Life's Story

Good afternoon, everyone has a story, whether told or untold. We play multiple roles in life no one stays the same. As we grow, we develop a new role. There are parts we enjoy and others we don’t. There are parts we try out for and don’t make the cut. There are parts of life that we didn’t see coming but we have gained a new role. Life is the one play, it’s show time everyday there is no dress rehearsal. There’s one shot to make a great impression because it could be your last. Playing your part can be hard when you are not secure with who you are. Someone can make a role for you without you realizing that’s not the role you are designed to play. Tell your own story before someone else tells it for you. Even if you never open your mouth to tell your story, it is being told each day you live. There is always someone within your life that is watching you grow into your different roles that knows your story. The objective in life is for to tell your story for the followers behind you. So even if you don’t tell your story someone else will. Make your impression last long even after your life is gone. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. So enjoy life before it’s too late. Remember life is not a dress rehearsal every day is opening night to tell the story you want to be told or untold.

The Balance of Life

Good morning, it’s all a game whether we want to play or not. Cat and mouse, Tit for tat, Hide and seek, etc. The games of life are equally shared and yet exhausting. No matter how much we don’t want to play because the rest of the world has subdued to the game we have no choice but to play along. Within the game, we lose the truth and ourselves. We attempt to cleanse ourselves from the game but inevitably, we still play. We are still chasing to be pursued, we are still retaliating for revenge, and we are still keeping secrets to justify our reality. Our pride says “we don’t owe anyone anything” but our mind says we are afraid. Our body then reacts in defense and our soul has found a new repentance. We then transfer the guilt onto someone or something else and again we have justified our reality. Close the door and turn off the lights and we are balled up ashamed. There’s a balance to life that doesn’t require pride or a game. Within this balance, there’s a brightly lit open door. Your mind relaxes your body to then rejuvenate your soul. This type of cleanse in life takes many moons to articulate. Your life should be invigorating with freedom. No games, no pride, no two sides life was designed to be passionate journey through the release of your mind body and soul. Enjoy…   

Liberating Freedom

Good morning, they say the truth will set you free. Many ask, “set you free from what?” They believe they’re already free when they do not have to answer to anyone and owe no one an explanation. The irony is that we are prisoners of our own. Being in secret or hiding is like holding yourself hostage for no reason. Being free is being able to do whatever without having a conscience when expressing what you did. Holding it in as if a secret or guilty conscience has yourself doing more to stay hidden than to spread your wings. We hide ourselves from the world so we are not judged and we believe we are protecting ourselves, from what? We find liberation in our confinement. Limitation through incarceration has us cowering in fear. We imprison our mind, our bodies and our souls and call ourselves “free”. Freedom is limitless and emancipated. Liberate yourself through speech and movement. Why bite your tongue for a bloody mouth, when you can speak without. Why hide in the dark closet, when you can be in the light. We judge ourselves so hard we believe others are the pretentious hypocrites when all actually the only judgment is coming from ourselves. No one has the right to pass judgment even if done. So why lie, cheat, steal or withhold when the only person judging you is you. You have the right to be free without ridicule from others and yourself. Live the life you choose and share the fulfilled enjoyment.   

Self Destruction vs. Mass Destruction

Good afternoon, the world has worries, pains and trials but your own mass destruction seems to rise above the crowd. Suffocating in a dark room beneath the earth’s soil where no one can hear or see your cries because at that time the only person that cares is you. The aftermath is where the rest of the world stops to stare at the corpse lying in the buried coffin to say their good-byes. What happened to the “friends” that said they’ll always be there? What happened to the “family” that always sticks together? Nevertheless, you are that friend, that family that’s always by their side. Through the hurt, the pain, their shoulder to cry on but you created your own devastation. Fix it you know how to do that for everyone else but yourself. Your focus is redirected to a place where you’re unfamiliar. Trying to be what you see instead of who you really are. A new battle has now begun but this one is a losing battle that should have never begun. So, what does that mean in the end? Nothing really, because there was no “Hello” there was only “Good-bye”. And you’re left to die with no one but at the hands of mass destruction created not by yourself but by the world that only shed a tear once you were buried beneath their feet. The world is crowded with struggle. There is no struggle greater than another but there is a bond between the struggles that creates a yield in life.

Drowning in Life

Good afternoon, we are so wrapped in our own worlds that we forget that life exists outside of ourselves. In that instance, we are deaf and blind by our own concern. We miss the life that could be and can’t see what really is. Life is drowning us without a float or life jacket to save us. The waters surrounding us give us a blurry look into our lives and ourselves. Soul searching, re-evaluating, changing, growing is all a part of life but if we cannot see where we are going and have not realized where we have come from the journey is endless. We are constantly trying to fight the current to come up for air. Is it possible to breathe or will we suck in water to fill our lungs? There’s a life beyond what we can see. We do have to struggle to get there but we don’t have to drown. Life has so much to offer each of us at our own times. Stop fighting the way of life and ride the waves as they come. Keep your head above the waters to see the beautiful sky and feel the warm sun. Don’t ignore the sharks that are swimming next to you because they’re bite is fatal. Take caution where needed and remember your sun block. What may feel good and look beautiful isn’t always good for you. Your life affects the world even if minuscule. We may be drowning but we’re not dead yet.

