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Originally posted by novella000:
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Do any of my fellow SFs out there actually take time to ENJOY what they've learned? To enjoy the search? I enjoy sitting reading, wondering, and searching for more answers. I love getting tenured-first-hand opinions/advice from Members, but I sho' hate it if I am going to deny myself the privilege and sense of accomplishment I get from getting to know Alpha Kappa Alpha via my own research. Read and re-read those items, articles, excerpts from books, websites, etc. you've added to you research journal...
.....she was kind of surprised that anyone would be “all specific” about getting to know the history of the surrounding chapters, in addition to the one at her school. Alpha Kappa Alpha Incorporated is composed of hundreds of chapters folks… Then I have those SisterFriends who say to me “ ‘Vella, girl, you are just too serious, you don’t need to know all that… If I can’t ask, or a Member can’t tell me then I don’t need to know.” The History of Alpha Kappa Alpha is soooo complex, and those things that are readily tangible to us SisterFriends, at our current station, should be examined and re-examined with vigor... There is sooo much to know. 
I want to know everything I can find… So that if the time comes when I am able to serve Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated as Member, I will have a firm grasp on Her Essence… I know that I couldn’t, if the honor we granted me, feel comfortable as a Member if I hadn’t first exerted my every personal effort to understand and relish in the gravity of every realm Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated that I could lay my eyes/hands/ears to.
Can anyone tell that I am excited? 
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novella, girl, I couldn't have said it any better myself!!
You know how it is when you're studying for a test and you've looked over your notes so many times that you're convinced that you know it? That is
NOT the way that I am with my "collection." Every time I read and re-read all of my notes, little scribble marks, and highlighted sections on the things that I have gathered something new clicks inside my brain. I look over this stuff almost daily. And its not just the founders list, colors, and incorporation date--I have individual bios on the founders and the Supreme Basilei, information on the other chapters in my region (collecting more as we speak), and I'm working on compiling a list of all chapters in order. Why? Because "Inquiring Minds" want to know
!!Now no one has told me that I have to do this, but if it has ANYTHING to do with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and its available to me, I want it.
I'm not even sure if I will be able to apply this knowledge anytime soon, but that hasn't killed my desire to learn everything that I possibly can. Since day one, a spark has been lit. It's now grown into a flame and thankfully this time the fire dept. is no where around.......
A big
THANK YOU to everyone that has kept that fire blazing--those who have helped directly (who may be reading this now and I don't know it) and to those on this board who have helped in so many ways indirectly.
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"Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for developing me into a beautiful and talented woman. Thank you for being my protector and my guide.
And as I make my way along my journey, bless me with the wisdom to make intelligent choices."--TJ Butler