Auditing life

I came across this question recently "If you get the chance to relive your life and fix the mistakes that you made, would you do it?"  When I read the question the first thought that popped into my mind was "What mistakes?"

The things in my life that had caused me the greatest distress, stress, depression and you name it when I look back on my life I now give thanks for them. I am better off for them and they have turned out to be for my own good.  I am fully convinced that the things that happened in my life are too coordinated to have been coincidences but that there was an unseen hand guiding me all the time. I am fully convinced that where I am at present is the spot where the Divine Ones want me to be.

Life is of such that it is wise to take an audit of life at intervals to determine if we are fulfilling the purposes that we envisioned for our lives. I believe it is okay to borrow a quote from a commercial "There are so many ways to die that it is a wonder that we are alive."  We are alive but an audit of our life will determine for us whether our existence on the earth serves a purpose or whether we are just delaying someone have to fork out our funeral expense. Life can be just as miserable if we try living and being who or what others expect of us at the expense of pursuing our dreams and goals. This is no excuse for ignoring the potential others sees in us and so open the door of opportunity.

The great difference between us and the animals is that we are subjected to inspiration and this bring out our creative instincts. Alongside our creative instincts are our desires to attain perfection. These desires to attain perfection may not be alive in every man but the truly ambitious man will want to surpass the the accepted standard set by man to reach a higher plane. There are many persons who are not satisfied with being mediocre but who desires to be truly outstanding. There are just a few individuals who are truly outstanding at birth, therefore the process of being truly outstanding require character and persistence.

Our world is not short of persons with brilliant ideas and dreams but  there are not enough persons who will see the pursuits of their dreams and ideas to the end. Initially these persons either have contingency plans or are encouraged to have contingency plans just in the event that they fail. Our world is looking for more brave men who will stake their all on their dreams and ideas. This involves setting out with the determination of success being the only option and it becomes succeed or die in the effort.

There are too many persons who have not learned the art of persistence. Life will certainly test us as it pertain to our commitment to following our dreams and ideas. It is only natural then that after the excitement of starting to pursue the dream that hardship and doubt should rise. There are too many persons who believe that life pathway should be smooth and free from obstacles and hardships. This is one reason why there are so many who are neither physically or mentally tough. There are too many persons who are content to live off pickings while the ability to be great lay idles in their psyche.

This week is a great time to do an audit of our life to see if our life is on the path to what we can truly be. Two of the saddest word in the English language are "If only" but a true reflection on life can be the impetus to change.

Life will one day come to an end and the saddest thing that can be said at the end of life is "I wasted my life" or "He never lived up to his potential."

Africans it is time to get up off your "posterior"

The time is ripe for Africans and persons of African descent to cause the world to regret that it ever laid eyes on an African.

This is an easily achievable feat because historically Africans are recognized as possessing superior strength and constitution to to other nationalities. These two characteristic were the main contributing factors which led to the enslavement of the African people by Europeans. The Africans, however, were recognized as possessing intelligence even though regarded as being inferior to, and, less than the animals.

The historical recognition of superior strength and constitution of the Africans must now be complemented by our intelligence. This characteristic has been dormant for too long and is the very reason why Africans and persons of African descent are feared.

The world knows that when our brilliance come to the forefront then we cannot be stopped.

A few years ago I was properly cussed out by a school principal for suggesting during a discussion that our forefathers in Africa were not guiltless as it pertained to the slave trade. Our forefathers facilitated the slave trade by capturing and selling each other to the Europeans as slaves. This she vehemently denied as being true and stated it was recorded by the historians to justify the slave trade. I personally do not believe that the Europeans left Europe and sailed to Africa to capture Africans but that it were the Africans that sold each other to the Europeans and into slavery.

This does not exonerated the Europeans for the slave trade but partly put the blame on our forefathers for the slave trade and also mean that the time has come for those of us of African descent  to get up off our “posterior”  get to work and take up our rightful place as leaders. There  are too man persons of African descent who are griping about being descendants of slaves and are waiting for hand out when we should be uniting and combining our intelligence to dazzle the world.

