embrace positivity

 I try to be nice all the time but sometimes I fall short sometimes on how I speak to others, how I interact with others and how I respond to certain situations. I try to keep my emotions in check and most of the time, I do that well but periodically I can get annoyed easily or yell at somebody for some little reason. As I'm going to therapy sessions, I'm realizing this about me but also, I'm realizing that since I have these character mishaps, I'm human and this stuff happens but I need to correct myself as well. Prime example, I was frustrated because I was called off from work one day and I took it out on my mother. I love my mother and for anyone who reads my posts would know that. So, correcting myself looks like apologizing to my mother so I did. When I do something wrong, I have to correct myself and if I see that person or multiple individuals, I'll have to apologize no matter how big or small the incident is. The word is accountability and being mindful of ...

 On Memorial Day, I wanted to do something, it was such a nice day. Before I begin with this post, I would like to thank you for all of the service men and women, past and present who serve our mighty country and to keep the past, present and future generations safe. Back to the story, on Memorial Day, I went to the botanical gardens. I haven't been to the gardens before, so I decided to check them out. As I was exploring, a deep sense of tranquility came over me. The tranquility came over me but also a deep appreciation for nature and our planet casted over me. I never viewed myself as an advocate of climate change or save a planet type of guy but I realized that we must conserve our natural resources domestically and foreign so we can have plenty of the natural resources for our future generations.      I asked this young lady to go to the gardens with me but she declined. I was hella sad but what can I do? She gave me a reason but I'm unsure of that reason now i...

 This past Monday night I went to see the Wedding Banque t starring Bowen Yang. The Wedding Banquet is a beautiful movie that I highly recommend. I'm not going to spoil the synopsis but you gotta see the movie for yourself. I'm going to express my thoughts about the movie without trying to spoil the whole damn movie. I know people can be judgmental and reserved about how they perceive other people, especially if they don't know what exactly is going on. I try not to judge because I have been judged before, and I hated that judgment on me by other people.  There was a shooting in Orlando, Florida at a LGBTQIA + club (or should I just say a gay club) I believe a handful of years ago. Like I said in an older post, I might not share the same ideology or preferences with that community but I'm not the type to scole people just because they differ from other people. People might not accept other people's sexual preferences for religious reasons or reasons that are unknown...

 Trust me, I know it's easier said than done! Everybody has problems but at the same time, I think we have to think positive and have faith that our blessings will outweigh our problems. In my personal experience especially during these handful of past months that was difficult/straining for me, it seemed liked mini blessings that popped out in the midst of those difficult months. I want to see the mini blessings, medium blessings and the bigger blessings, I just want God to dump surplus blessings on me. Don't get it twisted. I am already blessed but that doesn't mean I don't want more blessings. Like if it was a tree of blessings, I want all of that tree, not just the damn leaves. Fast forwarding to a month or so ago, my family had a guy's night out, just a few of us went out to eat and that was a blessing within itself. That was our guy's night out, we haven't done that before and hopefully that first guys night out won't be the last. I viewed it as a...

  I love cop shows including Law & Order SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Chicago PD, The Hunting Party and the list goes on and I know these shows are scripted. Even though these shows are scripted, incidents that the actors/actresses portray on these shows can be brought up in real life and the outcomes of these incidents might have more serious implications in real life rather than tv life. I often times think, if I was in those incidents on tv, how would I react in real life? From police matters to kidnapping someone I love or myself being kidnapped or being killed. I know the correct response would be to stay calm but if somebody harms me or someone that I love, I think I'll kill a motherfucker!! If somebody gets in my way via force, I'll have to kill that motherfucker too. I'm not that type of guy but please don't push me.  In regard to police matters, especially police officers (some or most) harassing or/and killing brown and black people, I wouldn...

 For the last few weeks, there has been a quarrel between sports commentator, Stephen A. Smith and NBA superstar, Lebron James. Since it's the year 2025 and how the world is evolving, social media has taken the forefront in this quarrel. There has been a lot in a few weeks or has it been months, I don't know! There is one incident that didn't sit right with me. The incident was when Stephen A was attending a Lakers game and Lebron confronted Stephen A about talking about his son, Bronny which by the way, he's a teammate of Lebron on the Los Angeles Lakers. After the video surfaced, Stephen A posted a video on Instagram of him boxing as a form of exercise, but I guess it was alluding to Lebron about in that video, it seemed like Stephen A wanted to fight Lebron. Thank God this fight didn't happen and hopefully it's not going to happen in the distant future and as two BLACK men in the spotlight, it's bad for business and most of the white counterparts think t...