Problems That Men Face
With all of the problems that face men, it would seem that they would wise up and incorporate successful tactics that would help solidify their existence through-out their lifetime. There are three things that I believe influence and hinder a man success. Those three things are:
(1) The Lack of accepting one’s self.
(2) Lack of pursuing education.
(3)Not following spiritual principals.
If a man begins to accept himself, educate himself, and begin follow sound principals we would see a drastic change in our families and community.-Karl “Antonio Love” Perkins
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Thoughts Produce Mass and Volume: Antonio Love
Most people are in many ways victims of their thinking. That is, they hurt rather than helped by it. ….Ricard Paul and Linda Elder
I am learning that we are the products of our thoughts. Our mind creates material or chemistry in the human body. Theses actual brain chemicals correlate to memory, intelligence. One on the chemicals endorphin which is the body or brain natural pain killer. Endorphin is 3 times as powerful as morphine. Endorphin is the brain’s painkiller, and it is 3 times more potent than morphine. Your mind also creates serotonin a chemical that is directly correlated to feelings, appetite, sleep, muscle contraction, and some cognitive functions including memory and learning (http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Serotonin). Dopamine, another chemical that is produced in the brain, is related to talking, excitement, the ability to experience pleasure and pain, movement, emotional response. Science teaches that all the chemical that are produced in the mind has a direct effect the affect our body process. So in fact we are products of our thoughts. So when the Bible teaches us in Probverbs 23:7 As a man thinks in his heart, so is he, Scientifically, that is the truth. A thought, scientifically can be consider matter. A thought both has mass and volume. Mass is the amount of material that makes up an object. Volume is that a thought takes up space.
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Faith vs. Doubt: Part I
Faith:
Definition: Faith is belief with strong conviction; firm belief in something for which there may be no tangible proof; complete trust; opposite of doubt.
Belief:
Definition: Assumed Truth.
Conviction:
Definition: An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence.
Doubt
Definition: Doubt, a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of a perceived “reality”, and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. Some definitions of doubt emphasize the state in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them.
Simple definition of faith: Heb 11:1
1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for. 3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
1. Faith is the substance of hope
a. “Substance”: Lit. Greek: “a standing under”
b. Faith “stands under” our hope, is the foundation of our hope: Rom 8:24.25
c. Faith is the “title-deed” our pledge to things hoped: Heb 3:14
2. Faith is what is the Ancients were commended for.
a. They were approved, qualified, worthy and entrusted.
b. Or Christian faith has its roots in lives of those who lived lives according to faith.
i. Those who live based on the things not seen
3. Faith is the conviction of things not seen: Heb 11:3
a. We believe in God not only because he exist but because he is the creator.
3. Faith accepts even that which appears unreasonable it will make you an alien in your own home: Heb. 11:13
II. Faith (Gr: pistis) used in four ways:
In the New Testament, the word faith is derived from the Greek word – pistis or from the verb – pisteuo, meaning to trust, to have confidence .
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Throwback Thursday 1/28/10
“Back in the days when I was young I’m not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again.” –Ahmad
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, January 28, 2010. Throwback Thursday is a journey back into time when music was music (Sounds Old), Every Thursday, I will post songs that takes you back into time a time of High Top Fades, Hammer Pants, and Cross Colors. Yes, I said Cross Colors. On Throwback Thursday, The Goal is to tell your memories of how these songs shape your life. So in the words of a famous singing group, Kick off your shoes and relax your feet. Party on down to the Xscape beat. Just kick it. Just kick it, Just kick it. Throwback Thursday. –Antonio Love
Theme: Kidz Groups
Song#1
Song#2
Song #3
Song #4
Song #5
Song #6
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I will never show the tea party pictures!
