The Makings Of Me.

In less than 12 hours, I'll be traveling to Ghana, Africa to volunteer at an orphanage for 2 weeks. I'm fortunate to be able to start the new year off on a continent I've never been to, adapting to a totally different lifestyle than the one I've grown accustomed to for the past 23 years. Since the thought to volunteer internationally crossed my mind back in August, I haven't once doubted myself when it came to carrying out this plan. My spiritual connection with the universe has grown to the point where if I decide I want something, I will ultimately attain it. I do sometimes question certain situations but my faith in creation and the universe is so strong and powerful that very few things keep me uncertain.  At the time of my decision to travel, I had a good amount of money saved up to buy a car. I had been saving all summer for a 2010 Camry. Little did I know "Man arranges plans, and GOD rearranges them" because a few weeks shy of purchasing my car my

It goes without saying that this has probably been one of the best years of my life . I never like to toot my own horn because I know that the progress I've made in 2013 is just a small amount compared to the progress I have yet to make. However with the year coming to an end I've found myself randomly smiling while thinking about the amazing thing's I've accomplished this year alone compared to previous years. My progress this year alone shows obvious maturity and growth and the value of being lost in the wrong direction to being found in the right direction . I've had more ups than downs by the grace of God and been awakened by more universal truths than programmed falsehoods. Life has become a lot more simple compared to the complex understanding of it that I've had in the past. I learned the true meaning of the word LOVE , something I never really grasped the understanding of in previous years. I became extremely knowledgeable of the devils presence i

As a child growing up, I remember when Princess Diana died. My mother and grandmother stared at the television screen in disbelief for hours. Much like they did on September, 11th 2001. There reactions were very similar to the deaths of Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and much before my time Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy.  All of these events in history directly effected people all over the world because we all feel . Rather we knew the people that died on 9-11 personally or just grew up with certain individuals like Michael and Whitney, their absence from this world was instantly felt.  We're all the exact same creatures with the exact same emotions. We feel sadness and happiness the same way someone of a different nationality, race, sex, and religion feel . We all came into this world the same way someone of a different ethnic background did. We all deal with setbacks as well as comebacks the same way someone of a different social class does. We all share the un

The government is shut down. While the bar on the corner of K street is still open for business. Yet, the man who makes his living off of this bar has little to no business because most of his clientele consist of government employees. The government workers will still be paid. The FDA has to cease most of their food safety operations. So I ask, how healthy and organic is the food we buy at Whole Foods in actuality? During the shutdown, the Department of Agriculture will stop supporting the Women, Infants and Children  (WIC) program, which helps pregnant women and new moms buy healthy food and provides nutritional information and health care referrals to those who need it. The program aids some 9 million Americans. As long as the government is shut down, the National Institutes of Health says it will turn away roughly 200 patients each week from its clinical research center, including children with cancer. Kids with Cancer will be turned away from treatment. There are some 1,600 Hea

"The man with the most definite plan and purpose, rides on to victory." –  Napoleon Hill, author of Outwitting The Devil We spend a great portion of our lives in the educational system but during it's entirety we never learn the great importance of The Purpose of Life . Nor do we get any clarification on how to attain it for that matter. The curriculum doesn't include anything beneficial for succeeding in life... I've never once applied Math, History, English or Science to achieving my hopes and dreams. Since 2008 when I graduated from high school I've been on the pursuit of happiness while being financially, emotionally and spiritually unhappy. It wasn't until 2011 when I truly experienced failure, that adversity would be the most important subject I'd learned from in my 21 years of living.  And boy oh boy was it my saving grace. However this post is not about the flaws of the educational system or my shortcomings. It's more of a book review.

It's been quite a while since I last wrote. I`m not the me I use to be. A part of me will always be the same person but my heart has been healed. My mind has been altered. My thoughts have been revamped and my LIFE has been reconstructed. The majority of these things happened within the past year. I went through some unbelievable shit to only be 22 years old. Shit that completely broke me down. I'll eventually share some things because although it nearly ended my life it was something that encouraged me to live a better life and i think those types of things should be shared with the world. Since then I've changed my ways, although every now and then I do find myself meddling with old habits. However Rome wasn't built in a day, so in due time I'll get it right. I want this blog to be a release therapy as I continue to grow and evolve into the person i`m meant to be. Most importantly I want my troubles, struggles, battles and pain to benefit someone reading to know