Get Right 101 aka "Git Rite 101"

Let me try to entertain you with a little word from the wise with what those I know refer to as a little bit of "Git Rite."
Step 1: Begins with a preparation of a meditation to "Get Yo Mind Right!" Whether it be spiritual, meditation or even some choose relaxing herbal medication, which with some mouth watering munchie persuasion would lead you to...

Step 2: Diet is super essential and important, as if we don't get this right and get our bodies in balance, our whole focus might get thrown off. We must seek wiser food choices whenever possible and available, farm fresh or close to. I know first hand how difficult how hard it is to eat healthy and maintain a healthy lifestyle, especially for more than one, but we must Be the Standard of Excellence, The Example of Solidity and Solitude for our children for they have nothing else. If we want for our families and communities to feast we must provide the nutrient-rich atmosphere in every aspect, Especially for Black children. Who else are their real heroes...Obama? Jesse Jackson, Michael Jordan?  Please!! Let me continue this Git Rite Session before I teach y'all a completely different lesson.

Step 3: Excercise of body & mind.
I glanced at these stairs at Mt. Helix and thought. "Hell naw!" And did I go up those steps... "Hell to the naw," but I did work my way around that hill with my cane, I do know my limits, I was much too sore from other stair climbs other days and I had my fair share of excercise. Today while I went to the store I had to choose like everyone has to, mine was whether I walk all the way to the other side for the motorized cart or walk to the back of the store, which is probably the same length. When it comes to other situations in life, we must choose. The song "Ooh child Things are gonna get a bit easier" came on and hit home like a ton of bricks. I had a plan and I acted. Even when it comes to what we show others and how we excercise our minds. I bought some books recently off of Amazon, with intention to share them with my son and my pops remembered them from when he introduced them to me as a child. Time to order more!

Step 4: Plans & Actions, Implementations With Foundation- Chess is a game my son has learned to play well, as he has retaught me with a strategy of his own.  We must use the strategies that best work for us when figuring how to succeed for ourselves and our families. A great destination might look nice but a solid foundation will keep us strong in the long run.

All struggles come to an end and all things hard to see come eventually into light, so when we're given a second chance, the opportunity to dance in the rain once again and to succeed and achieve where once we've thought we have failed, we must give thanks for the triumph. We must then...

Step 5: Prayer, Give Thanks Session, Debrief, Celebrate!! Acknowledge that you have made it this far, that there still will be storms ahead but that you have reached your milestone!   And with a little bit of Hope, Faith & that fuel that moves mountains that can't be explained we begin to see where we're going a bit clearer and bring those we care for along for the journey. So begins the quest for a new beginning for the next Baldwin, Carson, or Eldridge Cleaver but I'm more of a soldier of a writer, not your average smooth sailing of an avid reader...are you game?

Both people and spirits knew also
To steer clear yet it wasn't fear they said
Once he came along
Mind focused with a game plan
Known to cut you or take your head off
Where you stand playing your favorite song

Walkin on solid ground
Man don't mess around
Slaying hell hounds and demons
"We've seen 'em"
Cries the child's with bright eyes
As babies can't revoke their grin and
Animals once untamed loose control within
Men from grains and cloth aren't like this
"They don't make man like dis no mo"
Says Sweet Maybel halfway out her bliss
Then she remembers a man she almost loved
Around the edges a little soft but much too rough and
What needed to be done by many
When times were nothing close to plenty
Back then felt a little much like it do now
Instead of Whole foods and Albertsons
She had a mule and a plow
Perhaps solutions this fellow will help draw nearer
Straight to the point with no bullshit
As she prefers her water...
Like sky after the fog dissipates...
                                 Clearer