Influential Words of Wisdom: No Limits

From the time we are conceived until the time that we perish...The Sky is Limit, better yet the Sky is where we may aim but we should still end up in the stars!!! The sky is more like a stepping stone for one goal that is to be acheived, for all things in life have already been set out for us to take. Anything is truly possible and I know that is something that is told to us over and over but if you can believe it and plan, focus, have faith plus determination, then you can truly achieve. At this phase is life in the picture we are truly pure and untainted to the world and all that it has to offer. We are at peace and it is at this point in life that we are most vulnerable as well to everything around. It is truly important that our minds be molded and exposed in a positive informative manner, so that we can take these tools to build upon as we grow. Our minds are like sponges soaking up everything that comes into contact with it, and unfortunately for us this includes the entire negative too. It is on you how to deal with and process these situations you must be strong and persistent to not fall into temptation and give in.


This photo to me symbolizes new life and all that it can be in it's raw form, do not let this once beautiful phenomena such as birth be something that is left questioned!!!

Pop’s Reprise
(Off of Common’s “Be” CD)

Be, be here, be there, be that, be this,
Be grateful for life, be grateful to life,
Be gleeful everyday, for being the best swimmer among five hundred thousand,
Be-nigh, be you, be mom's mean pie, be little black Sambo with bad hair,
Be aware of Willie Lynch’s, Be, be boundless energy,
Be a four star ghetto general, be no one except I,
Be a strong academic student, be an A student in sociology,
Be food for thought to the growing mind, be the author of your own horoscope,
Be invited, be long-living, be forgiving, be not forgetful,
Be a proud run, only to return to fight another day,
Be peaceful if possible, but justice in ways,
Be high when you low, be on time but knowing to go,
Be cautious of the road to college, taking a detour through Vietnam or the Middle East,
Be absent of wars at any past or present fought amongst themselves,
Be visual of foreclosure over your shoulder while begging,
A nation built on free labor for reparation, Be a cartopogropher,
Be a map-maker, be able to find Afro-American man,
Search thoroughly it may be close to black man,
Be amended 5/5ths, be amended 5/5ths human,
Be the owner of more land than is set aside for wild life,
Be cupid, to world government,
Be found among the truth, lost tribe,
Be at full strength when walking through the valley,
Be not foolish as tender 18 of the mountain tops,
Be a brilliant soul, sparkling in the galaxy while walking on earth,
Be loved by God as much as God loved Gandhi and Martin Luther King,
Be that last one of 144,000, be the resident of the twelfth house,
Be... eternal!

Words To Live By...

"Our Deepest Fear"
by Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

I first heard these words as some of you may have on the movie "Akeelah and The Bee." Although the movie did not show Akeelah reading the poem in its entirety the words still sent chills up my spine, got my heart racing and my head working overtime. I even remember rewinding the movie a couple times just to hear those words again to instill it in my brain where it needed to be, where it needs to be for everyone. I then proceeded next as to go far as write it down, which led to my inevitably looking up the poem on the internet. Once I got to the right site I found what you see above, and begun to let the words sit in and soak in my brain. I have always been a chump and inspired by true motivational words, because I feel like I live by these words or at least attempt to in my everyday life. Always trying to see the positive in every situation, always having faith in all I do, never leaving in fear, to keep moving forward and strive for the best, but most importantly always trying to inspire and motivate others. If you can read this poem and not get not type of feeling behind the words as the run through your brain then I guess you either have already had these words in your heart or that you either are very confused and lost! Either way I just thought I would put this poem up as something to share being that it is something that I still read to this day when need be to keep me in the right mindset.

We are all individual moving in life to reach various goals, still all connected in all we do whether we know it or not. All of life feeds off each other and moves another aspect along. Be you and be proud, for there is no one else completely like you on the face of the earth and for that along should be motivation enough!

"Crowded Space: The Cluttered Mind"

The mind is a terrible thing to waste,
And definitely a complicated element to overuse,
It gives you power when you have control over it,
But once you lose a grip your body it can abuse,
Try to keep up and stay on top of everything is what you attempt,
Now leaving your that thing on your shoulders a lil' more limp,
I am trying each and everyday to better use this machine that never stops,
You see the mind is easy to wander and yet still easy to fill,
With your thoughts, goals, plans, ideas, motives, wishes, needs, and so on,leaving many things now overlooked due to the lack of one skill to hold,
FOCUS, yes that you must learn to hone,
Not jumping from one thing to another until one is complete,
For exercising your mind is a excellent thing,
But having a cluttered mind with no plan is a true formula for your own DEFEAT!!!

That is how I feel right now at this very minute. I always have so much going on up in my mind that sometimes it becomes overbearing not only to myself but my plans. I am constantly trying to do this and that and keep up with everything on my plate or before my eyes, that I obliviously lose control over something else unexpectedly. I do give myself credit for wanting and attempting all these various things and expressing all these various ideas but having a cluttered mind with no plan is a sure formula for defeat like stated above. I am trying to learn each and everyday how to get more and more control over this machine that I own that is constantly at work. Never slowing down only to sleep and even then your own dreams can haunt your brain and cause it swell. My mind being so complex, creative, open, educated, and diverse that it is only natural that it would take everything in and try to process so much at one time but with all this things going on up there is seems to only leave you stuck. I am so quick to fall into a daze or a stare, so if you see me looking off just know that my mind is most definitely not empty. Although my actions may not show it my mind is going at a rate faster then the speed of light, trying to gain some sort of conclusion or closure from my thoughts. It is good though once again to exercise your brain and multi-task just don't let something as natural as thinking cloud everything else going on. Once you get hold of it and you clear all of the smoke out through your ears then you will be able to tackle anything that crosses your mind at anytime of the day, and you will be unstoppable in all you set you mind too. All these things are very possible it's just up to you when you are ready to handle this issue that plagues so many. A PLAGUE OF HAVING A MIND AND ACTUALLY USING IT AND NOT BEING AFRAID TOO!!!