Credits: Moritz Knoringer It’s Happy New Year 2021 in California! ThinkTalk wishes everyone a very blessed and peace-filled New Year. . . . According to the United Nations, there are 195 countries in the world. Most celebrate New Year on January 1st with the exception of a few countries. The countries that do not celebrate … Continue reading Happy New Year 2021!
Are you a People Pleaser?
Credits: Vanessa Van Edwards Are you a people pleaser and would rather please everyone rather than yourself or God? Are you afraid to say ‘NO?’ Are you “too nice or too agreeable?” Do you allow everyone to walk all over you? “Are you desperate to gain other people’s approval while neglecting your own needs?” If … Continue reading Are you a People Pleaser?
Year 2020 is ending soon!
Credits: Unsplash In a few hours, the Year 2020 will be all over! Most of us can’t wait for it to be done with. The remaining hours left of 2020 will be a good time to praise and thank God for having kept you/us throughout the year. Pause to acknowledge that despite everything that 2020 … Continue reading Year 2020 is ending soon!
Sugar Detox Plan Part 1
A proven sugar detox plan could mean the difference between you having an easier time losing weight, eating well, and feeling great or continuing to …Sugar Detox Plan Part 1 Click on the above link to read the rest of the post. Also check out GS’s site, Be Inspired ...! /empress2inspire.blog, for more helpful and … Continue reading Sugar Detox Plan Part 1
Strong Women of The South Americas
South America is a continent south of North America, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. There are 12 countries in the continent namely, ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilChile ColombiaEcuadorGuyanaParaguay PeruSurinameUruguayVenezuela Source: Huffington Post Strong Women cut across cultures and continents. They are the women who fight for causes that liberate and supports women. They also defy stereotypical … Continue reading Strong Women of The South Americas
Jesus Ministry: 7 Primary Ways that God Speaks
I hope that you are aware that today is the last Sunday of 2020! Despite the frustrations of Covid-19, the social unrests and injustices, the restrictions on physical movements, and whatever else plagued you/us in 2020, I hope that you are glad the year is almost over. I am. As 2020 comes to an end, … Continue reading Jesus Ministry: 7 Primary Ways that God Speaks
Enjoy Christmas Day with your Family watching these NBA Games!
Source: NBA Schedule 12:00 P.M. Miami Heat and New Orleans Pelicans 2:30 P.M. Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks 5:00 P.M. Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets 8:00 P.M. Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers 10:30 P.M. Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers Credits: NBA I am sooooo excited and will be lazing in front of … Continue reading Enjoy Christmas Day with your Family watching these NBA Games!
Hark The Herald Angels Sing … Merry Christmas!
Credits: Yulian Karadzhov youtube.com/watch Thank you for visiting on this very special day. Christmas Blessings to you, and especially to my awesome followers, like'rs, and commenters. May His Joy, Peace, and Goodwill be yours today and always ... It's still a great day to be alive and breathing! . . . Hark! The herald angels … Continue reading Hark The Herald Angels Sing … Merry Christmas!
Loving Basketball: Can’t believe this is happening …!
Check out this game in the NBA app! Celtics VS Bucks https://watch.nba.com/game/20201223/MILBOS-1 Tell me that there's no fear because it's just the beginning of the Season! Again, an indicator of what the season holds. Enjoy the remainder of the game on second opening night😍 Here are the results of other games played tonight, courtesy of … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Can’t believe this is happening …!
Loving Basketball: Opening Night was unsurprisingly entertaining!
Courtesy: NBA It was a double-header - Golden State Warriors (GSW) at Brooklyn Nets (BN) and Los Angeles Clippers (LAC) at Los Angeles Lakers (LAL) - opening night to start the 2020-21 NBA Season. With my fave Team, fave player, and the Lakers’ Ring celebration; all were exciting from beginning till end and an indicator … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Opening Night was unsurprisingly entertaining!
Loving Basketball: KD is back!
Check out this game in the NBA app! Nets VS Warriors https://watch.nba.com/game/20201222/GSWBKN-1 Love Kevin Durant and his game style though he's playing my best Team!!! See if you can watch the live game? https://watch.nba.com/game/20201222/GSWBKN-1
Strong Women of The Americas – North II – Canada
Source: CanadasHistory.ca Preamble Successful women everywhere have been known to defy several odds in their pursuit of success. But those odds are immensely more for the Strong Women. In addition to all the challenges that women already face, the Strong Woman has more to contend with mentally. Mentally Strong Women though caring and nurturing, are … Continue reading Strong Women of The Americas – North II – Canada
Loving Basketball: 2020-21 NBA Season Starts Tomorrow!
