Let me introduce myself!!

So where do I start . . . . .how do I begin with this being the first post. I want to make this a habit as I keep a written journal, however, I am finding it to be much easier to type than write these days.

Intricates of me!

(1) I work in a field where I am consistently and continuously challenging others to think of the world different. Challenging them to define privilege and give it its rightful name, own it, define it, and then help me and others create safe spaces and equity amongst and for all, CHALLENGING, but what I do.

(2) I just completed a MAJOR relocation on top of starting a new position and lawd I would not have ever thought that it would be as challenging as it is. I be stressing the hell out but all at the same time I have no regrets and DO NOT take anything back from the decisions that I have made look forward to my soon to be success and accolades, cuz it just works out like that . . . my best friend consistently reminds me that I can go no where and FAVOR not be there to shine her light, I have moved several times and Favor has SHOWED OFF!!!! can i get a amen!! mmhmm

(3) Relationships, my lawd. We gon have a lot of these going on. I have found what I believe to be the love of my lyfe but when I tell you Angie Stone and tell no lie when she sang "sometimes I wanna love you" "sometimes I wonna hate you" BABY!!!!! this roller coaster be on the move but I love it all the same. I wonna know how many others have experience the strength of commitment challenge and growth. Others have their opinion of whats too much but when you have found something good sometimes you just gotta stay and fight despite the Ne-Sayers (SDK). Side note, where ever you see SDK that mean "spelling don't count" HA!!

(4) Family, family is my lyfe! I swear this is what I live for. I believe that I have the best family in the world. I am the youngest of five and it is simply amazing, our bonds are so tight, seriously. I say I have the best family but I am sure that there are so many more that have amazing families as well, I just claim mines to be simply the BEST!!! HA! Me and my mom are best friends and me and my dad are best friends, and when I say we talk about everything, I mean EVERYTHING!!! to be continued . . . . . . . .

(5) Friendships, friendships are so important to me but I have experienced some things that would blow most peoples mind when it comes to friends and the Sh** they will do. It is so hard these days to find a true, up front, to the core, honest, faithful, trustworthy, down for the cost friend. Therefore, I keep my circle SMALL!!! I remind folks when I meet them on any level, I have enough friends. You can define that for yourself. But, I simply do, if I never met another person who liked me. I have enough, and that's real talk. definitely . . . . . .to be continued . . . . . . . . .

(6) Religion, this is something that I am DEEPLY rooted in but it gets deep and confusing to some but I have my own opinions about denominations, organized religion, and church affiliations period. I will never claim to be or categorize myself to be any one thing but I do look forward to challenging others to think as well as question what it is they believe in respectfully. Never claiming one to be right or wrong, never forcing religion down any one persons throat never damming any one person to THERE damnation (self defined). But the conversations are interesting and I like to hear them. Like I mentioned before I work in a profession where I challenge thoughts of perspectives, lenses and language barriers and what to do with difference and how to co-exist with those who do not parallel or expectations. to be continued . . . . . . . . .

(7) Culture . . . . . . . let me say that again CULTURE . . . .my lawd!!! I am one proud BLACK MAN!! I am currently very active in challenging folks to recognize and evaluate the state of black America. We have made some HUGE strides *self defined* from within our own communities but compared to the majority we still have a lot of work to do. Now don't get me wrong I am not pro-black lets go fist in the air, "Roots", "Higher Learning", "Sarafina" type of guy . . . .very aware of the issues but I will NEVER force feed my opinions to anyone but I will make you think . . . . . . . . i.e.

The halls of power in America look much like the did half a century ago, before Martin Luther King, Jr., marched to Selma. Ninety-five percent of corporate management - the presidents, vice presidents, and CEO's who run America-are white males. Or as Newsweek's article put it: "White males make up just 39.2 percent of the population, yet they account for 82.5 percent of Forbes 400 (folks worth at least $265 million), 77 percent of Congress, 92 percent of state governors, 70 percent of tenured college faculty, almost 90 percent of daily-newspaper editions, and 77 percent of TV news directors."

Excerpted from Chidyea, F. (1999). The color of our future. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
(for my scholars)

Just food for thought . . .to be continued . . . . . . . .

This is a slight preview into what happens simultaneously in a day of ME!!! However, I will soon share pieces of my world with my readers . . . . .until then . . . . .

If you always think what you've always thought, then you will always feel what you've always felt, then you will always do what you've always done.

If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you've always gotten.

If you always get what you've always gotten, then you will always think what you've always thought.

- Author Unknown.

~Peace and Blessings~