Meeting of the Minds

Can our minds say hello to each other? Even if we haven't. They can talk about where they've been. Mine has been in California. On a beach thinking about a past life where we knew each other and we talked all night about where we wanted to go. Then it went to Paris and waited for you to join at the Eiffel but you never showed. Where has yours been? On a boat or maybe in New York? Or maybe sitting on that same beach next to mine. Just wasn't the right time. In my mind I can look to the right and see you there. You're magnificent and the water barely touches your feet. Even in my mind you're more beautiful than I could imagine. All I need to do is say hi and get you to talk to me. Then our hearts will follow and lead us to that beach just in time to watch the sunrise. 

Last of the Mohicans

Sometimes I like the attention and the praise.  I'm a black male married w/ 2 kids and I'm an excellent father, niggas ask me questions like I'm Uncle Phil (a month ago I woulda said Cliff Huxtable).  But then there are other times when I feel ashamed, often I wonder am I the only dude in my age range living this almost "sitcom" life.  I thought back to when I was younger and realized I was one of very few guys who's parents were happily married.  It seems as if black dudes just don't want to do right.  I could go into facts and statistics and say how bad environments are killing of the strong black man but that won't fix shit.  All in all I'm going to make this a short post and promise to do my part and teach my sons how to treat a woman, how to communicate and how to be strong.  So if 15 or 20 years from now your daughter tells you she's dating someone named Carter Powell or Levi Powell, she's won the jackpot.  

Pain

Have you ever thought about how pain affects you? Any type of pain whether it's emotional or physical. How do you act after enduring pain? Physical pain may cause you to favor the injured area when performing any type of activities. In doing so you can neglect the area and not let it fully recover. Or you can work on that area so much that it's stronger than it was before the pain. You can heal and be just fine with proper care. In most cases you don't carry the effects of that type of pain for the next few years. Emotional pain is way different. You lose a loved one and you hurt forever. A kid gets hurt emotionally bc their dad leaves hurts forever. Your significant other breaks your heart and it might not hurt forever but it feels like it at the time. No matter the situation that type of pain stays with you and constantly bothers you. How do you get away from it? Surrounding yourself with friends just delays it. Thinking about something else just delays it. Trying to replace what you lost doesn't make it better. I've recently been dealing with pain from a relationship and after almost 32 years of living I've realized I have been closed since a relationship that ended almost 10 years ago. I don't need to say what caused it but I've carried that with me ever since. I never sat and thought about it but that has to be it. It's just weird how we carry emotional pain around for years and never know until you meet a situation that causes you to look inside yourself and say you should do something about it. The mind and inner workings of our brain can be as strong or as weak as we let it. You just have to find your own way of dealing with it. Don't let it consume you. Pray about it and realize you can always overcome it.