Credits: Left - NBA, Right - Laylayrock26 For lovers of NBA Basketball, the 2020-21 Season starts tomorrow!!! I’m so excited but too bad Covid-19 has barred fans from being live on-the-ground to watch their favorite Teams. Well, we’ll be glued to our televisions. It’s going to be different. What with Teams’ almost all new players … Continue reading Loving Basketball: 2020-21 NBA Season Starts Tomorrow!
Christmas: The Reason for The Season
Christmas is this Friday; less than a week from today. As we approach the day, we need to pause and ask ourselves - what really is the reason for Christmas? It’s not about the food or the presents we exchange with one another; though those are great. Neither is it about building the snowman, riding … Continue reading Christmas: The Reason for The Season
Good Governance and A Nation that Cares
Credits: Bible.com / (C) ThinkTalk Charity begins at home.Sir Thomas Browne So goes the popular saying. It’s hypocritical to be concerned about everyone else, while ignoring the ones closest to you such as a spouse, children, and/or immediate family. Same is true for a nation. A nation (represented by its President and leaders in government) … Continue reading Good Governance and A Nation that Cares
Holiday Gift Giving for the less fortunate
Credits: Bible.com / (C) ThinkTalk Can you believe that Christmas is a week from today? If you are in a position to help others, are looking for fertile soils to till, it’s not too late; please consider these organizations to support and put a smile on someone’s face this Christmas. I acknowledge that there are … Continue reading Holiday Gift Giving for the less fortunate
Excellent Customer Service
Source: Unsplash What is Customer Service? Customer service means a variety of things depending on the industry. According to Zendesk, the noun, customer service, is "the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services."Zendesk states that: “customer service can make or break a business;” the … Continue reading Excellent Customer Service
Catfish and Nigerians
Nigerians love to eat freshwater catfishes but this post is however not about that. Today’s post is about a Dr. Phil’s Show, on the title, that I was opportuned to watch about three weeks ago. Source: Dictionary.com Catfish, as shown above, is a false identity used on the internet to swindle unsuspecting gullible people. Dr … Continue reading Catfish and Nigerians
Electoral College certifies Biden
It is now official - Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the U.S.A. Presidential election. Together with the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, they will both be sworn in on January 20th, 2021. Prior to January, however, according to CBS News, there are still two major dates to hurdle: December 23: All copies … Continue reading Electoral College certifies Biden
Recipe: Lobster Bisque
** Sharing my daughter’s recipe for her Lobster Bisque which she made and was nice to bring us some. Forgot to take a picture of the whole pot but paused, from enjoying it, to snap the below photo real quick 😍** Ingredients Lobster (2-4 pieces). Fresh thyme. Shrimps (1/2 - 1 lb). Celery. Onion, white … Continue reading Recipe: Lobster Bisque
Strong Women of The Americas – North: I
Credits: left - wisesayings.com, right - mapsofworld.com Thank you for reading the Strong Women Series. I hope that you found it informative. It has been a learning process as I have enjoyed writing and researching about these incredible women across the continents. So far, I have posted the Strong Women of The Bible in three-parts: … Continue reading Strong Women of The Americas – North: I
Recipe: Dad’s Potato-Plantain Breakfast Special
This is one of our late Dad’s favorite breakfast dish. It has now become a favorite in my household hence we named it after him. The Special is filling and healthy; aside from the corned beef which is extremely high in sodium. If you’d like to try the recipe and would like to omit or … Continue reading Recipe: Dad’s Potato-Plantain Breakfast Special
Jesus Ministry: Spiritual Fitness
SpiritualPlusFitnessCredits: Unsplash Spiritual fitness is to your soul and spirit what physical fitness is to your body. . . . All truths are parallel. It is therefore imperative that immense attention should be paid to the parallelism of the spiritual and physical. “Man lives in two worlds: He lives in the natural world … and, … Continue reading Jesus Ministry: Spiritual Fitness
Caring for one another: 10 things you can do to show you care
Credits: Bible.com / (C) ThinkTalk Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.Leo Buscaglia In a world where everyone is in a rush, where everything needed … Continue reading Caring for one another: 10 things you can do to show you care
Loving Basketball: Preseason starts this Saturday!
t.email.warriors.com/r/ Woohoo!!! Check your local Teams for respective stations' airing times. You know (C)ThinkTalk will be glued to the television. Quiz: Which Team will win this season's Championship? 1 Golden State Warriors 2 Golden State Warriors 3 Golden State Warriors 4 Golden State Warriors 😆 Okay, I just displayed my bias! Let's take two: Which … Continue reading Loving Basketball: Preseason starts this Saturday!
