FEATURED GUEST BER-HENDA WILLIAMS

Dear Followers:

This week I want to focus on having a strong love walk. What is a love walk? A love walk is how you connect with others on a daily basis. Are you showing love to people? Are you SMILING at the people you come in contact with as you go about your day? Smiling helps you to connect with people in a loving way. If not, you may appear self-absorbed. By not realizing that those around you need to see you smile, you hinder yourself and them. So why not, put smiling on your New Year’s resolution to-do list.

Just a simple smile can enhance your love walk tremendously. By smiling I have gained entry into so many doors that I would never have thought possible. I often ask my self why. What is so powerful about a simple facial gesture that gets people on your side?

The thing is that strangers don’t know you so when you smile at them it breaks the ice. It gives both of you common ground, a beginning. There’s a sense then that no one is angry, no one is different. We are both coming from a place of peace and joy, no matter what may be going on. Just that simple connection can be enough to bring you and the world together and that’s what you may need especially at a time when things aren’t going well at all.

My featured guest this week knows the value of having a sincere smile. Her name is Ber-Henda Williams. A Ber-Henda, is Germanic and Greek in origin and means Bear Hearted Protector. As a Ber-Henda, Ms. Williams exudes a protective spirit that is kind and gentle, but also passionate.

Fluent in Spanish Ms. Williams writes her poems in Spanish and says the Spanish language adds richness and zeal to her work. She is the author of MEMOIRS of the HUMAN EXPERIENCE and EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, Vol. 1. She is also the host of POETRY, PAGES, AND SCRIBES, www.poetrypagescribes.com, where she and others create a lyrical sound garden of verses and conscious thought.

You can find Ms. Williams at the Southfield Public Library in Southfield, Michigan on the first Thursday of every month. There, Poetry, Pages and Scribes provides an “Open Mic” experience that features a different performing artist every month. However, this is not just a platform for poets and their aficionados. Instead it is for singers, musicians, and storytellers as well. Over the last two years the show has featured some of the most promising stars in the metro area’s cultural community by celebrating a diverse cross section of artists, making Thursday nights at the Southfield Public Library anything but typical. This month Poetry, Pages, and Scribes celebrates its third-year anniversary so please go out and support them.

Ms. Williams has been writing poetry well over a decade and she is the former host of The Eargasm Artistic Collective at Bert’s Jazz Club in the Eastern Market of Michigan. She has performed at many venues throughout the Metro-Detroit area that include, The Key Club and The Plymouth Book Cellar for the Honors Series. Ms. Williams is also the former host of The Honey B Chronicles a former radio broadcast for the University of Detroit Mercy. It was a program of music, art, community, and world information.

I am proud to introduce you to her because of her love walk. And as she puts it, “…I have sistah girl tendencies but for the most part, I try to put out the love I want in return. I go the extra mile to love harder, when I feel bad. It’s easy to make life about what has hurt me and what has made my path rocky, but the true test is to forge ahead and smile and be nice anyway.”

Ms. Williams goes on to say …she walks in love everyday because there is no other way for her. Love is the ruling force of our lives so we should make love often. Love is the elixir of life. Our words are powerful but even stronger still are our thoughts; for they carry a frequency and charge that moves faster than light and sound. We have all power from the Almighty to be conduits of love. Therefore, we must be Christ-like in all we say and do. I want to be a lover so I love when it hurts. That is how I heal.

By sharing just this little bit about how she thinks and behaves gives us all unlimited insight into what can work to keep us from letting our anger get the best of us. We all thank you for sharing this with us Ber-Henda Williams and keep up your love walk!