THE TEARS IN THE RAIN

THEY SAY RAIN IS GOD'S TEARS CLEANSING THE EARTH.  I LOVE THE RAIN, IT BRINGS PEACE AND HARMONY WHILE GIVING THE EARTH A CHANCE TO GROW AND IT'S CREATURES A CHANCE TO LIVE. RAIN IS LIKE A BROKEN HEART, THE TEARS CLEANSE THE SOUL OF THE PAIN BUT IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO GROW INTO A STRONGER PERSON.  I'VE SHED MANY TEARS FOR MY DEAD FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, FOR HEART BREAK OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FOR FAILURES THAT WERE OUT OF MY CONTROL BUT I CLEANSED MY SOUL WITH THOSE TEARS MOVED PASSED THE HEARTACHE, BLESSED THE PAIN MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FEEL NO MORE AND FORGAVE THE ONES WHO WISHED THE FAILURE ON ME GIVING ME STRENGTH AND MOTIVATION TO BE BETTER THAN THEY EXPECTED ME TO BE. I LOVE THE RAIN, IT BRINGS LIFE TO THE EARTH, MY SOUL, MY TEARS AND MY GROWTH, LIKE A ROSE GROWING OUT OF THE CONCRETE AND A TREE IN THE DESERT, I RISE, I LIVE AND I GROW, BETTER BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN BEFORE..LET IT RAIN AND LOOK FOR THAT RAINBOW, IT'S THERE LIKE A SMILE FROM HEAVEN GIVING YOU HOPE AND PEACE FOR AFTER EVERY RAINFALL THE SUN SHINES AGAIN.

PERFECT

ALLAH MADE EVERYONE PERFECT WITHIN THEYRE OWN SELVES.  HE DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES PEOPLE DO..WHEN WE TELLS SOMEONE THEY ARE NOT PERFECT CAN YOU SEND THEIR INSIDES, THEIR HEARTS, THEIR BRAINS. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK BECAUSE I PERSON HAS AN OUTSIDE DEFECT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE PERFECT. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD HAVE HAD SOME TYPE OF SURGERY TO BE WHAT SOCIETY CALLS PERFECT YET THEY ARE ALONE, CAN'T KEEP A HUSBAND HMMM SO THE OUTSIDE IS PERFECT BUT THE INSIDE IS UGLY..EVERYONE IS PERFECT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER SUCH AS IN BEAUTY, YOU MAY SAY THAT PERSON IS BEAUTIFUL BUT ANOTHER MAY SAY THEY ARE NOT.  PERFECTION IS A MISCONCEPTION OF A PERSON'S THINKING AS INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE OUR OWN PERCEPTION OF BEAUTY AND PERFECTION.  NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER AND NEVER TAKE THE WORDS OF SOMEONE PERSONALLY, IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON'S PERCEPTIONS..BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND YOUR OWN BEAUTY..ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU ARE PERFECT!!!

TRUST

YEARS OF BETRAYAL HAVE TAUGHT ME HOW HARD IT IS TO TRUST.  WHEN I TRULY LOVE SOMEONE, I LOVE THEM UNCONDITIONAL NEVER BETRAYING THEM AND BECAUSE I TRUST THEM AND GIVE THEM FREEDOM TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO BETRAY THAT TRUST OR NOT, WHEN I DEAL WITH PEOPLE I ONLY GIVE THEM AN OUNCE OF MY TRUST AND 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES I WAS RIGHT, THE WORST PART IS WHEN THEY SMILE IN YOUR FACE AND STILL BETRAY YOU. I KNOW MY TRAITORS THE FUNNY PART IS THEY DON'T EVEN THINK THEY DID ANYTHING WRONG..BUT I KNOW KARMA IS A BEAST AND IT WILL COME A TIME WHEN JUST IS DUE!! SO TRUST LIGHTLY, BELIEVE IN YOUR GUT FEELING AND DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE IS THE SAME. ALOT OF US HAVE HAD A LIFETIME OF LIES AND BETRAYALS AND NEVER WANT TO INFLICT THAT ON OTHERS, THESE ARE THE TRUE PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW RARE YOU MAY THINK IT IS..THEY ARE OUT THERE, THEY MAY NOT BE MODELS OR BEAUTY QUEENS BUT WILL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON YOU HAVE EVER MET IN YOUR LIFE. NEVER LET TRUST HINDER YOUR HAPPINESS AND NEVER LET SNAKES INTO YOUR GARDEN, THEY WILL ONLY TAINT THE BEAUTY OF THE ROSES GROWING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU...TRUST/BETRAYAL/DISLOYALTY IS AMONG THE MAJORITY BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FEW WHO KNOW HOW IT FEELS AND WOULD NEVER HINDER LOVE AGAIN...

