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ladies...a lil life lesson...reflect and see which category u fit...u may fit into both...

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i use to search for real love but now i've found it...it dwells in ONE who will never leave me nor forsake me....His love is greater than life to me...in Him i've found the meaning of true love...He was my Father when i was fatherless...also a friend in my time of need...no one can love me like He...because of His love...He over looked all the sins i have done...cleansing me from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet....now with His love inside of me i have a heart of loving kindness...whoever lives in true love...lives in God & God in he/she...there is no need to search for love anymore....it now dwells within me......

It's black history month...take time to learn something new... 1. The human race is of African origin. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) were excavated at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered at Omo in Ethiopia that were dated at 195,000 years old, the oldest known in the world. 2. Skeletons of pre-humans have been found in Africa that date back between 4 and 5 million years. The oldest known ancestral type of humanity is thought to have been the australopithecus ramidus, who lived at least 4.4 million years ago. 3. Africans were the first to organise fishing expeditions 90,000 years ago. At Katanda, a region in northeastern Zaïre (now Congo), was recovered a finely wrought series of harpoon points, all elaborately polished and barbed. Also uncovered was a tool, equally well crafted, believed to be a dagger. The discoveries suggested the existence of an early aquatic or fishing based culture. 4. Africans were the first to engage in mining 43,000 years ago. In 1964 a hematite mine was found in Swaziland at Bomvu Ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range. Ultimately 300,000 artefacts were recovered including thousands of stone-made mining tools. Adrian Boshier, one of the archaeologists on the site, dated the mine to a staggering 43,200 years old. 5. Africans pioneered basic arithmetic 25,000 years ago. The Ishango bone is a tool handle with notches carved into it found in the Ishango region of Zaïre (now called Congo) near Lake Edward. The bone tool was originally thought to have been over 8,000 years old, but a more sensitive recent dating has given dates of 25,000 years old. On the tool are 3 rows of notches. Row 1 shows three notches carved next to six, four carved next to eight, ten carved next to two fives and finally a seven. The 3 and 6, 4 and 8, and 10 and 5, represent the process of doubling. Row 2 shows eleven notches carved next to twenty-one notches, and nineteen notches carved next to nine notches. This represents 10 + 1, 20 + 1, 20 - 1 and 10 - 1. Finally, Row 3 shows eleven notches, thirteen notches, seventeen notches and nineteen notches. 11, 13, 17 and 19 are the prime numbers between 10 and 20. 6. Africans cultivated crops 12,000 years ago, the first known advances in agriculture. Professor Fred Wendorf discovered that people in Egypt's Western Desert cultivated crops of barley, capers, chick-peas, dates, legumes, lentils and wheat. Their ancient tools were also recovered. There were grindstones, milling stones, cutting blades, hide scrapers, engraving burins, and mortars and pestles. 7. Africans mummified their dead 9,000 years ago. A mummified infant was found under the Uan Muhuggiag rock shelter in south western Libya. The infant was buried in the foetal position and was mummified using a very sophisticated technique that must have taken hundreds of years to evolve. The technique predates the earliest mummies known in Ancient Egypt by at least 1,000 years. Carbon dating is controversial but the mummy may date from 7438 (±220) BC. 8. Africans carved the world's first colossal sculpture 7,000 or more years ago. The Great Sphinx of Giza was fashioned with the head of a man combined with the body of a lion. A key and important question raised by this monument was: How old is it? In October 1991 Professor Robert Schoch, a geologist from Boston University, demonstrated that the Sphinx was sculpted between 5000 BC and 7000 BC, dates that he considered conservative. 9. On the 1 March 1979, the New York Times carried an article on its front page also page sixteen that was entitled Nubian Monarchy called Oldest. In this article we were assured that: "Evidence of the oldest recognizable monarchy in human history, preceding the rise of the earliest Egyptian kings by several generations, has been discovered in artifacts from ancient Nubia" (i.e. the territory of the northern Sudan and the southern portion of modern Egypt.) 10. The ancient Egyptians had the same type of tropically adapted skeletal proportions as modern Black Africans. A 2003 paper appeared in American Journal of Physical Anthropology by Dr Sonia Zakrzewski entitled Variation in Ancient Egyptian Stature and Body Proportions where she states that: "The raw values in Table 6 suggest that Egyptians had the 'super-Negroid' body plan described by Robins (1983). The values for the brachial and crural indices show that the distal segments of each limb are longer relative to the proximal segments than in many 'African' populations." 11. The ancient Egyptians had Afro combs. One writer tells us that the Egyptians "manufactured a very striking range of combs in ivory: the shape of these is distinctly African and is like the combs used even today by Africans and those of African descent." 12. The Funerary Complex in the ancient Egyptian city of Saqqara is the oldest building that tourists regularly visit today. An outer wall, now mostly in ruins, surrounded the whole structure. Through the entrance are a series of columns, the first stone-built columns known to historians. The North House also has ornamental columns built into the walls that have papyrus-like capitals. Also inside the complex is the Ceremonial Court, made of limestone blocks that have been quarried and then shaped. In the centre of the complex is the Step Pyramid, the first of 90 Egyptian pyramids. 13. The first Great Pyramid of Giza, the most extraordinary building in history, was a staggering 481 feet tall - the equivalent of a 40-storey building. It was made of 2.3 million blocks of limestone and granite, some weighing 100 tons. 14. The ancient Egyptian city of Kahun was the world's first planned city. Rectangular and walled, the city was divided into two parts. One part housed the wealthier inhabitants – the scribes, officials and foremen. The other part housed the ordinary people. The streets of the western section in particular, were straight, laid out on a grid, and crossed each other at right angles. A stone gutter, over half a metre wide, ran down the centre of every street. 15. Egyptian mansions were discovered in Kahun - each boasting 70 rooms, divided into four sections or quarters. There was a master's quarter, quarters for women and servants, quarters for offices and finally, quarters for granaries, each facing a central courtyard. The master's quarters had an open court with a stone water tank for bathing. Surrounding this was a colonnade. 16. The Labyrinth in the Egyptian city of Hawara with its massive layout, multiple courtyards, chambers and halls, was the very largest building in antiquity. Boasting three thousand rooms, 1,500 of them were above ground and the other 1,500 were underground. 17. Toilets and sewerage systems existed in ancient Egypt. One of the pharaohs built a city now known as Amarna. An American urban planner noted that: "Great importance was attached to cleanliness in Amarna as in other Egyptian cities. Toilets and sewers were in use to dispose waste. Soap was made for washing the body. Perfumes and essences were popular against body odour. A solution of natron was used to keep insects from houses . . . Amarna may have been the first planned 'garden city'." 18. Sudan has more pyramids than any other country on earth - even more than Egypt. There are at least 223 pyramids in the Sudanese cities of Al Kurru, Nuri, Gebel Barkal and Meroë. They are generally 20 to 30 metres high and steep sided. 19. The Sudanese city of Meroë is rich in surviving monuments. Becoming the capital of the Kushite Empire between 590 BC until AD 350, there are 84 pyramids in this city alone, many built with their own miniature temple. In addition, there are ruins of a bath house sharing affinities with those of the Romans. Its central feature is a large pool approached by a flight of steps with waterspouts decorated with lion heads. 20. Bling culture has a long and interesting history. Gold was used to decorate ancient Sudanese temples. One writer reported that: "Recent excavations at Meroe and Mussawwarat es-Sufra revealed temples with walls and statues covered with gold leaf"....

