Life Is a Game and God Is Your Coach

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. This is what I said to myself as the new year came in so rapidly. I write/speak not only to hear myself speak (lol) because I am astonished by most of the things that I say, but I write/speak to empower and impact the lives of the people I love and I care about, as well as the people I don't know but I sincerely want to see them rise to whatever their calling may be.

For many days and nights, I prayed and asked the Lord to give me the desires of my heart, and as all believers in Christ should know, He will give you your hearts desires but on his timing. There's one key to asking for what you want when praying, and that key is once your prayer is answered...you can't drop the ball. I like to compare this to a second-string player in a team sport. You beg and plead coach to put you in the game, but if and when coach puts you in the game...guess what? You have to produce! Because if you don't!...reluctance is what you will experience the next time you beg and plead. In a very similar way, this applies to what you ask God for. When He gives you what you have been believing in and praying to Him for, you have to recognize it as a blessing and be fruitful with the opportunity. Life is a game and God is your coach. Don't fail to produce when your hearts desires are delivered as He promised. You can hope for change, but you have to plan for it as well.

Appreciatively yours from the Owner, Founder, & Designer of BCE...a fashion line for the Bold, Confident, & Excellent.

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The Evolution of Fashion

Isn't it ironic and often times hysterical when we see fashion styles from prior decades, with the eyeball of what our optical sense has become accustomed to seeing today, but most of us wore the hell out of those fashions?! Lets think back for a second, the 90's can be remembered for the following:

• The catsuit
• Ladies, you can't forget the scrunchie! Some of y'all didn't have enough hair and still made it work!
• Baby doll dresses and knee-high boots
• Men wore high collars with 3-button (sometimes more) suit jackets
• Corduroy pants, capris, cargo pants

The 80's

• The Miami Vice look with casual t-shirts under suit jackets
• The tight and short Lycra mini-skirts
• The Thriller look - leather jackets, sunglasses, and jheri curls
• Short skirts over leggings
• Run D.M.C made Adidas popular, and we can't forget the Converse sneaker! Everybody and their grand daddy had a pair.
• The preppy look

The 70's

• Wide-legged flare jeans
• Platform shoes
• A continuation of mini skirt
• The disco look
• Midis and Maxis skirts
• Hip huggers! Hell yeah!
• Hot pants
• Spandex...lol
• Zippered jumpsuits

Although not discussed here, our owner particularly likes the 1930's fashion which consisted of trends for men such as the zoot suit, knickerbockers, plus-fours, and fedoras.

What was your favorite era in fashion, and what were the particular styles you liked in that era? We can't wait to hear!

Define Your Purpose

What is your Purpose in life? We were all created to fulfill a Purpose, but often times we do not know what that Purpose is. It can seem at times that we walk through life without a clear vision, and because of this, life merely becomes just "living". When you haven't defined your Purpose...there is nothing to focus your attention on except the things you KNOW you can do, instead of what your dominant Purpose is (and if there is one thing Purpose needs...it is focus). You'll know when you've defined your Purpose because, fulfilling it will not be as easy as doing the things you KNOW you can do, but you keep pursuing IT because IT...is what you're passionate about.

The ingredients which make up this dish called Purpose are: Need, Desire, and Ability. But wait, something's missing...how do you define this Purpose? The answer is simple. You must develop a personal mission statement for yourself (yes...business entities are not the only establishments that should create a mission statement...You are an entity too!). This mission statement should be congruent with who you are, and in order to develop it you should ask yourself three questions.

1) What is my life about?

2) What do I stand for?

3) What action am I taking to live what my life is about and what I stand for?

Once you've done this, your Purpose will be staring at you each and every day and you won't lose sight of it. Now all you have to do is press forward towards fulfillment. Black College Expressions, Inc. would love to hear what you have defined your Purpose in life to be, and would like to ask you to share it if you don't mind. Lets stop just "living" and instead live with a Purpose, a Vision (the byproduct of your Purpose), and a Mission (to achieve your Vision).