Paula is a single mother of two. A graduate from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff with a B.S in Human Development and Family Studies, and a Master Degree and a Graduate Certificate from Capella University. A license in alcohol and substance abuse with four other certifications in the substance abuse field.After, her oldest child left for college, she still had another one at home. Something happened, I started to think outside the box. She knew she needed more in life; something just wasn't right. She needed to change the way she was thinking about things and how she saw things.

Some things are not what they appear. We must look at the things that are unseen, because these things that are seen are temporary. This will lead you to think differently.Life Lived Through the Spoken Word is more about your thinking. We have been boxed in for so long in our minds. There comes a time when we must be brave enough to think outside of the box.The way we think has a lot to do with the choices we make in life or have made in life. Some bad choices we made have been detrimental to us and to our communities.

It is her prayer that your mind is open when you read these spoken words. Maybe it will change the way you think.