Lyrics are from Chris Brown and Tyga's 2015 song, Ayo. Scripture taken from King James Bible.
Can we have both?
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Millenial Faith
Video taken from Youtube Channel, The School of Life (Click on the image to play)
9:00 AM: STARVED
We were created by God to be Kings and Queens, heirs to a throne, but we chose money and popularity instead. We are starving for love and belonging and we don't know it.
In gathering information for my second book, I've come across some outstanding material that can assist us in explaining what the heck is going on with the world today?
The thesis that I am working to prove, the world is the way it is because we have forgotten that each other exist.
The young boy of a different race who is gunned down could just as well be my own brother. The young women exploited on the television screen for my entertainment could be my sister or daughter, both deserve better.
We have placed a large distance between ourselves, which has caused us to forget that we are in this together.
If history tells us anything, we tend to choose the preservation of ourselves over the person next to us. If true, what does the future hold and how long can this 'party' last?
I challenge you to look your truth in the eye, stare it down, and question its existence in relation to humanity. If it is solely focused on absolute consumption, reconsider, because we are in this together.
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9 AM: What Are We Supposed To Do With All This Injustice
Mass incarceration, Tax-shelters For the Wealthy, School Loan Debt, Inequality, Donald Trumps Mouth and the Oregon Standoff are all examples of a society is shambles.
In order not to get swept away in the propaganda you must focus your mind and steady your feet.
You are playing to win and the vehicles that distribute, feed on, and magnify injustice are distractions. You play to win by fully empowering yourself by not waiting on anything or anyone to do it for you.
The way you do that is through knowledge and action.
Knowledge comes from the books you read and the company you keep. There are no more excuses holding you back from improving your life, the lives of your community, and the people you love.
Action is combining what you know with execution. Now you are able to charge ahead, do not look for permission or acceptance.
You are the catalyst and all the permission you will ever need to take full control of your life.
Why? Take a look around. Most people are waiting on everyone else to make life better for them. You understand that if it is to be you are the change agent.
The injustice will continue and throwing verbal rocks at your television will not change it. Turn off the television, get off social media, say 'no' to pity parties, and get to work.
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9 AM: Committed
9 AM: Committed
I wonder what would happen if I committed myself to my goals for the entire year? How would my life change if for 365 days I gave my passions and work everything I have to give? What about you? How would your life change?
Significantly I assume. Take this challenge with me.
My goals are simple.
· I will continue blogging about topics that are impactful, meaningful, emotionally charged, and counter cultural being more consistent; and I will complete my second book in 2016.
· I will speak at several youth conferences on the importance of abstinence, true freedom, God, ridding yourself of materialism, and what a year of Regeneration has done in my life (I have a few months left and my mind has been blown a number of times. Pride, control, and people pleasing are recovery issues).
· I will read 7 books this year: The Rise of the Creative Class (finish it), A Peoples History of the United States (finish it), Linchpin, John Rawlings: A Theory on Justice, Write Like Hemingway, The New Digital Age, The Guide to Understanding and Investing Money (if you have any money then you should know how to invest it. First, solid investment - yourself!)
· I will pray and read my Bible daily.
· I will develop deeper relationships with friends.
· I will expand and set a growth plan for my business.
That’s all I have for now. What about you? What have you been putting off due to resources, time, and focus?
Okay, well what if we uncovered the resources together by asking questions and getting specific? What resources do you need and what would you do if you received them?
We will have to dig deep to really focus and find the time by cutting some things out. I now schedule everything! For example, if I am on social media on my phone I set a 15-minute timer so I am not scrolling for hours.
It will take immense discipline and perseverance but next year will be here before you know it. Take a breath then, but for now just make the decision. Don't let me go at this alone.
Fortune favors action. – anonymous
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Do Not Feed The Monster: The Digital News Age
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If I wanted you to click on a post, video, or advertisement to generate $1.02 per click*, what would I post?
For starters, I would not post happy, well-mannered news. I would not post about people getting along and living peaceably. That is, well, too peaceful. I would not post about love and kind words, who would want to read that?
The guide to writing well instructs, "Where there is no conflict, there is no story."
To capture your attention, I have a variety of conflicts from which to draw: hate, violence, sex, racial tension, pain, disease, killings, and shootings. Any of these will pull you in and entice you to click to read more.
The unfortunate part about digital news in a modern society is it doesn't matter whether the organization is the New York Times, Huffington Post, or Chicago Tribune. The tactics are the same; to make a dollar off an impulsive need for twisted entertainment.
You are the tool. Whether red, yellow, black, or white -- you, me, us, we are feeding a hungry monster simply looking to make a profit.
I could inform you not to participate in the consumption, but that is not realistic. However, you should know what you feed will grow. The more money made on a particular topic per click, more content and information on that subject matter will be posted, good or bad.
The law of attraction, “like attracts like”, means by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life.
Then the question becomes, how do we stop attracting negatives and change to attract positives?
Here are suggestions
· be conscious of what you are viewing online
· realize that what you view is tracked and someone is turning a profit or creating more content from it
· create and post content that serves the greater good.
Feed that which creates a brighter future.
@earlinagreen
*The cost-per-click (CPC) is the amount you earn each time a user clicks on your ad. The CPC for any ad is determined by the advertiser; some advertisers may be willing to pay more per click than others, depending on what they're advertising. (Wikipedia
500,000 Instagram “Followers”, Thousands of Dollars in Endorsements and Depressed
Model, Youtuber, IG’er and social media “celebrity” Essena Oneill just bared her soul and it was absolutely beautiful! If you could make hundredths of thousands of dollars from social media would you? No really, would you? What if I told you that it required scripting your life, countless hours of self induced photo shoots, abandoning real friends for more popular friends to take pictures with and post on Instagram.
That is the truthful, tearful, and brutally honest story of Essena Oneill.
At age 12, she followed and ‘stalked’ all the famous and pretty girls on social media. Essena built a brand for herself by posting edited photos of her sometimes in nothing but a bathing suit on social media. It worked. She became one of the ‘famous’ girls amassing over 500,000 Instragram followers and hundredths of people watched her Youtube Channel but at the age of 18 (turning 19) the wake up call of a lifetime happens. Essena was depressed and miserable from the life she created and the kingdom she built up centered on self. She did what her soul needed to do in order to survive she gave it all up.
Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it (Matthew 10:39).
Essena Oneill thank you for being transparent and authentic. The truth of our soul calls out and we must be brave enough to listen and take action.
“We are not followers, you are not a followers!” -Essena Oneill
If you connected with her message. Please support her mission.
www.letsbegamechangers.com
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