Loneliness

For most people a life of loneliness is a reality that they live with day to day.Loneliness does not necessarily mean that you don't have anyone around you.It is when you have no connection to anyone.No emotional attachment.No one to really talk to and express your inner self without fear of dire consequences.Some people are surrounded by family and friends and yet still feel lonely.It is because the relationships forged are superficial and not rooted in trust,honesty and loyalty.

Often people attach themselves to one another because of a need.Most needs are not genuine and only profit one party involve.There is no meaning relationship formed when this occurs.

The first step that I believe one should take in combating loneliness is first transforming loneliness into" aloneliness". Time alone is spent valuable, when we analyze who we are.Our needs,wants,hopes and fears.Understanding ourselves before we expect others to understand us.Know thyself!

Then take self inventory.What we need to enforce within ourselves and what we need to get rid of.All of us know our good and bad habits,no one is perfect.But we should always make a conscious effort to allow the more positive aspects of ourself to outshine the negative.

Knowing that there is a power greater than you is another step.Your relationship with God ( or whatever you believe in) connects us to something larger than ourselves.If we have this knowledge then we realize that we are not alone.We are the sum of many parts.

Finally conquering your fear.Fear is a constant thing and is there whether we want it or not.You just cannot let it limit the way you live your life.Fear of rejection is why some of us do not connect to others.Overcome that with the realization that everyone won't like your company and some will.The most important thing is that "you" like your company.Self confidence attracts.Not a narcissistic attitude but one where you project yourself as being comfortable with who you are.

Above all enjoy life, each and every moment.You never get back the past so live for the present!

Wake up!

Everyday I wake up is like another step closer to making my dreams into reality.

Wake up and live!

Blessed Emancipation Day Bahamas!

Emancipation is the freeing of someone from the control of another.On this day in the Bahamas, (the first Monday in August) we as a Black nation celebrate the emancipation of slaves, which took place August 1 ,1834 in the British Empire.No longer were slaves yoke to a white master, whose tyranny and cruelty have left us scarred even unto this day.

At times though it seems we have shaken off the shackles of one master and put around our hearts and minds the shackles of another. Self loath,ignorance,greed have become our new masters and are even more cruel than the first.These masters do not use the whip or the wine press to keep us in line.They use our lack of mental well being.Unforgiving and unrelenting ,they do not only punish, they destroy.

A proclamation from oneself is the only way to emancipate the mind and thought from this oppression.A proclamation that you as an individual, as member of a noble race,will do everything within your power to uplift your race,not destroy it.That you will help to erase the negative stereotypes of Africa's sons and daughters,not enforce it.The power of change can only and will only come from us and not from a sheet of paper or any other declaration, written or uttered.

As the late, great Sir Robert Nesta Marley said "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery;None but ourselves can free our minds." Only then can we redeemed

Eureka!

An idea is defined as a specific thought or concept that exists in the mind as a result of mental activity.Ideas can turned out to be good or bad but this is never known until it has been manifested into reality.

I have found that my ideas come to me when I am about to go to sleep,when I am sleeping or in the midst of talking about a problem.Bringing the idea to life is the most challenging part and the most rewarding.It is like raising a child to adulthood,sometimes ideas take on a nature all of its own.Whatever the results are,an idea is uniquely human because it involves our thinking ability.

Ideas come from dreams,dreams from imagination,imagination from the soul.

Crazy

This truly is a crazy ,crazy world.

Live

Live and let live!A friend of mine had a scare.He went to the doctor and found out that he may have had prostate cancer.After going through some tests and agonizing over it, he found out the results coincidentally on his birthday, Friday past.The results were negative and so he had a " celebration party".It was good to see him not worrying.He said to me that even the sun seems brighter to him and he sees things in a new light.It was not a celebration of his birthday but it was a celebration of life!A lesson for us all.

Don't wait until you face tragedy,celebrate life today.

Media mesh!

Rupert Murdoch the media mogul has won a bid to buy the Dow Jones,the venerable independent financial daily run by the Bancroft family.In the Bahamas a similar thing is going on where two dailies have made a joint management agreement.Here in the Bahamas there is an outcry of a monopoly being created but only by a few individuals.

Deals such as these to me ,seem to weaken the "Fourth Estate".How can these media forms offer fresh unbiased opinions when one person writes their checks.In this age where public opinion is that the media has failed us all and has moved from giving us clear unbiased facts so that we can formulate opinions to trying to get us to think their way.

When will these situations,especially with Murdock be investigated.Aren't there anti monopoly laws in place?Or do they kick in after the fact that so many have been brainwash and an entire industry approaches near collapse because of the lack of competition.Something needs to be done before it is too late. We should not intrude on private business matters, but we must when it will greatly affect the general public in a negative way.A few should not make many suffer.

Wake up people!Organize!