Mind Over Matter

Good afternoon, they say the mind is a terrible thing to waste yet we are not able to utilize our subconscious mind. A picture is worth a thousand words but they only give a penny for your thoughts. The mind plays tricks on us and we cannot decipher what is real or not. Our whole function comes from our heart and mind, which intertwine in our brain. Brain equals mind in the dictionary. So, if the heart is our mind then how do we lead with our heart and not our mind? How do we separate the two? We believe in the physical heart. The beating seven-pound muscle within our sternum has our love and compassion. Our hearts skip a beat or stops when we are in love. Our brain doesn’t beat or stop. The psychological thought gave the feeling and we believe we are in love. Mind over matter becomes a true statement but the only statement of fact. Use your mind, technically that’s all we use to function in life. Your mind is your most powerful tool that our life is based on learning, maturing and mastering. Use it wisely; the mind is a terrible thing to waste. 

The Book Tells Us So...

Good morning, they say heaven will save our souls through following a path of belief. A path not seen but spoken. If you don’t listen you will not find this path they speak so highly of. The question still lies, what are we being saved from? According to the words of the book we are being saved from ourselves. Given “free will” we control our destiny but if predestination is in effect, where is our “free will”? It is said not to conform but to follow, there is a secret to righteousness but everyone is welcome. Contradictory way of life or a challenge of growth through transformation. An element of control; the struggle of power; a condition of submissive freedom. Do we surrender or hold on and fight back? Right or wrong, we may never know. Living a life given from heaven, we are to believe without question or die as a sacrificial non-believer to be recycled within the earth. There’s a choice to be made that will be an everlasting struggle of life. Are you ready to live or die? Are you ready to submit or resist? Please yourself or the heavens above, who says which is wrong or right? The consequences are unknown; it’s all in what you as an individual allow your mind to believe.

Mars vs. Venus

Good morning, they say men are from Mars and women are from Venus because we are so different in nature. Can this be a concrete fact or just a stereotype? Roman Gods they say, rulers of another but yet without that Goddess by their side there is nothing to gain. If we were the same then why do opposites attract? The physical make-up and the interior emotion may have the same concept but a different approach. The looking glass shows many things that are possible in life but we are afraid to see. The nature of our being is elevated to new heights by the contrast in our life. We all derived from the same womb as twins but as we grow, distinction sets in. Men are set on a path to conquer and women are set on a path to nurture. The foundation starts the same but the outcome is quite contrary. In the end, we meet again, to find we may have traveled two different paths but the destination was the same. Now as one, the two paths rejuvenate us to ignite a new flame. There will never be two things that go together better than a man and woman. Just as north needs south and no needs yes. A man needs woman as much as a woman needs a man as all opposites attract. Respect the contrary source in nature that brings life to its masterpiece.

Surviving within Yourself

Good morning, life may take us in many different directions but a trusted foundation never moves. We lose ourselves in others straying from that foundation we have made. We tell ourselves never to let anyone get the best of us but we fail to comply. Life may be short but that doesn’t mean we have to be careless and stupid in the time we have. We deserve time to make rational decisions. We deserve energy to survive the decisions made. We deserve respect to not fall victim of the betrayal found within our decisions. We have a conscience to feel ashamed and place the blame. We do not trust in ourselves to recover from the fall so we pass responsibility with no shame. Yet we rise another day to take back our claim. Face to face, we can make it. Trust within you to get back up even if we have been burned. The recovery is in what we will do next not what just happened. Survive to decide who really is the victim verses who is playing the victim. Take your place in a timeless energized space with no shame when taking the blame. Forgive yourself if no one else.

Everyone's Less Traveled Road

Good morning, we travel a road that is not less traveled but we ignore the signs left behind. Our ignorance has caused enormous pain to others and we have yet to take the blame. The infliction eventually becomes numb which results into a bittersweet experience. We let go to find another way. We get discouraged when things aren’t going our way. We are selfish creatures and see no reason to become conscience of what we have caused. We make up rules for others to protect ourselves and become estranged when others have rules of their own. These aren’t rules they are levels of respect. The least amount of rules the less respect we expect from others. “Do as I say not as I do”, the pot calling the kettle black. We’ve been fore warned but yet we still ignore. We lie to ourselves that we are ignorant but we are well aware. We just don’t care. If it does not directly affect us, we become ignorant. They say you reap what you sow but not every seed decides to grow. Can we stand alone? We bring the most pain to the ones that supposedly mean the most but for what. To come back another day and apologize, to push them away protecting them from ourselves and yet we discover in the end after it’s all said and done, we have hurt them in the worst possible way. We push for the wrong reasons again being selfish. In end the end, we are left to bear the weight alone. We have in turn hurt ourselves then. There are signs on these roads we are traveling but yet we are blind. Open your mind to see the warning signs left behind. Don’t destroy another with our careless mistakes and our selfish minds. We seek control in our lives and yet we stubble. The best control is not to have any. Then the saying, “ignorance is bliss” might speak truth. You don’t have to travel alone.

It's Called Life

Good morning, we do what we have to do to make it through this thing we call life. We try to find balance within ourselves to fight through the hard times and survive the pain. Striving to run against the pouring rain as the madness fills your brain. Internally dying with a smile on your face. The weight on your shoulders is more than one can bare but struggling to find someone true to share the load. Giving up what seems a lifetime to be taken for granted. Good intentions are all we ever have and as soon as we feel secure the painted smile on our faces becomes sad. We are left lonely and confused. So the struggle continues with a guard of armor so no one can get in the way of the antidote you have created to subside the heartache and pain. Continuous mistakes on a road trying to find the strength within to pull yourself above the water before you drown. We have to become our own superheroes putting an “S” on our chest and break free from the walls of the world. We are scared to let go as we slip deeper and deeper inside ourselves but all our hustles are for nothing. The power we create through our struggles and pain can be a force to defend your mind against this cold world of deception and lies. Don’t let this world turn you into stone. Life is cheap and bittersweet but life’s too short to waste one day. We all want to see the light before we die. The risk we have to take is granting our freedom to fall. You’re at the edge, what are you going to do?

