(ThyBlackMan.com) As our worlds become increasingly more overrun with stress, albeit external or internal, it is no surprise that our waistlines have become the victim. Obesity and the problems associated with it are now at epidemic levels in the black community. According to the US Department of Health and Human ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On October 1st, 2013 – the first day of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – only 6 people were able to enroll for healthcare coverage through healthcare.gov. 6 people total. Through the well-documented laundry list of glitches, miscalculations on server capacity, and crashes of the website, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Unlike most folk of my ilk (poverty stricken African Americans), I find it troubling that we have given our Federal government the ability to make us buy a flawed product, or any product regardless if we want to or not. But putting that aside, I want to briefly discuss ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof because I’m happy’ -Pharrell Williams Do you know someone who is always happy? Is it possible to always be in a happy mode? Are you happy right now? Happiness means different things to different people. One person may regard ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are at a critical stage in the economy when “more than one-third of workers (36%) have a measly $1,000 saved for their later years,” according to a study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. “Compare that to the 28% of workers who said they had $1,000 saved in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From a boss who yells, to friends who take advantage of your generosity, it seems some people have no problem stepping over the line–stressing you out in the process. But you don’t have to put up with it. De-stressing your life by setting boundaries is a decision you can ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “And now, the end is here/And so I face the final curtain/My friend, I’ll say it clear/I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain/I’ve lived a life that’s full/I traveled each and ev’ry highway/And more, much more than this/I did it my way.” Those lyrics were famously sung by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Years ago I read a quote that went something like this: you are held accountable for what you know. It resonated with me because it fit very neatly into my own personal philosophy concerning just about every facet of life. I have always believed, very strongly, that people cannot ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My grandmother was Southern, and she grew up on Crisco. It is a cooking oil, but it looks like white-colored Vaseline. There it sat in two cans on her stove. One was used for chicken grease, the other for fish grease. Sometimes it was reused more than once. If ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all must learn to conserve our precious “Life Force” so that we can utilize it strategically when the best opportunity arrives to do so. Babbling with fools with hangups and irreparable attitudes will not help you to reach this level of being. Doing this will only distract you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life is filled with struggle and we are filled with the ability to overcome every struggle we face. No human being wants to struggle, but the truth is the easy road keeps us stagnant and dependent on others, not just for our everyday needs, but for the advancement of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While returning from a speaking engagement on an evening flight, the pilot announced that he expected we would land a few minutes early. Instead, as we approached, nearby thunderstorms changed the plan. For more than an hour – as daylight turned to evening – we circled. At first, I found ...