Black Empowerment: Thought of the Day

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Followers,

Today is all about loving who's on the other side of the mirror! YOU! I am a strong believer that you have not LIVED until you LOVE yourself! As Africans in this country, we were always forced to believe that black was whack and ugly! I beg to differ. Embrace our differences. "The Experience" teaches that we bleed all different shades of brown. Be it khaki, medium or dark - we share the same struggles. Love your brothers and sisters. We need one another. There's a reason why I have not cut these locks of truth from my roots since November of 2008. I believe in my heritage and future. Conformity is so overrated!

If you fail to get compliments often, start your day off with a compliment to yourself. If you do not recognize your worth - who else will? I believe that the power of life and death exist within your tongue! So LIVE! You must speak positivity into existence. If you want to be a scholar, first start off by believing it yourself. If you have a desire to be the world's best cosmetologist, start out by doing a few sew-ins for FREE! Believe in your own abilities. If you don't believe - who else will?

Zo, your brother

That's it! I Quit! I'm Moving on!

Sam Cook recorded this old blues track in 1961. We were in a different time back then, but the realities of the lyrics are relevant even today. They were relevant in my life anyway. We connect to our artists by our emotions and experiences. Adele did a cover of the song on her album, 19. Her British accent and obvious sassy attitude gave the song flair and life. This song ministered to me because it gave direct insight on a situation that I was experiencing. I was in LOVE, by myself. There was an agreement to just, "be friends". In the song, there's a line that said, "if I can't have you the way I want you, I don't want you at all." So there it is. Throughout the relationship that I was in, there was a strong time strain. No time for me. No time for us. I can remember a conversation, "...you're not a priority. You're simply on a to-do list." One would think that even sane man would have left then, right? Not my stupid ass. SMH. Th...

Congratulations Letter

________ I hope that you enjoyed the video of the Congratulations Letter. I was fun to make. PLEASE don't serve as a PLACEHOLDER for anyone. You're worth sooo much more. God Loves you, and so does Zo! Take care.

A bottle of emotion

I refuse to write yet another love story and be labeled as a writer with lovely thoughts about happiness a bliss. I would prefer to be that brother that writes of truth, the other side, the side less read or shall I say TALKED about because it is less desirable material. No fuck that. I can tell I lost a few of you with that last sentence - so let's try it again. I would prefer to keep it real with the ugly than MAC make-up the FACE you want to see. Or better yet, paint a picture of the most beautiful relic on God's green earth. I'm real whether directly or indirectly. Intelligence is earned, it is free and costs you nothing to obtain. GET SOME! If you read hard enough you'll feel my pain and my intentions and my story. My intentions are not to confuse you, yet USE you to think harder than you thought the day before. I'll be your therapist, come on in. It's here - all right here, you just have to open your mind and receive it. The funny thing about words is t...

The Experience

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