Animal of Human Intelligence

Good morning, have you ever watched a spider in person as it kills its prey? After the spider is done it throws the corpse away as if it never existed. In some way all of us as creatures possess some of the same traits. We prey on each other as if we are not of the same kind. We get what we need and throw each other away as if we have no existence. There are some species that play with their food before they eat it and dispose of the remainder. The human species is supposed to be on the top of the chain being the least animalistic and the most intelligent. We are more animal than we seem to realize. We may have more animalistic traits combined than any other species on earth. We demonstrate such animalistic actions towards each other as if we have no intelligence or common sense. We eat each other up and spit each other out as if it’s nothing and no repercussion. We bring forth pain and suffering as if we have no feelings what so ever. We are such intelligent creatures that we bring misery instead of joy. We are selfish and just want to conquer as if we were living in a jungle instead of a civilized society. Our growth as humans seems to be tracked backwards to the ice age. We are cold as ice and not very nice. We use and abuse each other without a pulse. Are we even alive? Do we really care? Or are we just barbaric animalistic creatures that are terrorizing a city? Maybe if we considered the common sense we are supposed to possess we may be able to find the intelligence for us to live amongst each other in a civilized society. Until then we will run amuck as the animals we are destroying each other without a single beat from our heart.

Superficial Tradition

Good morning, the traditional morals and values seem superficial to obtain. We gather a higher power to find ourselves or just to justify why we are. This does not rectify our past nor will it justify our future. Can tradition be sealed into the past of ever existing? We have strayed so far from having a common outlook that we cannot pair ourselves anymore. We are all searching for different things that don’t seem to cross paths. We startle the rights of others to supersede our own. What makes us above the rest we don’t even know but we stomp on the ones we believe to be beneath us. We become shallow and unruly on what we wish to achieve. The barbaric system has streamed its way back into our lives as we have no care of what we demolish or how we do it. Reincarnation of the world with a better conscience and cognizance of life would be a resolution but unattainable. So we live amongst the ignorant and defiant trying to gain a piece of self. We are trying to survive this cold world we live in each day. It’s hard to find a covenant in such a dreadful place where the space is consumed by such scum. To think we created this place so I guess we are lying in a bed we made. The consequences are deep for we have some serious soul searching to do to regain our traditions as we once laid forth. Morals and values should not change foundation but instead grow to instill more substance. The superficial gain has desecrated our substance. Instead we honor our mediocrity.

Schizophrenia's Cause and Effect

Good morning, life is cause and effect. We ignore how we cause an effect that may not be pleasing to our own eyes but we created it. We are not willing to take responsibility for our own actions. We do not set boundaries but have so many expectations. We live in a shallow world where random thoughts effect our actions. Superficial as it may seem the whispers of the world become our rule book and define our morals and values. We have lost the old school morals and values because the whispers have become heard voices that we cannot ignore. We are controlled no matter how free we try to depict. We are not as hard as we think that we can do what we want no matter what is voiced. But the saying says, “Go hard or go home.” Guess a lot of us need to go home because we can’t bring it like we say. We let the outside world control our every move and depict what we are in life. We are who we make ourselves. Our actions create cause and effect. We define our own destiny. There is responsibility in every action we take that causes an effect regardless of our intent. If we can’t take it then we shouldn’t start something we cannot finish. We fail to see we cannot take on someone else’s responsibility. Remember we share one common ground. We are all intertwined in one way or another and paths will cross through cause and effect. Watch the lines you cross, we cannot expect without return. But we are so afraid of taking chances that we only guard ourselves disregarded the effect we cause. Confused? Of course because we are so entangled we cannot see how much creative power we have until it’s all said and done. The doctor’s diagnosis is schizophrenia. We will never admit to it because we believe we are so sane. We can quickly point the finger to say someone else is unstable and crazy but how did we play a part of this reaction? We don’t believe we’ve played any part. We label when we are unable to control the situation in front of us. We lose out when we allow the voices in our head control us. Perphenazine may need to be our drug of choice to control our illness. Realizing and taking responsibility of our own cause and effect will set us in a better place to actually, “Go Hard” and tell the voices to “Go Home”.

Common Courtesy's Gift of Admiration

Good afternoon, we take without acknowledgement or appreciation. We take the givers for granted and the gifts given as if it is nothing and will always be there. The heart and thought that went into the bearing of gifts is not to be taken lightly. Abundance of admiration should be shown in return but we are so arrogant we have thrown the common courtesy rules out the window. The window of opportunity always presents itself to return the favor or return the gift if not appreciated or wanted. It should not be put in a box amongst constant gifts from random givers to be stored away and not shown gratitude. Lead not the giver into a shadow of unwanted souls because our own soul hasn’t yet reaped what it has sown. We find ourselves well surrounded but yet so lonely inside. The streets we walk are not the same and the fulfillment is not as filling. We have torn down walls that we should have left standing because we have uncovered things we cannot appreciate. Now we have tainted something so pure that could have given another of worth a gift of enchanting life. Instead we have stolen the glory and pocketed the materialistic things. We leave nothing behind but a breathless corpse without any shame. We feel unstoppable and invincible as if nothing can bring us the same pain. But those corpses we left behind will breathe life again and show no mercy on our souls. We have shown none to our encounters and should be treated the same. As we will be the giver one day and there will be a taker with no shame. Do not take if you cannot give and show gratitude in the same admiration as the giver has done for you. Common courtesy still weighs a heavy hand in life.

