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Attitude Check

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING… SO CHOOSE A GOOD ONE! Okay Folks… First off, springtime is here and March has been one of those glorious months for me. Trust me, coming off the tail end of a difficult period. God has been blessing me and favoring me and I am just grateful. Today, I want to talk about attitude and how we have to be careful of the attitudes we display. I know everyone has moods, some good and bad and sometimes our bad moods hit us at inopportune times but we can do something about those moods right? Well, I learned today that I have to be deliberate to keep my moods in check and have the right attitude despite how I am feeling. A friend from out of town asked me to do a huge favor and commit to picking them up early from the airport taking him in town to drop off something and then returning him to the airport. Now all of this I agreed to do on a Monday morning… Well, nothing went right this morning, I got up a little late and rushed out; was caught in a deadlock o...

The Urge to Escape

SOMETIMES YOU GET THE URGE TO ESCAPE… My thoughts have been haunting me as of late… I have never had such an extreme desire to leave and start afresh somewhere far from the home. Yes, the home I grew up in and absolutely love and adore…the Bahamas. I would always say to people, I love the Bahamas but the Bahamas does not love me. I am so overwhelmed with the many problems we face in our country, by the lack of better governance, the lack of pride, the arrogance of elitist individuals that only care about themselves and those close to them. I often ask about human decency and having more of us willing to empower others to be better. Our nation is in shambles it seems, in every area, education, governance, religious and we are just drifting closer to being a nation on the edge of the cliff, awaiting total annihilation and self destruction. My heart hurts to see my country this way. I came home from school eager to make a difference to serve and serve I did. However...