Momma Said: 100 Life Guiding Quotes From A Wise Mother

Momma Said...

"100 Life Guiding Quotes From A Wise Mother"

Coach Bruce

Bruce   is   a Pastor, Personal Coach, Passionate Motivator and Author. He is currently an Associate Pastor at Nation of Christ Believers Christian Center in Dacula, Ga.  Coach Bruce   is known for his steering messages on finding your purpose and living your passion. His   favorite author which he met   personally is Miles Monroe. Because of his many years as a recognized competitor in Track & Field and Road Racing, a mind to compete in life is what he wants to develop in his listeners. On Monday mornings at 9:15 am   Coach Bruce conducts the Cup of Mo Coaching and Personal Development Conference Call.  The call is done in honor of Betty Jo Ryles-Long his mother.

 

 

 

Growing up  in Philadelphia, Pa. under the  strong hand of a single mother, he  learned work ethic,  determination, a will  to  win,  and that  big  dreams do come  true. Momma instilled in him and his brother Elmer   that   there is nothing you   can’t   have if you   are willing to work for it.  When momma died November 20,  2014, many of her  wise  statements during rough times of my  life began to  flood  my   mind  day  and  night. When the   number of them reached over 300 I knew that this was a witty invention sent by God. Proverbs 8:12 says “I wisdom dwell with prudence and find out knowledge of witty inventions”.

 

 

 

Writing a book  was  not  on  the  Coach’s bucket list,  but  he  knew there  was   something special and  unique  in   these  life  guiding quotes. The book   is affectionately called Momma said…100 life guiding quotes from a wise mother. It is a story of a divorced   mother   raising   her    two    sons    single handed.  Parents and young adults would find it useful as   a   reference manual   for   life.   College freshman making decisions without Mom and Dad need a copy “Momma said…” The quotes are funny but instructional. Some are tough love but can be used as a playbook for winning the game called life.

 

The  mission is  to  get  our   world to  recognize the importance  of  family  values  and  give   Mom   the honor, respect and  appreciation she  deserves.  We give a special badge of honor to the single moms who did it on their own leaning and depending on God. The 2014 Census, reports that 9.9 million single moms are   raising children 18 years of age   and younger. The good news is so many have produced some   of our   best   athletes, entertainers, musicians and politicians. People like Tom  Cruise, Bill Clinton, Dr. Ben Carson, Les Brown, Halle Barry,  Jay-Z,  Eva Mendes, Eddie Murphy, Christina Aguilera, Kanye West,  Demi  Moore, Alicia  Keys, Samuel Jackson, Michael   Phelps,   Martin   Lawrence   and   Barack Obama all boast of being raised by single moms?

 

We  ask  that  you  help  us  impact our  generation by raising  high   the   banner  of  the   family.  The   first institution created by God.


"Momma Said" is a great book to remind you of those all-time favorite cautionary catechisms that your mothers use to say. I can’t wait to share this book with my Teenage book club! Mr. Philly Librarian

     

Muhammad Ali: All-American Hero?

  by Marvin DeBose Jr.

https://themindofmarvin.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/muhammad-ali-all-american-hero/

It goes without saying that Muhammad Ali was one of the most influential, revolutionary people who ever lived.
But, in the past few days since his passing, I’ve started to see that something is happening to his image. I’ve saw all of the friendly, smiling pictures of Ali all over TV with him throwing playful jabs at celebrities. I saw pictures from his famous fights, I saw people posting all of the nonthreatening, “acceptable” quotes from him on social media, which were typically the ones devoid of any political/social commentary.
On the radio, I heard one journalist describe him as someone who “transcended the lines of race and religion”. I wondered if she was talking about the same Ali who I learned about.
That’s when I realized, America is starting to give Muhammad Ali “the MLK treatment”.
What I mean by “the MLK treatment” is how American media and politics often water down the legacies of once subversive, provocative and radical historical figures after their deaths.
The truth is that for much of his life, many Americans were not in love with Muhammad Ali. In fact, for much of the prime years of his career, Muhammad Ali was vilified.
Mainstream America fell in love with another Ali, an older Ali who they wanted to paint as a silent, smiling hero. After he became less vocal in his social commentary and after it literally became more difficult for him to speak, due to him suffering from Parkinsons, that’s when America began to change its tune about Ali. But America never fully embraced who Ali really was.
The real Ali was a black man with conviction, confidence and courage. He was radical, fearless and a threat to the status quo in this country.
He was also a Muslim, who was affiliated with one of the of most revolutionary black organizations of the 20th century, The Nation of Islam. One of his mentors was Malcolm X, who was arguably one of the most controversial Black men who ever lived.
He was unapologetically Black and was extremely vocal about his rejection of the notion of white supremacy. He gave up his given name of “Cassius Clay” due to it being given to his family by slave-owners, much to many Americans’ disapproval.
After he won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics for boxing, he threw his medal into the Ohio River out of the anger and disgust which he felt for the racism he experienced in the country he taught he represented.
He famously (or infamously, depending on who you ask) took a stand against the war in Vietnam when at a time with many people were afraid to speak against the war and had his boxing license revoked for it.
Truth is, Muhammad Ali did not transcend race, politics or religion. Race, religion and the politics of America shaped his experiences and molded Ali into the great man that he was. By ignoring the adversity he faced within his home country, we do a disservice to Ali and to ourselves.
 
“I am America, I am the part you won’t recognize.
But get used to me—black, confident, cocky; 
My name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.”
-Muhammad Ali (1942 – 2016)