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I wish I could gift wrap common sense this year
Years ago I would have said that it seems around this time of the year that people loose their minds when it comes to shopping. Now I have to say that all year round there are constant reminders that all sense is not common.This year in particular it is really difficult to see anyone down on their luck when you go to the malls. People are shopping, but the shopping experience is not jolly. There are lots of attitudes, ignorance, selfishness and foolishness to go around — and that just the store employees. In addition, customers are ungrateful, unruly, liars and theives — and I saw all of this in just two hours at the mall.
I couldn’t help but wonder wht is this all for? Is it all to make someone in a day feel like we should have made them feel all year? Is it our way of trying to buy off someone’s forgiveness instead of just apologizing? Or are we trying to make up for lost time or for not being there or for someone missing?
Wouldn’t it be nice if we spent the entire year helping other people and then used this time of the year thanking folks for it? Imagine if we all had the mission of making a difference in our communities and that the more we made a difference, the less taxes we had to pay. Wouldn’t it be cool if thinking was a requirement and you were given tickets for not thinking in public? I guess the more we live the lesson is the same, all sense ain’t common! I just wish I could have Santa bring this gift to a few folks so that they can have a better New Year!
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There is a lot to be thankful for
A vegan Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving! Today marks the start of the third year of my blog. I am thankful to all those who have read, posted responses and emailed me regarding this blog. I want to take this site to another level and for me that means I want to offer you more. I want to focus more on my service to various communities. I have never truly connected this site to my world of work. Many of you know that I do workshops and speak at conferences. but I have not made these available online — until now!
I want to add a variety of things on this blog to serve you. From video blogs to surveys and workshops I want this to be a safe place for those who are struggling. I want to provide you with resources and helpful information. I want enlightenment for you — that’s my promise. And in this third year, I will deliver. Please subscribe to this site to get the latest information about workshops, speaking engagments, book releases and blog posts. Please feel free to contact me for counseling, questions or speaking inquiries. I would also love your feedback on this site and ideas you feel will make it better.
In honor of this third-year anniversary I am polling for my upcoming Man up! Conference to be held in Detroit, MI on the morning of Dec. 31st (More information to come). If you or you know a male 16 – 60 years of age, you need to send them to this website to complete the quick survey below and fill out the comment box at the end of this post to receive registration information via email. This conference will deal with intergrity, character, courage, ambition, vulnerability and reliability. This conference is a game changer! Men who have been broken will be mended. Those who have been enslaved (mentally), will be delivered and those seeking direction, will be guided. Participants will have access to online coaching and be notified first about future workshops. This conference has 4 sessions and costs $30 per session. Payment upfront for all four sessions will save you $20. Space is limited so reserve your spot today.
Thank you for your support of my work and please keep me lifted up in prayer.
Respectfully,
Clyde
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And then came Autumn
Autumn leaves in the breeze as pretty as you please.As the earth prepares for this cold and our bones remind us that we’re getting old,
We should be grateful to see it, thankful to meet it and hopeful of what it will bring.
There is something special about this season, there is more than just one reason.
We’re faced with what we have done with the time.
Whether our failures outweigh our successes or not, we are faced with reality albeit it cold or hot.
In the fall we take responsibility for these things.
For reflection is the view of the day, as we’re planning to be in a better position anyway.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. It’s never all of your fault.
We’re all a work in progress, but I must confess this truth:
To be in a situation you don’t like is a mental health offense. Your reasoning benefits someone else.
One of the greatest uses of Autumn is the timing. It’s time to leave unproductive things and people behind. We use the Winter to recover and focus on what’s ahead. By Spring we’re doing a new thing and the Summer is full of nothing but fun!
It is only then that we can meaningfully say, “Autumn leaves in the breeze as pretty as you please.”
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Would you dare to die?
I don’t know who first said it, but love is a strange thing. This is a very true saying and when you think of all the things that love was given credit to, you can see how powerful love really is. Love has been the cause of things good and bad. Love has been the cause of wars, suicide, divorce, murder, lies, stealing, cheating and betrayal. It has also been the strength of marriages, the changing of hard hearts to soft hearts and the resurrection of a nation.Love is pretty powerful. So Veteran’s Day always makes me think of the sacrifices of our armed forces. I think about the fact that even though some soldier who died did not know me — heck, never met me. But he or she risked their very lives so I could feel safe. They didn’t just die for my country, but they died for me.
Jesus died for me in amuch similar fashion. He died so I wouldn’t have too. He fought the battle and shouldered the burden of sin in my stead. There was nothing about me that would make him do this. His death says far more about him than it does me. I believe this statement is true about our veterans.
The bible says: “6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Romans 5:6-10 KJV).
Here’s the point, it is noteworthy that we have men and women filled with so much love that they would be willing to give their life in the ultimate sacrifice. What makes this sacrifice ultimate is that they walk in the footsteps of Jesus. It was the love that God had for us that he gave his son — this started it all.
I am thankful to all our service men and women who answered the call of patriotism and served or is serving our country faithfully. I honor you this week and you are worthy of this praise. God bless you and God bless the United States of America!
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Something must be done about voter suppression
Wow! What an election!I’m writing this blog hours before the final counts are in, but I wanted to put this idea out into the universe. Today it took me 2.5 hours to vote –that was the longest For me since I became eligible to vote. There were two precincts voting in one place and it was obvious that voter suppression was at play.
The city I live in is a metro area to Detroit. There are lots of townhomes, apartments, condos and houses in this area. Instead of dividing the two precincts in my area by addresses, congressional districts or even a Jedi using the force, someone decided that the homowners should vote in one precinct and everyone else in the other.
The result: homeowners could vote in less time than it takes to make a country breakfast. The other group might as well been standing in line for a roller coaster ride at cedar point on their busiest day! This was not just a divide by race (because there were some African-Americans disproportionate in each group) but financially as well.
As I stood in line I had this idea; what if before the election a proposal to impeach the Secretary of State was on the ballot in every state? So, if you didn’t like the way voting was arranged then you could do something about it immediately.
It’s as if minorities in America expect things to be unfair. We put up with all kinds of “stuff” assuming that we won’t get a fair shake in this country. I’m still wondering why voter suppression is not a federal offense punishable by mandatory jail time. Lol! I’m not wondering…I know why and so do you.
Voter suppression is as blatant now as it was when African-Americans were first given the right to vote. All of this is being done to “buy” our government. If “we the people” continue to lay down for these shenanigans then our government will be up for sale. If we sell our government into slavery, then doesn’t that make us all slaves?
ClydeStyle 