TOMOROW IS NOT PROMISED

SOMETIMES, PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIFE AND YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY WERE MEANT TO BE THERE, THEY SERVE SOME SORT OF PURPOSE, TEACH YOU A LESSON OR HELP FIGURE OUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WANT TO BECOME.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE MAY BE: YOUR NEIGHBOR, CHILD, LONG LOST FRIEND, LOVER, ORE EVEN A COMPLETE STRANGER WHO, WHEN YOU LOCK EYES WITH THEM, YOU KNOW AT THAT VERY MOMENT THAT THEY WILL AFFECT YOUR LIFE IN SOME PROFOUND WAY.
AND SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU AND AT THE TIME THEY SEEM PAINFUL AND UNFAIR, BUT IN REFLECTION YOU REALIZE THAT WITHOUT OVERCOMING THOSE OBSTACLES YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER REALIZED YOUR POTENTIAL STRENGTH, WILLPOWER OR HEART.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE OR BY MEANS OF GOOD OR BAD LUCK. ILLNESS, INJURY, LOVE, LOST MOMENTS OF TRUE GREATNESS AND SHEER STUPIDITY ALL OCCUR TO TEST THE LIMITS OF YOUR SOUL.

WITHOUT THESE SMALL TESTS, WHETHER THEY BE EVENTS, ILLNESS OR RELATIONSHIPS, LIFE WOULD BE LIKE A SMOOTHLY PAVED STRAIGHT FLAT ROAD TO NOWHERE, SAFE AND COMFORTABLE, BUT DULL AND UTTERLY POINTLESS.

THE PEOPLE YOU MEET WHO AFFECT YOUR LIFE AND THE SUCCESSES AND DOWNFALLS YOU EXPERIENCE CREATE WHO YOU ARE, AND EVEN THE BAD EXPERIENCES CAN BE LEARNED FROM. IN FACT, THEY ARE PROBABLY THE POIGNANT AND IMPORTANT ONES.

IF SOMEONE HURTS YOU, BETRAYS YOU ARE BREAKS YOUR HEART, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY HAVE HELPED YOU LEARN ABOUT TRUST AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CAUTIOUS TO WHOM YOU OPEN YOUR HEART.

IF SOMEONE LOVES YOU, LOVE THEM BACK UNCONDITIONALLY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU, BECAUSE THEY ARE TEACHING YOU TO LOVE AND OPENING YOUR HEART AND EYES TO THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN OR FELT WITHOUT THEM.

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT. APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT AND TAKE FROM IT EVERTHING THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN, FOR YOU MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN.
TALK TO PEOPLE YOU HAVE NEVER TALKED TO BEFORE, AND ACTUALLY LISTEN, LET YOURSELF FALL IN LOVE, BREAK FREE AND SET YOUR SIGHTS HIGH.
HOLD YOU HEAD UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO. TELL YOURSELF YOUR ARE A GREAT INDIVIDUAL AND BELIEVE IT YOURSELF, FOR IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, NO ONE ELSE WILL BELIEVE IT EITHER.

PEACE.LOVE.HAPPINESS

COMMUNICATION AMENDMENT: see COMMUNICATION

Don't get me wrong, I love my Black Woman. I think the Black Woman is the saviour of our people, once she gets her act together regarding the Black Man. Black Women have a very hard time communicating with Black Men. This is not something I just thought up but rather through years of experience. I know some or most of you will say I don't know what I'm talking about or I'm just hating on the Black Woman. That would be far from the truth. I hope that any and all women that read this will keep an open mind and take a look at how they communicate with all Black Men.

PEACE.LOVE.HAPPINESS

COMMUNICATION

Communication is a word that has a lot of mileage on it. It went a long ways in the '80s and '90s but sort of slowed down at the turn of the century. Communication between men and women has always been a problem. Women complain that men talk at them, unemotionally. Men complain that women don't talk at all. Both are probably true. I know in my own experience with women, Black Women, that it is true. Black Women do not communicate with a man honestly or openly or with any sense of logic. Trying to get a Black Women to talk to you about what she thinks or feels or wants or desires is like trying to talk to the television. You get a lot of images but no substance. The one thing I've noticed with Black Women is that they are rarely honest with themselves about what they want from a Black Man. They will insinuate or imply or hint or outright lie about what they are thinking or what they mean when they make a statement, usually innocuous, about the relationship between the two of them.
Communication, a big word that has a lot of mileage and is tired from all the abuse it has received along the way.

PEACE.LOVE.HAPPINESS