Cuckoo For The Wrong Cocoa Puffs

Certain elements among us in the Black Community have a tendency to "blacken" things up a bit too much. I understand the outrage over "Cecil the Lion" being killed in contrast to the insensitive responses of people over the racially biased mistreatment of Black People. I was upset about that too the same as with the general public's racial bias against someone like Michael Vick for dog abuse in contrast to someone like Ben Roethlisberger who was shielded from being convicted of rape; not to mention the many others guilty of habitual domestic abuse that don't make the newsreels and avoid being demonized nationally like Ray Rice was.

Reprogramming The Misguided Black Mind

I want to challenge the Black Community in love to start posting more empowering, uplifting, and encouraging messages as well as Black history in our online posts along with more positive images in our picture messages. There's nothing wrong with telling the inconvenient truth, having an unpopular opinion, and confronting wrong or bad behavior whether it be outside or within our community. I address hard issues myself and sometimes it needs to be done or said to bring an issue to light to challenge us to make corrections by confrontation, but we must not let the negatives outweigh the positives. We seem to often dwell on negativity to the point where we can't build sustainable positive momentum because we don't have those images or stories at the forefront of our minds or in our face due to the overwhelming number of negative ones we are drawn to.

Still Praying, Still Waiting, Still Preparing

I don't know how long I'll live or how long before the World comes to an end, but I pray and hope if it survives beyond my lifetime that the World we leave our children and future generations is much better than the one we are currently living in. Prophetically speaking according to the Holy Scriptures (whether you believe it or not), it gets much worst before it gets better and is only made better by the 2nd coming of Christ. As a Christian I truly believe this and am hoping for it, but I accept that others don't and I respect their differing views. I'm a brother to my family, those of my faith, my community, and of all humanity.