JuicyLoveMagic

i believe in abundance

there is a such thing as magic, as providence, as beauty and love and divinity. so much to say. i am growing/up/out/beyond. first things first. my job...it's good times on the boulevard, i must declare! give thanks and praises to the most high! i and i jah rastafari! remember this? well, point one happened again and again (thanks ladies!). and point two had just come to fruition. point three, well...you know i wasn't going hungry for long and i treated myself to point four when i finished my piece (not too long ago, thanks delaine and jah for the editorial support and guidance!)

i am the Leadership Program Manager at OneWorld Now!, an incredible two-year global leadership program for high school juniors and seniors in Seattle. We facilitate after school leadership training, provide Mandarin or Arabic lessons (depending on the student's choice) and offer study abroad opportunities. We're focused on youth of color and economically disadvantaged youth. I am in charge of developing and facilitating dynamic, creative, engaging leadership curriculum for our kids every week! WITH an international focus! on subjects that i'm passionate about and interested in to help them become GLOBAL LEADERS! did i mention that we go to MOROCCO and CHINA in the summer?

what have i been saying folks?!! i want someone to pay me to work with youth and travel. WHATWHAT!! the universe does not play! lemme tell you that much!! thanks to the highest heights!! oh lordybee this is good and it's just the begining. AND i'm working 25 hours per week, but getting paid what i got paid to work full-time at that train wreck of a non-profit experience in atlanta. ohwee! aw sookee sookee now! this means i can get another part-time job, and save!save!save! for the next step of the dream!

i really give thanks to the Most High for such a blessing!

AND today, i found this amazing, secret two-room studio apartment in downtown seattle, three minutes WALKING from my pioneer square job for $400/month INCLUDING utilties! nah! i ain't playing with y'all! (for those of you who don't know, prices like this, particularly in downtown seattle are deeply UNHEARD of). gracious! i can walk to work, yoga, the waterfront!

so, please pray that my app. is accepted so i can move in soon. that means i can really, really save! and i've got an interview at nordstrom's bobbi brown counter for part-time. and while i don't really dig on selling lipstick to folks any more (5 years at M.A.C. was quite a lot), i did make good chedda at nordys and i can sell anything to anyone. another great way to make (and keep) bank for my vision of life!

things are coming together and i'm feelin' good, feelin' great! i am exactly where i'm supposed to be right now, moving my life from margin to center. and that, more than anything else, feels absolutely AMAZING. i tell you, feminist knowing and theory is one thing, but actually choosing to move and live at the center of my life, as SUBJECT, not object, has been a very transformative, healing, life altering process. thank the goddesses for bev and bahati. what on earth, how on earth, who on earth would i be without them? goodness! i'm living. this is what it feels like to be alive, moving into my own fullness, standing on my own two feet.

yes. i had to hit rock bottom, time and time again. i had to learn that i'm not in charge, that no matter how i see or experience the world, it's neverever the full picture. and now i'm learning the art of surrender. this my dear loves is much greater than i ever could have imagined. thank god for the ride.

love always,

L'Erin

posted by Phoenix @ 8:33 PM