OUTCASTS

OUTCASTS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLED THE ONES THAT DON'T FIT IN ANYWHERE BUT WITH OUR OWN KIND, YEAH THAT'S WHAT IT IS BUT IT'S FUNNY HOW US OUTCASTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LOOKED UP TO FOR BEING STRONG ENOUGH NOT TO CONFORM TO WHAT SOCIETY WANTS US TO BE. I KNOW THIS WORD SO VIVIDLY NEVER CALLED IT JUST LIVED IT IN MY OWN HOUSE AND IN SCHOOL BUT THE STREETS I FIT IN REGARDLESS OF MY NICE CLOTHES AND EDUCATED FAMILY THAT LOOKED DOWN ON ME, THEY WERE MY FAMILY.,,THE STREETS..BUT GUESS WHAT THE OUTCASTS HAVE TAKEN OVER, THE GEEKS ARE THE TECHNOLOGY WIZARDS MAKING MONEY THE NORMAL CAN ONLY IMAGINE, THE THUGS ARE MILLIONAIRES WITH FANS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND THE INTRAVERTS ARE THE GREAT POETS AND WRITERS OF OUR TIME.. SO OUTCAST YES I KNOW THE PHRASE I'VE LIVED IT..I ALSO KNOW WE ARE THE GREATEST FOR NOT BEING NORMAL BORING PEOPLE..LIVING, LOVING, TRAVELLING, BEING HUGGED BY THE WORLD..US OUTCASTS..WE OUT DID YOU ALL!!!!

SUCCESS

THE WORD SUCCESS CAN BE USED IN MANY FORMS, ALL SUCCESS STORIES DO NOT LEAD TO MONETARY VALUE..SUCCESS IS A GOAL YOU ACHIEVED NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL.  WATCHING A CHILD OR INJURED PERSON TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS IS THE GREATEST SUCCESS IN THE WORLD ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SAY THEY NEVER WOULD AGAIN.
EACH SMALL STEP WE TAKE IN LIFE CAN ALWAYS LEAD TO A LARGER GOAL.. WE MUST KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO SUCCEED AT DOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL..NO ONE CAN SUCCEED ALONE CONTRARY TO MANY PEOPLE SAYING SO..ARTIST QUOTE "I DID THIS ON MY OWN" BUT FORGET THE FANS THAT GOT THEM THERE.  NEVER FORGET EVEN THE SMALLEST OF SUPPORT IN YOUR GOAL HELPED YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL...
TO SUCCEED YOU MUST BE ABLE TO EMBRACE SMALL FAILURES ALONG THE WAY TO GET TO THE LEVEL OF SUCCESS YOU WANT.  NOTHING IS WITHOUT FAILURE BUT HOW YOU CHOOSE TO USE THOSE FAILURES AS A LEARNING TOOL FOR GROWTH IN YOUR PATHWAY TO SUCCESS.  THE BEST SUCCESS STORIES DON'T HAVE BIG CERTIFICATES ON THE WALL AND MOST STARTED FROM NOTHING TO BECOME THE LARGEST COMPANIES WORLDWIDE, THEY DIDN'T FAIL ON NOT FINISHING AN EDUCATION OR LOSING A JOB, THEY GREW FROM IT LEARNING TO PROVIDE THE MUSIC, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT REGULAR PEOPLE NEED AND WANT. SO WHEN YOU THINK OF SUCCESS AS SOMEONE THAT HAS ALOT OF MONEY SO THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL..REMEMBER MONEY WAS NOT A FACTOR WHEN THEY STARTED JUST THE END RESULT....

