This was during a weekend retreat where the main focus was to rest. When you get good rest, creativity flows freely. And Expression follows with ease.

To the Future

Looking

The future is always unclear. It could sway in your favor, which would make you one of the “lucky” ones. Or it can lead you down an unfortunate path, a path that makes you an example of what not to do. Right now all of us are starring in the distance. Wondering what is coming from the horizon. Parents worry that they may have to support their grown children. Who can't find a way to a career because now-a-days jobs are scarce. College students are nervous about who is going to hire them. They are searching for that one person to give them a chance. Somewhere, someone is struggling to afford sky high bills to save her or his life. America is short on cash, and her markets are struggling. But with all these elements happening at once there is no where to go but up. The worst thing to do is to just give up; to shut down all mentality for survival.

Cognition, the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. From this perception, sensation, notion, and/or intuition are created. In short, just like you are what you eat, you are how you think. Instead of festering in pity parties, adopt a sprit of fortitude. Harriet Tubman, was a woman barely over 5 feet, who also suffered sleeping spells, lead a people to freedom. A dirt poor girl grew up to be Oprah, one of the most notable people in the world. If an overlooked, German scientist named Albert Einstein, can think up one of the greatest scientific solutions. Then I truly believe, anyone can get her or his life together in this rocky conomy. Don't loose hope or faith in yourself, or a loved one's abilities, and prospectives. You should take every moment that you can breathe as a gift. The best thing to do is steady the course, and keep an optimistic smile on your face. (And don't forget a side hustle.)

YES WE DiD

Not only was the 4th of November 2008 the 22nd anniversary of my birth, it wasthe end of the world as we know it. A world where opportunity were abandoned by the mental blockage from race and/or gender, but now those excuses isn’t good enough. No one can say that I can’t do something because of fill in the blank. If you push hard, you can make things happen. There is still work that needs to be done, but with Barrack Obama progress has been made. Hope received a new lease on life, and like the song said "It's a New Day." That night I watched people pour into the streets. They had a happiness that was contagious, and welcomed. "Yes We Can," was chanted over and over with vigilance. It was as if people were yelling out a statement of purpose. Yes, good really can overcome. If goals are set, and commitment is made, great things can, and will happen. In times of uncertainty, success is available to those who want it.