To me, love is definitely something you can experience with anybody & should experience with everybody in some form or another. So, you can “fall in love” with or become infatuated with just about anybody you choose to. But, in addition to that, you can’t do business with anybody or have an intimate connection with just anybody. So, the deciding factor for entering a committed relationship with someone should be based on whether or not u can both make tough & serious decisions together that effect u both, which works better, I’m sure, when u both have common interests as it relates to lifestyles & accomplishments & whether or not u enjoy an intimate connection with that person. I don’t think a relationship that doesn’t foster a balance of both collective decision-making & intimate connection will work for the long-haul. Of course things like respect, trust, honesty, effort, & commitment play a role too, but these things play a role in every type of relationship & so being able to make decisions together & please each other intimately is what separates a life-long partner/mate from someone who is just another reflection of u. So, I feel that respect, trust, honesty, effort & commitment are the makings of the foundation to a partnership (or friendship), but the ability to make decisions together & satisfy each other intimately is what makes it a solid “partnership” or agreement. This is why I don’t believe in soul mates. Because EVERYONE is essentially your soul mate, but not everyone would make a good business partner. 😁 So, this is why we as black, Afrikan, melanated, carbonated people need to be very purposeful in the way we handle relationships. We don’t need to be getting married or having babies for selfish reasons. We need to be aware of how our relationship is going to benefit the greater good. We need to be aware of all that we’re up against. We need to ask ourselves...what can we do together to make the world a better place?
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I'ma be da one to call out da phonies (if asked publicly or privately about my opinion of certain people). You know, the ones who claim to be fully-invested in the plight of black/Afrikan people, but really they feel above you & I, wanting us to praise them...& I won't give a damn who got a problem with it, cause the way I see it, most of dem ain't worth half the praise they reach for. Like...what kinda opportunities have you provided for black people? What type of sacrifices are you making or have made for black people? What type of financial & physical contributions to black people/organizations have you made? What solutions are you proposing & effectively implementing to the problems of black/Afrikan people today? Most of these katz out here, ain't creatin' nothin' new...they ain't introducin' new & innovate solutions to our problems. They ain't doin' nothin but regurgitating already researched and exposed information, feeding people vague or false hope.
Black Men Vs. Black Women
There is an obvious divide in the communication of black men and black women. In my opinion, this divide is a result of speaking to each other from a place of not fully understanding before speaking and not asking questions that lead to answers that allow us to speak from a place of better understanding. We make strong suggestions to each other before adequately evaluating each another enough to break down where you feel the other has flaws and/or where you can help. Not only does this cause one to speak from a place of an eagerness to interject; making one appear as arrogant or controlling, especially when it's the male who is on the receiving end, but it also causes a lot of confusion and frustration, which can lead to hurt feelings, that lead to intentions to hurt feelings...or even worse. Now, I fully understand the importance of making a good first impression. But, if one is going to involve themselves in any type of relationship with another, I believe it would be better, if we don't verbalize or internalize our first impressions of each other, until we can do so with a substantial evaluation of multiple relative situations.
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I've gone without certain things for so long, to the point where I can do without. But, I know the youth can't. So, first and foremost, that's who I mainly do it for. But, I learn how to 'do it' from my elders. I'm like a rose growing from concrete. Water me & watch me grow. I'm like the whirlwind that came in a storm. Watch me flow...
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It's funny when people guess me to be like 16 years old. I was a WHOLE different person at 16. Lol. I still got it though. :D
Except I don't take pictures with my shirt off anymore, cause I no longer wanna be a "sex symbol", since I now see much more value in myself. But, I might just schedule a photo shoot for next summer though, since I'll be that much closer to 30 & might need something to remember my youth by. Lol. I wanna be able to take pics like this at 50+ though.
The birth of this little girl changed my WHOLE LIFE. I was only 18 when Anaiah was born. Unfortunately, I did not get to see her birth, due to her mother not wanting me present in the room at the time, so I was instead at work, when a picture of her was texted to me. This was about 7 years ago. I almost didn't even recognize my baby in this picture (posted by my sister), cause I didn't spend as much time with her as I would have liked to. The even sadder part is, the most time I spent around her, was while she laid in her death bed. At just 23 months, Anaiah had fell into a pool, while unsupervised. She was found by her mother, who assumed that Anaiah was with her grandmother at the time. But, it wasn't the ascending of my baby girl that changed my life. It was her life...for 32 months of my life, after her conception, as I was growing into a young man, I had some very life altering experiences. I thought I had found 'love.' I experienced my first heartbreak. I went from being a HS senior, to a HS graduate. Started college...started my first full-time job, got fired from it...I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. All I knew at that time, was that I wanted to be a great father. Everything that I was doing at the time...every situation that I was involved in...from the jobs that I worked, to the school that I attended, to the emotions that lead up to my first, second, & third arrest was...because of her...& the relationship I had with her mother. So, after she transitioned...so did my focus & my ambition. I began transitioning into the man I wanted to be for her & her mother. But, in a way I would've never expected. So, even though I survived all of the craziness that was happening in my life at the time, yet Anaiah did not survive, I have no regrets. Her life served the purpose it was meant to serve. & even though I could never find the answer to the question 'why she passed away so young', I no longer question my life the way I used to when she was alive.