YES, I NAMED MY POST TODAY SHAKIRA.DON'T WORRY I'M NOT TURNING EGOTISTICAL ON YOU GUYS. ITS JUST THAT SHAKIRA(THE LATINA SINGER) IS REALLY HOT RIGHT NOW.SO I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I NAMED THIS POST SHAKIRA FOR MARKETING PURPOSES,LOL. MY BIRTH NAME IS TRULY SHAKIRA,WHICH MEANS GRATEFUL UNTO ALLAH IN ARABIC.AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL UNTO GOD.HOPEFULLY ONE DAY,INSHALLAH,I CAN TELL THE WORLD AND THEY WILL LISTEN!! BUT BEFORE THIS CAN HAPPEN. I MUST UNDERSTAND WHY WE,PARTICULARLY AMERICANS,FLEE FROM DIVERSITY? I AM AMERICAN AND I EMBRACE MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES. BUT I'M FINDING THAT AMONGST MY PEERS OF MANY ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS DON'T FEEL AS I DO!! I'M DEEMED WEIRD BY THEM,LOL. WHATS WRONG WITH LISTENING TO WORLD MUSIC? WHATS WRONG WITH EATING FOOD FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES? WHATS WRONG WITH STUDYING RELIGIONS OUTSIDE OF THE SAFETY ZONE OF WESTERNIZATION? WHATS WRONG WITH HAVING FRIENDS FROM COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE GLOBE? DOES NOT BEING WELL TRAVELED AND WELL READ BREED INTELLIGENCE? DOES NOT BEING DIVERSE BRING UNDERSTANDING? DOES UNDERSTANDING NOT RID SOCIETY OF PREJUDICE? TO BE PREJUDICE FREE IS WHAT SOCIETY NEEDS!! THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL WE TRULY BE UNITED UNDER THE BANNER OF GLOBAL UNITY.FOR ESSENTIALLY,IN THE WORDS OF ALANIS MORRISETTE,WE  ARE ALL CITIZENS OF THE PLANET!!! SO I,SHAKIRA, DON'T FIT INTO YOUR PRE-SHAPED MOLD. I,SHAKIRA ,AM DIFFERENT THAN YOUR AVERAGE "AMERICAN WOMAN" AND I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. I,SHAKIRA,AM WHO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AND WHAT GOD,ALLAH,JEHOVAH,JAH,YESHUA,RA,VISHNU OR WHATEVER ONE MAY CALL THEIR SUPREME MONOTHEISTIC GOD BY HAS WILLED ME TO BE. I,SHAKIRA,AM TRULY GRATEFUL UNTO GOD!!!

YOU CAN QUESTION MY INTENTIONS,BUT YOU WILL ONLY FIND THAT MY ONLY DESIRE IS TO MAKE YOU MINE.I YEARN SO BADLY TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING,CARE FOR YOU AS MY KING AND I SHALL BE YOUR QUEEN.YOU WILL NEVER WANT FOR ANOTHER.BECAUSE I WILL BE YOUR WIFE,FRIEND,MISTRESS AND LOVER.AND ABOVE YOU,EXCEPT GOD,I WILL NEVER PLACE ANY OTHER.WE SHALL LIVE A LIFE TOGETHER WITH NO SECRETS KNOWN.THEREFORE WE WILL RULE OUR LOVE OF EACH OTHER FROM A SPIRITUAL THRONE.SO LOOK INTO MY EYES AND SEE,FEEL HOW I NEED YOU SO.THE EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL.THESE ARE MY REVEALED DESIRES BUT IF YOU'RE TOO AFRAID TO PEEP INTO MY REALM  THEN TRUE LOVE YOU MAY NEVER KNOW.  COPYRIGHT 3/26/13 by Shakira Z. Ch'i

