Lmao. Yea – seems about right.

A Million Coffee’s. Summer Toffee
with my sweetheart.
Told her I wanna see the world
She said that’s where dreams start.

Fly or fall.

Yea.

Creation is when we’re closest to God.

Fly or Fall.

So..Yea…There’s something that I keep having to re-learn, that I have to keep re-discovering. I’m hoping that by putting it down – I’ll be able to keep it front and center.
What’s the lesson you ask?
Well, I wasn’t going to tell anyone but as long as you keep it between us and maybe remind me from time to time I guess its cool to tell you.
I’m hard on myself. I need to stop.
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Yea I know – Mind-blowing, Life-changing, Confucius couldn’t have said it better. But, really – I go through these cycles where I set goals for myself, get disappointed when I discover that I either reached them fashionably late or not-at-all. This mind-numbing depression stalls my goal setting and lands me in a rut (A I-Dont-Feel-Like-Achieving so Turn-On-A-Marathon-of-The-Wire Rut) that I get angry at myself for being in and then one day I wake up (2 Seasons of The Wire later and with a Baltimore, MD accent) and I decide to set some more goals. Its not pretty.

Anyway- I’ve started to realize that I’m not perfect. (That REALLY came as a shock – had to light some candles and consider counseling) – So recently I’ve realized when I get into these moods that feeling sorry for myself isn’t a suitable response. Instead it is exactly at these times that I need to do something, ANYTHING to start some type of movement. As I read recently : “When you do things – Things Get Done”.

So my new goal -is to just start doing stuff. lol. Not random, totally unrelated stuff – although in very bad cases – I’ll start there – so I can at least start to get that productivity buzz that all of us get when we start crossing stuff off our to-do lists. The trick is to start the buzz then maneuver myself so that the productivity train gets aimed at the goals that are most important to me. While tackling the tougher goals straight away always makes me feel much better, sometimes I just don’t have the willpower to start on them right off, so I kinda get on my training-wheel version of Grind Mode and start on the easier tasks then when I get some momentum going – I whip off the training wheels and cruise till I get to where I’m going.

Back to the main lesson: Forgiving yourself for your “human”-ness and finding ways to get moving when you “just don’t feel like it” is a necessary skill. I think the first and most healthy step is to stop beating yourself up and accept that your not going to be Mr/Ms. Super productive always and then get on with doing something. Don’t stand still for to long.
As a matter of fact..

Fly or Fall.

I Love Peanut Butter like this guy loves Rainbows. Get Familiar.

Fly or Fall.

p.s. He might love rainbows just a little bit more than I love peanut butter. I only sob under my breath as I eat them.

Fortune favors the Bold. I’m speaking to us both when I say..chase yo’ m********************************** Dreams!

Fly or Fall.

Man..I’m Feeling the lyrics to Children of the World – but the video for Hometown Hero is my favorite. You may not like this guy…but I do.
Disagree? Get yo’ own blog. lol.

Fly or Fall.

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Fly or fall.

Today I helped a woman fill her tires. Nah, no innuendo between the lines there. Just at a local texaco station – a older black woman looked at the air machine then looked at me. So I obliged (after I was finished with my tires). Now this isn’t mind blowing in itself. But. When viewed in the light of the modern world as a whole [where men are women and vice versa] – its pretty amazing and self-affirming.

She basically said: “You are a man, you have a place in the world and I respect that and expect you to fill it. Rumble Young Man Rumble”

I may have adlibbed that last part.

lata. Fly or Fall.