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Jay”O” Speaks – Album release party Friday 2/25/11
My non-profit organization,
Black Family United Publishing
is releasing our first Christian Poet
Come hang out with me and meet the Poet himself
Mr. Jay’O Speaks
“POETIC PRECAUTIONS”
this Friday February 25, 9:30pm
M Bar – 1253 North Vine St. Los Angeles, CA 90038
I survived to tell the story, but really I died to be revived for his glory…
His will be done in the midst of pain suffering and crying.
You see, Jesus teaches us the final lesson before dying.
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My conversations with white women
I was at a party when a white girl that had been on my blog approached me and begin to talk about my views on interracial dating that I expressed in an article called “Interracial dating – its not always black and white”. After reading that article she was quite versed on my view of interracial dating, but she had no comprehension of the motive behind my view. We’ll call her Jenny, she goes on:
“Three of my five ex-boyfriends were Black, and I think that in America you should be free to date whoever you want regardless of race. Jermaine, you are a leader of your people and you should use your voice for good, not for bad ideas, love not hate, equality not discrimination.”
I tried to defend myself with a simple explanation that I have absolutely no problem with interracial couples and that I actually like to see love regardless of how it happens. Jenny was not convinced, and she continued to lean into me hard. I thought she may chill out when my wife arrived, but she didn’t let up at all. Read more
My God given purpose for your life
God is love. Just like our natural father, he wants to protect us and give us all that we need. He also wants that love in return; unforced but by unfettered will. He knows that we need the comfort of the touch. So just as he sent Eve to Adam, he sent me to you. To do the job that he wants me to do for you. Every time I love you, I fulfill my God given purpose for your life. But what if I slap the shit out of you? Did God send that? Probably not.
1 night stand 24 hour day’s list
Each morning write one to two goals that you want to accomplish that day. Each night before going to bed, write down if you accomplished your day’s goal. In one sentence write why/why not. After a month, look over your list and the truth about you may be shown in the pattern. Your priorities will scream back at you. With that information, you may want to look at your priorities of what and why certain things have the power to effect your day/life. Life is too short to get it wrong. Tomorrow is not promised.
Quote: Muhammad AliOxymoron-Raising someone who assumes they are an “adult”
An oxyMORON is an 18 year old who lives with his/her parents but thinks they are grown. Just kidding, but that is an example. The exact example is often the sense of entitlements that young people feel they are due from their parents, and their desire to be independent. The entitlement is based on truth that ceased to exist on the 18th birthday. Yet as parents, we feel that if you are entitled to my food and shelter, then you are dependent. That means “my rules, my way”.
So there is a natural transition period from entitled dependent to independent adult that often causes conflict between the generations. Kids act on their feelings of how they think it should go, which is totally bias, selfish and not fully thought through. They often times have not mastered the self-discipline, focus and sustainability that is required for independence. Parents use their judgment founded on a long history of often right, and sometimes wrong experience.
But the biochemical truth of the matter is that the kid’s frontal lobe is the part of the brain that is considered ones emotional control center and the home to our personality. The frontal lobe is involved in our judgment, motor skills, problem solving, memory, impulse control, initiation and social and sexual behavior. The problem is that the frontal lobe is not fully developed until at least 20 years of age. Read more
Reputation
It’s not what you know. It’s not who you know. It’s what who you know, knows about you, that matters most. You can always learn, you can always meet more people, but once your reputation begins to precede you…
Dear Mother,
Originally published 12/12/2008. Due to the passing of my mother on Novermber 30, 2009 I am republishing this article to remind us all that time is limited. We must live and love now.
First and foremost…Happy birthday to you. Secondly, thank you for all that you’ve done for me. You gave me life and you raised me with sacrifice and love. For you I will always be grateful. Yet I send this letter to express my true feelings as no card of Hallmark could be so true and honest.
I apologize for not being the son that you would like for me to be. I’ve tried to balance your wants with my needs and there is too much conflict to settle both ends amicably. Please do not disregard my true apology due to the fact that it is not accompanied by regret. I don’t regret, yet I accept the way life is for us both together or separate. If you can live with your demons, and I can not assist you in resolving them, I am under an obligation to embrace all sides of you. As I battle to banish my own demons, I hope that you can accept me despite. Ideally we would present a united front against the demons that pose a threat to our family, yet we have been opposed to one another for a long while. Our ability to share a goal and push towards a common outcome has been tarnished. Read more
