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a man who she loved and who returned that love. One who was slow to anger and quick to accept fault whenever it occurred. A man who was determined to get it right, and who forcefully fought to keep their marriage strong and healthy.
"God I beg of you for forgiveness for any sins I may have committed either knowingly or unknowingly. I beg of you for a clean spirit, for clear direction, and for a better understanding of my own value. Lord my life changed so fast that I'm just scared, and I pray to you that you send me a sign to show me that it's all ok. I went from lost to being a boss God, and I just don't want to take anything for granted. If it's an assignment you want of me, please make it clearer to me so that I don't miss it. I love the way you've moved in my life Father God, and I pray that you continue to use and
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worry is just a misuse of your imagination.
It's many princesses who became Queens too quick and they wish they could pick up a smaller crown for just one day. Enjoy these one days, one by one."
Atlanta was a city that prided itself on image and presentation, and the more dazzle and shimmer you could present to the world of Atl; the more important you were to the world of Atl. You can't be someone of importance if you went to a club in Atlanta without being in a VIP section– this was the mentality of the streets, and it was the absolute only reason that people spent $4,000 on sections in the middle of the week, and came back and did it again for the weekend.
It was a nasty cycle of repeating advances and contracts– a system created in order to create dependence on the artist so that they'll never have what they desire, and only what they need. From the outside looking it, it seemed as if the artists were living a dream life.
Never be too willing to expose yourself to your weaknesses. Find ways to curve your weaknesses by forming buffers between your vices and your heart. Putting others in positions of importance puts the burden of execution in such a way that the people elected to carry out these orders raise the bar in order to live up to the level of trust.
Not that I didn't believe in God, because I did, but because for the hopeless– the unspoken thought of all of us is that we didn't matter to God. We were the misfits that He didn't acknowledge much or care about. We were the ones he was most disappointed in, so He allowed for us to be separated from the world that He loved. He was going to punish us again once we died.
There were people who would happily play those types of games, but that’s where we differed from other men. We would die for what we believed in.
I didn't want to build a child up learning how to hate when all she understood was love.
It only takes one bad error or lapse in judgment to ruin even the strongest of relationships, just like it only takes one hole in a boat to sink it, and just like even the slightest of error on the expressway could lead to an accident. In a world of numbers, people often underestimated the power of one.
In life we should always be careful of who we allow into our life. When we meet a person, we're not just meeting a human with a face and personality, we're also meeting an unpredictable assortment of accumulated spirits. Sometimes we'll know a person is bad for us– absolutely toxic, and still tell ourselves that we'll be the ones to help and change this person. Many times the attempt to change somebody else, ends up changing us. Sometimes that change is for the better, but sometimes it's for the worse. Trials and tribulations are the variables that add up to life.
The truth was, every person had flaws, and it was just up to us to determine which flaws we were willing to accept in life, and which ones we knew we couldn't deal with.
Most women didn't understand the difference between loving a man and caring for a man, and most didn't even know that there was a difference. You can tell a man you love him as many times as you please or desire, and you may mean it or may not mean it… But that didn't mean you cared for him.
Money was ok, but family was better. Family is how you fought addiction, anger, and flaws. Family is how you were able to survive in such a cold-hearted world. Family is what pulled you through situations that a stranger would bury you in.
