Until recently I always looked at myself as somebody that embodied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Dream” (Though many that know me would say Post-Nation Malcolm). I come from a segregated, poverty stricken Brooklyn Housing Project, to having the privilege of receiving a high school, college and graduate school education from some of our nation’s […]
Some of you are so set in ways that clearly aren’t working: you feel like life is a series of moments of déjà vu. We do not have to be trapped in a perpetual “Groundhog day”. Yet if we keep voluntarily following the same path of wrong or questionable decisions, how can we expect anything […]
I highly recommend everyone go see the film adaptation of August Wilson’s play “FENCES”. Starring and directed by Denzel Washington, the film chronicles the complexities of an African American patriarch, frustrated by broken dreams and minimal opportunities in the backdrop of 1957 Pittsburgh. Wilson won both a Pulitzer Prize as well as a Tony award […]
Have any of you ever seen a video of sheep being killed by wolves or other predators. I’ll spare you the actual visuals (though there is a fascinating documentary about Caucasian Shepherds used to protect sheep from wolves and other predators). The moral of the story is that the sheep stay bunched together as […]
Emotions are more than a poorly lip-synched Mariah Carey song. Emotions are the scourge of all rational thinking planners. Being all in one’s feelings comes in many different forms; and they are all detrimental to our success and well-being. A little emotion is probably healthy, and while it is entirely subjective as to what […]
Relations between men and women are complicated enough on their own, without us unnecessarily complicating matters. There are so many things in life that fall outside of the realm of our control. Acts of God, other people, where we are born and raised are just a sampling of things beyond our control. The only […]
We all have character flaws…Lord knows I have had enough to be able to write a best selling “How Not To” book. It is one thing to acknowledge such flaws… Acknowledgement is the first step in admitting there is a problem and hopefully seeking help in “fixing” the issues. Yet, it is another, to […]
In a world full of clichés there is none more true or important than the one dictating that we must first love ourselves before we can truly love someone else. This is also extended to we must first love ourselves before we are able to truly accept love from others. Selfishness is generally a horrible […]
Disappointment inevitably is part of life’s reality. We all experience the emotion at some point on varying levels and when it occurs it can be disheartening to say the least. Life cannot be fully controlled, no matter how hard so many of us try. Situations occur unexpectedly or out of our control and people […]
No matter how positive you try and live your life. No matter how much personal growth you have attained…you will be tried…and the person that you strive to be will be tested not to revert to the person you may have been. I write daily. Some of my writings are charged socio-political commentary, but just […]