Light of Life

Good morning, we shed light on life to others but they are still blinded. Are they blinded by the brightness of what we are revealing or blinded by ignorance of not willing to see? The answer to these questions may never be uncovered for they are questions that are usually denied by the answer. The question then becomes, how do we open their eyes to see the light? Is that really our calling or are we forcing an issue? If we are forcing an issue then what is our place in their lives? We are all intertwined for reasons unknown but if realizations appear within our interactions why not reveal them? We learn from each other and ourselves through constant motion of change. We grow together as one even though we are on different steps. Life lessons shouldn’t be learned through all turmoil and grief; it should be learned through an equal exchange of life. The only problem with that is not everyone is receptive to the equal exchange. The exchange is usually unbalanced. We are takers but not givers. We take from each other without a fathomed notion of giving in return. Sharing our life light should be a required outlook but we have clouded those dreams with guarded selfish expectations. The lights of life use to shine so bright are warm our souls but we have grown cold and dim. How do we regain what has been lost for so long? There are a few lights still shining bright and warming each soul it may touch but that’s still not enough. Give your life a new meaning to shine bright. Warm the souls that are blinded to reveal the light of life. Open your hearts and mind to retrieve this feeling and pass it on. We can regain what was lost if we truly want the dreams in our hearts.

The Swinging Door

Good morning, we open and close doors each day but if we open the door and still see the same scene then we have never closed the door or just reopened the same door again. The actions may seem different but the results are still the same. We seldom want to change but the idea does pop in once in awhile but do we actually make the changes or do the thoughts just linger. Sometimes we make changes but have not resolved past issues to see a new scene. You cannot close a door without a resolution. If something in life keeps repeating including people, conversations, jobs, situations, etc. The door cannot close because we have not resolved the issue but have pushed it to the side as if not to deal with the issue. We cannot push things to the side and expect them not to resurface. Dealing with people even if you think you have resolved an issue on your end it may not be fully resolved on theirs and until it is on both ends it will resurrect itself within the relationship. There are consequences to all actions and affections to all implications. We just give a blind eye to these things at times because we don’t want to show weakness or live with the outcome. We fail ourselves each day we ignore the ramifications of our own actions and try to close a door that obviously isn’t complete. Setting boundaries and learning new ways of coping with matters of the heart and soul will direct us to open a new door that will close all others. We cannot expect new doors to open without closing the others completely. We will suffer the consequence if we are not careful. The sanity of others could be rested on our door step if we are not attentive to our deliberate unintentional manipulation. Fair warning, the new door may not be the scene we want but another scene we need to rectify the doors we thought we had closed. Be wise not stupid. Be aware not ignorant. Be mindful not naïve. The doors will open once evolution is in our resolution.

Life's Demise

Good morning, without a doubt we are masters of our own demise. We ask for so much but we are unappreciative and blind to the things we ask for being placed in front of us. Why ask if we are not prepared? Why ask if we cannot spare the time? Why ask if we still confined? We cannot handle what we ask for because we are not ready. We set ourselves up for failure because we ask at the wrong time. We complain this is not what we asked for but if we think about when and what we said it is everything we asked for just not what was expected when it was received. We can have it all but would that be enough? Would we ask for more or would we be satisfied? Can we allow ourselves to be satisfied? The question reveals truth that we are scared to face. Why do we feel we are missing out on something if we are not in the mix of everything? Sometimes not being is being but if we are not on that level of grasping that concept, that statement just went over our heads. Everything we need is in front of us we just haven’t learned how to see and appreciate the gift we’ve been given. We can be the masters of demise or masters of creating new beginnings. A challenge to uphold let in the unknown and unexpected to create something of power and worth. You will be surprise what can become of something we despise as we plant a seed of growth within it we are planting a seed within ourselves. Become a master but a master of life.

Conscience of Encouragement

Good morning, we encourage ourselves each day to ensure we are on the right path. We try to convince ourselves that what we do and say is right by our own standards of course. We ignore the outside result as it doesn’t affect us or does it? Our conscience has become evil versus evil instead of good versus evil. We have no conscience and continue to believe that there is no wrong doing as long as we are not affected. Encouragement is support; we cannot be the support beams holding us up and be the one needing support. The balance comes from another support system. So we cannot look to ourselves for total support and encouragement. We are misconstrued to the outside when we are our only support system. They say the devil is a liar but truth hurts and sometimes we don’t want to hear what may be needed. Evil may not be what we want life to be but there is always some truth held there too. Gain a conscience in your mind to see the good versus evil and manipulate them both to become encouraged from the inside out to be able to listen from the outside in. Convince yourself that you affect others whether it affects you. Open your eyes to see with your mind that it’s not always about just you. We live on one earth but we all live together.

Light Switch

Good morning, “seeing is believing” isn’t that what they say? But we believe and cannot see. We allow theory to take hold and manifest into what we believe to be true whether in plain sight or not. We do not take control of our own destiny because we follow someone else’s perception of a life unknown to us. We take heed to information given by elders as they are supposed to be the wiser to have lived a life before us. Our lives are structured on contradiction and theory. We have no proof or true basis for our hypothesis but yet we are still convinced. The truth is there are no facts before our time. Facts were birthed through our existence. Today we use smoke and mirrors to create believable images. Before our existence there is only a philosophy of tall tales. We all have theories, some spoken and others unspoken; power of persuasion becomes our belief. Ask questions to reveal the naked truth of the fabrication of life. The light bulb will turn on once we realize we control the light switch.

