Hey, let's pause a minute and honor the fathers out there on the front lines trying to keep it real with their sons! Thank you dads and may God give you the strength and courage to continue to hold it down, we need more of you... that's for sure.
Now I suppose you wonder why I am so animate on the subject of boys to men in my blogs. It's really quite simple. Take a good look at America today. Look at the age of our leaders. Take a real good look at the average age of our Congressmen or Senators. What was the age of our last 4 presidents? Got the picture yet? We have no youth coming up through the ranks to move this country forward. Seriously, take a good, long, hard look. The question then becomes, what will the next generation yield as far as leadership? Yeah, I know this is a scary thought when you set down and really think it through. This is where my dad would say, "we're headed to hell in a hand basket!" I never totally understood that saying, but at this point in time, it seems quite apropos.
"Just today November 2nd, 2021, a 16 year old boy was shot in the head by a 17 year old boy at a bus stop in Georgia. In Vegas, a 22 year old kills one and critically injures another while driving at speeds in excess of 150mph. At 2:40pm on this date, a drive by shooting at an elementary school in Los Angeles. A 79 year old man is facing criminal charges after reportedly shooting his adult son following a disagreement over the latter's guitar playing. A 37 year old mother of 1 year old twins was shot in the eye while looking through the peephole of her apartment after a knock at her door."
This is why I choose to talk and share all the info I can about our young boys and men. If these blogs can give parents some tools or some insight necessary to change or turn a young life around, I'll keep writing.
While I'm in the neighborhood, allow me to interject a seed of thought for our young ladies. Ladies, if this guy you're so interested in is all that and yet he can't afford to buy pants large enough to cover his butt, how in the world do you think he's going to spend enough to cover yours? Ladies, if you think less of yourself than to roll with a dude that shows the world his underwear, then the level of his pants should be just high enough to cover your low self-esteem! I mean, really? Let's get real! It's all about the choices you make and your level of self respect. Quite simply put, if someone can't help you, then they shouldn't hinder you. Hit the pause button!
It is my sincere and deepest prayer that you mom, and you dad can find some seeds through these blogs to use in this warfare to help maintain or reclaim your sons. Our society is clearly in trouble. Our moral compass, is off center. We have got to support one another if we hope to restore civil stability. By the way, if you think this is purely about race, creed, or color...hit the pause button and think again!
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