Gal Pal Email 15th Edition

Women of Character
Quote of the Week:
"Life is an onion, you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep."-Anonymous

Ebonics (African American Vernacular) Lesson of the Week:
"Down like 4 flat tires" - Used to attempt to convince you that you and this individual are very close. Homies for real.

Lesson of the Week:
Women of Character
Character can give dignity and value to a person, or character can degrade a person as well. Character is the inner life a person that forms actions and shapes life. Character is a fountain-the head and stream of conduct. A person's character sometimes is in opposition to her reputation. Character is part of the composition that is you. Reputation is merely what others think we are. The real and the "what we think" are many times mutually exclusive. A bad reputation can be coupled with good character and on the other hand, a good reputation and be coupled with bad character. I would say that there are six pillars to a solid Character.
1. Trustworthiness
2. Respect3. Responsibility4. Fairness5. Caring6. Citizenship

Having Good Character is an integral part of being human, but most importantly your walk as a woman. One man said upon his return from Vietnam;"One develops "character" by overcoming obstacles and temptations. The temptations can be as mundane as choosing laziness over diligence. The obstacles can be profound something I know quite a bit about myself. After I was wounded in Vietnam and lost three of my limbs, recovery proved a difficult time for me. How could I face coming back home after what had happened to me? In time, I would see the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who said, "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."What he says is very true, it is when no one is looking when it is important to still be of good character, because in the darkest hours, that is when it will be the hardest, but also where it counts the most.
Yes we are fallible and human, but many times we fall short because of the lack of accountability and our own vision, not because of mere humanity. If we are going to reap certain things, it's the obvious reflection of what we have sown.Mama's Korner:Watching your mother get older is fun sometimes. There are the symptoms I refer to as the "senior moment." When you parents may forget something, call you by another siblings name or family pet, and even a relative who could have passed away! Parents tend to have these memory issues, as they age, not that they forget, but they misplace information in their brains like a computer may do. So don't take it to hard, just say to them...are you having a senior moment.

My Dysfunctional Life:
Wisdom shared by gal pal
Vanessa Gilliam via a forward:
Top 20 reasons when a woman should know that the party is over:
1. I have absolutely no idea where my purse is.
2. I believe that dancing with my arms overhead and wiggling my bootay while yelling WOO-HOO is truly the sexiest dance move around.
3. I've suddenly decided I want to kick someone's ass and honestly believe I could do it too.
4. In my last trip to "pee" I realize I now look more like Tammy Faye Baker than the goddess I was just four hours ago.
5. I drop my 3:00 a.m. submarine on the floor (which I'm eating even though I'm not the least bit hungry),pick it up and carry on eating it.
6. I start crying and telling everyone I see that I love them sooooo much.
7. There are less than three hours before I'm due to start work.
8. I've found a deeper/spiritual side to the geek sitting next to me.
9. The man I'm flirting with used to be my 5th grade teacher.
10. The urge to take off articles of clothing, stand on a table and sing or dance becomes strangely overwhelming.
11. My eyes just don't seem to want to stay open on their own so I keep them half closed and think it looks exotically sexy.
12. I've suddenly taken up smoking and become really good at it.
13. I yell at the bartender, who (I think) cheated me by giving me just lemonade, but that's just because I can no longer taste the gin.
14. I think I'm in bed, but my pillow feels strangely like the kitchen floor.
15. I start every conversation with a booming, "DON'T take this the WRONGWAY but..."
16. I fail to notice that the toilet lid's down when I sit on it.
17. My hugs begin to resemble wrestling takedownmoves.
18. I'm tired so I just sit on the floor (wherever I happen to be standing) and take a quick nap.
19. I begin leaving the buttons open on my button fly pants to cut down on the time I'm in the bathroom away from my drink.
20. I take my shoes off because I believe it's their fault that I'm having problems walking straight.Send this along to all the girls you know who like to have fun. Make them laugh at themselves like you do.

Shout Outs:
Good Luck to all the Graduating Seniors who need some blessings to get through their finals!!!Have a blessed week ya'll and know that there is a homie thinking of you!!!

~Always the DIVA
Patty Jr