It was cold. That is the only concern I could think of as I decided to take my daughter sledding for the first time. It is astonishing that when you become a parent you realize that life is certainly not about you it about your children. It was a Sataurday afternoon cold, wet, and slick, but i realize that this was not about me it was about making memories. We trecked up a huge hill to experience the magic and wonder on winter. You should have seen her. My eyes filled with amazement as she walked up the hill like a big girl. She was determined that today she was going sledding. All she could say was daddy come on, come on to the top of the hill! All I kept thinking is that last time I went sledding I was 25, with your mother. This moment appreas deja vu because her your appetite for the adrenaline rush is just like her mother. There she was the youngest sledder in the bunch ready to take on a hill. When we got to the top of the hill I think the lack of oxygen to the brain or me breathing hard. Being at the top of the hill made me feel a little euphoric as I thought I was 12 again and going sledding near Marion College in Indianapolis, IN with my father. So I hopped on the sled my daughter jumped into my lap. We gave a countdown 5-4-3-2-1 and off we go. All I could hear was my daughter yelling with excitement, as the sled started to turn backwards. It turned into a time machine. I saw my life pass before me. Just in a flash I realize that we have drifted off course and was headed into a tree. All I could say was, “hold on” as me and my daughter jumped off the sled and just like a kid I had a face full of snow.
The day end with us being cold and wet but full of warm memories. We arrived home and she forced me to have a tea party. (Those Pictures I Will Never Show)
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Dinner and Movie: Still The Perfect Date
Well dine by candle light by ChrisGampat.
It is Friday, time to figure out what your plans are for the weekend. If you are single or married Dinner and Movie is still consider being a perfect date. It is easy and relatively not expensive. A dinner and a movie provides both the opportunity to stimulate dialogue (important) and it provides entertainment. It is a perfect blend date.
Rules
1. Never arrive to pick up your date late. This also includes married men. Women regardless of how long you have been in a relationship with them still want to feel like every date is the first date.
2. Don’t rush. Unless she is a Type A woman, most women hate to feel rushed. Even if they are still getting dressed rushing them causes for the date to feel like a business meeting . (Remembr: Special Moment Needs Special Preparations, always complement )
3. Pay For Dinner and the Movie. If you are single and want to warrant a second date it is important to pay the entire evening. Even if you are married and the money is coming out of the same account pay for the meal. (Special Moments Require Special Consideration.)
4. Picking the movie is possibly one of the hardest things to do that evening. Be considerate of her. Don’t assume that she wants to see what you want to see. Don’t believe she wants to see a chick flick either. A romantic comedy is always safe and an anticipated blockbuster film is safe, unless it is Star Wars. Too many people in the theater can create a romantic night to feel like a concert. Hint: Tyler Perry Movies are a must (This one you don’t have a choice).
6. After the movie use your surroundings to stimulate conversation. A pleasant summer walk in a warm breeze night is always good. (Single Guys if it is a Tyler Perry Movie, don’t go to sleep and absorb the lesson.)
7. When you take her home, escort her to the door, compliment the delightful night you had. A goodnight kiss or a hug goes a long way. If you appear to be sincere, romantic and yourself you have given her the perfect date.
Have a Wonderful Weekend. Let me know how your evening goes.
General Rules
Eye Contact and Body Language go along way, make her feel that you are in-tuned to her conversation and you are interested in her.
Use of cell phone and texting can seriously mess up a perfect evening. If you are married, take the time make this moment feel like a first date cut the business or job off. Giver her all your attention. If you are a single dad like me put the ring on vibrate and check it at discreet moments, like when she goes to the restroom.
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Throwback Thursday 1/21/10
“Back in the days when I was young I’m not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again.” –Ahmad
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, January 14, 2010. Throwback Thursday is a journey back into time when music was music (Sounds Old), Every Thursday, I will post songs that takes you back into time a time of High Top Fades, Hammer Pants, and Cross Colors. Yes, I said Cross Colors. On Throwback Thursday, The Goal is to tell your memories of how these songs shape your life. So in the words of a famous singing group, Kick off your shoes and relax your feet. Party on down to the Xscape beat. Just kick it. Just kick it, Just kick it. Throwback Thursday. –Antonio Love
Song #1
*This was my jam!
Song #2
*Classic
Song #3
*I on a World Tour www.livelifeantoniolove.com
Song#4
*Mary was so hard.
Song#5
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Wow! Sing over Me.
