Starting

I have been quite dissatisfied with myself over the past few years. I haven't been who I was MADE to be, who my spirit cries for me to be. I haven't been a writer, a sharer of ideas, a liberator. No, I would only post on Facebook occasionally, share a news article or two, and definitely haven't written poetry like the kid I used to know did. I've let a profession that was draining me take all of my time and passion, leaving me less than the me I ever intended to be.

So I'm resurrecting myself.

These are my legs: my thoughts written down for you all to read, and the thoughtful conversations that follow. I think. I encourage others to think. I am an avowed independent who discourages voting "the party ticket" as it encourages thoughtlessness without analysis of what matters to you. I am a Libra, which means very little to me, but does seem to at least align with my innate desire for balance, justice, and fairness among people. I cheer for the underdog, and even get in the ring and fight alongside him. I love God. I love His creation, in spite of how corrupted His creation has become (myself included).

In this new blog, a venture I was supposed to start at least five years ago, I will discuss my views on Christianity, blackness, American patriotism, police brutality, public education, sub-genres of hiphop, music that inspires me, music that sickens me, and a host of other topics. All will be discussed in the spirit of Frederick Douglass, meaning that I, and those join me, will liberate ourselves through the tools we've already been granted.

This is my brand of activism. It is my release. It is my forum to build with other thinkers, whether like-minded or not. My only requirement is that we THINK and share accordingly.

According to Jon Acuff's book Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters, I need to just "start." So this blog will start out pretty basic. It might seem all over the place for a while. It might seem like a random diary. But today, as I start, I'm okay with that. I'll make it better as I go. But I refuse to let fear keep me from using these legs.

Here's to new beginnings... better late than never.