embrace positivity

I don't know who coined the term "Get The Bag" but I would like to talk about this term and what it means to me. Some people refer this when people get a bundle of money. My problem with that is some people "Get The Bag" and just keeps it for themselves. I understand that people have to feed their families and make sure they are straight but what about after all of that? I'm not saying that all people are selfish with their money. There are examples of people who "Get The Bag" and after all of that, they give money to charities or they even start their own non profits. One person is Lebron James. Lebron James started his own foundation, the Lebron James Foundation. He also recently opened up a school in his hometown, Akron, Ohio. He did these endeavors because he wants to secure the future for our youth. Another name you might heard of but his name is Sean Combs. He also opened up a school in New York to preserve the future for our youth. He als...

Before I go on with this post, I don't want anybody to have pity on me or feel bad for me. I think this would be a good assumption and the assumption is everybody is emotional. Some people are less emotional than others. I would say I'm very emotional, I will cry in a minute. Maybe this is good and bad in certain situations .A couple of examples of emotional situations are as follows:  if somebody has an disagreement with a boss or a manager, You can't get Your emotions the best of You . Another example is when You are in a relationship and Your significant other is expressing his/her opinion about something and You just laugh at his/her opinion and You just hurt her/his feelings. He/she is emotional now and You have to fix that. Dealing with emotions are difficult but emotions are part of life. I don't think there is a correct way to handle emotions. I just try to put people's emotions before mine. Even though I am a emotional guy and have a lot of feeling...

   For a few weeks now, I think I was at a roadblock or had multiple ones in my life. I might still be at a roadblock in life or I might've just felt like that. Even though my businesses ( motivational speaking + T-Shirts) are heading in a positive direction, I felt like it was a big chunk or chunks missing in my life. Oh, by the way my website is:  www.inspireeducateencourage.com  where you can buy shirts and two percent of the proceeds will go to the Joubert Syndrome Foundation. I had to plug that in somewhere, lol. Back to the topic of hand though, I haven't gone to church in a few weeks. It's Not because I lost faith in God, I will always have faith in God because of what He has done for me and is still doing for me, it's truly magnificent.  I can truly admit during this period, I was struggling with the faith aspect. I guess I was struggling because I had all of these emotions that were inside me all at once!!    The other emotion that I felt ...

A few weeks ago I was heading somewhere in downtown Cleveland but I stopped to catch a bus down there and a man in a wheelchair approached me and I said "hi, how are you doing?" The man replied by saying "I'll be much better when I have some food." Surprisingly enough, I had prepared me some soup and grilled cheese at work and I just placed the food in my book bag. I opened my book bag and gave the food to the man. That made me feel good.  Later that day, it was a lady who was begging for anything and I said " I don't have anything, I'm sorry." I just remembered I had a bottle of Snapple ( juice) in my book bag. I walked back to the lady and handed the Snapple to the lady. I don't want a pat on the back or anything, I'm just doing my civic duty as an American citizen. As the saying goes, Sharing is Caring!!!  I always pray to God and I ask God to just feed the people of America and on international lands who are without food, give the...

Today on this Memorial Day I saw Disobedience starring  Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz. This is a beautiful masterpiece. For those who haven't seen this film I highly recommend You go see it ASAP!! What I got out of this beautiful masterpiece is that nobody can hold you captive. In other words, nobody can control You in your community or in Your own house. Of course when You are little, your mother or father says take a bath, You take a bath because your parents told you take a bath. But when you get older, you can make Your  own decisions because You have the mindset to do so. In a community setting, I can imagine it can be hard for somebody to go against the grain because it may be religious restrictions or social standards that You have to abide by. I haven't been in a situation of any communal restrictions or any social standards to abide by but I know that people have to express themselves in their natural light. If You have to go against the grain in order to express ...

Power is a vital quality a person or a group of people can have and there is positive and negative power in my opinion. An example of negative power is what Adolf Hitler did to the Jews during the Holocaust. I read an article in Esquire Magazine and the article was about all of the women who were sexually abused and this was during the Me Too Movement. The article also mentioned that men who did these injustices towards these women have power among the victims and the victims are in fear because of the men's social statuses. The women (victims) think nobody will believe them that these men did these injustices because of their high societal ranking.  I think power can deal with a significant amount of fear too and this would also fall into a category of negative power. An example of positive power would be organizations such as Catholic Charities and Boys & Girls Club of America that  help individuals, families and children get the necessities out of life. I saw the...

 I saw I Feel Pretty starring Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski and it's an amazing film filled with laughter and happy tears. The film made me think of how some people try to fake it to make it. I don't think this is a positive method, actually I think it will hinder the person or people who are trying to apply this method to their daily life. Don't hide the way You are!! Be real with Yourself . I think there are some people out in the world that are trying to be somebody or something they are not. Embrace Your insecurities and differences for what they are and don't dwell on the imperfections and every little thing. For me, it took me along time to embrace my disability (Joubert Syndrome). I might be repeating myself but this is very important. I didn't really embrace my disability fully until the end of my eleventh year in high school. Fast forwarding up to now, I embraced my disability and I'm advocating for the Joubert Syndrome Related Disorders Foundatio...