WSUP GANG,WELL FRIENDS, HERE WE ARE...AT THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR. AND LIKE MANY OF YOU, I'M TAKING THE TIME TO REFLECT BACK ON EVERYTHING THAT HAS TRANSPIRED OVER THE COURSE OF 2009.
2009 IS A YEAR THAT I LOOK BACK ON WITH BOTH A SENSE OF VALUE AND DISGUST. THOSE THINGS WHICH TRANSPIRED AS PART OF GOD'S PLAN, AS WELL AS THE DECISIONS I'VE MADE BY MY OWN FREE WILL AND ACCORD. HOWEVER, GOOD OR BAD THEY ALL COME TOGETHER INTO ONE UNIQUE DESIGN. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE PREMISE OF WHAT'S ON MY MIND TODAY.
YESTERDAY WHILE I WAS SHAVING, I PAUSED FOR A MOMENT AND TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR. AND SUDDENLY I WAS REMINDED OF SOMETHING THAT MY PASTOR ALWAYS SAID: THE MIRROR DOESN'T LIE.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME. IN YOUR SPARE TIME, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND GET DRESSED, OR GETTING YOURSELF TOGETHER TO GET IN BED. I WANT YOU TO STOP BY THE MIRROR FOR FEW MINUTES. TAKE A GOOD, LONG LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT YOURSELF. CONCENTRATE ON IT FOR A MOMENT. BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE LOOKING BACK AT YOU IS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU ARE. THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS EARTH THAT YOU CAN'T LIE TO.
NOW MIND YOU, WE ALL HAVE SHORTCOMINGS, AND WE ALL HAVE SOME FUCKED UP WAYS AS WELL. AND OVER THE COURSE OF OUR DAILY ROUTINES, WE'VE ALL LEARNED HOW TO MASK THESE THINGS. WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO PUT ON OUR MASK AND WALK THROUGH OUR DAYS UN-BOTHERED. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE GLANCE INTO THAT MIRROR EXPOSES THE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE MANAGED TO SHADOW AND CONCEAL.
*DAMN E-BLACK, THIS IS SOUNDING LIKE SOME REAL SPOOKY SHIT*
YEAH, I KNOW. BUT JUST GO WITH ME, I'M BRINGING THIS HOME IN A MINUTE.
ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THAT MIRROR...YOU SEE ALL THOSE POSITIVE QUALITIES THAT LYE WITHIN YOU. THOSE TRAITS & ATTRIBUTES; IDEAS & THOUGHTS THAT WHEN ACTED UPON AND ALLOWED TO COME TO THE SURFACE COULD TAKE YOU TO HEIGHTS YOU'VE NEVER ACHIEVED, AND OPEN DOORS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE STRONG ENOUGH TO ENTER.
BUT HERE'S THE CATCH, NO ONE CAN BRING THESE THINGS TO FRUITION EXCEPT THAT PERSON YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR. YES, PEOPLE WILL COME ALONG IN YOUR LIFE AND LEND A HELPING HAND FROM TIME TO TIME. AND YES, GOD'S PLAN FOR US ALL WILL ALWAYS TAKE PRECEDENT REGARDLESS WHETHER WE WANT IT TO OR NOT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN IT ALL BOILS DOWN, YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY SO IN ALL THAT HAPPENS WITH SELF. ALL OF THOSE SHORTCOMINGS, AND NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT YOU, ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THEM FOR THE BETTER. AND THOSE POSITIVE QUALITIES THAT YOU POSSES, ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER AND THE KNOW HOW TO PUT THEM TO GOOD USE FOR YOUR OWN BETTERMENT.
SO, I WIPED ALL THE SHAVING CREAM OFF MY FACE, LOOKED AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND I SAID, "SELF, WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH 2009...WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT 2010?" AND SELF LOOKED BACK AT ME AND REPLIED,"DID YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT WE WOULD HAVE MADE IT? LOOK AT THE MAN THAT WE ARE. AND AS FAR AS 2010 IS CONCERNED, WERE GONNA TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME, LOOK TO GOD ABOVE FROM WHICH COMETH OUR HELP, AND WALK INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR LIFE."
MY FRIENDS, THIS WORLD IS LIKE A CHECKER BOARD. A STRANGE BALANCE OF BOTH GOOD AND EVIL, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, HAPPY AND SAD, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT. AND RIGHTFULLY SO, WE TOO MUST LEARN HOW TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE IN OUR EXISTENCE. HOW TO TREAD THIS MOSAIC PAVEMENT OF OUR LIVES AND YET, NOT STUMBLE.
IT WON'T BE EASY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. BUT IT IS ACHIEVABLE.
WELL, LIKE MANY OF YOU I TOO AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 2010 AND ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER US.
BUT OCCASIONALLY, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE YEAR, REMEMBER TO STOP AND TAKE THAT GOOD, HARD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SELF ALONG THE WAY. BECAUSE DESPITE WHATEVER YOU MAY ACHIEVE,EXPERIENCE, OR CONCEAL....THE MIRROR TELLS NO LIE.
HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS,
HAVE FUN, AND BE SAFE.
YOUR FRIEND,
ENIGMABLK
