MY FINAL THOUGHT...For Now

It has been my pleasure and privilege to write the blog, JUST THOUGHTS. In my writings I always attempted to honor my readers by providing, what I believed was a factual, insightful, stimulating editorial on the current state of the black community, in the hope that such commentary might encourage an atmosphere of conscious change.

It was a monumental undertaking. A task that any individual might find daunting, and although I anticipated from the beginning that it would be difficult for people to look at themselves outside their comfort zone I felt strongly that I had to at least make an attempt. My intent was always to provoke conversation help that would galvanize us as a people and help us recognize that we are an honorable people with an illustrious heritage. One that we should embrace with pride.  We are not what others portray us to be and all I wanted was for my readers to arrive at the same conclusion.

 Even though I have dedicated the time and opportunity to elevate my awareness of the constant psychological attack that has been perpetrated on us as a people. I underestimated the effectiveness of the tactic of separating a people from their heritage and culture and the generational ramifications that would ensue as a result.

I have come to understand that providing my people with an opinion, no matter how conscientious, or true that opinion might be, it will always be met with a degree of skepticism because an opinion or assessment of facts is a highly personal endeavor and we all know what opinions are like… "everyone has one". People will always hold fast to their opinion because it reinforces their individuality, and attempting to influence or change that opinion was spurious thinking on my part and for that I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all my readers for my arrogance.

Therefore this is my final chapter of JUST THOUGHTS, and although I believe the opinions offered have merit and I would encourage all my readers to go back and review the content in the archives. I realize that it’s time to initiate a different type of catalyst for change. I realize that the quest for knowledge of self is a long and arduous journey and any journey begins with the first step, therefore I will use this forum to replace what has been stolen, our heritage. I will attempt to elevate our awareness of self through education. In this forum I will provide historical information of our ancestors, and hopefully you the reader will enjoy this information and begin to break through the subliminal chains that bind our minds and cause us to act and react in a manner that is detrimental to our evolution as a people. Where appropriate I will provide the reference material for the historical record and I encourage everyone to investigate these facts for themselves. I hope that you, the reader will share this information with others, especially the children. They will profit greatly from this knowledge.

Once again, I offer a sincere Thank You. May GOD Bless you and keep you safe.