By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.

Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.

Now come the whispers bearing bouquets of moonbeams and sunlight tremblings.

Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams they may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality.

The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance.