Life Is A Big, Ripe Juicy Piece of Fruit, Grab a Piece and Take a Big Bite. We Are Not Here for Long!!
Some people will miss a party in fear they might see someone they hate or don’t want to see. I feel this is foolish. There is always going to be someone who doesn’t like you or who you don’t like if you have been around long enough. Don’t let that stop you from being with warm, good friends who you have known for years and who appreciate your company. If you are like me, you don’t get invited to many parties. Because of this, I always enjoy a good party when I do go.
Life is too short. I have friends who passed away when they were in their early 30’s. I have made it to 52 and am thankful to GOD for giving me the good sense to be cautious and make some good decisions that have kept me on the alive and in relatively good health and on the surface of the earth this long.
I think it all starts with a foundation of loving yourself and treating others fairly. It also makes sense to NOT go overboard with the sex and just enjoy life—but act within reason. I never did cocaine or serious drugs. I don’t race cars or go after hot men anymore like I did for a year and a half when I lived in New York City. I guess GOD wants me on the planet for something, so I have tried to make myself available to him by doing what I interpret as his work as often as I can. That means being kind to as many people as possible and treating my fellow man and woman fairly and equitably.
I try to be available for my nieces and nephews if they want to talk. It is important to have some youth in your life in some way. They always need encouragement and direction in some form or another.
But don’t forget to celebrate victories, milestones, birthdays and special events. Black people love to celebrate good things because we so seldom get a Big Victory to celebrate. I guess that was why so many of us traveled to Washington, D.C. last January when President Barack Obama was sworn in. Talk about a long time coming!! The ironic thing is now Obama seems fearful of talking directly to Black people. A friend of mine said he is not from among us, but is one of us. Another friend said ALL presidents of the United States suckled from the breast of a White woman—including Barack Obama.
I think after things settle down for a time he will come to realize that the racist are going to be hateful regardless if he speaks to Black youth or the rest of us directly. The haters don’t think that 160 plus years of chattel slavery, continued discrimination, the blood of the Civil Rights struggles, The Jim Crow South and the other multitude of festering scares we bare for this country are not enough. Like a few of us being hung after risking our lives at war for North America and like not being allowed, as Black soldiers, to march into Paris in victory after WWII. After all this we get the mega slap in the face from George Bush senior of his naming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court (See Chapter 14).
But Black Americans are ruff, tough and steady. We can take it and we will work hard to reelect Barack Obama any old way. The war in Afghanistan may, however, be a breaking point. If the man who just won the Nobel Peace Prize can’t see that there are other ways of forcing the Taliban to make peace and stop the bombing, he is just another fool in a jacket in D.C. and there are many such fools who make D.C. there home. It is a shame that The President has kept on the Defense Department’s chief (Gates) from the Bush Administration. How can he expect to change who is getting how much water from the fountain of peace when the man giving out the orders is the same old warmed over folks that got us into two unnecessary wars in the first place? Why do I call the Pentagon the Fountain of Peace? That is exactly what it is. It just needs to be retooled, reshaped, gotten under control and made manifest into something new. The money from the Pentagon is where we need to look for the funds to make peace with the world. Turn weapons into plowshares. That is want needs to happen.
This gets back to my major premise. We have to live life large to see that this can and will happen. The forces of nature are moving in that direction. It will most likely need to be called something else—NOT the Pentagon. But, with a Peace Time Pentagon in place—and it will take about five years to do this,--we can have a really positive impact on the world. Helping our nation pull out of the devastation of danger and destruction will take someone with real vision. Why do we think and why do the media continue to play the news as if the ONLY option is more war(s) and death? They know what side their McDonald Douglas choppers are buttered on. Until recently a major network (NBC) was owned outright by General Electric—a major U.S. defense contractor. The defense contracts have to be pulled in and we have to start using the Pentagon for peaceful purposes. I think some people thought we were going to see real and massive changes in D.C. with Obama—but he is only one man. More of us need to realize that grabbing that fruit of life from the tree can be rewarding and working towards the changes we need for our families, our communities and our planet are really not an option any longer if we want to see life improve in North America and the rest of the world... We need to write letters, join organizations, (See chapter14) write checks and make sure our families have a better future than we had. It is all possible. I have hope and faith. But we need to start this work. And not just our community activists, but ALL of us need to do this work. So grab a piece of fruit, celebrate our victories and stick around to enjoy the work of change and the fight for change. We need you. Oh, and by the way, don’t forget to laugh. !!
