When I say BLACK LIVE MATTER, this is what I mean; Imagine me before a wild uncontrollable fire with a fire Extinguisher in my hand, it is all I have to beat back the Flames that threaten to devour me, so when I say, BLACK LIVE MATTER, imagine me pointing that fire Extinguisher at the very base of that fire and giving it my All. BLACK LIVE MATTER is a strategy that directs all Efforts and concentration on the very focal point of the wild fire. It gets Straight to the core of the issue and gets the attention of our Counterparts. But some will have you believe that When I proclaim BLACK LIVES MATTER that I pin Myself against you, to say that my life holds more meaning Than yours. NO! NO! NO! This is the LIE! When I yell BLACK LIVE MATTER, it is because I have to in dire this Moment. I am strategically focusing my resources to Ensure the optimal outcome, nothing short of that and I risk losing my own life. I call to you then my dear Counterparts in ...
It is the first night, he can not sleep. After hours of lying still and many attempts to induce sleep, he gives up on trying to sleep. He looks at the clock, it reads 4am. He is thinking, it is too early to be up, he was hoping to have been woken up by the alarm he had set. It will not sound for another three hours. It is more than just adjusting to the time difference, it is more than the uncomfortable breeze being produced by the fan next to his bed or adjusting to the bed itself, he concludes. He is feeling anxious, anxious to start the day but he is also feeling alone, he admits. He is playing out a thousand scenarios in his head, some of which frankly make him uneasy, but others bring a smile to his face and happy memories of times past. It all seems familiar and strange to him at the same time. He finds it comforting to be up at this ungodly hour and to be fully engaged in his thoughts as he is now. Yet time seems to pass in an ever unrelenting slow pace. He looks ...
What does free look like? Are we freest , if we do and say whatever we want? I think not. We always have to consider others. Does the need for acceptance obstruct? We can't be free and accepted all at once. We shun others when we are truly free. Freedom is selfish. Free is a party of one. The logistics of free is impossible for two or more. Free doesn't compromise. Free is never free in the company of more than one. Consideration constraints free. I'm at my freest alone.
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