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ADEOLA FADUMIYE is a writer + editor, a project + event manager, and the creator of Pearls from our Fathers. She writes at the intersection of faith, entrepreneurship, feminism, culture, race, and inequality. Her work has appeared in Radiant Health, Big Cartel and mater mea. AdeOla also has more than a decade experience in project and event management working with non-profit, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. Some of her clients are The Naturalista Expo, Little Things Borrowed, Grace and Ivory, and N Natural Hair Studio. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Mass Communication (Public Relations and Communication Studies) from the Winona State University, and her Master in Public Health from the George Washington University. She is a 2017  StartingBloc Fellow and a 2017 alumni of the THREAD at Yale: Storytelling in Modern Media program. She lives in the Washington DC metro area.

[EPIPHANY] e·piph·a·ny⠀ noun⠀ plural noun: epiphanies⠀ A moment of sudden revelation or insight.⠀ [12.10.18]
[PEARLS] ⠀ Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket. Never let it fade away. Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket. Save it for the rainy day. • For love may come and tap you on the shoulder some starless night. Just in case you feel you wanna hold her, you’ll have a pocketful of starlight. • Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket. Never let it fade away. Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket. Save it for a rainy day. • For when your troubles start multiplying and they just might. It's easy to forget them without trying with just a pocketful of starlight⠀ [12.07.18]
[SILENCE] Shame can lead to silence! It is a cloak and it covers both the good and bad. Silence is insidious seeping into every area of life and hampering you from dreaming and speaking what you want into existence. In my life, silence looked as harmless as making me a secretive person who kept every single little detail and desire to herself, and from friends and family. • Simple details like where I got a killer outfit to bigger details like my love life. Keeping everything close to my chest also meant I never ask for help or gave anyone a chance to speak the truth into my life, issues, and desires. And when no one in your life has a chance to speak life into your life and dreams because you have a wall, you will fail at those dreams and desires. And when you fail, silence burrows a deeper hole beckoning you further into its warmth. Silence is a tool of power and control... • Then freedom comes in the form of GRACE, tenacious friends, siblings that ALWAYS look out for your good, and parents who prays as your life depends on it. Shame lies, freedom speaks the truth. It is the truth that sets free. • What are you keeping quiet about?⠀ [12.05.18] 📷: @leahbeilhart for @ayna_jewelry
[COMMUNITY DUMP] One of the biggest friction in almost all my friendships was (is) my wall. Believe it or not, I was a private and secretive person and to many extend I still am. I can be bold, enthusiastic and fun but getting to know me was a pain for anyone who tried. • I truly believe it started when I was about 9. I told my then best friend something in private. She told her brother. He told my sister and she told my dad in front of our entire compound. My sister was probably 11, and she knew no better, but how I felt in that moment is a feeling I may never forget...the shame sank into my bones. Whenever I think about that moment, I still have the same crawling feeling.That experience was a catalyst! • Then, four years ago, one of my best friends told me in the middle of us resolving a huge conflict that "You are so hard to reach. You can walk into a room, charm the entire room, share a lot and still not share a dang-on thing. People think they know you, but they don't" She hit me hard...and that too was a catalyst. I knew I wanted and needed friends more than I needed my false wall of protection. • It pushed me to start dealing with my issues, and I am still a work in progress! [12.03.18]
[STAY READY] I recently shot my shot...🙌🏾 • Not that kind of shot...well, I did shoot that kind of shot via Instagram DM one time, 🙈 and the dude curved me.😪 In retrospect, I don't think he "sees" me, but that’s another lesson for another day. Anyways, I shot my shot with this Founder/CEO via email in October and then I slid into her IG DM. She responded to both and asked me for one thing...AND then crickets on my end... • You see I have been talking about putting the item she asked for in place for my business since February, but life got busy.😩 I did finally get to working on it in September, but we were in October and it wasn't ready. • I learnt one thing from that experience, you have to stay ready so you don't have to get ready. That’s one of the hallmarks of building a solid foundation. Opportunities can knock at the door from anywhere at anytime...I have learnt. Get my ducks in a row...dots the is and cross the ts. I finally sent it to her yesterday ...I know it is end of November. 😪🙈Wish me Godspeed! • Do you have any shooting your shot success or epic fail story? I want to hear them. [11.30.18] 📷: @shardelhaden
