2007 is here …

Yes my friends and enemies it’s a New Year! A new chapter in this world and life that I am being forced fed with the reality that I, me, and you really have so little control of.

A LIFE AND WORLD THAT WE HAVE SO LITTLE CONTROL OF! What an epiphany! I think this is the one lesson I’ve taken from 2006 and will drag kicking and screaming into 2007. The older I get the more I am forced to deal with the fact that I have so little control of this spinning globe as it affects me and mine. My family, my job, my future, my love and lust are truly beyond my control. Shit happens, good and bad, and I have no idea when I awake every morning on how that shit will affect or mold me and mine. BUT, God blessed me with a new day so I’m going to soldier on. 2007 will be as great if not better than 2006! This I command and demand and for this to happen I will take control of the things that I can control and I challenge you to do the same. As a people let’s stop making excuses for our own drama. I challenge everyone who has been blessed with another day above ground to take this life by the balls and squeeze HARD! I won’t accept mediocrity as a norm in my world nor walk the path of least resistance because it’s the easiest route but not the route to take if I want that greatness I deserve and need.

For those who believe in God, Jesus, Jehovah, or a Supreme Being, know that that being gave you another day to be all that you are capable of being. Work on using the talents and gifts you were blessed with to make your world a better place. Take this day, minute by minute to enhance the world for you and those around you. Challenge the status quo! Demand more from yourself, from your kids, from your family, your friends and your enemies. You owe this rock we live on that much! I owe you that much. Hold every black man you know responsible for his actions, ask every woman to look in the mirror before she blames her pain on another. Let’s make 2007 a year where we meet our issues head on, back straight and heart pure of desire and make the changes necessary for greatness. I believe this can be a reality! Greatness can be a simple thing like smiling in the morning at the stranger across the aisle or your significant other. Spending a minute with your son or daughter just holding them and letting them know that greatness is their birthright. Give the less fortunate a taste of the many blessings you’ve received without giving it a second thought. Allow your significant other their moment of madness and respond with open arms and a caring spirit no matter the madness.

I challenge my friends and family to care of the one temple their supreme being has awarded them with. Take care of your body in 2007! Men, get that test! Colon cancer is destroying our future. Women please take some of the money and time you spend on your nails, hair and outer appearance and hire a personal trainer or just join a gym. There is nothing beautiful about being a BBW with your blood pressure and cholesterol readings setting new records that has your doctor wondering just how much longer you’ll be walking among the living. And please drag your husband right along with you! There is nothing sexier than seeing a couple in the park walking and working out together!

I am willing to walk that walk, not just talk the talk are you?