Loving Basketball: So glad to see these guys back!
http://www.nba.com/news/10-players-we-finally-get-to-see-again-in-2020-21 . . . I'm really glad and looking forward to the 2020-21 NBA season starting soon - Christmas will be bomb!!! The game, like any other sports, is a risky venture. We, the fans, concern ourselves more with the big bucks paid to the players and big contracts signed. But none, absolutely none, can … Continue reading Loving Basketball: So glad to see these guys back!
Never give up
Credits: Unsplash.com The past week was hectic but I’m glad that it’s over now - mission accomplished! I’m choosing to relax/rest a bit this week, and gradually get back to work. Did someone ask why my personal week was hectic? Thanks for caring 😊 I moved; moved from one region to another - like from … Continue reading Never give up
The D-Day has come and gone – 2
Credits: NBC [Last paragraph from the previous post:] “The Constitution of the United States of America states that “the results won’t be official until each state fully canvasses and certifies its presidential election results, which occurs on a different timeline in every state.” The Electoral College has to declare the Presidential winner after the electors … Continue reading The D-Day has come and gone – 2
Alexander The Coppersmith
Credits: Bible.com/ThinkTalk Paul made the above statement, in chapter 4 of his second letter to his spiritual son Timothy. Other references to Alexander the coppersmith can be found in 1 Timothy 1:20 and Acts 19:25-27). . . . Numerous times that I have read this chapter, I have wondered what Alexander the Coppersmith did. Could … Continue reading Alexander The Coppersmith
The D-Day has come and gone. But, wait a minute
Credits: Left; poynter.org Right; guardian.com The D-Day was November 3rd, 2020. It was a historical day in the United States of America. It was a day for the people to choose who would lead them for the next four years. It was also a day of unprecedented voter turnout. But, wait a minute. Pre-D-Day was … Continue reading The D-Day has come and gone. But, wait a minute
I am thankful; how about you?
(C) ThinkTalk Happy Thanksgiving Day I took this photo a while back. The purpose was to share with my siblings and friends who would understand the intentional undertone. The photo is apropos, so I thought, for Thanksgiving Day (apologies to animal rights activists et al) I could pen a million plus things that, despite covid19, … Continue reading I am thankful; how about you?
Strong Women of Africa
Continuing our Strong Women: A Series. Credy: azquotes The first series highlighted my favorite Strong Women of The Bible. Our next series will highlight notable Strong Women of Africa. As you may, or may not, know, Africa is a continent comprising of fifty-five 55) countries spread across its northern, southern, central, eastern, and western regions; … Continue reading Strong Women of Africa
Conversations with my Daughter
Credits: Unsplash There are some things in life that we have no control over; such things as genetics and the environment we grew up in (at least to a certain extent). To this list, I want to add ____ please read on and you can fill-in the blanks. I encouraged my daughters to be free … Continue reading Conversations with my Daughter
Loving Basketball: NBA Teams’ Star Duos
Credits: Mercury News (Left) & Clutch Points (Right) “Everyone needs somebody,” right? Yes, we all need each other, but most importantly, we all need at least one person in our life who is our confidante or a balancer of sorts. For married couples, this person often is the significant other. But even married couples need … Continue reading Loving Basketball: NBA Teams’ Star Duos
Strong Women: A Series – I-III – Strong Women in the Bible
I began the Strong Women in The Bible highlighting my favorites. I had to curtail the post for swift readability. This is the third and concluding post of the sub-series. You will find the previous posts here, Please read along and, at the end, nominate your favorite from the eight. If you have a Strong … Continue reading Strong Women: A Series – I-III – Strong Women in the Bible
Loving Basketball: 2020 NBA Draft: Results
Credits: NBA.com The 2020 NBA Draft has now been completed. The spectacular event was full of surprises and extremely emotional for many prospects.Locally, LaMelo Ball was rumored to be the #1 draft, but the first draft went to Anthony Edwards, while LaMelo was the #3. Former USC Star Onyeka Okonkwo was, as of yesterday nominated … Continue reading Loving Basketball: 2020 NBA Draft: Results
Thoughts: Mine, Others, Whose?!
Credits: Unsplash I don’t wanna ever embrace again some people’s Thoughts of me, those thoughts have hurt and made me temporarily delusional. Yet I would like to embrace some people’s Thoughts of me, For those have motivated me to believe higher for myself. I don’t even wanna embrace some Thoughts of myself sometimes; for who … Continue reading Thoughts: Mine, Others, Whose?!
