The REAL Me

I started Blogging almost 7rs ago when pretty much no one else was. It was before Facebook, Myspace and Twitter were even spoken of and right around the time when Blackplanet was starting to bore urban society. It was before blogging was all about fashion, make-up, helping and impressing others.....Blogging was about helping Yourself. It was an online diary full of secrets and life lessons that you would never want co-workers and distant family members to stumble across as they searched the web. My blog was ME, and I miss writing so freely.
The other day I spent hours reading through my now retired blog that was titled "My Mind In Motion". I laughed, teared-up, and was amazed at how open and real I was on the Internet! The same Internet that is now used by practically everyone on earth from a grandmother to a 7yr old child! There was no option to follow or to be followed by others and you felt safe to say whatever you wanted while welcoming the feedback from strangers just like you. I only had a couple of comments here and there from my favorite bloggers of all time (My Bloggettes) all of whom have retired their original blogs as well. Funny thing is that I never met my bloggettes but we remain friends through email til this day. It's crazy how the future suddenly happens and you find yourself adapted to the newer version of life........
I looked back and grabbed something from my old blog last night and that was my passion for the art of self expression through writing. I'm a Poet, a Writer, and an Artist, now and forever.

Excerpt from My Mind In Motion Blog
I WAS SAFE
I was safe at 16. I had my whole life ahead of me. I didn't have many responsibilities, and all I needed were my journals. The memories of those times are warm. They have that pretty glow to them and there's always a soft sunshine in the vision. I was protected from my future and all the intense life lessons it was ready to bring. I was still new to life and all its capabilities. I can never again be that 16yr old or relive those moments...but I can smile at the beautiful thought of having been her... A long time ago, in a world all my own, creating visions of a future that never happened; but smiling in the safety of knowing it would.

I was safe. July 2007

never lose your passion for what you love....the REAL you, should always shine through.
Peace Nikki ♥

Sometimes U Just Gotta.......

LET GO OF THE PAST, ENJOY THE PRESENT,

AND LOOK TOWARD A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE!

take each day as it comes

SMILE at YOURSELF IN THE mirror

DANCE

COMPLIMENT A COMPLETE STRANGER!

LAUGH SO hard it hurts

LET it GO, when someone GETS ON YOUR NERVES

READ something that strengthens you

WRITE SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD INSIDE ♥

Luv Nikki :)

I ♥ Mane 'n Tail Detangler!

I've been moisturizing nightly with this and my hair has been super soft and tamed. I had to write about how great this product is so that I could possibly help someone with hair like me :). My hair is relaxed and fine. I'm about a 4a in texture and my hair tends to be dry and fragile when I neglect it. I simply spritz this throughout my hair, lightly comb it through with my Jilbere shower comb, seal in the moisture with natural Jojoba oil, then I put on my satin scarf. Its only 3.99 and last me for 2 months. I only air-dry my hair, so the moisture is no biggie to me, but my hair dries pretty smooth with this anyway.

Details from website below:
Our exclusive pH balanced formula is easy to use and immediately eliminates tangles and dry, split ends while adding additional conditioning benefits.
• The solution for hard to comb hair
• Exclusive pH balanced formula
• Eliminates tangles & dry, split ends
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Ingredients: Water, Dimethicone, PEG 7 Amodimethicone, Horsetail Leaf Extract, Chaparral Extract, Colts Foot Flower Extract, Horse Chestnut Seed Extract, Meadowsweet Flower Extract, Clover Flower Extract, Fragrance, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Trideceth-6

Enjoy & Healthy Kisses

Ur Way Toward A Better Life♥

Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life.
Put away perversity from your mouth;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Let your eyes look straight ahead,
fix your gaze directly before you.
Make level paths for your feet
and take only ways that are firm.
Do not swerve to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
~Proverbs

Love Nikki, Kisses ♥

SOMETHING TO LIVE BY.......

"IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY TAKE AWAY FROM YOU THAT COUNTS!

IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT." :)

always make it work....... ♥

Love Nikki (kisses)

pic by sandra suy, luv her.

GET NOTHING BUT THE BEST! ♥

Read the title and FEEL IT! I WANT, therefore I SEEK, therefore I HAVE, Nothing but the BEST!!! And I shall have it no other way for the rest of my life.

Now, Let me explain what my "BEST" is, because My "BEST" isn't everyone's, in fact it couldn't be more different than lots of people I've known.

My "BEST" doesn't cost money nor does it have to be loved by others, because its loved by ME and My BEST things in life are free. I see it and I immediately begin working toward it, seeking and courting it like a blooming romance destined to be forever. I Pray and I Admire it, faithful that I will receive WHATEVER I SO DESIRE because my BEST is Beautiful and it was created and meant just for ME to have.

The Best Love, laughs, friendships, family, goals, and moments in life are all I want and all I have now and forever.

Nothing is Better then the BEST, get it Ladies and Gents♥

Healthy Kisses :) Love Nikki

why i'll never stop

i love me. i love all the great things i've been blessed to be. i love the beautiful future that i now, am blessed to see.
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i will never ever stop progressing in every way possible thanks to Jesus♥
and its those negative few that i encounter that remind me just how great it is to be me...to have a happiness so deep that its impossible for me not to smile no matter what.
HAPPY EASTER :) kisses, nikki