Unstable Pedestal

Good morning, we know it all but yet we know so little. We believe we are superior above all but yet we play the role of pawns. Standing on a pedestal that has an unstable foundation that we made ourselves, we may believe but that doesn’t make it so. There is a reality that will crush us if we do not open our eyes to see the lies that we tell ourselves each day. We live in a world that has to be shared on equal ground. In order to find peace, we have to find order and to find order we need equality. There are many strives that we are weary of but to grow we must conquer them. The low feeling that comes from hitting rock bottom is one pain we try to surpass but we must all hit the ground before touching the sky. Blood does not have to be spilled just to touch the ground. Finding a way to humble ourselves to make change and take in what is given and utilize it to the best of our ability. We can make a difference in ourselves and impact others. We have become selfish in the right that we are beyond the criticism of others. We are all birthed and given life to share the same atmosphere of knowledge. Share being the key word that we take for granted. Spreading the force of nature that brings change and growth to the life we live. Embrace the change or you shall fall harder than necessary to bring forth reality. The pedestal will fall with you on top if you are not cautious of your actions. Word to the wise what goes up must come down. So no matter how high you believe you are remembering the drop the higher you climb. Resurface the evolution of change and empower the growth of life before it’s too late.

Return the Favor

Good morning, we find it easier to use one another for personal gain than to tell the truth or be honest with ourselves. Using the ones we believe aren’t exactly good enough to be recognized but good enough to utilize. We cry sad songs because our pride makes us hide. Hide the truth behind it all. Hide what is truly deep down inside. We forsake the special force that pushes us to new heights that we have never experienced before just to surround ourselves we the ordinary party that we believe is adequate. We fail to see that the life we hold so dear is the one that we break us down. We cannot live the life we’ve been living and expect change. We cannot change without following a new path. Breaking our necks or cracking our heads open should not be our wake up call to seeing a new view. What happened to feeling the heat from the flame or scraping our knee to learn the lesson right in front of us? We play the game but not very well if we have not gained a sense of humility. We dare others to use us but we use them without concern. We expect but do not give what we expect in return. We hurt one another without a blink of eye. We care less and less and don’t bother to cry. We have become so hard and cold that we do not even know ourselves. So when the warmth and the tears are shown we stray another way. We cannot deal with the feelings or the pain. A re-evaluation of change takes more than just acknowledgement but actually conviction of change and walking a new path. Walking in the same direction with acknowledgement is just an ignorant soul that knows the pain of the injuries they cause without a conscious to feel guilt or shame. Find solitude if you cannot bring a sense of reality to the cause of pain. If you cannot change then you cannot expect others to do the same. Remember the feelings you give are the feelings that will be returned. Utilize your encounters wisely for you may create something that you cannot handle in return.

Freedom Cliche

Good morning, walking on eggshells has become common today. We are so afraid of rejection from the outside world that we wear a cloak of disguise. It’s rare to find a place where we feel ourselves. Sometimes we think we have found it and it is ripped from us because of the surrounding self-conscious. We become distant to the ones we were once close in protection not to lose what we feel comfortable with but in return we have lost ourselves. We have become uncomfortable with our own nature because of the rejection received. Instead of re-evaluating ourselves sometimes we need to re-evaluate our surroundings. Just because it feels good doesn’t mean it’s good for us. We need to gain more confidence within ourselves to be comfortable with whom we are no matter who we are around. Facing the facts that not everyone will like you for being you but will respect you for not changing to fit in, is the antidote to rejection. You can have millions surround you but only ten may be true friends. Everyone has an ulterior motive as they smile in your face. To be able to see the motive and call it out is to display self assurance and awakening. Choose your friends wisely and your enemies even wiser. For they both play a very important part of life. Rejection should not be a negative but a positive notion that you are raising the stakes for the world around you. Never block yourself from being who you are just not to be rejected. Raise the bar and dare to be different. Free yourself of the societal clichés and choose to accept you.

Change Existence

Good morning, we are reluctant to see change and accept it into our lives. We fight the good fight but only to redeem ourselves. We have forgotten about the ones that stand by us and have given to us unconditionally from their hearts. We ignore the helping hands to stand alone. According to our pride we need no one as we have become conditioned to doing everything the same way. We fail to see that our pride stunts our growth from the changes that need to be made. It clouds our judgment to see that helping hands are the heavens above reaching out to us. We are afraid to face what we know to be true because we believe there is no need for anything new. There’s a fight to the finish but we will be left behind if we don’t get the courage to realize that change is going to come. It is inevitable whether we fight it or not change will bring forth the growth of life. We can be still as we fall by the waist side or we can embrace life and flow with the current. Neglect your pride’s indiscretions. Be willing to open your heart to the unconditional helping hands that the heavens have sent to you as a favor. Grow with change as standing still will only diminish your existence.

Self Evolution

Good morning, we are indefinitely faced with obstacles each day. How we overcome these obstacles shows us our strengths and weaknesses. We can conquer the world engaging in ourselves and how we react to the world around us. Every challenge presented should be a stepping stone to greater heights. Every fall should build strength to give wisdom. In the end each moment of life should be appreciated in a new light. We are strong even when we think we are weak. We can see even when we think we are blind. Giving ourselves the encouragement to feel free of opposition the world will open its door for us. As we become like silly putty to be molded into greatness that cannot be explained but seen and felt through each stride. Discovering the revolution and cultivating to create evolution.

