(ThyBlackMan.com) We are in the midst of celebrating yet another King Holiday and certainly he should be given his due. But Martin Luther King Jr. is not the only one with a dream. King was and is an example because he had the mind of a king. What about you? Where is your dream and are you stepping up to make your visions happen? Or are you simply remembering what someone else has done and waiting on yet someone else to do something for our people? Maybe the best way to honor a King is to realize that you are one as well and move forward to impact your life and the world around you. Follow the example.
YOUR HERO IS IN THE MIRROR. Your leader is in the mirror. Your example is in the mirror. Your success is up to you and you were created for excellence, not comfortable mediocrity. It’s time for you to be the very solution you seek, to control your destiny. No you are not waiting on God because He stays in a perpetual state of readiness. So if there is a hold up, it’s not Him – it’s you. No more excuses.
You are not too young, too old, too tall, too short, too uneducated or too broke to move forward. Money is not holding you back, God is not holding you back and the white man is not holding you down. Ironically, the only person who can truly stop you is you.
President Obama is not the best we have. He is doing great things but your story has yet to be written. It’s time for you to stop repeating the testimonies of other people and instead spread your wings, step up, step out of the boat and move forward with your ideas. The best poet we have was not Maya Angelou. The best poet is a young African-American who has never been on TV nor radio but his or her words could shake the Heavens like thunder. If you have time to watch the game, you have time to invest in your success. If you have time to listen to music or go out to dinner, you have time and money to invest in your dreams and visions.
If you have a business idea, open up shop. If you have an invention, get a patent. If you want to write a book, self-publish it. If you want a promotion, aggressively go after it. Don’t think yourself out of it and don’t make excuses. You never fail until you stop trying. You are capable, you are worthy and you need to unleash your potential. But you will have to be focused, diligent, aggressive and informed in order to make things happen.
Nobody will believe in you until you believe in yourself. This is your wake up call to greatness. But it will not come without work, sacrifice and a good plan. So as we rush to see Selma, I ask you, where is your Selma and what are you doing about it? Expect excellence from yourself and you will deliver. Here is to your success which begins right now.
Staff Writer; Marque-Anthony