Some people will miss a party in fear they might see someone they hate or don’t want to see. I feel this is foolish. There is always going to be someone who doesn’t like you or who you don’t like if you have been around long enough. Don’t let that stop you from being with warm, good friends who you have known for years and who appreciate your company. If you are like me, you don’t get invited to many parties. Because of this, I always enjoy a good party when I do go.
Life is too short. I have friends who passed away when they were in their early 30’s. I have made it to 52 and am thankful to GOD for giving me the good sense to be cautious and make some good decisions that have kept me on the alive and in relatively good health and on the surface of the earth this long.
I think it all starts with a foundation of loving yourself and treating others fairly. It also makes sense to NOT go overboard with the sex and just enjoy life—but act within reason. I never did cocaine or serious drugs. I don’t race cars or go after hot men anymore like I did for a year and a half when I lived in New York City. I guess GOD wants me on the planet for something, so I have tried to make myself available to him by doing what I interpret as his work as often as I can. That means being kind to as many people as possible and treating my fellow man and woman fairly and equitably.
I try to be available for my nieces and nephews if they want to talk. It is important to have some youth in your life in some way. They always need encouragement and direction in some form or another.
But don’t forget to celebrate victories, milestones, birthdays and special events. Black people love to celebrate good things because we so seldom get a Big Victory to celebrate. I guess that was why so many of us traveled to Washington, D.C. last January when President Barack Obama was sworn in. Talk about a long time coming!! The ironic thing is now Obama seems fearful of talking directly to Black people. A friend of mine said he is not from among us, but is one of us. Another friend said ALL presidents of the United States suckled from the breast of a White woman—including Barack Obama.
I think after things settle down for a time he will come to realize that the racist are going to be hateful regardless if he speaks to Black youth or the rest of us directly. The haters don’t think that 160 plus years of chattel slavery, continued discrimination, the blood of the Civil Rights struggles, The Jim Crow South and the other multitude of festering scares we bare for this country are not enough. Like a few of us being hung after risking our lives at war for North America and like not being allowed, as Black soldiers, to march into Paris in victory after WWII. After all this we get the mega slap in the face from George Bush senior of his naming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court (See Chapter 14).
But Black Americans are ruff, tough and steady. We can take it and we will work hard to reelect Barack Obama any old way. The war in Afghanistan may, however, be a breaking point. If the man who just won the Nobel Peace Prize can’t see that there are other ways of forcing the Taliban to make peace and stop the bombing, he is just another fool in a jacket in D.C. and there are many such fools who make D.C. there home. It is a shame that The President has kept on the Defense Department’s chief (Gates) from the Bush Administration. How can he expect to change who is getting how much water from the fountain of peace when the man giving out the orders is the same old warmed over folks that got us into two unnecessary wars in the first place? Why do I call the Pentagon the Fountain of Peace? That is exactly what it is. It just needs to be retooled, reshaped, gotten under control and made manifest into something new. The money from the Pentagon is where we need to look for the funds to make peace with the world. Turn weapons into plowshares. That is want needs to happen.
This gets back to my major premise. We have to live life large to see that this can and will happen. The forces of nature are moving in that direction. It will most likely need to be called something else—NOT the Pentagon. But, with a Peace Time Pentagon in place—and it will take about five years to do this,--we can have a really positive impact on the world. Helping our nation pull out of the devastation of danger and destruction will take someone with real vision. Why do we think and why do the media continue to play the news as if the ONLY option is more war(s) and death? They know what side their McDonald Douglas choppers are buttered on. Until recently a major network (NBC) was owned outright by General Electric—a major U.S. defense contractor. The defense contracts have to be pulled in and we have to start using the Pentagon for peaceful purposes. I think some people thought we were going to see real and massive changes in D.C. with Obama—but he is only one man. More of us need to realize that grabbing that fruit of life from the tree can be rewarding and working towards the changes we need for our families, our communities and our planet are really not an option any longer if we want to see life improve in North America and the rest of the world... We need to write letters, join organizations, (See chapter14) write checks and make sure our families have a better future than we had. It is all possible. I have hope and faith. But we need to start this work. And not just our community activists, but ALL of us need to do this work. So grab a piece of fruit, celebrate our victories and stick around to enjoy the work of change and the fight for change. We need you. Oh, and by the way, don’t forget to laugh. !!
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