Complacent Growth

Good morning, stuck in our ways we are complacent. We believe we are growing but yet we make no change. We are at a standstill because we have become comfortable. Growth as an individual is not the same as growing in a career. Learning from your past and dwelling on it has become one in the same when they are two different concepts to be applied. Learning from your past means giving the next a chance even though you are cautious and not making them pay for the previous mistakes. Dwelling is not giving each the equal opportunity we strive to look for in life. Facing situations as they arise instead of swiping them under the rug and walking away is growth within itself. Walking away as if it is known the reason or should be assumed is selfish and complacent. A man faces the giant even in fear but a coward buckles at the knees and runs the other way. We all have to fall to learn how to get back up even when we don’t want to fall. The objective is not to allow the fall to be detrimental to your future and the interactions that will come. We will fall regardless because that is how life presents itself as we grow. There is no perfection to life that we can gain. We are flawed from the beginning and will continue on a path self-destructive the more we fight the internal growth we need to become successful in life. Whether we believe it or not we do not completely know ourselves to know how we will be in the future. We have to grow to learn of ourselves. If we believe that we will be the same in our future as today then we have no plans of growing and making ourselves better. It takes more than a lifetime to completely identify who we are and where we’re going. We will die trying to come to the conclusion but while we live strive for growth beyond control so that each day we learn something new about ourselves to give us a brighter tomorrow.

Friend or Enemy

Good morning, we find ourselves hated by many because of the gifts we possess. The gifts that make strong enemies but those enemies become friends in desperate times because our friends are not as reliable. Soon the ones we call “friend” become enemies of great despair and vindictive animosity. Separating the liable verses the reliable becomes a genuine rule of friend and foe. Complacent within your friendship leads you to be taken for granted and vulnerable making a new enemy. Become unpredictable in actions that your enemy cannot see but not even your friend can suspect. Show no mercy for in the end you are the only one that will bear the consequences of your actions. There is great power in hatred and if honed in on can be molded into a reliable source. Use what negative power you face to translate into a positive force. Don’t become your own liability crucifying yourself at the stake on a risk without strategy. The wise man cautiously thinkth as the fool carelessly performs.

Content of Creed

Good afternoon, we are judged by the pigmentation in our skin. When the pigmentation is other than the one we see in our household we are skeptical and defensive. We shun differences visible to the common eye. We do not recognize the judgment we place on the surface instead of digging deeper. Yet, when the like complexion becomes too much of a challenge, we lighten the tone and find weakness to govern. Now we can run amongst the skins without a word. The spit fire is uncontrollable so we travel in a different direction. Has this become the stereotypical aim we gain? Or has it shown truth in the world we live? Truth be told, there is some truth to it as we see this happen every day. But can we honestly live our lives with stereotypes and judgments that we forget to see the individuals that are behind the first layer. Is it wrong to find comfort in the arms that don’t match, no? But if the fire is too hot with a counterpart that doesn’t mean it will be any easier with the opposing. We fall short of finding true connections going in with the wrong intentions. The pigmentation in our skin should not be our judgment but the inner core and substance. Many of us would not exist without the intertwining of the spectrum. Scared of the obvious is a complacent coward to which the judgment is really placed on themselves. Significant measure of substance would design a different creed for us to follow.

Love Blind

Good morning, we say love is color blind but is it love that’s color blind or our superficial motives? We can indulge in the fruits but when it’s time to take on responsibilities we bail. Leaving one stranded to pick up pieces that we have left in utter chaos. Love is not color blind but blinded by fornication that we call love. A short term pleasure that has created long term disasters of broken hearts, animosity, low self-esteem, confusion, unforgiving doubt and alienated friendships. Love was intended to be simple enjoyment that we made so complicated. There’s no basis of trust or loyalty to start the inquiry. Responsibility for actions taken are not owned up to and left high and dry. The leading of unwanted repercussions are warranted by selfish egos. Love is a threat that everyone is afraid of. So we hide behind brothels of sinful pleasures that have accumulated uncountable victims. If we stop viewing love as a threat and embrace its natural submission we would find more answers we’ve been looking for. The pleasure will not end shortly but felt everlasting without the evidence of secretion. The purity and enriched power will be set back into motion showing life as only one should experience. If we could only stop running before it’s lost. Love has no boundaries but time waits for no man.

Innovative Limit

Good morning, as people we are taken to a limit of forgiveness and acceptance. There is only so much we can accept from each other to keep sanity. There’s only so much forgiveness we have for each mistake followed by an apology. We test these limits amongst each other to see how far we can get without breaking. There’s a continuous cycle placed in effect as a result of our actions. The test, the limit, the break and the next person in line, it seems endless. Egotistically we play this game believing we can get away with it. The repercussion of it all is the pain we cause others and ourselves playing such a dangerous game. We toyed with our own mind to play with someone else’s. There are always consequences to all actions and they don’t only affect someone else but you too. Why play a game of Russian roulette with yourself if you don’t want to die? Defying the odds isn’t always worth the pain that maybe the result. The endless cycle of repercussions and pain, remember your actions started this cycle and your actions can break it. Forgive yourself to accept the pain you have caused and the apology will be the beginning of an innovative challenge.

