Don't be controlled by others

Whats going on everybody! Another week into 2014 another blog post.....

First I want to congratulate Ashley Baptista on winning Top 15 & Miss Congeniality Awards this past weekend. She was a contestant in the Miss Mass USA beauty pageant and she held it down. My brand Be Your Own Dad was a proud sponsor and she did great. I just finished speaking with her and she said she's very happy how the weekend went and may be making another run for that top title in the future. And that's what I love to hear. This was her first competition and she took a few awards home. She's already thinking of her next step and that's what we all must do in life. We need to take our experiences from the past and continue on toward the future. She isn't giving up. She is growing and looking forward for whats next. Which is what we all must do! Her picture is posted below (Fellas keep your tongue inside your mouth lol)

The verdict for Mike Brown was read last night. Some of you may know I wrote a blog post when the incident occurred. If you want to read up on it click the link here: http://beyourowndad.blogspot.com/2014/08/rest-in-peace-to-our-future-leaders.html All I can say is......this isn't right. No need for me to get into specifics because we all know or have heard of the story. What I want to speak on is the reaction from Ferguson. Last night in Ferguson there was rioting, many people destroying police vehicles and destroying businesses. WHAT DOES THAT DO? Yes, I understand the verdict for the case is disgusting to hear about. This will go down in American History much like Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till. But, destroying the city isn't going to change the verdict. It doesn't bring justice to the situation. Destroying the city brings more pain. Brings more hatred within the city. Brings more negative attention to us as a culture.

You see we all are humans meaning we all have emotions. When it comes to anger we are controlled as if we are puppets. Someone says the wrong thing to you and you switch from normal to the Hulk. What i'm trying to get at is we must control our own emotions. Don't let others control how you feel and what you do. Negativeness is like water from a tsunami. Once it hits land its going to take everything over and move how it wants to move. Don't let negativity control you. I know its hard.....(trust me I know).....but we must THINK of our actions before we act. Just like our parents once told us. Don't let others control you, control your self.

I want to say Rest In Peace to Mike Brown. I did not know you but I was once a young black 18 yr old in this crazy world. Your life was cut short and its not fair. I pray for the citizens of Ferguson. I hope we all can move on from this and keep the belief that we all can unite as a nation one day.

"Can you tell me why? Everytime I step outside I see my n*ggas die" -J.Cole

 

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