FEAR

IF YOU (YOURSELF) HAVE FEAR OF DOING SOMETHING DON'T DOWNGRADE SOMEONE THAT IS NOT! WHEN YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE WITH THE FEAR TO TRY SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, IT'S NOT JEALOUSY..IT'S THAT PERSON'S OWN INSECURITY THAT YOU MAY SUCCEED IN SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE AMBITION TO TRY.. NEVER LET FEAR STOP YOU FROM YOUR DREAMS, NEVER LET NEGATIVE COMMENTS DERAIL YOUR HOPES AND NEVER LET ANYONE STOP YOU FROM WHAT DOING WHAT YOU WERE MEANT TO DO..WE WERE ALL BORN WITH GIFTS THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE THE WAY WE USE THOSE GIFTS IS THE TRUE MEANING OF LIVING THE LIFE WE WERE MEANT TO HAVE..
FEAR CAN STOP YOU FROM USING THE GIFT AND PEOPLE FULL OF FEAR CAN PREVENT YOU FROM ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS.  ONLY THE STRONG AND FEARLESS SURVIVE WHILE OTHERS LIVE IN FEAR OF THEIR OWN ACHIEVEMENTS AND OF YOURS.!!
FEAR THE DESTRUCTION OF HOPES, THE DOWNFALL OF THE MANY AND THE KILLER OF DREAMS..EVEN IF IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S FEAR..

FORTUNE

YOU EVER WONDER WHY THE VERY WEALTHY TURN TO DRUGS AND OVERDOSE ON THE PROBLEMS THEY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE ALOT WERE GIVEN EVERYTHING AND NO LOVE WAS SHOWN TO THEM JUST MONEY. THE BIGGEST FORTUNE IN THE WORLD IS NOT GOLD, CARS AND MONEY IT'S THE FEELING OF BEING LOVED AND SUPPORTED FOR THE PERSON YOU ARE AND NOT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE...
FORTUNE IS A MISGUIDED SENSE OF SECURITY AND UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE. NOT HAVING THE FORTUNES CAN FEEL WORSE BUT HAVING IT WITHOUT A PLAN OF HOW TO USE IT CAN BE DISASTROUS. 
NO ONE IS TRULY SAFE IN THE WORLD AND WHEN YOU DIE, WE ALL END UP IN THE SAME PLACE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MONEY OR SUCCESS YOU ACQUIRED IN YOUR LIFETIME.
THE BEST FORTUNE IS HAVING SOMEONE THAT LOVES YOU AND WILL CARRY ON THAT LOVE FOR YOU AFTER YOU PASS AWAY, TELLING YOUR STORY FOR GENERATIONS THAT WILL UNDERSTAND THE TRUE FORTUNE OF WHO YOU WERE IN YOUR LIFETIME. SO WHILE YOU GO OUT TO ACQUIRE THAT FORTUNE YOU SEEK REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE SEEKING THE SAME THING AND WILL TRY TO DESTROY YOU TO GET IT BUT THE LOVE YOU GAVE TO OTHERS IS SOMETHING THEY CAN NEVER DESTROY OR TAKE AWAY FROM YOU.  MAKE YOUR FORTUNES AND LEAVE A MARK ON THE WORLD AS YOU GO..THE TRUE FORTUNE IS LOVE THAT WILL EXTEND INTO YOUR AFTERLIFE.

