wealthy status. I am now returning to the guidance of self development. I invite you on the ride.
This lesson was particularly revealing for me. This week I made the hard decision to not supply the financial needs of a deep friend, She is now in a shelter that can assist her to make better decisions. She made the difficult decision to trust me and trust my guidance that she doesn't need someone to help her from a decision she made months and years ago. Although difficult she is expressing an understanding that she is where she is due to decisions she made in the past. I asked her if there was a message in this mess. She replied in the affirmative. As difficult as it was I had to support her as she lived and learned the message. If I helped her by giving her money, I would be a hindrance to the message. One has to come to class to learn the lesson. The first difficulty is coming to class. The second is focusing enough on the teacher to understand the lesson. The third difficulty is doing the homework to master the lesson.
If there is an ongoing difficulty that is affecting you. Go to class.
http://youtu.be/d_oKtD955mQ
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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.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
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:
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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.
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
Presenter:
Seko “DJ Seko” Varner, WFG
Presenting his finds of sound financial
steps in scripture.
Lean more about Seko by visiting his
blog:
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
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
Questions
? Call 757-248-3820
positivevibesfinancial @ gmail.com
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.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Considerations - I can't equals I don't enjoy...
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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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The 2008 Black History Class (27 days worth)
Blessings,
Black History Month is an American invention that has moved the world towards improvement. !
In 2008 Larry Brayboy and I finished and launched a online Black History Class for a group called The Imani Foundation that I was a former President of. This class was a fun project and most of the class is still functional.
The heading to the class has a quote that still has a level of direction for me: "The Imani Foundation's online Black History Class: Take the
pre-test. Study one lesson per day. Take the post test. Pray. Let the
information help you to become the change you want to see in the world."
Happy February !
Seko
Black History Class Begins !
Watch, listen, & learn. Click the links below for the daily lesson: Lesson 01 - The Pre-test
Lesson 02 - The history of Black History
Lesson 03 - The Global African Presence
Lesson 04 - Ancient African Migrations
Lesson 05 - African Slavery and Islam
Lesson 06 - The world has African ancestors
Lesson 07 - Biblical Black History # 1 - Return to Glory
Lesson 08 - Blacks in America before the Pilgrims
Lesson 09 - The American Slave Trade (Ma'afa)
Lesson 10 - Black Cowboys
Lesson 11 - Queen Mother Moore
Lesson 12 - America's first Black Millionaire
Lesson 13 - Black History and The Moors # 1
Lesson 14 - Biblical Black History # 2 - Black to the Bible
Lesson 15 - Black History in the Holy Koran
Lesson 16 - The Afro-Latinos
Lesson 17 - The Afro-Latinos #2: Puerto Rico
Lesson 18 - The Afro-Latinos #3: Mexico
Lesson 19 - Black Indians (American Indians)
Lesson 20 - The Black Jews
Lesson 21 - Biblical Black History # 3 - African influences
Lesson 22 - American Songs of Freedom
Lesson 23 - Black American Inventions
Lesson 24 - Salsa Music's Black History
Lesson 25 - African Martial Arts
Lesson 26 - Black History and the Blues
Lesson 27 - The Post Test
Created by Seko VArner and Larry Brayboy
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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.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Sunday Schooled - White Folks
White Folks
(Photo Dr. Sam Varner (left) and Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson (right)
Drew Morris, a (White, and I say that to provide a
visual) minister who is around 65 (Pops is 70) shared with me in a meeting
information about my Dad that I didn't know. He stated "Your Dad is a phenomenal man, he has
done things that others are still scared to do. He deserves a lot of
recognition. He then says "We were in a meeting and he shared with us that Dr.
King (The Honorable Dr. Martin Luther King) told my father in a meeting "You'll
have to get rid of your hate for White people to do your job." Dad then
reportedly shared in this meeting with Drew other things he did during the Civil
Rights era involving racial reconciliation. Drew shared how he admired
how my Dad, and other Blacks, rose above the problems of that time to act in a
manner exemplified by Yeshua (Jesus). As a child I used to wonder how
my parent's and ancestors lived under the suffocating veil of evil White
supremacy without wanting to kill every White person in sight. As mad as I would
become after hearing their stories I still couldn't hate Whites
because my parents wouldn't allow that. They taught me to love Black and love
White and everything in between. A lady once set Pops' hair on fire when he
rooted for the other team at a football game. The Blancos around him wouldn't let him put out the
fire nor retaliate against the witch. How could he be so loving after facing so
much hate... He attributed it to "a relationship with Christ"... I thought that
he and Christ were both crazy.
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Sunday Schooled is a collection of former blog post by Seko Varner. This post was originally
posted on Janruary 24, 2008 while Dr. Varner was still alive .
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Dad is pictured above with his
friend..........Baseball legend Jackie Robinson (the second photo displays Dad with my brother and I). I remember coming home from
school after learning about Jackie Robinson in school and telling Dad and Mom I
want to play Baseball like Jackie Robinson. Dad said something to the effect of
"Jackie used to throw balls at you when you were a baby." Dad then pulled Jackie
Robinson's book off of his bookshelf and showed me a signature from Jackie with
comments that could only be made from people who are close. Dad used to minister
to Jackie Robinson's family and was even referenced in the book's "Thank You's". This picture still
makes me shiver. Two men who both shaped and changed the world I live in. Two
men who faced the cruelty of Amerika squarely in the face and
'showed love' in response to hate.Dad raised us in a rather Afro-Centric environment, yet never showed a disdain for anyone. We were taught to love Africa and America. I still get looks of surprise when I often end prayers with my kids by saying "GOD bless Africa, GOD bless America, GOD bless everybody." GOD bless everybody.... Even those I want to hate. When Dad spoke of people he hated he spoke of Blacks who were racial betrayers. Dad is chock full of stories where White-folks did incredibly devilish acts of hatred to him, yet he only hated when 'we' didn't achieve, when 'we' hurt each-other, when 'we' failed to improve our station in life, when 'we' didn't appreciate ourselves...........Achieve, heal us, improve yourself, appreciate us.
Ashee.
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