I was totally overwhelmed this morning. I woke up late. I was rushing to get my daughter ready for school, only to have her miss the bus. Today had promised to be an exceptionally busy day, and nevertheless it just was not going extremely well. Not to mention I had to take her to school then, had meetings all day. I need to hear something that would encourage me. Have you ever experienced one of those moment where you sit in your car and feel like crying but can’t or the world is on your back and it will not let up. Then a scripture came back to my remembrance me as it is found in the book of Zephaniah 3:17-18 it states:
17 The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
18 “The sorrows for the appointed feasts
I will remove from you;
they are a burden and a reproach to you. [c]
I was reminded that God sings over us. Then I remembered that when I was in a local singing group, the rule was to connect with the audience pick one person and sing to that person the whole night. Then I was filled with cheer because it was revealed that God has chosen me out of the crowd to sing to me. I am not woman, but I have seen women get overwhelmed with emotions when they are serenade by someone they love. Can you picture that someone is the Creator? Today was a day that I needed to know that God was paying attention to me that he was with me. That his eyes were on me and he was singing to me. What a beautiful though, what a gesture of love and compassion that our father wants to show us. So today remember that God is with you and he delights over you and he sings your song.
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The Foreign Exchange: Leave It All Behind
Foreign Exchange second album Leave It All Behind is a must have for the adult listening ears. After having the album since it was release date , I still find myself mesmerized by the smooth sounds of the multi-talented Phonte Coleman and super producer Nicolay. In the love system this is a 5/5 choice. Leave It All Behind, is hard enough for the hip-hop heads but it is rich enough for the soul listeners. Leave It All Behind is an album that blends hip-hop, jazz, and soul into an artistic masterpiece. This album is perfect for a dinner date and passionate conversations. Make sure you have plenty of candles this is a true mood album.
Rating 5/5
I Wanna Know
Listen
House of Cards
Listen
Daykeeper
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Just The Two of Us:Journey of a Single Dad
” I will never date a woman with kids.” I can remember like it was yesterday, listing to conversations of young men in the locker room having a discussion about not choosing a woman that has children. I remember hearing people making the assumption that somehow children made her less than a woman. That children are like a stigma or a dreadful condition. Little do most people know what life is like when you are a single parent. Nevertheless, I am learning what it takes to be a single father. I am a newly single dad that has shared responsibility of my daughter. I have the honor of raising a lovely little girl, she lives with me during the school year. Funny as it seems I thought that I was a good man when she was born. She has made me a better man. I have run organizations that have served 1,500 client over 100 staff members, being a single dad is the most difficult job I have ever had. To be a single parent takes more than being just a virtuous man or woman, it takes superpower, a little bit of luck, and a sense of humor. Just the Two of Us is a journey about my life as a father raising my little girl. The lessons that I am learning, my experiences, and my difficulties in being a dad. As imperfect as my life may be I share a perfect love with my little girl. Why because like it or not, it is “Just The Two of Us.”s
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Music Fan First: Is Music For Music Fans
Eric Roberson
I have several artist that I love, Eric Roberson is by far one of my favorites. His newest album Music Fan First is a tremendous installment into anyone music collection. This album is full of exceptional singing and powerful lyrics, this is the perfect album for anyone. People must listen to Breakitdown alone. The lyrics in this song might have individuals buying wedding rings. I consider this album a 5 out of 5.
Rotation Suggestion:
Eric Roberson: Left
Musiq: Juslisen
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Restoration: You Can Learn From A Pig
The story of the prodical Son teaches us the power of restoration. The meaning of restoration means to be brought back to existence. People have often been taught that if you fail you have to start again from the beginning. The story of the prodical son, gives us incite into the nature of the one who created us, the Father. The Father or the creator has this wayward son who takes his inheritance and squanders it. This wayward son finds himself eating with pigs. When he is eating slop with the pigs he remembers his fathers; riches and he humbly returns home. He figured that his father would have punished him. Instead of being punished, this Wayward son is brought back to his original position in the family. He is restored back into right standing with his creator or in his case his father. The love and solidarity between a father and son is restored. The Wayward son is handed ring and is adorn with a robe. The ring was a symbol of Authority and power. The robe was a symbol of ruler ship or kingdom. This wayward son was given both his seat and position in his fathers kingdom. He is also given the authority to render his power within his father kingdom. That is what I call restoration. When you come back home to your father or creator, you have the true ability and authority to step into a place and position that only you can fill.
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I Write
She said that I would never learn to read. That I might as well just pick up a trade. I needed to use my hands. Those were the words of my 1st grade teachers. Yesterday, a person posted the reason why they write. I am inspired to write the reason why I write. The following paragraph is the reasons why I write. I hope they encourage people to write as well.