DUES PAID

CERTAIN PEOPLE WALK AROUND LIFE, LIKE THE WORLD OWES THEM SOMETHING. LEACHING OFF THE KIND HEARTED AND BOASTING ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE WITHOUT WORKING FOR IT.  WELL THE TIME WILL COME WHEN SOMEONE SAYS DID YOU PAY YOUR DUES?  WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO EARN THE RESPECT YOU WANT?  ALOT OF US HAVE PAID OUR DUES, EARNED OUR STRIPES AND MADE A NAME FOR OURSELVES THROUGH HARD WORK AND PERSERVANCE AND YES IF RESPECT IS NOT SHOWN FOR ALL THE DUES WE PAID INTO LIFE, WE WILL BECOME ANGRY. NOT BECAUSE OF THE DISRESPECT WE KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER BUT BECAUSE EVENTHOUGH LIFE TRIED TO BEAT US DOWN, WE STILL ROSE FROM THE DUST WIPING OURSELVES OFF AND BEGINNING A NEW BETTER STRONGER LIFE. WE ARE THE UNSTOPPABLES AND NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM US PAYING OUR DUES AND EARNING THE RESPECT WE DESERVE.  SO BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO DISRESPECT SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY REMEMBER YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PERSON WENT THROUGH TO GET AS FAR AS THEY HAVE GONE!! DUES PAID IN FULL

FAMILY

FAMILY is more than just your blood relative, it's the people who love and support you no matter what you're going through.  All family is not good for you either, just like in life I learned at a young age about jealousy among your own blood relatives and lifelong friends hence me going to my street family who would die for me till this day. LOVE OF FAMILY is deeper than any other just remember alot of people didn't have it and need understanding when dealing with them just because you came from the normal average household many people did not and that's why are streets are so full of lost souls searching for that love of family that they are missing.  Tell you family you love them and you are there for them whenever they need you, if you don't the streets and prisons are going to keep filling up with good hearts that are just searching for what they are missing. Show Love and Support for all your family the blood relatives as well as your extended family..LOVE OF ALL FAMILY is needed more than ever right now.LOVE, TRUST AND SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY..the stronger the family the stronger it grows leading to unstoppable success and an unbreakable defense against all things..

FREEDOM (my opinion)

"Let freedom ring" hmm lyrics to my country tis of thee. Freedom is a constitutional right in America right?  Yet police harrass citizens just walking down the street just because they are having a bad day, bosses are firing employees that work hard yet spoke out against the system.. Freedom..our freedom is judged by who.  We should be free to say whatever will want and wherever we want.  Our children should be allowed to go to whatever school that fits their needs and parents not be arrested for it. Again I ask are we as Americans really FREE? Our people are dying, our families locked up, men being put to death with reasonable doubt of their guilt, guns are in the hands of the wrong people, leaving citizens defenseless and drugs are all over the streets while the rich get richer off of them the poor struggle, killing one another to get by. Yes we are FREE to do whatever is acceptable by our society. I asked a boss one day, why does a government agency have employee appreciation food in the lobby of a govt. building during the month of ramadan, her response "what you want us to bow down to every religion we would never get anything done..smh idiot. YES we are FREE to practice our religious beliefs as long as it doesn't interfere in anyone else's. YES we are FREE to carry weapons for defense after you fill out a mound of paperwork and the govt puts you on a list. hmmm YES we are FREE to walk down the streets unless you are a black male, hispanic or wearing a barka you are now suspicious and will be stopped. I know this is just my opinion on this issue but as the years go by, our freedom that our forefathers and civil rights leaders fought for are slowly being taken away from us and NO ONE is standing up for that...FREEDOM TO LIVE AS THE AMERICANS OF THE PAST!!! WE WANT OUR FREEDOM BACK..FREEDOM TO WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL WHERE WE WANT, FREEDOM TO PRAY WHEN WE WANT, FREEDOM TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WE NEED AND FREEDOM LIVE AS A FREE NATION!!! "Let Freedom Ring" U might want to check the date on this document...