Prayers

so i sat down and started writing - attempting to beat the clock so this could be my last letter before the clock strikes.

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dear God:

i'm not sure where to begin but i'm sure you know my intentions are in line.
what i've been taught is that when there is no struggle, there is no progress.

2009 brought many struggles - but the progress hasn't been as abundant.
why?

my mother gets upset when i ask you "why", God.
she said i should never question you. i should never ask you anything about your job.
but i've sat in enough classrooms & spent enough alone time with you to know that you don't mind.
i don't want to be a fool.
i am aware that you tend to look after fools, but i'm a grown man. and although your house has many rooms, i don't plan to move home anytime soon.
and because i've questioned you on my search for knowledge, i am well equipped and even more confident when i get to that struggle.

so why, God?
why the many struggles & not so many progresses.

too many people focus on the destination. they fix their minds on the progress.
they don't take the time to adore the struggle.
as hard as these struggles can be, we must sit back sometimes and know that it will be alright.
we must learn to smile at the rain every once in a while, and not sit back in sadness waiting for the sun.

so i write this letter to you, God.

i write this letter to you for my friends & their families:
@mamadiamond2
@Vwayne
@thebrownbarbie
@echi_bon
@pnoty
@mystercarter
dennis karl brown, jr.
@sunyblack
@mswoods03
@ipenhitz
@cga1982
@thekaptainkirk
@roroatl
@msline85
@ms_ladyc
@rev_denique
kanessa
@soon2bmrsaustin

i write for them because there is no such thing as too much prayer.
and as often as i tell them to keep their face ALWAYS to the sunshine so the shadows may fall behind them, i also want them to know that i am going that extra mile for them.

i want them to know that it's not that first mile that counts.
it's the mile no one asked them to take, but they took it anyway.
i took it anyway.

so tonight, God...
let this letter be my prayer to you from us all.

and i hope you welcome this new year just as much as we will.

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and to those i love dearly & those new friends(followers) of mine:
bring in this new years day the way you intend to spend the days following.

i love you all.
peace.


(photo is from my solo trip to the bahamas. where i found God)