Personal Legends

I believe I have already started on my way to live out my Personal Legend.  Part of my struggle in life has been not knowing what I want to do in life.  For the longest time, I didn't know what I had to offer. This made it hard for me to go on through day to day events.  Today, knowing who I want to be, what type of member I want to be in society, and knowing my strengths in order to live out who I want to be is helpful.

I believe my Personal Legend is to truly help people.  The caveat of knowing about knowing what my Personal Legend is that more will be revealed to me.  I say this because I do not yet know how exactly I want to help, and who.  But I do know, based on my experience, the way I articulate things, and the way I communicate and connect with people, it is my mission to be helpful and useful to the universe and its inhabitants.  The most convincing reason I know this is my life's mission is because of the way it makes me feel when I do something for someone else.

I want to be remembered as someone who was altruistic and did things for other people.  While I do not thrive off of other peoples approval nor seek it, if someone were to think about me after I pass on, I want them to think about how I always treated others with dignity and respect, always offering to give them what I had.  I want to leave that type of mentality and way of life as an example for my children and grandchildren.

A man who always believed he could,
Even when no one else thought he would.
They say "for it is by self-forgetting that one finds",
This was a gentleman that was ever-so kind.
Thinking rarely of himself and frequently of others,
He looked at God's children as his sisters and brothers.
He seemed to always give so freely of himself,
He often put his own wants and needs on the shelf.
While going through struggles in his earlier years,
He overcame all, conquering his fears.
Yet he stayed humble, selfless and free,
For he believed that these principles were definitely key.
To his friends and family he would always lend,
Because he believed that relationships were all we had in the end.
We will miss his presence every day,
But in his heart he is here to stay.

Gratitude

This is a great topic for me to write about right now - gratitude.  I have so much to be grateful for, and more specifically, the post will talk about gratitude concerning past job experience.  I had a job at a treatment center in Tucson, Arizona, working with adolescent boys through their journeys in drug addiction and abuse.

While it was a hard job that drained me emotionally, it opened me up to having future opportunities.  For example, the other day, someone who was aware of my work in treatment just asked me for my resume because she wants to recommend me to several rehabs in the New England area.  This was huge for me, and something that I couldn't have the opportunity to have had I not done what I did in the past.  Therefore, I definitely am grateful for it.

I definitely found it hard to be grateful in the moment at my job.  This is because, like I said, it was very emotionally draining, and I definitely butted heads with my superiors.  However, the experience was obviously helpful and useful for my future.

Writing raps for me is a breeze,

All I need to do is kick back,

Relax, and tell you how I do.

After it's over, you'll ask me how I do it,

I'm free for interviews, but try and copy or ya through.

No ones got the passion I got about this rappin stuff,

Everybody's frontin', tryna act all tough.

No one's got the knowledge or the skill when it comes to ballin like me,

Catch me at Peter's Park in South End swishin threes.

Then ask me about any baller,

What team, how many rings, how many points a game,

I say "psh, I can name everyone in the Hall of Fame".

I've got the intellect,

I've got the drive,

Everything I've got,

Is everything ya strive for,

Sorry for leavin this killer raps at your front door.

Who's got more style than "Rick the Ruler" Slick Rick?

An all-time favorite rap duo of mine, called Smif-N-Wessun.  Their album "Dah Shinin'" is known as one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.