What great profession did you envision yourself holding when you were a child-even as a young adult? I can almost guarantee that the predominant number of us did not become fixated on one profession during the earlier stages of our lives.
What I can guarantee is that there were many.
"Between the Ears"
is a piece that was inspired as I reminisced on my past and the numerous experiences I have had with a plethora of school children and incarcerated individuals during my many "jobs" and ultimately my career.
Our desires or dreams of fabulous careers is oftentimes influenced by what we see within our communities, the books we read, the fabulous fantastical tales of others, or the foundation that was laid through THE WORD.
Our seeking to become what we envision, I feel, is in large part, determined by the number of obstacles that we allow to thwart our dreams. Those obstacles are oftentimes manifested through the negative words of others as they espouse what can be done and what should be done based on where and what they perceive as your destiny.
Undoubtedly, there are those who envision success when they encounter our youth and there are those who envision anything but success.
Therein lies the problem. It seems that as I experience my personal walk, I have begun to notice that more and more adults are inclined to speak negatively to children and young adults about what they perceive as far-fetched aspirations.
How can we expect our children, those who we view as lacking, to dream of something greater if they have not been exposed through the experiences contained within the written word and THE WORD? How can our young adults grow in the knowledge that undesirable choices will be made but that there is THE WORD that will help them to overcome if they are never exposed to THE WORD?
In summary, STOP expecting your children, your young adults, OUR FUTURE to dream bigger, to think bigger when we are not exposing them to the prospects of the GOOD LIFE contained within and through THE WORD!!!
OUR SPIRIT LIVES!!!
PEACE!!!