Archives for the ‘Motivational Monday’ Category

Affirmation #1- I Have Changed by Renee Wiggins

By APOOO • Jun 28th, 2010 • Category: Motivational Monday

Kick off the Week on a positive note with an Affirmation titled I Have Changed by Renee Wiggins.  CLICK HERE to listen to this week’s affirmation.   BOOK DESCRIPTION Transformations: Give Up the Struggle by Renee Wiggins We all have had our ups and downs in our lives, some more than others. But, how we end [...]



The First Family Portray

By APOOO • Oct 23rd, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

What a beautiful family! President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sit for a family portrait in the Green Room of the White House, Sept. 1, 2009. (Official White House Photo) Photo by Annie Leibovitz/Released by White House Photo Office This official White House photograph is being made available [...]



I Look to You by Whitney Houston

By APOOO • Jul 27th, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

She’s Back…Whitney Houston that is.  Snagged a copy of I Look to You from her latest album and posted the link below: I Look to You by Whitney Houston* *Arggh the link no longer works…Sony copyright infringement…they don’t want the song posted on You Tube before the album is released in September. Well…have you heard [...]



Skating Babies–Evian Commercial

By APOOO • Jul 10th, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

Have you seen the Evian Roller Babies? Are they cute or what…made my day when I saw them promoted on The Today Show this morning.



I Trust You by James Fortune & FIYA

By APOOO • May 24th, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

I Trust You by James Fortune & FIYA Great video to start off a new week.



Susan Boyle HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH

By APOOO • Apr 19th, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

Who is Susan Boyle?  She’s the singer–who was mocked and shown skepticism–on Britain’s Got Talent. That is until she opened her mouth and wowwed and awed many in the audience and now many of us in the world.   Her appearances were very misleading and what many judged her by.  Especially since she’s not Hollyweird’s [...]



25 TIPS FOR A BETTER LIFE

By APOOO • Mar 21st, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

25 TIPS FOR A BETTER LIFE      1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk,  smile.   It is the ultimate anti-depressant.      2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.  Buy a lock if you have to.      3. When you wake up in the morning complete the  following statement,  [...]



The Day that Black History Met American History

By APOOO • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Motivational Monday

The Day that Black History Met American History (My inaugural poem) by K. Kimbrough*   On a cold January day 12:05 to be exact There was a meeting Where a seated old Abe looked down And a tall standing Washington cast his shadow Before a mall and its historic waters The meeting Of the Fore [...]



A Few of My Favorite Things by Rambling Raven

By APOOO • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Motivational Monday

A Few of My Favorite Things My absolute all time favorite holiday movie is The Sound of Music. I don’t think it is a Christmas movie in the traditional sense but NBC runs it every holiday season. And I watch it every year. On of my favorite songs from that musical is “My Favorite Things.” [...]



Are You Ready for the Kindness Cure?

By APOOO • Nov 24th, 2008 • Category: Motivational Monday

Happiness expert and author CJ Scarlet is starting a kindness revolution and she wants YOU to join her! Over the next year, CJ will personally perform 365 acts of kindness and recruit a legion of everyday people like YOU to perform similar acts in their own communities, such as babysitting for a busy mom so she can take a break, taking neighbors’ trash cans off the street and leaving them an anonymous note, personally thanking our teachers and police officers, and buying a bus ticket for a stranded homeless person to return to their family.