I write because I was never supposed to do it. God decided to chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed. This is my miracle. I was just foolish enough to write and with over 6 books publish I have been a foolish thing in the world to make the wise ashamed. Owning my own publishing company and publishing other people books, I have used my weakness to make the strong ashamed. I am a living testimony of what God can do if people allow him to work miracles. The Great Grandson of a Mississippi maid, I write. Son of teenage parents, I write. Educator, Activist, Artist, I write. For people in desolate places, I write. Thouse who need miracles, I write. To Tell My story, I write. To inspire the weak, I write. To live, I write. To love, I write. To be Free, I write. To be me, I write.
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I am Who I am
I am who I am. That is a powerful statement. Even the esteemed creator calls himself the Great I Am. I am who I am is also is Ehyeh asher ehyeh in which translates to “I-shall-be that I-shall-be.” What God is saying is I am all That I shall be. He does not have to change because he is true. In the life of a person with imperfections there is a position were they can also can be in a position of full self confidence. The epitome of all that they are created to be. Individuals will never be perfect, but they can be in the process of perfecting the person that they are created to be. They have the ability to recognize their identity, to have a mission to complete themselves. An individual’s ability to put in a position where a person can say I know who I am. I am all that I am, that they I have the ability to stand before people to demonstrate the significance of what God created. Confident in having the ability to realize that I am the best me I can be. That they are rare and wonderfully made. That their journey here on this planet is for them and them alone. That life is not just a chance, but it has an infinite purposes. I shall be is a statement of fact. It is a declaration of knowing that it is about walking in the power of the uniqueness of being yourself.
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I Need it Now!!!!!!!!!! The Golden Goose Egg
; "I want it now")
With only days before the Release of the book, The Hope Project, I wonder if it is unwise for me to believe that people believe in being a part of something greater than their situation. Will people operate there hope and believe again? Will they share this message? Will the message touch there heart? Will people actually pay it forward or will they look at this book as another gimmick? That on August 14, 2009 I am sharing my hope to people I do not know but I love enough to share my life time and expertise with them. I started to question my Faith in Hope. I asked myself , why am I doing this.? Why am I giving this book away? As I rolled out of bead the first thing I read was a person status on Facebook that said, “I’m not much of an economist…. But I cannot see how this is going to work out. About 20% of the nation have been laid off and about 12% of them are over qualified for most positions. Businesses have filed bankruptcy, homes have foreclosed, banks have failed, Yet the govt continues to bail us out??!!! Only God can repair this!!!” I realized that this book has a greater purpose.
Many people have heard this passage all the time in church. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The key word in this proverb is found in the word “Now.” We need a “Now” faith. We need a faith for today, current and relevant. The things that many people are going thru are much larger than what they have faced in the past. The American Recession has not only effected the poor but also the middle class. The working middle class were people that played by the rules they when to school, earned degrees, and worked hard. They would have never thought that half way through their career the rules would change. They would find themselves unemployed, underemployed, and homeless. People need hope, a now how. At the end of the recession, America will never be the same again. The days of the Six figure employee are coming to an end and very few companies will continue to have pension plans. What I have learned that whatever ends there has to be a new beginning. It is my hope that The Hope Project is the start of a new beginning.
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We are the Voice of Hope
We are the voice of hope.Hope is the message that needs to permeates the airwaves in the lives of people that have faced hardships. People across this nation are facing some very difficult times. Many individuals have suffered great loss. Many of us have lost loved ones, employment, housing, and in some cases hope. The reality is that hope does not linger in the hall of government but it rest in the hearts of people. People who are willing to recognize that true success is not money but making this world a better place. That little acts of kindness have more of an internal purpose than merely living. I realized that life is a Journey that is granted to people as a gift. Not just to have physical possessions but to invest in something that has an internally legacy, of what Author Cheryl Perkins would say, a living legacy. My works or little acts of kindness are so much greater than the now but in the hereafter. As a teacher, my former students never really remembers any of my lessons they always remembered what I stood for. The little acts of kindness getting to know them not as students but human that also share in this kinship called humanity. How are we the voice of Hope? The answer is in peoples ability to share in a world that see sharing as charity not as being part of a human family. As we share Hope with each other we also share the same voice, because we are the voice of hope. Don’t you agree that you are the voice of hope?
