Many of us choose to enfold the positive and or negative influences of our race, ethnicities, and cultures as an envoy to our “own” personal lives. I as an African American, a Black male often times voice a defiance to being associated with particular groups of people and environments within my own culture. I personally believe that this form of disassociation is just a basic structure of my character as to who I am as an individual. People who really don’t know me that well assume that I think that I’m better than the next person, bourgie, or living to please the likes of “others” outside my race which is completely FALSE . I personally choose to associate myself with people in GENERAL not just one race or ethnicity but people who share the same or similar: values, morals, likes, goals, aspirations, aim, drive, and intellect like myself just to name a few. Often times I think about the phrase, “We become part of what we are around” and use this attitude to help shape and mold my life. I say this because believe it or not, the people YOU associate with have a reflective affect on your emotion, mood, attitude in addition to what you eventually WILL and CAN attain.
"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative." W.Clement Stone
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One thing we always leave out is, "We sometimes create our own situations". We do not sometimes analyze things and say, "I'm going to do this or do that", without weighing out the circumstances. "Is this better for me to do or not to do that"? "Should I wait or should I go"? "Cause and Effect".
Always remember...Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become character; Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
"In this world ye shall have tribulations, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
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