The time has come for us to destroy a system that was designed to keep us down and in poverty. Justice demands that retribution come to those who enslaved the Africans therefore the Africans will always be feared. Moreover the African epitomizes what other nations hoped to be and when others nationalities look at an African he sees what he would like to be but never will be. The lawmakers in an effort to thwart eventual justice because they foresaw the rise of the African designed the laws to make criminals of the Africans and there are too many that have fallen prey to the laws. The laws of the USA continue to recognize some people groups as superior while employing the guise that all men are equal.

Recently I spoke with an African American female and she related the woes of a poor white boy in the American school system. She told me that the benefits and privileges that were afforded her daughter as an African American were denied this boy because he was white and therefore considered to be of superior intelligence. 

An incident was reported on the news recently where the parents of a mentally disturbed man called the police. the police came and saw the mentally disturbed man with a baseball bat and shot him dead. In our house we know that when crime and violence is reported the perpetrators are African Americans.

Last week there was an incident reported on the same news channel where a man shot up a police car and while being chased he opened fire at the police from the car he was driving. The police safely took him into custody and made the excuse for his behavior that he was mentally disturbed. It took some time before a photo of the man was shown but I was sure that the fact that he was not shot and killed was because he was not an African American.

There was another case of parents calling the police because their son was mentally disturbed and threatening them. The police responded and shot and killed both the mentally disturbed man and a neighbor and yesterday i read that the police man who did the killing is now suing the parents of the man he killed for emotional distress.

I continue to hear persons lament that President Obama as an African American has not done enough for African Americans. Someone should remind these loud mouths that African Americans make up 15% of the American population and it time they stop expected to get worshiped. The preeminence  of the African American population of the USA is remarkable when compared to the rest of the population.

The African American already has two important characteristics in his favor mainly his physical strength and constitution but now he need to use his intelligence. A combination of these three characteristics  is why the African was always feared but there is no need for us as African Americans to resort to violence because we already possess the natural qualities to take our place as the greatest. There are many spheres where the Africans are leaders but the time is ripe to take over academia among others.

It is distressing that so many African Americans only find interest and entertainment in violence, sex and that which degrades others. When a post hits social media that involves these elements it spreads like wild fire but very few persons notices a post that will benefits or may involve the use of their intelligence, or require debate and discussions.

The time is ripe for the African American to be the ones creating the games instead of spending countless hours playing the games. There are better topics to write about that drugs, sex and life in the hood. It is time to break the stereotype that have been created for the African American.

We live in a society that set the rules and manipulates the rules to favor a select few but we already have an advantage and we can beat those who set the rules at their own game. It is time for us as African to recognize our brilliance and silence the critics by displaying our ingenuity. We shine individually but it is hard for others to recognize our individual light so the time is ripe for the brilliant to unite and let the world see our brilliance. The strongest countries are the ones with immense populations or which find a common umbrella under which to unite and it is time for us as Africans to take our place as the most brilliant among mankind. 

This will require us to unite under a common cause and purpose. At the same time we must keep in mind that this may not be looked on favorably by the world. We are already at the front in many spheres. We are one billion strong in Africa with in excess of 150,000,000 in the Diaspora. It is time to take our place at the top.

Black History Month is a token acknowledging the contribution of our forefathers to the development of the United kingdom, the USA and Canada. We are sufficiently strong and dispersed to outshine every people. It is time for us to take our place of brilliance  and lead the world through our superior strength, constitution and brilliance. 

Pathetic

My wish as always is for you to have a Happy  monday

February is celebrated as Black history Month in the USA and Canada so today I share from my book "Wha'a Gwaan Man (A tibute to Jamaica and to the motherland Africa)". Available http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Prince-W.-Bradford/e/B00GM5OKR6

Pathetic

The color of your skin, really

That is your claim to supremacy

You who are a product of evolution

And claim no national origin or group to belong

You originate out of nothing and that is what you are

Oh come now, please try something better

There are multi millions with skins of the same color

Ah it is only to the African that you fell superior

Well, maybe, to a few others

You do not know the origin of the genes of your forefathers

Unlike the Indians, Chinese and Japanese to name a few

Your knowledge extends to those who came

And through deception and trickery stole

Robbed and slaughtered the natives

Then went to the motherland to enslave the African

Bring him here to enrich your pocket and work your land

That was your mistake

The African showed you up to be less than a man

What have you to take to the table?