[ABOVE THE NOISE] For the most part of the spring and summer, navigating social media sometimes left me feeling pond scummed. It seemed like everyone had it together or were a million steps ahead of me. We all know that’s a lie, but feelings be strong sometimes. 🙄 Everyone also seemed to have an idea about how to get life, relationship, career, health etc together. You name it and there is an app for it, and sometimes you start to live in the noise. • Then in October, while sitting in my feelings, the Spirit gently nudged and reminded me that this was my busiest and most profitable year, and NONE of the growth, clients and relationships emerged on social media. They were all born of me doing the work behind the scene, connecting in real life and leaning into the people in my life. Social media has its place, gems and connections, but laying the foundation and building the structure that we all want will require building above the noise and the expectations of others. • So here is to letting go of Esau Syndrome - Trading away God’s lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short term appetite. It is a lonely but great view from up here, and a good place to start digging a solid foundation. [11.28.18] 📷: @shardelhaden
[MEASURED] Is anyone like me? You want to get everything that you want NOW! Whether it is a successful career, an amazing wife/husband, readymade children, a car, a house, a trip to Singapore, Bali and Maldives... the list of what we want is endless.⠀ •⠀ But I’m learning slowly that it is wise to build life on a strong, durable and deep foundation. This past year, I learnt (still learning) to move in pace with God and to rest. However, lately the biggest lesson I’m drawn to is the wisdom of moving and growing a foundation and structure in measured steps. A tree cannot grow without roots or with dead roots. Develop some roots before shooting up. One of my goals, even as I evolve, is to have “sustainable longevity.” I don't want to be a one-time wonder...so I am leaning into the Spirit and laying the foundation that would sustain all the structure I want to build into my life and business... it is going to take time...some times I walk, other times I run and most days, I am crawling...there is a destination and I will get there. ⠀ •⠀ What are you learning in this season?
[UNRAVEL] Shed the pain and trauma in your cells one day at a time! Unlearn the lessons day by day. Live free, unfettered and unbound!⠀
[DAY ONE’S]A hearty flashback to last weekend celebrating @aphroditethethird #gameofthrones theme bridal shower and bachelorette. (SWIPE LEFT) • These ladies are my day one’s and we have more than a decade of history, Iove, debauchery, shenanigans and growth between us. They are my comfort zone and much more. • Three of ‘em bit the marital bullet this year and a few more to go. I wish @aphroditethethird all the best that marriage has to offer. I love you boo. #fbf
[LESSON] When a woman is fed up! Penned in 2016. • • #writer #editor #womanwriter #womaneditor
[EVEN THEN...] In mid-July, I felt a nudge on my heart to stop working from 6a - 11p. I strongly felt called to work from 9a -6p, but I had a LONG to-do list and clients (read: bosses) to appease. Then, one morning in mid-August, I woke up with Psalm 127 on my mind. Not remembering what it contained, I opened up my Bible and it hit me right in th center of my heart... • "Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves." • Let's just say, I got the message and immediately (not sure how I did it) started working from 9a - 6p (somedays 8p 🙈) as best I could. I used the evenings to do life 😄 and plan. This last quarter of the year, a big goal is to master the act of rest and see how I can succeed at it. It may forever be a work in progress. • Any suggestions to help a sister?⠀ • • #graceversushustle #inpacewithchrist
[DABBLE] All through 2017, the idea of REST over hustle kept showing up. However, I had a long to-do list and I was trying to build something. Honestly, I wasn't even sure what slowing down looked like, I had hustled for almost 7 years now and slowing down scared the ish out of me. • 2018 is the year, I decided to truly give the rest mindset a try. To be honest, I wasn't quite successful at it. I reverted back to what I knew..working 6a to 11p. I took on a lot, did the most, got stuff done and then got nothing done...all with nothing to show for it. It was one of my busiest year ever. I felt like God was calling me to rest, but opening up all these doors. So I went back to working hard and late, AND I was also overwhelmed and stressed. • Balancing working hard and resting remains a struggle. I wonder if anyone has it down...do you? • • #graceversushustle #inpacewithchrist

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