Journal Entry Just my Afternoon thoughts.... Young black men and women please remember how lucky you are to wear the skin you are in, it is golden, it signifies your inner and outer strength. Our forefathers worked hard to get us to this point and it is not for us to throw their hard work down the drain. Always wear it with pride and dignity, women wear it that men will feel compelled to respect you even without you speaking a word . Maya Angelou shared her life of abuse, silence, triumph, love and failure which empowered me to be who I want to be right NOW, in this very moment and that I don’t have to wait until later. We have a habit of putting off things until, until we get a house, until we get a PHD… UNTIL. It is in the mind... if you want it bad enough you can feel the success even before you get it. Play the part, dress the part and show up for the opportunities that present themselves. Many of us say we want opportunities yet when they arrive if they are not how we want them we dismiss them. We say we want opportunities yet we do not prepare for them as the basis things we need to do to be ready we louse around wasting time. Seize every single moment of life and make it worth living, make use of every opportunity. Learn how to lift your head up above the clouds despite all the confusion people create to put you down and ensure that even in the simplest to the most complex relationships you do not compromise on your moral values and standards. Some of us have none therefore we accept anything life throws at us. Any way people treat us we accept it and when asked why, you have no clue but you accept it. You need to go back to the drawing board and figure it out or else life will constantly throw you around from person to person until you expire. We all have that expiration date and time. Men and women, it is okay to cry, to fall, to feel defeated, to feel like giving up but I urge to keep it temporary, very temporary. At the end of the day you must get up and keep going. Success has many rocks called failure that you will fall over in the dark but dont count how many times you fall down, count the numerous times you got up. Countless times I have fallen flat on my ass and when I do I laugh, I smile, I even cry and go to bed and get up the next day ready to go again. Learn to look at old people as you travel along life path. Some made use of their youthful days and made the necessary preparation to make the transition while others tried and did not quite complete the prep work because of whatever setback they experienced. Then there are those who wasted all their years. I do not know if they never thought about growing old and person close to me would hear me say i look forward to growing old and seeing my great grand children to play with them and take them on vacations around the world so i am ensuring i prepare for my old age. Dont take it lightly we are all heading there if we are not taken off the calendar before. Just remember this, every year your celebrate a birthday you are one day closer to retirement. :) Whatever you seek out of life you have to go and get it. If it comes too easy chances are it comes with a price that you may end up spending your life unable to repay. Relationships are for companionship not for financial benefits/maintenance. It should not be an exchange of service for good and upkeep. When you erase the true meaning of a relationship then you cannot expect to be in it for an extended period. Besides your beauty and youth will fade, leaving a relationship with out substance. Have some ambition, work for what you want. If someone comes along and during the relationship even as simple as a friendships offers help then fine but never sit around waiting for handouts. We have a generation of young men and women who enjoys waiting on the next handout and we need to eliminate that. Work on yourself each day. Evaluate your self and the people around you. A lot of the setbacks you may be experiencing are due to the people you entertain to take up front rows in your life when there are ambitious, inspiring persons waiting to take those seats to help push you to the next level. You have this moment to decide…. Should I continue on the path I am taking and accept things as they are or should I start making the necessary adjustments to get where I want to be. There decision is yours, not your parents, brother or sister , not even your friends. The decision is yours to make. September 30, 2014 you are reading this September 30, 2014 where do you want to be when you remember reading this post.. Much love
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:38:11 +0000
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