MEN ARE FUNNY CREATURES.NOW I DON'T CALL MEN CREATURES OUT OF DISRESPECT.I CALL MEN CREATURES BECAUSE THEY ARE AN CREATION,AS WE ALL ARE. THE MODERN MALES PSYCHE THOUGH IS A CREATION OF WHO,WHAT? HONESTLY I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. HAS SOCIETY,HOLLYWOOD,RELIGION OR POLITICS BRED THIS AT TIMES CONFUSED BEHAVIOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD FASHIONED MAN WHO KNEW WHAT HE WANTED. AND KNEW THAT HE HAD WHAT IT TOOK TO COURT AND KEEP HIS REWARD OF A  WOMAN. I'VE HEARD MANY MEN SAY,SOME EXPRESSED TO ME PERSONALLY. THAT THEY WANT A WOMAN WHO DOES THE  DUTIES OF AN WIFE OR ATLEAST THE DUTIES OF A PERSON WHO TRULY LOVES OR CARE FOR THEM.SOMEONE WHO ISN'T A GOLD DIGGER,WHO DOESN'T DRINK OR SMOKE.WHO DOESN'T CHEAT,WHO DOESN'T MIND COOKING AND CLEANING,WHO DOESN'T MIND LETTING THE MAN BE THE MAN AND SHE THE WOMAN LIKEWISE. AND THEN WHEN SHE'S WITHIN YOUR GRASP YOU FREEZE UP AND DON'T KNOW WHAT MOVE TO MAKE NEXT.YOU LOSE ALL CONFIDENCE,I MEAN YOU BITCH UP!! WHY? IT SEEMS THAT MOST GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. I'VE HEARD OF MANY TALES,BY MEN OFCOURSE,OF WOMAN BEING TOO EMOTIONAL,TOO INDECISIVE,TOO WEAK.BUT THROUGH OBSERVATION I'M FINDING THAT THIS CONDITION OF BEING OVERLY EMOTIONAL,INDECISIVE AND WEAK ARE NOT CONDITIONS ONLY RESIGNED TO WOMEN.NO,THIS CONDITION MEN ALSO SUFFER.LADIES WE'VE BEEN HOOD-WINKED,LOL.WOMEN WE'VE BEEN LIED TO. IN MY OPINION THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYONE CHANGING THEIR MIND,SHOWING EMOTIONS OR BEING VULNERABLE AT TIMES. BUT DON'T CAST TO THE WORLD THAT ONLY WOMEN HAVE THIS "FAULT" AND USE THIS FALLACY AS JUSTIFICATION FOR OPPRESSION.AS A HETROSEXUAL WOMAN,I ADORE THE MALE GENDER AND COULDN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT YALL. BUT GUYS LET'S FACE IT SADNESS,CONFUSION,BEING FICKLE,TEARS,NOT TRULY KNOWING THYSELF IS NOT A FEMININE CONDITION,NO ITS A HUMAN ONE!

WHAT CAUSES SOMEONE TO BECOME UNHAPPY WITH THEMSELVES? WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS MADNESS? I HAVE BEEN ON THE END,MANY,MANY TIMES(TOO MANY TO COUNT)OF PEOPLE DISLIKING ME FOR NO REASON.HOW CAN THIS BE? I USE TO ASK MYSELF.I COULDN'T COMPREHEND IT.BECAUSE I AM NO BETTER THAN THE NEXT PERSON.ANYTHING THAT I HAVE OR ANYTHING I'VE ACCOMPLISHED ANYONE COULD.WE'RE ALL EQUAL IN OUR TALENT,BEAUTY AND GIFTS.I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I'VE DEVELOPED A "FUCK U ANYWAY"ATTITUDE.(NOT TO BE TOO BLUNT).BUT I'VE LEARNED TO BE HAPPY IN MY OWN SKIN.I'VE LEARNED THAT WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME WILL BE GIVEN.I'VE LEARNED TO THINK AND BELIEVE IF SOMEONE LIKES ME,SO BE IT.IF THEY DON'T ,SO BE IT.I'VE READ OF TOO MANY TEENS AND ADULTS ALIKE, KILLING THEMSELVES BECAUSE NO LIKED THEM.WHY SHOULD ANOTHERS OPINION OF YOU MATTER THAT MUCH? I THINK IT ABSURD WHEN I WITNESS PEOPLE OLDER THAN SOMEONE HATING ON A YOUNGER PERSON.WHAT, DO FEEL THAT YOU WASTED YOUR LIFE AWAY?DO YOU WISH YOU WERE THAT AGE AGAIN?DO YOU FEEL THAT IF I WERE IN HIS SHOES,I WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PERSON OR MORE SUCCESSFUL?I'VE LEARNED TO WALK MY OWN WAY,MY OWN PATH AND WORRY NOT ABOUT THE NEXT WOMAN OR MAN UNLESS IT'S TO GIVE THEM A HELPING HAND. I ALSO TEACH THIS TO MY CHILDREN.LET NO MAN OR WOMAN CONTROL YOUR HAPPINESS.MOST IMPORTANTLY I'VE LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THE BURNING QUESTION OF JEALOUSY.I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE"HATE"WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANY BETTER FOR THEMSELVES.I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE"HATE" WHEN THEY'RE UNHAPPY.DON'T LET NOBODY BRING YOU DOWN!!!

