Change Ready or Not

Where is my seat? Can I ask you a question?  Why are you giving your power to people who do not reflect you? Yes you heard me! Why are you letting people, who do not reflect your culture or experiences, dictate what happens in your child's school and their education? Why aren't you making schools take into consideration what your thoughts are?  Believe me I’m not really interested in trying to get you involved in politics or the whole debates around governance. I simply want to know why your voice is not being represented, because believe me someone else is representing your voice and they are the people that government, local authorities and schools are listening to. They are helping to shape institution’s practises. Why aren't you? Their needs are being met so why aren't yours? Where is your voice? Why haven't you joined that parent association? The friends of - Society that may be in your school, or the governing body?   We all share common stories abo

Please  don't  get me wrong,  but I had to ask myself,  why am I  seeing the same names churned out for our Black History month this October? Have we become  plain lazy or  are we just using the same templates and stories without really thinking? I guess it takes that long to redress some aspects of history but  really ? I  know  that Nelson Mandela and Dr Maya Angelou are well known by those in my age group. An  assumption  but let me have it. Sadly both died this year and I have been left  touched by their contributions  to the worlds stage that we call life. I thought about whether to actually make a comment,or not and decided to just reflect a little. I know 'we' ( yes  that collective 'we') are more than just dancers, sport figures and entertainers. I know I am not just speaking to myself  when I wonder what else black people do? If  I really was relying on the media to show me that we are thinkers, inventors scientist and so much more I think I would have  

If you had asked me, this time last year, if I had heard of a man called Brendon Burchard I would have said "Who?" But last year September my friend Patricia had some tickets to Success Seminar 2013 at the Excel Centre in London and she invited me along. At the time it was just a free ticket to an event that I took advantage of. Who knew the impact it would have.  Now I didn't know what I was letting myself in for but I was still open.  It has been a year since my redundancy and through that lens you look at things a little differently. Month by month my confidence and purpose seemed to ebb away.  This invitation came just after I had failed to get a note taking job and I had hit a low. Not rock bottom but a confidence low. I  thought  "how the hell! You can’t even get a note taking job yet you want to go hear about success?" It was while I was reeling from that incident and subsequent depressed feeling that the invitation came.  I remember saying to myself

It's not often we get the chance to prepare for a new phase in our lives. Sometimes we weave from one change to another with ease.  Other changes appear long and complicated leaving us wondering when it will pass. Long suffering. I'm not talking about buying a car, house or little gadgets that we spend time researching or buying on impulse when the mood takes us. Sometimes things happen so rapidly in our lives that we can just about breath (Exhale).  When you get the opportunity to see an ending or new beginning, how you deal with it  can make all the difference..  Today I finished working for a company.    On the surface I appeared calm. I planned to slip away unnoticed but the people  in the team, and the wider office, had  other  ideas. I really didn't expect them to catch me out like they did. I  was trying get out the office but then they descended down the office to my desk.  OMgosh no where to hide. I was  presented with a lovely parting gift (see below), som