“Though nothing can bring back the hour, of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find, strength in what remains behind.” -William Wordsworth
The end of the fellowship is upon us. I would say it went by fast, but that’s always easy to say once something is over. I […]
“Change is the only constant in life.”
― Heraclitus
With the fellowship coming to a close, I can’t help but think about the transition to come and reflect on past changes. To many people, change is scary. It usually involves some level of uncertainty and fear of the unknown has seemingly always been present in the human […]
There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either. –Michael Jordan
This week Lebron James earned his 5th straight NBA finals appearance, sweeping the eastern conference’s top seeded Atlanta Hawks. That would mean this is also his 5th straight eastern conference championship. He will […]
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” -Gandhi
This has been a year of violence. The violence of police brutality has lead to violent, and peaceful, protests in many parts of America. Of course the usual rhetoric around these types of […]
My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” -Orson Welles
Food. We all eat it. It is one thing that if you have too little, you may not live long and if you have too much, you may not live long. All things living need […]
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” – El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz b.k.a. Malcolm X Thanks to Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Black United Students at Kent State […]
“Only the educated are free.” -Epictetus
The challenge we are working on this month is about education. As the son of a high school principal, I have always placed an emphasis on education. My mom also worked in Detroit Public Schools as a registered nurse, and once she got her master’s degree she taught health […]
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” -Buddha
Thoughts. We all have them…some more than others. They can be good or bad, planned or spontaneous, happy or sad, etc. They can be anything you imagine because they are literally what you imagine. […]
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus
It is the last day of November, in Detroit, and it reached over 60 degrees today.
As shocking as that sounds, it is also bittersweet knowing that winter is knocking on the door and it will soon get a lot […]
This is one of my favorite times of the year. Not because of the impending doom that is winter weather nor the mass exodus of available spending money due to the holidays. This is the time of year when my two favorite sports play at the same time. That’s right, it’s that time again. The […]