I ASK WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE? IS IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL? IS IT TO OWN THE BIGGEST HOME AND THE MOST EXSPENSIVE IMPORT? IS IT TO FIND TRUE LOVE? IS IT TO PROCREATE? HOW DO YOU DEFINE PURPOSE? DOES OUR LIFE EVEN HAVE A PURPOSE? WHAT GOOD IS HAVING THE WORLD IF THERE'S NO ONE TO SHARE IT WITH. WHO SAID THAT MONEY DOESN'T BUY HAPPINESS HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT.I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD LIVE THE SIMPLE LIFE.ALL THE FLASHY THINGS,DOES IT REALLY MEAN ANYTHING? CHASING A CARROT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.TO FIND OUT IN OLD AGE OR IN THE AFTERLIFE THAT THE CARROT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE OBTAINED. IN MY HUMBLE OPINION,I BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO SHARE. BE IT TIME,KNOWLEDGE,MATERIAL GOODS. BUT ABOVE ALL,I BELIEVE THAT LOVE IS THE ESSENTIAL BUILDING BLOCK TO GIVE ANY OF THE ABOVE. DOES GOD NOT SHARE WITH US? HAS GOD NOT GIVEN US THIS PLANET? HAS GOD NOT GIVEN US THE BEAUTY OF NATURE? WE CAN'T GET TOO WRAPPED UP IN THE DIGITAL WORLD,FOR THEN WE LOSE FOCUS.FOR THEN WE LOSE OUR TRUE PURPOSE.

BELIEVE IT AND YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT,ENVISION IT AND YOU WILL OBTAIN IT!!

TODAY I WANT TO ADDRESS THE SUBJECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA.I LIKE IT.AND ITS EVIDENT THAT MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LIKE IT.EVEN IN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA, PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED ACCESS TO IT.BUT WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT TRULY SERVE?DOES IT REALLY BRING US,THE PEOPLE TOGETHER? IS THE INFORMATION POSTED ORGANIC OR FILTERED? DOES IT BREED US TO BE NARCISSIST? I MUST ADMIT WHEN I FIRST STARTED BLOGGING,I HAD THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING. I COULDN'T FIGURE WHAT EXACTLY TO BLOG ABOUT.I'VE NEVER BEEN A PERSON THATS STUCK ON MYSELF. SO WHEN I SURFED FACEBOOK,TWITTER AND SAW AN INFLUX OF FOLKS POSTING FLATTERING COMMENTS ABOUT THEMSELVES,PUTTING OTHERS DOWN,BEING PSEUDO-CELEBRITIES.I KNEW THAT WASN'T HOW I WANTED TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA.IS YOUR LIFE REALLY THAT IMPORTANT TO OTHERS? DON'T WE ALL THINK HIGHLY OF OURSELVES? OR DOES IT MEAN THAT WE TRULY HAVE LOW SELF ESTEEM WHEN WE ATTEMPT TO BEAT OUR ASSUMPTIONS OF PERSONAL BEAUTY AND INTELLIGENCE INTO ONE'S PSYCHE? CHECKING OUR STATUS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO SEE WHO "LIKED" OUR POST OR STATUS.I THINK WITH USING SOCIAL MEDIA COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.ITS ALL GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN BUT WE SHOULDN'T LOSE FOCUS ON HUMANITY. WE SHOULDN'T LOSE FOCUS THAT THIS POWER CAN BE USED FOR GOOD.WE SHOULDN'T LOSE FOCUS ON ALL THE IMPOVERISHED PEOPLES ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO DIE DAILY SO WE CAN BE FACEBOOK WHORES,AND YET WE GIVE NOTHING BACK NOT EVEN AN SHOUT OUT OR PRAYER.SO ARE WE GOING TO HELP UPLIFT THE DOWNTRODDEN OR CONTINUE TO SPIT IN THEIR FACES BY BEING ONLINE NARCISSIST? TO BE OR NOT TO BE,THAT IS THE QUESTION.

