I believe in the value of
mentorship. I’m blessed to have a handful of mentors and also be a mentor to different
young women in my life. T.D. Jakes once said, “Choose your mentors a la carte.”
I’ve got older mentors, younger ones, and even some who are the same age as me.
And what I love about them all is that they each have something different to
offer, and more importantly, can reciprocate what’s poured. I used to believe
that having just one mentor was best, until I realized the benefits of having others
from different walks of life, in my life. It’s incredible how much experience, guidance,
insight and value mentors possess. They can provide trinkets of wisdom that can
help guide you towards success, and even show you how to weather different
storms and challenges you may face in your life, and teach you how to glean important
lessons from those challenges. If you don’t have a mentor or any mentors, I
definitely encourage being open to explore who the ones are you should be
connecting with. These kinds of relationships are ones that can change your
life. From personal experience, I’ve found that having the opportunity to be
invested in, and in return, have the opportunity to invest in others, is a blessing.
Ghosting: the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication. I’ve been ghosted by every guy I’ve met within the past two years. About six to be exact. · The first guy pursued me and then got shady whenever I asked him about what he did for a living and where he lived. When he started dodging and avoiding questions, wouldn’t initiate dates, and slowly stopped keeping in touch with me altogether, eventually, all communication ceased. · The second guy was someone I met through a family member. He was super cool, very smart, handsome, and funny, but didn’t want to be in a relationship and acted like he didn’t want to be seen with me publicly. When we had plans to meet for an outing, he didn’t show up, and then texted me about a week later with an apology. We chilled at my place a few times, had a few phone conversations, and exchanged occasional texts, but eventually he stopped responding to me