Quote of The Day: Muhammad Ali

"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want." 

- Muhammad Ali

Closure: You Said You'd Be The One To Set Me Free

her

if this must end,
then, i am most thankful to The Most High above,
for never in my life had i felt such a God-given love.
one born of need, raised in deep desire,
a single spark became a raging fire.

if this must end; i understand,
how can a love like ours stand a chance?
from fizzle to flame,
from worry to blame,
desperate souls seeking the same.

i guess there is more i could have done.
should have known without a doubt ...
you were the one.

if this must end, if i must go,
there is but one thing i want you to know.
i will never be too far away to hear your cries.
i will always be near; standing by.

silently applauding when it's all said and done,
the man you are, the man you've become.


him

if this must end,
then, it must end.
but know in your heart that you have earned a friend.
as your lover, hopefully, i was like no other.

apologies due for whatever pain caused,
i am not perfect; we all have flaws.
i offer no rebuttal,
only wonder if you find within your heart to forgive me for all the trouble.

i never expected us to fall in love as deeply as we did,
guess our inner beings could no longer remain hidden.
i appreciated everything you meant to me,
for one moment in time it felt like we were meant to be.

i am thankful more than i could ever show,
but if it must end,
if i must go,
there is but one thing i want you to know.

you are the definition of a woman, as intended
and never allow any man to tell you differently.



note: penned by myself and author Diane Dorce

Likes And Dislikes

LIKES

• above photograph of singer Teedra Moses
• Twitter: @AncientProverbs
• Revelations 22:3
• RealPlayer downloads YouTube videos
• the unlikely story of local first-time novelist
• singer Chris Brown teaches How To Dougie on 106 & Park
• '02 clip of Jay Z, Solange, Beyonce interview
• attending New Orleans Saints football game
• the NFL playoffs are upon us
• living one day at a time

DISLIKES

• when my toes are ice cold
• crooked officers
• justice is blind, literally
• President Obama signed NDAA
• they don't make songs like this anymore
• taking that first step out of bed on winter mornings
• proposed Black Mafia Family wives reality TV show
• the way Patron leaves me feeling
• high fashion, where all her money goes
• Tomorrow isn't promised

Praying Along, Playing Along

For as long as I can remember I've always been the type of person who believed that if you treated people good and kindheartedly, in turn, they'd treat you the same. To me, this is a growing concept which makes perfect sense. Not only does such reciprocity garners respect, but it actually bodes well for humanity.

Imagine that.

It also forces spirituality. Which I believe to be exactly what Jesus Christ had in mind when He inhabited the Earth and attempted to show its inhabitants a better way. The only way, really. But, as life would have it, and as Jesus himself learned, The Golden Rule isn't necessarily practiced here. Not on a whole it isn't. Only preached. Apparently, not everyone received the memo.

Just a few. The limited number whose souls won't allow them to be anything other than of peace and good will, whose eyes are actually watching God. Those who awake to a world where the load appears lighter, grass greener, sun brighter.

Unfortunately, these are the same ones whose good deeds are often overshadowed by the characters who treat people one way and expect to be treated another, mistake kindness for weakness, always plotting.

And, of course, those who are perceived to be angels standing in the light. Yet, are nothing more than devils in the dark. In their hearts.

All of which leads to inner conflict otherwise known as spiritual struggle, where one then questions the struggles between good and bad, right and wrong, peace, war, everlasting life, eternal death, free will. In other words, the world in which we currently live. An infinitely confused world that many somehow believe will better itself.

But why? How? If we as humans on a whole cannot do unto others as we'd have them do unto us, then what does that say about us? And what are we saying towards the God in which we all pray?

I mean, really say?

Things I Do Understand

• Chris Brown will never get over Rihanna
• Whatever we're not getting, that's what we want
• We live, we love, we learn
• As humans, the road traveled is the road most often sought
• Some things never change
• People forgive, or forget, or both, or neither
• A good mattress makes a world of a difference
• I'm still standing
• Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord
• The Wrath of Blonde