IN LIFE WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE DISAGREEMENTS.DISAGREEMENT WITH FAMILY,COMPANIONS,BUSINESS ASSOCIATES.AS LONG AS HUMANITY EXIST WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OR VIEWS.AND THATS THE BEAUTY OF LIFE,TO SHARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS WITH OTHERS.GIVE THEM AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF SEEING.THEY COULD ACCEPT IT OR NOT.IF ONE OF THE PARTIES CHOOSE THE LATTER DOES IT JUSTIFY THAT PERSON TO SAY HARSH CRUEL WORDS TO IMPOSE THEIR OPINION? I THINK NOT,BUT IN LIFE UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYONE PRACTICES SUCH RESTRAINT.I MYSELF ARE GUILTY OF SUCH ACTIONS.I HAVE RECEIVED SUCH HARSH TREATMENT AND HAVE GIVEN IT.BUT WHAT WE MUST NOT DO IS LET THE VERBAL AGGRESSOR KILL OUR SPIRIT.WE MUST KEEP FOCUS ON OUR INTERGRITY,OUR SELF WORTH,OUR INNER AND OUTER BEAUTY.WE CAN NOT LET OTHERS OPINIONS DESTROY WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OURSELF.THIS BLOG TODAY I DEDICATE TO MY DEAR FRIEND WHO I CARE FOR AND SENSING HIS PAIN,I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN FOR HIM TO HEAL COMPLETELY AND FIND HAPPINESS WITH SOMEONE WHO SEES THE INNER AND OUTER BEAUTY HE POSSESS. THOUGH WE MAY BE UNPOLISHED NONETHELESS WE ARE DIAMONDS!!

LIFE IS SO FUNNY SOMETIMES.TWO PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAY BE SOUL MATES BUT BOTH ARE AFRAID TO GO ANY FURTHER BECAUSE OF PAST PAINS.HOW IS IT THAT THE ACTIONS OF ONE UNGRATEFUL BEING CAN RUIN IT FOR SOMEONE DESERVING? WILL THIS BE ANOTHER NIGHT CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP? ONLY TIME WILL TELL. 

HERE I AM ONCE AGAIN TOSSING AND TURNING,UNABLE TO GET ANY SLEEP.AND I ASK MYSELF THESE QUESTIONS-WHY DO WE SUFFER FROM EMOTIONAL PAIN? DOES DESPAIR SERVE A BIGGER PURPOSE? DOES BEING ALONE REALLY MAKE US STRONGER? CAN WE TURN TEARS OF AGONY INTO TEARS OF JOY? DO WE AS HUMANS, MIRROR GOD'S MANY EMOTIONS? DOES GOD HAVE A DUAL NATURE? CAN THESE QUESTIONS BE ANSWERED BY OBSERVING NATURE? I CHALLENGE WHO EVER READS THIS POST TO ASK  HIS OR HERSELF THESE QUESTIONS. BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF!! AND ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH, NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL IT MAY BE.

This is all new to me.A part of my evolution.Thanks for sharing in this life lesson.You are the foundation of what I envision to be something that will aid masses in spiritual healing!! I will try to post something each day so stay tuned. Onced again thanks much!!