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To those who cannot see the virtue in my words, I will say, “It’s understandable,” for one has not walked in my shoes nor I in yours. For the living body can be a testament of faith with the mind being the greatest weapon between good and evil. Consoling the caliber of words cultivated through the printed word being the ammunition from the chambers of my soul.

Figuratively speaking, the root cause of hate is literally from the roots of its tree, as the apple will not fall too far. The tree, covered by its bark and its grain, is intrinsically ingrained and will never change. It can only be modified by the chain of wisdom, cut, and mounted in its own image. So, as the child is taught, the shell becomes the teacher, even of hate or charism.

In life, things happen around us and to us, but the only thing that matters is how we choose to react to them. I decided to use my ammunition in print. For in my lifetime, I’ve witnessed the glory of words, many lives of black men fallen unjustly, the majestic kneeling of Colin Kaepernick in justification, and still a knee to George Floyd’s neck. May he Rest in Peace. 

In my travels, while in the military, by the Grace of God, my encounters with the ingrained mentality of superiority were not fatal. However, physical encounters and countless episodes of mortification will never fade. My core belief is that no individual is born without the capacity for fulfillment through God’s grace, despite the denigration from another human being. My fulfillment is in BookMyStory.net. One day I will be heard because of “Footprints in the Sand.”