Unpaid Debt

Good morning, time is ticking as judgment falls. Have we lost all faith in what just was? To decipher between the truth and the lies will take an eternity without a proven loyalty of trust. We may feel we don’t owe the world anything but we cannot want something in return if we owe nothing. We owe it to ourselves to be better than the rest. We owe it to ourselves to show respect. We owe it to ourselves to share love. We owe all of this if we expect to receive the same. We swear there are no expectations but then we complain about how we feel that we are not treated with respect or not shown something that we expect to feel or get from others. If you cannot give then you cannot receive. If you cannot share love you will not feel loved. If you cannot show respect you will feel disrespected. If you cannot be better than the rest, you will become just like everyone else. We will judge another based on false intentions but when the judgment falls on ourselves we become defensive as if nothing existed. We will allow our fellow man to crash and burn when the situation fits our own benefit. We have lost faith in our kind and therefore have lost faith in ourselves. There is no trust to give faith. There is no respect to give love and there is no feeling to even give. Selfish circumstances have us tangled in a web. There is no complaint if cannot reciprocate the judgment, expectations and feelings you long for. First judge yourself, expect from yourself and feel within then the reciprocation process will begin. Selfish acts turn into egotistical consequences. Regardless of what our pride tells us we owe something to everyone we encounter, even if it’s as little as respect. This may be a small word but really big in value.

World of Walls

Good morning, we have become brick walls to one another. No one lets their guards down afraid of being pushed over. So to find comfort we fall into the wrong hands. All we’re thinking about is holding our ground while the other wall falls. We have conquered something we are not even intrigued with. We allow ourselves to stick around for convenience but without compassion. These are dangerous games we are playing but do we really care? Not at all, why should we it doesn’t affect us, right? Breaking down a barrier brings on an emotional tie that we don’t know how to survive. Whether we want to believe it or not we are now tangled in a web of lies that will soon suck us dry. Some will stay content and be fooled by our lies but others will drift away building back up their walls. And that one that we wish to hold on to fights back and forth with each brick laid another falls but not from their wall but ours. We struggle to build together because we have created such a hard shell that we believe cannot be broken but has been cracked slightly. We fear where it might lead us to open that barrier and build an alliance to withstand. We fear the feeling it may truly bring and we fear the vulnerability that will be exposed. We build these walls not realizing we are hurting and in turn hurting our encounters. We fall short of true happiness and a sense of loyalty carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders. Our pride will have us deceive not only the world but ourselves from the reality of what is truly inside.

Broken Rules

Good morning, rules are meant to be broken, they say. Which rules only apply to the few and the others only apply to you? The thing is where are these so called rules written down or placed into existence. In our minds we have made all these rules to follow but only when they fit a certain situation that benefits us. When it doesn’t fit we tend to bend the rule or throw it out the window all together. We become contradictory in our own mind. How can we show one another that we are trustworthy and loyal if we cannot be these things to ourselves? When do we realize that the finger is pointing at us to be the root of the problem not the other way around? Looking in the mirror can be difficult but sometimes it needs to be done. Afraid of what you may see, we all are but it comes a time when change is needed and the first step is looking at it dead on. Sometimes taken the pride off your shoulders and realizing you are not perfect and there are things that you could be more receptive that would help you to see a different avenue to take. Open mind brings a happy heart. Through allowing change we grow. Through thought and observation we conquer life’s adversities. Stubborn we may be because we are apprehensive and afraid. The complacency of our lives will only haunt us and stab us in the backs for we have turned our backs on the ones who truly care to sit still as if nothing exists. The world waits for no man. It will leave you behind. Break down your walls and conquer growth within an open mind to bring upon a happy heart.

Close Past Open Future

Good afternoon, they say learn from your past and you’ll have a better future. Most people don’t know how to learn from their past instead they hold on to their past bringing their past into their future. There are aspects in life that will be similar to your past but will bring a new light to the world. Just because something may look the same doesn’t mean its content is the same. There are similarities in all of us as people but we are totally different. Everyone wants happiness but cannot find a way to trust the happiness shown. We are constantly reminded that our past will haunt our future and happiness seems like a dim light that we can never reach no matter how fast we run. This is when you know you have not learned from your past and doors have not been closed. You have avoided the situations by distancing yourself, giving no thought or blocking its existence. The thing is your past is still there, lingering at every corner milestone. There’s a constant battle between your past and your future. Which will you allow to win? Learning isn’t forgetting, ignoring or pushing to the side. Learning is acknowledging, confronting and getting closure. Close a door another will open.

Selfish Gratitude

Good morning, appreciation has become selfish and thank you has become mute. The failure to realize when words are just words and actions speak louder. Taking into consideration the acknowledgement we all want to feel but we only want to be on the receiving in. Giving is receiving but if you think speaking is giving you’re not listening. We are so scared to be vulnerable to one another but we expect the opposite from the other. Makes sense, not at all. How can one be open and the other closed? If showing appreciation was as simple as two words, then when you receive services there wouldn’t be a tip jar staring in your face or gratuity added to your bill. Not saying that the words mean nothing but the same gratitude and acknowledgement you want to receive should be given to receive. There are many that miss this concept because they are given so much without an inkling of obligation. Spoiled rotten to the core and oblivious to the evident devotion that is taken for granted. Taken away and there’s still no shame for there seems to be no wrong doing. Nor will it be missed for there are many to fill the gap. If our livelihood depended on someone else’s gratitude and they showed the same attitude you had, do you think you would be living the same lifestyle you are now? Of course not, you would be fighting for the same appreciation that others are struggling to get from you. Acknowledging the smallest thing can turn into the biggest. Listen, take notes, and show the people in your life that you do appreciate them even when you may not show it all the time. Make an effort to pay close attention to what they do for you and how they make you feel by giving small tokens of your gratitude each day making them feel the same way.

