It had to be weak chauvinistic men who coined the phrase, "It is weakness for a man to display true feelings and emotions to a woman." I say weak because it represents the lowest and uninformed parts of us, and it makes us believe we are better than or more of someone else. It was in this condition we claimed superiority over the woman and reduced her in nature and importance. We took that weak thinking of superiority over our women and built civilizations on top of it. This is why the woman, despite her perseverance and steady climb out of that inferior ditch in which we placed her in, continues to be abused, disrespected, and disregarded simply for being a woman. This is and has always been malicious behavior on the parts of man, and for us to have perpetuated it for so long speaks to the entitlement, cruelty, and frailty of us as men. We must change the culture of how we treat and engage with our women. And I say ours, not to imply that the woman belongs to man as property...

  We own our lives, we own our dreams, we own our thoughts, we own our hearts, we own our desires, we own our purpose, we own our values, we own our treasures and we own the paths we choose to lead. We own everything pertaining to ourselves, so why are we giving our energy, time and precious gifts to bullies, tyrants, fears, stress, worry, pain, indifferences and chaos??? OUR LIVES IS OUR OWN!! Do you not believe that you were inherently created to not only resist those above impediments, but use every fiber of your being fighting against them? If so, it is paramount that you act now in refashioning yourself into that marvelous thing of beauty in which you were created to be in the first place. We were chosen and endowed by God (And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1:28) to stand in our own beauty striving to be good, just and fair while being humane, pose, and without judgment so that we may live long enough to uncover the purpose of our ...

  IT TAKES PATIENCE When you hear the word "Patient" what does it mean to you? For me, it means having the ability to allow the nature of a thing to develop to its full potential without interference or complaint. By full I mean, knowing exactly what you were meant to be or do in this lifetime. The Webster's Dictionary defines patient as: "bearing pains and trials without complaint." How many times have you found yourself complaining about external factors you had no control over? How many times did you find solutions to those complaints? I only ask because I have been in prison for thirty two years of my life and I can't begin to tell you how many times I've complained. All I know is that it was many and nothing really positive ever came from them? I lost so much time while living under a roof of complaints, time that I can never get back. Thirty two years equals 11,680 days in prison, and a great number of those days I was complaining about something I...

  When the heart stops forever, your pain and struggles will no longer breathe, the world will disappear from your vision, the moments that once brought you light, clarity and joy will be no more, you will fade to whence you came in order to start a new journey with God, a journey where you will not be seen by the physical eye standing or walking, running or dancing, hugging and being hugged, there will be no job to go to, no money to pay for your house, cars or lifestyle, no kids to call you mom or dad, friend or foe, sister or brother, husband or wife, you will wither away as if you were never here, never born to have a friend to call friend, a mother to call mom, a lover to call husband or wife, or children to call you mom or dad! You will be no more! But my friend, there is one way to never be forgotten, to never disappear from the hearts and minds of those you loved and those who have loved you, to be immortalized for as long as the earth stands and continues being nourished b...

  Check this build out and share it with your family and friends!!! Kujichagulia (Self-determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves, instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others. Self determination for black people cannot be given to us by anyone, it must be self discovered, self realized and uniquely uncovered by the person seeking freedom and liberation in the true sense of the word. To begin the process, one must look beyond the surface of illusionary impossibilities and into the great depths of self which holds the key ingredients to true manumission. (To free from slavery) This endeavor is an individualistic realization, and the hope is for the emergence of a collective frame of thinking that unifies your self determination with people of similar hue so that together, we can bring change and prosperity for generations to come! Our communities are decadent and malnourished on so many levels. The fiery ...

Many of the politicians and news outlets today, openly or privately, dehumanize and marginalize the incarcerated and aid in the creation and implementation of policies and procedures designed to further reduce the conditions and minds of the incarcerated. The Michigan Congressional Establishment has removed from prisons, almost every positive and transformative tool the incarcerated at one time or another had at their disposal. These tools helped to aid in the growth, development, and transformation of the incarcerated so they could become more than what brought them/us to prison. The Media perpetuates the sentiment of the politicians by claiming that crime is so out of control that we need more police and more prisons. They rarely talk about the real issues like poverty, inadequate healthcare, the uneven distribution of wealth, and mental health as being major components for crime. And to fix these impediments would solve a great number of problems, especially for the poor people who ...