Loving Basketball: 2020 NBA Draft Day
Credits: NBA.com Today is the NBA Draft. Hundred (100) prospects with their families will gather, via videoconferencing due to covid-19, for the event and the possibility of starting a “new life” in basketball. The event which was originally “scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, will now be conducted at the … Continue reading Loving Basketball: 2020 NBA Draft Day
Strong Women: A Series – I-II – Strong Women in the Bible
Credits: Unsplash I have eight (8) favorite Strong Women in the Bible. I highlighted Abigail in my previous post. We’ll continue today with Deborah, Dorcas, and Esther. Deborah Deborah was both a prophetess and a judge in Israel. A prophetess is a woman who God has chosen to carry His Word to His people (you … Continue reading Strong Women: A Series – I-II – Strong Women in the Bible
Strong Women: A Series – I-I – Strong Women in the Bible
Credits: Unsplash “Strong” is both an adverb and an adjective. Often when used to refer to a lady or woman, the first thought of “strong” is that of a forceful feminine. But, please if I may don my gift-of-teaching hat on for a second to educate us a little bit today - the word … Continue reading Strong Women: A Series – I-I – Strong Women in the Bible
Intimacy and Mental Health
Credits: Who would have thought that there was (and still is) a connection between the two; mental health and intimacy. Well, if you have been wondering why you are “afraid” of connecting with anyone on a deeper level, or know someone who is, you might even be in a relationship with one who is afraid … Continue reading Intimacy and Mental Health
Strong Women: A Series
Credits: Unsplash Historically, women were supposed to be seen and not heard;They were banished to the kitchen;And told to be subservient to men and their husbands; even girls to their male siblings!Historically, a woman’s role post-marriage was to care for everyone - husband, house, children, and sometimes in-laws;They were not allowed to vote;Nor to be … Continue reading Strong Women: A Series
A Rose Just For You
To my WP family and friends The recognition is all from you. The 🌹 is just for you. I’d send the rose 🌹 to each person for not only liking my posts, but also following, sharing, and commenting. But I don’t have your physical mailing addresses for FTD (Floral Direct) or Amazon to deliver to … Continue reading A Rose Just For You
California & the November 3rd: Results
Credits: Pexels Exactly a week ago, America had its election. There were 115 measures on the ballot out of which the State of California had 12. My previous post listed the California measures. Today, I post the results below: . . . Yes on Proposition 14, Bonds to Continue Stem Cell Research -No on Prop … Continue reading California & the November 3rd: Results
#Gottfried #BanterRepublic
I couldn’t keep this to myself, people. I would like to introduce to my esteemed WordPress family, and share with others, Gottfried of Banter Republic. I discovered the site and owner today. It has been a hilarious day since discovery. I haven’t laughed so hard in days. Well, maybe I fibbed on that. I am … Continue reading #Gottfried #BanterRepublic
Popular or Electoral?
Credits: Associated Press Are you following the American Elections or still glued to your television awaiting the results like I still am? Or while driving, tuned to the radio that’s analyzing the American Election results? If you are, I’m sure you’ve heard Popular Votes and Electoral Votes. What do they really mean as it concerns … Continue reading Popular or Electoral?
Election Results
Credits: Unsplash.com/ Tiffany Tertipes Are you glued to your television as I am right now watching the release of America's Election results? I'm so tensed. Truthfully, I don't particularly support any Presidential candidate because I believe that none has the solution for the pandemic nor systemic issues plaguing America. I am however nervous that any which … Continue reading Election Results
D-Day is Tomorrow!
Credits: Pexels The United States of America’s Election Day is finally here and it’s tomorrow. If you still haven’t voted, please make sure you get out early as lines are reported to be very long. This is an unprecedented election unlike any other for various reasons. Each person’s reason differs one to the other. But, … Continue reading D-Day is Tomorrow!
Jesus Ministry: Increase your Faith
Credits: Unsplash.com / Kreated Media What is Faith? “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” (Hebrews 11:3) … Continue reading Jesus Ministry: Increase your Faith
Significance of Colors
Credits: https://sunnyslideup.com/choosing-the-right-color/ “What’s your favorite color” you often hear kids asking one another. But, wait a minute! Adults have favorite colors too. I reread Pen of Hearts “Yellow: My Favorite Color” blog and was fascinated by it yet again. Dr. Namrata had earlier blogged and posted some questions; one of which was “what’s your favorite … Continue reading Significance of Colors
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