Rihanna Spreads Rasta Ideas on Twitter

Rihanna Twitter – After months of regaling her more than 20.8 million Twitter followers with raunchy, expletive-laced tweets deriding media critics and celebrating her bad girl behavior, Rihanna is getting all philosophical on the social networking site, schooling folk on Jah and following their desires.

The 24-year-old Bajan beauty, in New York visiting her sick grandmother, sent a series of tweets encouraging her fans to surround themselves with positive people and seek peace.

“People hesitate to follow their desires because they don’t know how to divide their soul from their spirit,” she tweeted yesterday. “When Jah gives you a desire for something, He will give u peace along with it… Wait for peace,” she added, before questioning why her morning had to be so “rough” and asking “What is life? Is there any?”

Earlier today, she continued the theme: “If you want to do something for Jah, then don’t associate with people who do nothing!” she tweeted. She added: “Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.”

Rihanna’s inspired tweets come just days after her boss, Jay-Z, reportedly upset with her over-the-top antics and possible drug and alcohol abuse, allegedly warned his protege to get rehab or face serious consequences. It also came shortly after she visited her gravely ill grandmother, Clara “Dolly” Braithwaite, who is in a New York City hospital being treated for cancer. Reports suggest she is extremely close to Ms. Braithwaite, who is the mother of Rihanna’s mom, Monica Braithwaite.

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