I Write Because...

Mali's Mind is Motivated

I write because...I am happily addicted to my alphabet melody... my mind's remedy... my sanity's outlet...my serenity.  Do see, it's my close encounter with l e t t e r e d therapy...& it's mine...
M i n e

I write because I love to... Write because I have a right to...w r i t e any way I want to ...and...express my joys and sorrows too...and because I simply love to...be on this base, in my space, this white place, exercising my very own personal w h i t e-s p a c e.

I write because it enables me to speak...loud but quietly...as a child uplifted by words...as a girl uninterrupted by plight...as a woman...undaunted by chide and not shamed by fright...

When I write...I am uninhibited & uncensored by dialogue to tug-o-war about...I own it, unadulterated and cool...self-inspired... my verbal clout.  My quietest way to scream...and..sometimes shout!!!

I write because it is just one of the things I have the highest level of confidence about me in...no troubles or worries about being alone when...I write you see...no disappointments exist when I write because...when I write...it allows me to be true about me...and...reserve my right to be right...about me...

When writing...it allows me to just BE...and...When I write...I am happy with just little ole M E.

On Hurricane Sandy

Mali's Mind is Motivated

In the dark, but I can see... a bit cold but I have blankets...not hungry cause I just ate Wendy's. Allah is Merciful and I thank Him...because this is temporary and hopefully a game changer for many. I could be Blind and my darkness be permanent. I could live in a third world country and never know the feeling of being full. I could be homeless and be cold each night that I sleep outside but inside of a box.  I could be all of those things but Im not.  I Praise Him.  

GirlFriends!

Sharing, Caring, Laughing, Living. It's what we do so well and best when we do it together as friends; Girlfriends! I love each and every one of you. You know who you are, strong, beautiful, talented and with so much purpose. Attributes that help me to know myself that much better because I am a reflection of you and you are what I see when I see me.
GF

Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Number 44...It inevitably follows 43 and at this moment, and on this day... it is a beautiful thing!

It is...the retired baseball number of Hank Aaron...the international direct dial code for the United Kingdom...the U.S. route that runs from New York to Massachusetts...it is a stormer number...it is a powerful magnum...it is a formula cough suppressant...it is the number on the jersey worn by Forrest Gump...it is the number of days between the birth of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in 1946. What is most amazing about the number 44 is Barack Obama our 1st African American, 44th President of the United States!

This is a joyous occasion, not just for African Americans but for all Americans and members of the United States of America. It is a symbol of hope for most, a symbol of solidarity for others but most of all, it is a symbol of the United States of America.

United, the term meaning joined together, to form or cause to form a physical or chemical whole.

State[s], this term meaning existing condition or position of a person or thing; political community under one government.

America, one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, supported by the Constitution and especially by the Bill of Rights..."with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Outstanding-And this is proven to be true as the election and fruition of presidency of Barack Obama is presented before us on January 20, 2009.

Barack Obama is the prime example of Ordinary People Performing Extraordinary Things. Good Luck Barack, I Wish You Well & May The Peace & Blessings of Allah Be With You!

Sincerely,

Mali

My Apology

Dear Blog Readers,

Please forgive me for my absence. I have been very busy with the most recent fall semester of which I completed quite successfully. The spring semester is right around the corner and I may again be absent for a while to tackle other challenges of upper academia.

Please note, I intend to write here in this blog spot until I can no longer come up with ideas that I care to share. If I am unable to come up with any ideas I care to share, I have moved on to paradise.

Forever I Remain,

Mali

ADVOCATE OF CHANGE!

As posted on my most recent blog entitled Learned Behaviors, I am intrigued by the male feminist organization N.O.M.A.S. Its acronym speaks for itself, National Organization for Men Against Sexism. N.O.M.A.S. is an organization that promotes equality among the sexes. I have emphasized the word sexes because I want to make it clear that N.O.M.A.S. does not discriminate upon any orientation. They have been in existence for more than 30 years, which is quite an impressive tenure for an organization of this sort and that alone should speak for itself. Throughout this post you will see it stated like a mantra.

N.O.M.A.S. believes that past ideals of masculinity need to be revisited and revised. They fully advocate a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative and anti-racist (www.nomas.org). The workshops are designed to assist in the rethinking of social views that imply an individual is less than another individual because they are not white, male and heterosexual. Results of these workshops produce alternatives to cultural beliefs that men should be dominant by any means necessary i.e. acts of aggression, insensitivity and violence, acts that have become the norm in our “civil society.” A civil society, how’s that for S.A.D.A.Y.R. …seasonal affect disorder all year round. It’s a joke right?

N.O.M.A.S. has made it clear that those acts of our civil society, construed as manliness are only in the minds of “not so real men.” They inform that centuries of those ideals, forced upon generations and generations of individuals (women too) require deprogramming; and they offer assistance in this deprogramming in such a way that members are readily accepting of holding themselves accountable to change. They become advocates to the masses of closed-minded beings who have not yet grasped the idea of change and it becomes beneficial to the larger masses. It’s like the shampoo commercial that tells two friends and they tell two friends and so on and so on and so on. At the end of the day you have free thinkers who have removed themselves from the tradition of cultural, static norms that do nothing but create friction. In doing so, they contribute to a healthier, more sound and more productive community. In essence it contributes to a more productive society.

In conclusion, I support N.O.M.A.S. because of our commonalities, more specifically our common beliefs. I too am an advocate of free-thinking. In my experiences I have come to learn that often, many people do not think for themselves and rely on what they have been taught or feared being different, even when they know it is wrong, even when they too have possibly experienced some form of discrimination or act of violence. Some say it takes courage to advocate for what is right when all that really needs to be considered is actually called, EQUALITY.

Motivation

Motivation: The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.

Mali's Mind will forever be moved to the point of no return. It is a force to be reckoned with as it Operates off of a set of sound but different principals. Forthcoming Traditions will be determined post completion of all her goals. Incompetency will forever be unacceptable as it is something that reflects carelessness in efforts. Her Voice is the tool of the new millennium. It is strong and Affirmed in its pursuit to be heard. It will Transcend cultural norms forcing them to become Insignificant, Obsolete and dysfunctional. Nonconformity is the word she has decided to end this poem with. You see, it started out as an acrostic but as you can see, she refuses to
conform.

The words above are familiar and perhaps very commonly used. I thought it would be interesting to collect and propel them simultaneously. My goal is always set at moving the minds of others. To motivate the mass into becoming free thinkers, removing themselves from the tradition of cultural norms. Cultural Norms are outdated, boring and static; and as we have learned, they cause friction. We have all been created equal however, we are in fact different. That difference is what makes the world go around.

I enjoy inciting the possibility of change. And if you are uncertain of what that means...See Learned Behavior, Affirmative Action & Empowered! Better still...See me for who I am, not for who you think I am supposed to
be.