To show that you are superior

Sophistication belong to the British and Spanish

Romance to the French and Italian

Technology to the Japanese and Chinese

Population to the Chinese and Indian

Need I tell you why the African is the best?

Enslaved you valued the African less that your animals

But lust and passion rise in you when you look at the female African

In her lies the ultimate of what you desire in a woman

And standing beside the African man you fall short

Because he is what you would like to be as man

For the African man is what you never will be

For although you are prouder than a peacock

And more puffed up than Lucifer with pride

Behind mask and gowns you continue to hide

While proclaiming your hate

To the African who you claim is minority

But who shows up your inferiority

And while you clamor and shout that you are supreme

The African take to heights that you will never reach

© Prince Bradford 2015

A chance to be great?

A commonly ignored fact today is that we are the product of what we feed our minds. There are some persons that go as far as saying that we are the product of what we eat. One of history great teachers pointed out, however  that what we eat ultimately end up in a four inch pipe but what come out of us will ultimately determine our eternal destiny. The things that we say and do reflect the things on which we feed into our minds.

I presently spend a reasonable amount of time visiting social media sites. I do not know if social media was intended to help sharpen the intellect but what I do realize is that it serves out fodder and the things that appeal to the senses. I do not envy those persons who have taken on the task of keeping those person up to date with trivia and things that does not benefits. It would be baffling to the intelligent to comprehend how such material on social media is uplifting.

It could be that I am wrong  and expect too much when I believe that the time could be better spent enlightening and stimulating the mind. The things that are uplifting is quite often ignored.

A few years ago a teacher gave an assignment to a class that I attended and the assignment was to write our obituaries. It may have been a bit bizarre to ask a young person to think, if I were to die what would I want to be said of me. The reality is that presently we are writing our life's journal and the entries cannot be removed.

This is a bit ironic because records are being kept. Each individual born on this earth is given a name and certain identifying characteristics. Death will not be our end because even after death the records shall remain. This is so that additions or subtractions can be made to these records and future accolades bestowed.

There are many persons that will contend that if the records are altered later, it will not make a difference because they will be dead and will not know. This argument is true but it could be taken into consideration the millions who have died yet continue to influence those of us who are alive. One should also consider the number of persons who are dead yet the mention of their names evoke disgust and contempt.

Here is the reality you and I today have a chance to make entries into our life's journal. There is a chance to enter an entry that is high and noble or we can make an entry of trash or trivia. One of the worst thing that could happen is to have allowed twenty four hours to pass and there is nothing that you can enter in to your that you accomplished for the day.

Life is presenting us with great opportunities and this include what we shall be feeding our minds today. The things that we find to be really interesting are indicative of  how intelligent we are.

There are men who lived hundreds and thousands of years ago but today they are still revered. There is the possibility that you or I could be studied hundreds of years in the future. The question is however what path are you on and are you pursuing a path that one day could lead to greatness.

Happy Monday: Subtracting without diminishing

Happy Monday: Subtracting without diminishing: Dreamers are among the most feared people that this world produces because dreamers are comparable to lighted torches/candles. When other to...

Subtracting without diminishing

Dreamers are among the most feared people that this world produces because dreamers are comparable to lighted torches/candles. When other torches/candles are lit from each other the light of the original or any is not diminished but rather each add to the luminescence and the place becomes brighter. Dreamers are also comparable to rivers which start out very small in the mountains but as they flow they are joined  by tributaries until they become so mighty that they flow even through the dry and arid deserts.

Dreamers are light and light cannot be hid by darkness because the more intense the dark then the more obvious is the light. It is a well established fact that light attracts while darkness is more conducive to the things that are not openly displayed or fit for all eyes to see. In a similar way to light, however, dreamers attracts and ignite others to better and glorious heights. Those persons who are attracted and ignited by the visions of the dreamers do not take away from the light of the dreamers for each has their own wick and fuel to sustain the dream and enhance the glow.

In recent times man has seen fit to be proactive and to preclude collateral damages, so man has gone about taking preventative actions. Man has changed the courses of rivers, dammed lakes and rivers, set forest fires, cut down forests and assassinated dreamers among other things.