Enriching a Poor Nation

Good morning, we struggle as a nation but in the time of tragedy we come together as a world class philanthropist. We stretch our arms around the world to help mend what we cannot see. A nation so rich but yet poor, we need to give back the life that once existed with our materials that we believe gives us status but are so frivolous. Share the wealth of love and pour into the souls of those less fortunate. Enrich their soils again with laughter and pride. Rescue them from the devastation that has crossed their path without warning. Bring a sense of hope to show an uplifting spirit across the world and melt cold hearts to give in this time of need. We don’t feel the need until it hits us directly but will it be too late to receive when we have ignored the world around us struggling each day? Direct hit or not we are all affected. Losing one part of the earth is like losing an arm or leg. Culture unlike ours is so significant to embrace and not just in this time of tragedy. Existence should not be ignored because you cannot see it everyday. Wake up; take a moment to realize how lucky you are to live amongst a privileged nation with so much to offer. Dr King once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?" Can you answer that with modest humility and feel good about your answer?




Please take a moment today and give $5 to Haiti by texting “YELE” to 501501. Help someone else so when tragedy does strike home we are helped with the same heart.

Cleansed Antidote

Good morning, we wash our hands everyday in belief that the germs will go away. Things we cannot see or feel we wash away. We try to use this same concept with things that we can feel and see but what affect does it really have. Can we really wash our hands of things we care about, people we connect with and lives that make a difference but still burden us? There will always be some strife that will appear from time to time. Maybe we shouldn’t be looking to wash away these things, the people or the lives completely but just the strife which in turn is the germ creating all the mayhem. Sounds simple but is actually a hard concept to achieve. We believe the easiest way is to eliminate all from all angles but are we missing a key piece by allowing ourselves to fixate on solitude. The washing of your hands doesn’t mean your hands disappear but the microorganisms hopefully will. So those things, people and lives don’t disappear but hopefully the friction will. Sometimes we don’t realize we are causing the friction and will continue to cleanse but there is no affect. Sometimes the opposing is the cause but are not aware or may be aware but do not care and so the cycle continues. Our hands become wrinkled and pale, there’s not much more we can do. When it won’t leave that means it was meant to stay. There are good germs and bad germs and washing only takes away the bad ones. There’s a reason for sure and we cannot deny purpose. There’s no antidote for evolution.

The Button

Good morning, we all have a button that can be pushed and will drive us over the edge. Some have discovered it and play with it making us lose it from time to time. Others are searching for it aggravating them and us all at once. A simple button that doesn’t really exist triggers a series of events. How can something so simple be so complex? Yet we look at the world we live in and ask that very same question. When do we as a society get tired of being button pushers and learn to live life? We have no sense of who we really are because we have allowed ourselves to be manipulated by an antagonistic creature that has plagued our society. We turn on each other for a piece of pie that isn’t even homemade. We have forgotten where home is and how it feels to be there. We have lost touch with accepting others and respecting yourself. We have pushed our own buttons too many times that we don’t know how to find our way back. The enemy should not be yourself or thy neighbor. But it seems all is lost in this fictitious world we have created. There may not be a perfect world but what happened to the sane world; the world where things had its ups and downs but we were still on the same page. Does that world still exist or have we really become that ignorant. Maybe taking up some core values from our own military will help us survive. Never leave a fallen man behind, but how many have we already left to this pretentious and malicious world. Survival is vanishing before our eyes. What button will be pushed next?

The Follower Leads

Good morning, reluctant are we to be ourselves for we have allowed the shallow minds of the world control us. We have become cowards and have forgotten what our ancestors fought for. A world where no matter who you are, you are given equality. Our differences terrorize our neighbors for they cannot accept us as individuals but they want the same respect. You cannot gain respect as an individual without giving the same respect. Believe it or not there are words against everyone spoken or not but to be true to yourself and what you stand for will gain you more respect than asked for. We worship and give such credit to imbeciles who in turn use us to make a mockery. The immature and superficial mind cannot see between the cheeks of their posterior to connect the dots. The cunning deceit of the envious has belittled the weak to become an enemy of the state. Gain substance within to stand on your own. Become secure within to rise above the envious crowds. Mature within your own right not letting hatred of the world bring you down to their level of shame. You will lose a great deal of respect and dignity following and not leading. The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence. No shame in being and accepting the diversity of life.

New Resolution

Good morning, a new year, a new dawn breaking the endless cycles. Resolutions of unrealistic motions have clouded our better judgment to attain realistic goals and sustain to the next. Shorter steps will help you leap with dignity. Do not be misguided by the chilling hate around you and fear what could be a necessary evolution. Take each step with caution for victory is near. You have pledged your soul to undeniable truth in life but yet we lie to move forward eventually believing it ourselves. Vow to yourself a triumph of progression set by ambition to make a change that will open new doors. Make haste for the belligerent masses is at bay waiting for you to become distracted from your ultimate goal to sway you from what you feel. In black and white can be your blinder and guide to stay on course for they cannot take what they cannot see. Secretly climb to the top with what they may not believe to be right but feel good to you. You are in control of your destiny not the ones that are pulling at your ankles. Stand up to them and become your own being beyond what they can touch. Stay true to one self no matter what the outside view. Happiness comes from within; we all feel it but fight it on the count of an outside view. Your resolution is your mark leaving the impression you created with truth and dignity.