"No matter what relationship it is whether its family, friends, or intimate you have to stand your ground and you can't reinforce negative behavior. Sometimes you have to let a person go so that they can grow. I've had to do it on every level with my own sister, with my own mother, with friends and with lovers. Sometimes you come to a point where you have to let a person go. By you letting them go or you stepping away from them and removing yourself from that situation you teach them a new lesson, because you're not reinforcing this behavior. So if they see that what they're doing this is forcing them to lose people then they need to change. If you stay, instead of helping them you're hindering them".

-Tony Gaskins, Jr. 

"...relationships where there is no trust and no communication". 

                  --John Guess II

"...relationships that are manipulative".       --Equality

"...relationships where there is no give and take. A person is always making compromises, never getting much in return".  

 --DiLauris Muhammad 

According to Afro.com, there has been a 5% increase in number of plastic surgeries among Black women. Plastic surgery procedures rose from 942,571 in 2008 to 985,907 in 2009. To be honest, I find both numbers alarming. The most common procedures performed on these Black women were breast reduction, liposuction, and nose-reshaping. Procedures among Black female celebrities consist of skin lighteners and Botox injections.  What has caused this rise in face and body manipulations?  If these women view themselves in a less than positive way, who is it that they are comparing themselves to as the "standard" of beauty? 

 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

This passage describes in detail the importance of a good solid friendship. To have someone to stand in the gap for you in your time of need, to share your life accomplishments and to just be there to travel along life's adventures with you regardless of the outcome, is one of God's divine plans for our lives. Be mindful that some of the most precious relationships you cherish were developed prior to you or your best friend making the life changing decision to become saved and pursue your life as a Christian.  You would think this would be a decision that would ultimately bring the relationship to a higher level of regard, but that is not always the case.

I will be the first to admit that the last few years I have allowed myself to be lured into the spider web of saying "Yes" and ended up disappointing people, losing money, increasing my stress level and allowing my own personal goals to suffer.

What was even more hurtful is that the people you overexert yourself to help don't even appreciate it and borderline start to just use you like a washcloth and then throw you to the side.

On July the Fourth, the day of America's Independence celebration, He announced the beginning of His mission which was to restore and to resurrect His lost and found people, who were identified as the original members of the Tribe of Shabazz from the Lost Nation of Asia. The lost people of the original nation of African descent, were captured, exploited, and dehumanized to serve as servitude slaves of America for over three centuries. His mission was to teach the downtrodden and defenseless Black people a thorough Knowledge of God and of themselves, and to put them on the road to Self-Independence with a superior culture and higher civilization than they had previously experienced.

When I heard the Minister say that this was the year of the farm, I was so excited I had tears in my eyes. To hear that what I was doing and planning to do was right in line with the time was amazing. In that same lecture he talked about the health effects of eating foods with these high levels of pesticide residue, which illustrated to me that the people needed to learn this information so that they can make informed decisions about the food they consume. So at Muhammad Organic Farms we offer seasonal classes and workshops to help people understand the pros of growing and eating organic foods.

A man of God is a man of integrity and purpose.  A man of God in a world of unrighteousness and wickedness is a man of courage.  A man of God is a man with a mission who is filled with vision and is both called and led by the highest principles. 

In a world that is diametrically opposed to righteousness, it becomes necessary to seek out and destroy all men who are striving towards becoming the men of God that they are by nature called to be.  For this evil plotting to be successful an elaborately orchestrated assassination plot has been "hatched" by the wickedly wise.  The wickedly wise are bent on success at all cost and as a result they must practice a scorched earth policy of total destruction and ultimately, annihilation... 

"...relationships that at the foundation there is a need, either an emotional need because of a lack of self-esteem, a physical need because of a lack of self-control, or a financial need because of a lack of self-respect. If the foundation is cracked then the relationship is weak, shaky or toxic. Whereas, a successful relationship is based on a desire to share the ultimate journey of life with another human being; becoming one with God. This will ensure the foundation will have the proper ingredients for strength; spiritual compatibility, mutual respect, and patience. Need are fulfilled quickly, desires require much work".   

---Nazim Ansari