#najmalik

I was listening to a few interviews and lectures by Will Smith, Dick Gregory,  Louis Farrakhan, and Cornell West. It was a lot language around hope, awareness,  recognition, the power in positivity, and the power that exist in humanity  despite a painful past. It lead me to many feelings and thoughts. I wanted to  share a few in case others are on a similar journey... I'm searching for a new mode of attack to get beyond the denial of my own fears  and to move beyond the externally ascribed and internally accepted limitations  to achievement... If you let your fear get the best of you then to the people around you that fear  will appear to be the best of you. I just cannot live with that being my legacy.  The world doesn't need more fearful people. We need more courageous leaders who  dream and act with conviction. We chant and sing change, we cheer change, we say  we want/need change, but are we being change? I have been on a fence. I was  called out and humbled by this. This will no longer do. I owe more and we all  owe more to one another.  "You can't look at dreams as this Big wall to build. You have to take the  approach that you are going to lay this one brick as perfect as you can, then  repeat that day after day until eventually you will have that wall...Don't get  discouraged by the enormity of the task. Nothing is too great" This is all to encourage that spirit of desire within. We should be able to see  our better selves in the eyes of our loved ones. If we really appreciate that  image then we will aspire to do more. My growth is a collective pursuit, because  my growth is due to the collective influence of those that love me and those  that don't understand me (there are no haters). Live it. Struggle with it. Overcome it. Believe in it. Enjoy it. It is life and  we all are in it briefly. Why be wasteful? Till~