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Sowing and Reaping Is a Universal Principle
time to harvest.. by Sir Mervs.
Sowing and reaping is not just a Christian doctrine. It is a global truth that exist. Hinduism and Buddhism call it karma. Christians call it sowing and reaping. The intention is that a sower or a person would apply seeds all over the ground, in return those seeds are to generate a crop. The aim is whatever a person sows that is what they harvest or simply they get what they deserve. This is not on in this life it also effects their life in the thereafter. I decided to initiate a seed of hope, in return for the gaining a crop of hope. I call this the Hope Project. A person means to obtain a blessing has a direct impact into what they sow. The gripping facet to sowing is that whatever seed that a person sows it always becomes multiplied. A sower never plants one seed to get one piece of fruit. The sower expects a multiplication of what seed sowed. For example, my grandfather has a small garden. Every year since I was little he has always planted tomato seeds. When my grandfather plants a tomato seed he does not expect to receive one tomato. If his expectation is only to receive one tomatoes he would be better off going to the store because my grandfather labor would have been in vain. He expects to have several tomatoes all from one seed, my grandfather plants with the expectation of multiplication. The power of sowing and reaping is found in the phenomena of multiplication when one seed can create an entire plant with multiple fruit growing at different rates.
On August 14, 2009, the release of the book, The Hope Project, is so vital to the current economic issues in America. It is pertinent to people who need a little karma in their life. It is also an immense opportunity for those who participate in the experiment. I am taking the lead to sow a seed of hope. I am taking both my time and talent and planting it into a whole world that is full of possibilities. I have high expectations like my grandfather expecting to develop an orchard of blessings. I am also taking that same seed of hope and putting it into the hands of countless sowers. Then, I am asking them to discover that same seed, and plant it into the sphere of possibilities. Is there a catch? The answer is certainly, the catch is the expectation of receiving multiplication. On August 14, 2009 when people begin to disseminate that seed, they need to begin to expect the multiplication of goodness into their life. If a person needs hope in their lives, then that individual needs to spread hope. I needed hope in my life, so I decided to engender hope. I am asking people across the country to take hope and give it out, sow with the expectation of reaping a harvest of karma like never before.
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Hope We Can Believe In
He spent over 20 years on his job, only to have a pink slip handed to him at the end of the day. He always had been on time for work. His annual evaluation had always ranked him as being brilliant employee. That level of duty and dedication to the company could not stop him from losing his career He was an engineer and went to school. He was always taught that a degree from school would always insure that he would have a job. At the age of 44, with the end of the company and a loss of one-hundred thousand in income, he finds himself without a job, career, and finical stability. He needs hope. It almost seems that this is the story of many hard working Americans. People are facing some of the toughest times probably since the 1930’s. Across the country the story seems to be the same, people are struggling. They need help and a since of hope. I think that I have the answer. I think that through a method of giving hope away we will begin to see s seismic shift in their lives, family, community, and country. I call this the Hope Project. In November of 2008, I began toying with this notion of giving hope away. What would happen if people would learn how to give, not just money, but time, and expertise? That individuals across the world started a trend in which we all shared each other’s burden. That we as a human race started giving hope to each other. This Hope Project is an experiment to see if the lives of people can be changed through the process of giving away hope. I have decided to provide both my life and talent first. I have written a book entitled The Hope Project, this book is totally free to any person who downloads the book or reads it electronically (Does Not Include Kindle). This book retails in paperback 15.99. My aim is to see if a person or a company can change if they were able to give Hope away. This provocative book, Hope, I am challenging people to take the book and pass it on – giving Hope away. In this book, I share with him or her a the 10 rules of hope. The goal is straightforward – to reach over a million people with his message of hope. So on August 14,2009 I am asking individuals to connect your faith with me as we reach over a million people with this message of Hope. Lastly, I am also asking people to join my facebook group and my online community. The Empowering Life Movement we are asking for 1 million people to make a commitment to be the change that the world needs.
Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=231959075611&ref=mf
Empowering Life Community
www.empoweringlifemovement.ning.com
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Roots
What you see , Will lead you to what you perceive
How you perceive will form how to you believe
A wise man said you can tell a tree by its fruit
It a tree doesn’t bare any fruit dig it up.