My smiles are as scarce as the eclipse But my tears could fill the abyss My heart hurts at times Unfortunately all I have are memories that were sublime The present consists of unnecessary stress And lack of your tender caress What the future holds, at this point only God knows Feeling like a crushed beautiful red rose Holding my head in my hands As the water flows like beads of sand Thoughts of hope still surround my frontal lobe The outcome of our journey I continue to probe written by angelzgal...

don't allow past indiscretions in life cause your outlook to be jaded...just because you had more than your share of jacked up situations/relationships...please don't allow that fact that those circumstances were not on point...when you are ready to venture out on a new journey in life or in love remember this...new mindset equals new outcome...don't hold the past against your present or future......

How will you succeed in helping me When you’re not free Past wounds have you confined Your harsh ways I decline Quick to give instructions Hesitant on receiving suggestions Wise because you are older I disagree, but life has made you colder Take the time to reflect The loving which you neglect Open your eyes Baby You’ve got the prize Know that it takes two It’s not all about you Compromise is the key So make time and work with me How can marriage be in the picture When the present has an uncertain future Let’s take a step back And save what’s falling thru the cracks Acknowledge the strain Causing the damaging pain May He help us with the decision Cause this is not what I envisioned...

while listen to friends who are in relationships sounds like their love life is not as adventurous as those of my single friends...so the question i pose to you is are relations less while people are in a relationships?...what do you think......

i'm in awe of the fact that what is abnormal has become the norm... in relationships for example...a woman's cry is i want a good man...or all the good ones are taken…hmmm as I think about these statements that I’ve heard some females say on a regular basis... I listen I cant help but wonder if a good man came around would you really be ready…why is that the question that I pose u may ask…let's take a look at some of our patterns as women... we really don’t like to be alone or feel lonely...so we go and get in various situations...i.e. settling for what is less than what we are worth…we jump into a relationship without really knowing our partner fully…we equate good looks and great sex with love…now out of these situations come conflict of your original standards and morals…you allowed different entities into your life which affected your thoughts, viewpoints and even your beliefs…therefore losing a part of yourself every time you were in a relationship that you knew from the start really wasn’t going to benefit you in the long run… it’s like this…the abnormal…he’s with you when he can be with you due to the fact that he has a situation (another woman)…but when he is with you…you are all that matters…he lavish you with good pipe work…takes you places you’ve never been before…speaks lyrics that makes your heart beat twice whenever you hear his voice…but how often is that…his time with you is rushed/limited due to his current issue…yes he may spend the night every once in a while but he’s not consistent…yes the dick may be good but at what cost…he’s laying pipe with her too…then you say those words “but he loves me”…if he loves you…you would be his “one and only”…not the “only one that gives him loving like this”…if he loves you…he wouldn’t yearn, want or desire to touch another cause you are his all in all…yet you find more reasons/excuses on why you should be with him…due to the fact that we yearn for the comfort of a man…and you’ve allow this abnormality to become your normal way of being in love the norm would be to know your worth and don’t settle for less…know that you are a rear gem…you are priceless…with all that you’ve acquired through the years via the school of life…you should respect yourself first…believe in what you are capable of…love yourself…cause if you love yourself you wouldn’t allow anyone to treat you less…know when to walk away and don’t continue to hold on to something that’s not edifying you because you hate feeling lonely… these are just my thoughts…based on experiences of those I know and love…bless...