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How difficult is it to be forthright? Is it painstaking agony? What is today's generation's thought on the matter?

Don't fill empty lockers from the past, one's youth has its place, but so does the future. Yes it true the past greets the present and segues into our future. But who would commit such folly to hold on to such moments as if they were a shrine? If anything, produce something memorable that brings true honor. To do otherwise would be an offense to the life worth living in the "now". A truncated life has such a short history. Longevity is precious for such reasons one would be baffled to have to articulate. But if I must provide one, what would a wife be to her husband whose life never left the school yard. For life is a gift of paradise, don't "tear down paradise and build a parking lot" (J.M.) Thoughts on the beauty of the wisdom.

The measure of your standards will determine your comfort of looking your fellow man (or woman) in the eye. I liken it to two comrades who can look the other at the widening of the iris at their time of duty and say at ease soldier, I stand on the wall and quiet the sea, you may rest I'm fully able to stand and not compromise the line. I am attentive to courtesies (manners) and integrity is ours to share. There you will find no slack in my line. Thoughts on goodwill...

We purpose ourselves to become something that we all can link together and make great strides toward our goals. It would be disastrous to become nothing ... for whose benefit, certainly not yours. Speak life into your future and anticipate tomorrow. Do - it with me step back and leap into tomorrow's dreams!

Talking with parents can be interesting. As you mature you’ll discover that while they are always teaching there are moments when children teach too. As a result I have come to this resolve. There’s a difference and a line between faith and optimism and “pretending” everything is okay when it’s not . With faith you can be proactive, having a resolve that you can work problems out and come to a peaceable solution or at least an outcome. You don’t have to deny that there is a problem. That’s why you pray with faith to work it out. “Pretending” everything is okay does not give you space to admit the obvious and thus things may get worse with you holding on to the reigns in an immobile position with no anchor to dock.   It’s a fine-line I know but as children we learn early on what can be lost to “pretending” sometimes parents forget that. But it's the difference that today's generation has quickly come to understand much to their heartache. The truth on why we address issue

Don't spend time on the superficial. It's the genuine moments that people invest their hearts in. Resolve comes from knowing the good you were meant to achieve.

Got writers block, a lot going on and can't focus? Trying writing with music. Not just any music, something that speaks to your heart, relaxing, and calming. It's amazing how it generates a spring of thoughts.

 What makes you confident in being who you are? Free to be you or living to be someone else? Should we even have to ask these questions? We live in such an artificial world that all questions are worth pondering.

Okay, I'm reading an e-newsletter that says creative people are dishonest. I hope you don't mind if I tell you I had a knee-jerk reaction. Just for the record, honesty is not a creative issue. It's a moral issue. Dishonesty falls in all walks of life. If creativity and innovation was an issue of honesty than some of the poorest people should be wealthy. Petty crime runs amok and can be found in abundance. However for the world of those who are innovators looking to create a product that not only is a help to others but helps them live product lives- let's pray that the moral issue of integrity and honesty is viewed as it is. Yes, there are good storytellers. However, that is a matter of character and not talent.  I promise you it's a character issue. Those who put their hands to work to create should not be put in a one-size shoe category. No not all. What becomes of us who know not right from wrong, the issue lies within the soul.

We set boundaries so that in no uncertain terms do we allow people to think the game of crossing them is acceptable. It's a matter respect, self-love and courtesy for others. Those who play the folly of such personal games lack the substance to which solid character is defined. Humanity and good will toward men exists because we know the difference between shallow thinking and that which legacies and strong families are built. Sometimes we forget the conversation of such important matters and we coast in the shallow end with each other unnecessarily. It is for that reason we should know courtesy and when to extend the olive branch.

You've heard me say live on purpose with purpose. The same is true for giving on purpose with purpose. Having something you can believe in is very important. Longevity is in what we extend our hands to and what we create. What way do you desire to impact the world? It is that understanding with which you get involved and connected. When what you desire is not in front of you, look for that which is; from there go forth. We're fast closing in on the first quarter of the year with three more to go, I'm clear on what I want the next three to look like. Open up to those things which have proven to lead to where you want to go. If the last 10 years look the same, do something different. Connect in a different way. Trail blaze a different path. If my grandmother were here, I know I’d have her blessing in doing so. What about you?

Stay focus and you'll get your breakthrough...

Let your love be words that are bold and true holding one another together in unison. The bold truth of love never should be forsaken as it is never a waste but more like precious ointment through the years. It is the passion and unmitigated truth that hold on to those who are precious to us. Yes we count it a privilege to love.

Continue forth with great persistent pursuit. While others around you may try and keep you down, you must with great might, row your oar against the current over the wave. Success is waiting on the other side of the shore.

The vision for your life is small steps and success part of a larger whole. Make sure that you follow through and complete each one. Your job isn't to sit on your works but to release them so that the greater picture can be achieved.

  If you struggle with honesty...everything else will be an uphill battle as well, either before, during, or after such discretions are realized. For what becomes of us who avoids the road to a reliable source. Hmmm... Is today's happenings any indication?

Sometimes we have to ask ourselves.... Are we trying to establish and build or are we trying to destroy? If you don't know the answer than you just discovered part of it; the other part lies in the conversations you have and more importantly the ones you don't have or never even attempted to have. These being my thoughts on making a connection and the soundness of relationships; a reflection on a question I posed to my parent. Do you know what’s important to me? Of course it would not be worthy or of any value (and certainly not fair) if I could not first answer my own ponderings. The idea is that if my heart has been trained to listen to what’s important to you and your future thoughts then and only then can I pose my questions about my wonderings of the faithfulness of someone’s heart.