Wisdom is earned through trials, tribulations, and reflections. Wisdom is not something you receive from a book, instead, it is experienced. Knowledge becomes wisdom when it adapts to meet new, unfamiliar situations. Since my twenties, I’ve prayed for wisdom and discernment. As a result, I’ve encountered numerous life challenges. Lessons learned from each experience helped me to face the next challenge with a little more confidence and determination. I used to ask, “Why me?” Now I say, “Why not me?”
Experience is like the dreaded classroom teacher who always pushes you beyond your limit, but she is not my only teacher. Wisdom has also come to me more subtly through my wide-eyed observations of strong women. Their actions and words colored my responses to trails and tribulations. Reflecting on their lives helped me to better direct my own life. I consider every one of these women by Big Mama. With some of them, I share their DNA, but most simply crossed my path for a season. This blog will recount numerous lessons I’ve learned from countless Big Mamas - old, young, black, white and everything in between. They allow me to say, “If Big Mama can, I can too!”
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AuthorRamona Dallum Lindsey is an artist, speaker and curious citizen who finds strength in the wisdom of her elders. Archives
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