“I don’t know how to do this, but something inside me does.” This is an affirmation, the result of reading and reading inspires me to write. Therefore I write, in search of intuitive minds ……. to read ……. what I write. The central objective of a writer is to capture the mind’s eye whereby infusing a mental picture. If this cannot be done, the writer may as well be writing to him or herself.
“Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life,” was written by Paul Williams (the singer and songwriter) and Tracy Jackson. The title caught my eye in 2014 at a time were gratitude and trust were in my mind’s eye. Each Spring Break after spending time with the grandsons, I would come away with an internal itch, a daunting concern as to what I was doing or not doing as an influence on their lives. I did not read the book in its entirety at the time, keying in on one of the six affirmations. “I don’t know how to do this, but something inside me does.”

Having no writing experience, the affirmation, coupled with watching my grandsons maturing into a divisive society, inspired the writing of “Guidance Against the Odds.” The “affirmation” added yeast to my faith and inspired the poem:

“God and Me.”
Long ago while at Sea…. There was this hand that reached out to me. It had a glow… bright with Spree…. Then it called me…. Henry Lee. I did not hide nor did I dart…… as it warmed the cockles of my heart. Of a speaking hand, I did not flee, as I knew it was clearly…… God and Me.

While writing “Guidance Against the Odds” and reflecting, on my first thirty-nine years of life, I thereby evolved. I wrote in the Epilogue of my book, and I quote: “From My INITIAL THOUGHT OF WRITING (over two years ago) to this very sentence, my intentions have evolved because I have evolved as we all need to evolve regardless of our principles for the betterment of man. In the melting pot of America, all opinions count. We are not disposable parts sucked up in a vacuum of opinion polls.” I wanted my opinion to count; therefore, I started a website and began to blog on twitter. My first was in August of 2016, titled “Baltimore My Baltimore,” followed by many more: “Our Children are in the Mix,” “Why We Can’t,” “Make America Sick Again,” “A Tweet to the President of the United States,” “A Tweet to the Speaker of the House,” “A Plea to the Chief of Staff” and many in between. However, the two most glaring blogs were like a prelude to “The March for Our Lives” rally, which occurred on March 25, 2018. “Millennials – The AUDACITY of Hope” and “Movements Don’t Start with a Strategy; they Start with a Moment” My voice carries a low octane, but my audacity of hope will not be silenced. We all have a voice, as demonstrated by our youth. If eleven-year-old Naomi Wadler of George Mason Elementary School, can articulate better than some of our politicians, then this is the least I can do. I am so proud of them. If you can not find the words to blog, then share this posting.