I have not see a lot fruit from people who are trees
Maybe it has to do with their roots.
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The Man that Refused to Grow Up (Thanks Micheal Jackson)
Since yesterday, I have been wondering how could pay tribute to Micheal Jackson. How could I make his life and music meaningful to me. Like many, I spent years of my life being a Micheal Jackson fan. If you were a young man you were a Micheal Jackson hater because every girl was going to marry Micheal Jackson. If you did not have a Curl and the Thriller jacket you were not cool at all. This is the only man I know that not only affected music, but fashion as well. He had grown men wearing diamond studded gloves. So, as I tearfully write this blog, I think about the little Mike that lives within us all. I think that the greatness of Micheal was not his music or his dancing it was his ability to be himself. The kid that was a friend to a mouse ended up becoming a friend of us all. How many of us can say we are true to ourselves? Who the world is missing today, is a man who demonstrated authenticity by living his life as he saw it. He was the boy that never grew up, he was Peter Pan; it appears that this where the human genius lives. It lives in the Peter Pan that we all still have but the world of adulthood keeps us from living in the world of innovation. I look at my 4 year old daughter, who is a Micheal Jackson fan, her imagination and the way she sees the world is a lot like Micheal Jackson’s music. She see stories and themes that can only be created in the innocence of childhood. How many of us can ever say we live our dreams especially our childhood dreams. When we are childlike, we see the world not as it is, but as a world of possibilities. As children we see aliens, monsters, and we see mystic animals; as a child we can have an entire have zoo in our backyard, we can spin around and turn into dust or become a tiger. Micheal Jackson showed us all that regardless of what the media or the world says about you, it is important to be yourself. That the most abnormal thing is to not live your life according to what you see. The world will spend the next several days trying to piece together the life of The Great Micheal Jackson. There will be findings of possible poor choices on his part. They will mention his legal troubles. But let us remember the Man that defied gravity beacuse he allowed us to walk on the moon. Lets us fall back in love with that woman of our youth that was a PYT and has now become the Lady of Our Life. You should all go back to Kindergarten where it was all about ABC and 123. Let’s take it back to the floor when we could Remember the Times and it was Human Nature to fall into love and out of love. When a good guy could be BAD and Dangerous but Billy Jean was not our lover. When racism was not an issue because we were not Black or White, we just wanted to be a Dancing Machine. When you could live forever because you were the Thriller and spending time with your family was a Victory. Since there is a recession, and beacuse the government Never Cared About Us, let us, in the memory of Micheal Jackson, put on your leather outfit that is too hot to wear in the summer, turn the radio up to ten, get “Off the Wall”, grab yourself, and spin around a much as you can. Ladies and gentlemen today we celebrate the man, the innovation, and the mind of a friend that made music magical: The Great Micheal Jackson. Live, Life, and Antonio Love www.antoniolove.com www.elifemovement.com www.empoweringlifeinternational.com
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Tae-Bo, Lighting, and Prayer (Part I)
It was 2 a.m. I was not getting much sleep. I had to share a bed with my four year old daughter as we were visiting my parents. If you have children you know my situation. It is as if God teaches Tae-bo classes to little kids in their sleep. I was kicked and punched the entire night. As soon as the class ended and she settled into her deep sleep a storm came rolling in. The only thing I could think was I am never going to get any sleep. So at 2 am I was laying in bed meditating and I learned about prayer. I learned that the simplicity of having a conversation with God is one of the most powerful tools in the world.
As I was in the bed watching my little girl just sleep jealous because she was doing something that I wanted to do. She began to showing signs that she feels protected as she nestles her head into my chest with a smile of contentment. She had no worries. I realize that children don’t think about bills needed to be paid, they have limited understanding of the problems that we as adult have. They just rest in arms of the one who was designed to protect them. As I sat looking at her I realized the wonderful relationship that a child has for their parents. At a wonderful age of 34 I still look at my parents with that same look, I may have my own home, job, and business, but sometimes there is nothing like coming home to the people that were designed to protect you. When things get a little difficult going back home and are refreshing. It is kind of like my daughter crawling in my lap and going to sleep. Parents are like god, when you are in there presence nothing really matters other than love. That is why parents should not expose children to adult problems. It robs them from their child like innocents and it distorts their faith and hope.