The changing of river courses has not mitigated floods but certainly interfered with the natural ecology of many areas and sometimes made flooding worse. In many instances wisdom has prevailed and the rivers have been returned to their natural courses. Dams are valuable assets but have also been the sources of many disasters. There are many dams that remain disasters waiting the right time to happen. Controlled forest fires are set by man to minimize the perceived damage caused by natural forest fires. These controlled forest fires have been discovered to prevent the forests from naturally regenerating. Now man has realized his mistake and acknowledge that what he has created instead  is a disaster waiting to happen. The destruction of forest have resulted in less rainfall and when it rains there are floods and mudslides. The fertility of the land is also diminished. There continue to be assessed potential damage and disasters that may possibly result from man's interference with the order of nature.

Then there are the dreamers that men fear because dreamers have ideas of change and visions of making the lives of others better. Two of the opponents with which dreamers  must contend are the dream killers and the status quo.   There are person who are programmed to oppose by default and it does not matter the brilliance of the dream they oppose and refuse to support the majority. The status quo are those who are comfortable with the state of affairs and fear loss if changes happen. These fears can be real or imaginary. Historically the status quo have found it necessary to find ways to bring about the death of dreamers.

Man needs renewal and regeneration and looks to dreamers to provide a way forward. Dreamers are, however, often marked for death because dreamers are catalysts for change and there will be those who believe changes should not occur. In the forests the old trees mature, age and die and new trees must grow to replace these. Among men ideas and systems grow old and irrelevant and new ideas and concepts must be born to replace these. It is the task of the dreamers to originate and propagate these new ideas and concepts.

This is part of the dreamers dilemma because some persons will readily embrace the need for change, the status quo will oppose the changes and some persons will remain stagnant until moved by the tide of change.

Dreamers does not envision taking away from others to enhance their glow rather they ignited others so that together all become light shining in the darkness. Each person being ignited by the other without diminishing the light of the other.

Looking Ahead

My wish is for you to continue having a Happy New Year and for you to have a Happy Monday.

One of the most common new year resolution that I hear my friends make is that of exercising  more and losing weight. The frustrating thing however is that losing weight often involve curbing the appetite because it is not easy ignoring appetizing food. There is also the problem of not regaining weight that is lost. Most persons quit after a few attempts.

When the doctor say it will be the difference between life and death then it is a different story.

It is fascinating that at the beginning of the year there is hardly ever talk of mental exercise or feeding the mind and spirit. It would be simply great if we could mentally become obese. It would be super great if at the beginning of the year we resolve to do at least one course to develop our mental capacity. How great it would be if at the end of each year we could measure how much more brilliant we are.

One of our greatest asset is our mind and it's creative power. Another great asset that we possess is our senses. We live in a world, however, that seek to cater to satisfying our senses while suppressing the desire to develop our mental capacity.We continue to have brilliant minds and individuals but too often these individuals are employed to create food for the senses. The things that appeal to the senses are presented as the ultimate goals to be achieved in life.

Those persons who seek to present material that will uplift the mind and spirit are classed and looked on as weirdos. Life is presented as something to be enjoyed here and now and the uncertainties of tomorrow are highlighted. There is a big cover up of the fact that the average individual can look forward to living until seventy or eighty years old. Wisdom is thrown out the window and few persons are sounding the warning that the foolish things that you do now may return to haunt you in later years.

In light of the fact that it is the beginning of a new year note can be taken than an explosive difference such as could be created by tons of dynamite is hardly like to occur in life. Those persons who are involved in the baking industry however can explain the difference that a small amount of yeast or baking powder makes when mixed with flour.

This year a small achievement each day will add up to substantial achievements at the end of the year. A start has to be made. There are many persons that will say that they have no idea what to do or where to begin. This is true but none of us know the extent of the creative power that reside in our mind. Each of us possess a secret desire or a secret dream. That is something to begin with. The great big explosive result will not happen immediately.

This year remember that your goals are not items that are stored in a freezer or refrigerator that is removed, place in a microwave for three minutes and it is ready for use. There are going to be obstacles and uncertainties.

The only sure thing that you may have this year is the goal that you desire to achieve. If you keep you eyes and mind focused on that goal then at the unexpected times and the least unexpected ways doors will open.