Staying focused on the failure will keep you distracted from the victory. After you fall down get back up, dust yourself off, and keep striving for greatness. Every winner failed before victory was achieved. They just never gave up until the goal was accomplished.

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If you are a Black man or woman over the age of 30, there is a good chance you have experienced "the talk." I must have been around 13 when my parents had it with me. My parents noticed I was starting to figure out who I was a  person and the changes I was going throu...

The poem alludes to the fact that some of our youth are lost with no direction. At the same time we have to present them with solutions if we really want them to listen to us. Chemical distractions and hopelessness are some of the tough challenges the youth are facing...

Victory doesn't always mean recognition with accolades and praises. Sometimes winning is simply weathering the storm. If you faced adversity that was meant to destroy you but didn't, that is definitely a win. If you failed but refused to quit, that is definitely a vic...

I decided to leave my body. My spirit is far from my physical form. The body moves, speaks, and carries on as usual, but I am not there. The last blow sent my chi tumbling. No more will I feel the pain of rage, destruction, and being left with nothing. Bullets penetra...

​As a writer I believe you should write until it becomes an addiction.  That is why I try to come up with a writing theme for everyday of the week.  The theme for Mondays are "Motivational Mondays" where I write about different things that motivate me, and I try to mo...