Looking Forward To 2019 Quotes

Contemplating while barefoot on the grounds my father and grandfather walked, I saw my life clearly. With African sun nibbling on my dark skin and gentle winds soothing my foreboding, my past life and current responsibilities overwhelmed me occasionally. Abundant tears flowed freely. Dripping on my face and clothes. Travelling through the ancient roads created by my forefathers, grasslands, trees and anthills kept me company. A lonely journey. I knew that nothing remains the same, but ones past never changes. Even in the loneliness of my past, I accepted that you cannot effectively go forward without knowing how and where you started your journey. Even in that state of near dejection I was aware that my sojourn in foreign lands is not forever, but my lording of this beautiful land, my own Africa, where my spent body will finally rest someday, is for eternity. Nothing remains the same, but nothing ever changes. It depends on how you look at your life.

Barack Obama had cobbled together a mighty coalition of people young and old, Black and white. The diversity of the coalition that backed him demonstrated the future he sought, one where people of all backgrounds would come together and push our great nation forward. The power of that thought, the audacity of his imagination to dream of what a better, more inclusive country might look like, frightened many who saw their lives dependent on the continuation of a racial hierarchy.

Why Can’t I Have You" oh i can’t see your face now if i let you go, will you come back another time? so i can look forward oh we’re never done, are we babe? so you say that i’m never fooled by the depth of your eyes i don’t agree but i see i’m not what you want babe well we waste our time on things we want why can’t I have you baby? why can’t I get you baby? waste our love on things that will never give it back why can’t I have you baby? why can’t I get you baby? so you need help? well i’ve got you covered i’m here when you need a sunny day something good cause i never had that don’t bend your rules if you don’t want to but I think you do so i sit back and let things go how you play them well we waste our time on things we want why can’t I have you baby? why can’t I get you baby? waste our love on things that won’t ever give it back why can’t I have you baby? oh why can’t I get you baby? oh (June 5, 2019)