There I was 2am not being able to sleep then all of sudden at storm came rumbling in. The only thing I could think of was I was never going to get any sleep. As the storm became louder my daughter facial expression changed. She became uncomfortable, as the lighting flashed and the loud sounds of a tree being hit by lighting my daughter woke up looked at me and said, “Daddy I am scared,” then she held on to me tighter an went back to sleep. After she told me she was scared she acted like it never happened. That was the nature of prayer, give your issues away and act like it never happened.
I finally understood prayer and how the God wants us to view him. In my daughters mind I was God I was all seeing, knowing, and powerful. When her life became difficult she went to the one she knew could protect her. Once she made her request she left it alone. Her faith and hope was left in the hands of the one which she felt should deal with it. When she made her request for protection in her mind the issue was settled, she was going to be protected. Is that not the nature of prayer? Is it not making a request to God? Is it not leaving it in the hands of the one that sees, knows, and control all things?
Then I realized that we as adults don’t prayer like children. We think that it is our prayer that gets us the things that we want. That is the reason why we attempt to be so perfect in our prayers. Like we are trying to impress God a being that sees and knows all things. My daughter is four when she is the most eloquent that is when she is trying to manipulate me. She gets this little sparkle in her eyes and tilts her head and smiles. She put on a show for daddy. How a many of us try to put on a show for God? Even though he may grant us some of our prayers do you really think he is impressed with us? Prayers are a matter of the heart not words. Sometimes we may not know what to say, like a child our vocabulary is limited. So our prayers may be found in the word help. It can be displayed as our hands our lifted with tears strolling down our face. During the storms God knows. Like I knew that before my daughter arose I needed to be there for her.
I learned that prayer was not about being correct or long it was about a relationship that was built on faith and hope. It was about making a request to the one that control the universe. It was about making that request and letting it lay in the chest of the one who can handle it.
I have expressed that in the next 90 days or so I will be sharing with you about a movement. This is a movement that is based on people that is willing to share. These blogs are a part of this movement and I ask that you share them with everyone.
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This time last year I decided that I was going to take my workout to another level. As you can see my efforts to convey my message became distorted by my lack of discipline. It was not as if I did not attempt but the cares of life took me away from what I had planned to do. As a historical note 2008 was a hell of a year for me it was as if I had lost everything. I had suffered a major career scandal, lost love ones, and a failing relationships. It was as if my whole world was being turned inside out. It appeared that something was trying to destroy me every moment of my life. As I entered into 2009 I believed that this time of my life was going to be different. I really felt in my heart that this was going to be a rebuilding year. My life had destroyed and what was solid in my life was the only thing that remained. It reminded me of Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus says “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who build his house on the sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
It was as if anything that I did not build solid was gone as soon as the storm came. I was like Katrina Victims, I was considered a refugee in my own land. There was a blessing in the storm for me. I was allowed to see that which was solid was solid and that which is sand was sand. It was like an old archeological dig the wind caused me to discover me. I was able to see the me that had been covered for years. The dreams and the passion that I once had came back to life. I think I had no choice I had nothing left. I think when you are comfortable and you make a certain amount of money you forget purpose of why you where created. Bachelors degree, Graduate degrees, Specialist degree can sometimes be the biggest deception in a person life, it can sometimes rob you of innovation. It causes you to trust the system and we are all finding out the system is changing. The things becomes your God and you can no longer hear your destiny speaking.
This time it is going to be different. Purpose is knocking on my door and I have answered. In the next 90 days there will be some exciting things that I will be sharing with friends and family. I have a project that I am working on that I am really excited about. It aligns with my reason for being born. If you are reading this I am going to ask that you pray for me that this time of my life it would be different and as I share with you parts of my project that you join in the movement.
A few week ago through facebook, I was able to find a friend that I had not spoken to in years. Just like a archeological dig this friend was able to brush off more sand off of me. He reminded me that I had a grassroots nature. He has no clue that for months I have been pondering a grassroots movement.
So in the next 90 days some of the things you will see from me. I will be doing more life style changing to discipline myself to handle this new grassroots movement. This includes more exercise, better eating habits and more praying and mediation. I also will be spending more time connecting with people though blogging and online journals. I ask that as I share you share back because this movement will not be possible without the help of people. 
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