Mental Health and African American Spirituality

MENTAL HEALTH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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You Can Change

Get Your Mind Right

I watch daily the behavior of others as well as my own. It amazes me how some will doubt your intellectual ability, while you have already shown yourself to be capable of getting a job done. It has been in San Francisco that my mindset has shifted and increased significantly, because of the many I encounter with mental health issues.

Knowing that one must cultivate their inherent abilities, many will never reach their fullest potential because they are incapable of seeking knowledge and educating themselves. I guess it is easy to be like everyone else, while we were each created to be different. A great mind is a terrible thing to waste, while an average mind seems to make society function at low levels.

I find that many will attempt to use sex as a means to gain favor. If it is not going anywhere, what is the purpose? You can have sex and if it does not satisfy your intellect and add increase to your character, what purpose does it really serve? In all things you must seek to add increase to your inherent ability and increase your mindset to become better, stronger and wiser.

In any given thing make sure it helps you to GROW. If your not growing you are becoming complacent or stagnant in mediocrity. This is not what life is about. I see how as a young woman I was foolish and immature. These are the same things I would look for in choosing a  mate. If your mind is where mine was when I was 18, I would not seek to have you in my close personal company.

I realize there is a very different culture in California, but that does not mean I want to conform to said behaviors. I would rather take my intelligence elsewhere and start over than to waste my abilities on things of no significance. Choose love over hate and mental maturity over complacency. We were created to do Great things in life.

Choose to do something meaningful, rather than waste your time playing mind games of no significance. Get Your Mind Right!

Teaching Children Early

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                                                     Early learning from LaTrice Hughes

The eyes are the window to the soul

HiI look into the eyes of others and see the condition of their soul or the spirit that has overtaken them. Many times it's not the human being or their soul that does wrong, it is an unclean spirit that has overtaken them. Their are many spirits, but the holy Spirit is the best one to be filled with.

It is written we wrestle not with flesh and blood but principalities, powers and spiritual wickedness. It is for us to be aware and mindful at all times. If you know you are starting to think out of your normal patterns, be attentive to your environment. Often, it is someone in your close proximity that is directing negative thought towards you or possibly their thoughts of themselves.

One does need to get up daily and put on their armor. It protects the mind and makes you aware of your surroundings. It is kind of like the armor the knights once wore, except it's armor for mind and soul. It also protects the body from sickness.  When you walk in a newness of mind, your Spiritual life and gifts are increased. You then at this time take the opportunity to learn something from all Experiences.

Seek good over evil. It's not necessary to neglect yourself, because you have to eat. You have an obligation to You first and foremost. You can do for everyone in the world and sacrifice and get nothing in return. Don't worry what anyone else thinks because no man or woman can rightly judge you. You can have all the knowledge of God and no man can judge if it is of him. Weight the spirit by the spirit to know if they are of God.

God is Good all the time.

Go read my book, "The Dawn of Resiliency", the extended version. A real eye opener.

Lessons by Experience

I've learned by way of experience, many people age but don't mature mentally or spiritually. They make excuses for the things they do and say God will forgive them, but that's false. He clearly states, for Who is born of him doesn't habitually practice sin or continually do the same things and make excuses. That would be an idiot. Even I knew to stop dating men. In doing so God added increase to All my gifts and gave me clear divine comprehension of his word and the things of life.
It was in having gone through abuse in my earlier years I was able to grow past the hurt, to become the woman I am. A female Pastor told me, because she had the gift of seeing things in the future, that no man would be able to accept me for the woman I would become. This was because his inherent gifts became manifest in full.

I often wondered why people hate the LGBT community. I asked for a revelation of this. It was told to me that we are Immortal souls. It is possible that a being was born in one form being the opposite gender. It is not the flesh, but the spirit or soul of the being that is held accountable. It would be an abomination to God, if the two souls we're the same sex. That's Gods understanding, not mine.

Stop hating people for being true and unafraid of being themselves. Not everyone gay wants you. Judge others for their choices and sexuality and it will be the same Judgement you receive. God says love your brother or sister as yourself, without judgement. That doesn't mean keep doing evil to people and expecting God to forgive you. He did say " For whosoever is born of him, does not habitually practice sin". That means don't keep doing wrong and expect God to understand. Get your mind right!

Go read "The Dawn of Awakening" on Amazon. Rev. LaTrice Hughes

Determination

The word determination means many things to me. It has healed me of pains from the past and helped me focus on the future. You must know what you want and where you are going. You cannot spend your time worrying about what others think, or if they will accept you.

Determination is the childhood I overcame. It is the times I was afraid and abused by my grandfather. The tears I shed because I was vulnerable. It is the taunting of other children because they were not raised right. The jealousy within the family unit, that continued allowing years of abuse.

We each experience life in different ways. It just so happens mine was different than yours. Reflecting back upon the past, is not a means to practice self pity or blame, but to smile at the resilience I possess. I smile at the things that were meant to break me. The people that came into my life and I chose to turn away from them.

We can continue down a path that is not healthy for us or we can follow our hearts. It is ultimately our choice. Determination has made me a better woman. I choose what I want in life. I cannot allow other people to choose for me. I see how I have in past accepted things because others said it is how things should be done. NO MORE!

I often wondered why I saw things so differently than others. I was not like everyone. I was always going against the status quo. I find I have had a history of keeping things real. Doing what was expected was not always in my best interest. I would often rock the boat.

I recall my determination to have nice things in life. I have had and lost , but I have continued to try. I know the life others say I should have, is not acceptable to me. I was born wealthy. I deserve all the best life has to offer. I don't believe poverty makes us better people. That is a form of limitation religion teaches.

I was once a religious zealot, but saw how those thoughts placed limits on my ambition. Determination to achieve greatness, cannot be accomplished with a limited mindset. If you keep an open mind about all things, you will see things from a completely different perspective. Life begins to take on a new form.

Remembering making bad decisions, I am determined to make better ones. Bad choices in relationships has showed me to be more attentive and not disregard the obvious signs seen in the very beginning. I think my desire for love in the past, made me more sustainable to overlook things.

I now see that if a person doesn't help to add to you and encourage you to follow your dreams, they are not for you. It is easy to be with someone that has little ambition and wants you to live a simple and mediocre life. However, if a person truly cares for you they will visualize your dreams with you. That is a real connection.

Determination is my getting over being raped. I remember feeling ashamed. Things take form within your mind, but you must replace these things with positive end encouraging thoughts; to motivate yourself. I am not saying this is easy. You must know you are worthy of better things and heal yourself daily.

Determination to see beauty, where there seems to be darkness and sorrow; is a sign you have been awakened and enlightened. You have the power to overcome anything. Think BIG! It is not for you to allow any circumstances to stop you from reaching for the stars. All things are possible.

Being strong during times of adversity is another form of determination. Will you allow someone else's
interpretation of you to hinder your progress? I recall many strange things happening. People have in past attempted to encourage my direction, I chose to go the opposite way. 


I have chosen to be positive and see my future in abundance and prosperity. Your goals change as you begin to see all the possibilities available in life. You must consciously decide to have a better life. It doesn't matter where you came from, only where you desire to go. Why should you care what others think of you?
It cannot and will not change who you are. That is what matters.

That Is DETERMINATION

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