Updates, The Importance of Friends, & The Meaning of a Season

HEY GANG.....I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL.

BUT SERIOUSLY, HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING!

I'M TRYING TO FIND MY FESTIVE SIDE. YOU KNOW,GETTING AMPED UP FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO GET BACK TO WRITING AND UPDATE YOU ON SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH ME AND SOME OF MY THOUGHTS.

WELL, WE HAVE JUST MARKED THE START OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THE PASSING OF THANKSGIVING, SADLY I HAVE TO REPORT THAT I'VE JUST GONE THROUGH A BREAKUP. ....BLAH!!!

HOWEVER, FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER I'M OK WITH IT THIS TIME. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I MADE THE BEST EFFORT POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT WORK. OR MAYBE I'M JUST A LIL WISER NOW, AND CAN TELL WHEN IT'S TIME TO THROW IN THE TOWEL.

NOT TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE FOR THE BREAKUP,(THERE IS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND ON BOTH SIDES). BUT I'M COMPELLED BY A STRONG SENSE OF REALITY LATELY THAT DOESN'T AFFORD ME THE THE LUXURY OF LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD.

AIGHT....ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. LET'S GET TO WHATS ON MY MIND.

OK, SO LAST NIGHT AFTER THE "OFFICIAL" BREAK-UP I DECIDED THAT INSTEAD OF STARING AT THE FOR WALLS OF MY ROOM LOOKING STUPID, I'D GO OUT FOR A BIT AND TRY TO CLEAR MY HEAD. SO I HIT UP THAT SPOT THAT SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS(IN******S), AND RAN INTO MANY OLD FRIENDS WHO WERE IN TOWN FOR THE HOLIDAY.

LET ME TELL YOU, THE LOVE I GOT FROM SO MANY PEOPLE LAST NIGHT WAS SO COMFORTING, IT WAS ALMOST OVERWHELMING. (I HATE MUSHY SH*T..LOL)

BUT IT GOT ME TO THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE LONG FORGOT IN RECENT MONTHS....THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS.

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I COME FROM A SMALL FAMILY,(THREE GENERATIONS OF THE ONLY CHILD...YES, ITS TRUE). AND WITH THE PASSING OF MY MOM IN JUNE, MY LIL PERSONAL FAMILY GOT EVEN SMALLER.

DESPITE THE EMOTION EXHAUSTION OF LOOSING A LOVED ONE SO CLOSE, GOD HAS SEEN FIT TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN ME AND MY GRANDMOTHER(THAT'S MY PARTNER IN CRIME YALL...LOL) AND WE'VE ENJOYED DOING MANY THINGS LATELY AS A TEAM.

BUT LAST NIGHT, WHILE I WAS LAUGHING IT UP WITH OLD FRIEND, I WAS REMIND OF HOW MUCH GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED ME IN OTHER WAYS. I'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF EXTENDED FAMILY THROUGH CLOSE FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES THROUGHOUT MY YOUNG YEARS.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE MEANING OF A SEASON.

NOT NECESSARILY THE HOLIDAY SEASON, PER SAY. BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO GO THROUGH A SEASON IN ITS ESSENCE.

*GET TO THE POINT E-BLACK*

OK, I'M GETTING THERE...LOL.

A SEASON MEANS CHANGE! (DANG, THAT WAS SIMPLE)

OK, TO ELABORATE A LIL MORE...TO GO THROUGH A SEASON MEANS TO EVOLVE. SOMETIMES, SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, OR EMOTIONALLY.

AND I WAS REMINDED TODAY OF TWO IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT SEASONS...

1. NO SEASON LAST FOREVER & 2. NO SEASON RUNS BACK TO BACK.

*BREAK IT DOWN(E) E-BLACK!!!*

OK, LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN TWO FALLS RUNS BACK TO BACK? OR TWO SUMMERS, ETC. OF COURSE NOT, A SEASON IS DESIGNED TO RUN IT'S COURSE, CARRY YOU THROUGH IT'S CHANGES,THEN YIELD TO THE NEXT SEASON AND ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER.

I WRITE THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT JUST LIKE I'VE BEEN THROUGH MY EMOTIONAL SEASONS THIS YEAR, MANY OF YOU HAVE ENDURED THROUGH YOUR OWN SEASONS. SEASONS OF DISAPPOINTMENT, OR STRUGGLE, OR HURT. BUT ALL SEASON COME TO AND END, AND NEW SEASONS OF LOVE, AND PROSPERITY, AND ENHANCEMENT ARE SOON TO FOLLOW. THESE ARE JOURNEYS IN LIFE THAT WE MUST ALL TAKE. THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND IT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE ALL SEASONS HAVE A PURPOSE, AND AN END.

SO, LOVE, LAUGH, CRY, STRUGGLE, ENDURE, LEARN, GROW, AND EMBRACE ALL THAT YOUR SEASON HAS TO OFFER.

AIGHT, I'M THROUGH WITH MY EASTER SPEECH FOR NOW. TIME TO FINISH PUTTING UP MY XMAS LIGHTS, POUR ME A LIL YAK IN THE EGGNOG, AND ENJOY THE FRIENDS THAT MY SEASONS HAVE BROUGHT ME.

I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOURS.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP READING.

TILL LATER,

ENIGMABLACK