Thursday, January 31, 2019

An Odyssey of Creativity and Wisdom Day 20


one thousand words daily
The kid inviting the rainbow.


Day 20: teaching tomorrow (The Children)
               cultivation station: remaining positive
               Are there sounds of happiness which reminds you of good times?  What does Hope look like or sound like to you?
               Insomnia is a friendemy of me, (both friend and enemy).  I get some awesome burst of God-given creativity, pain wakes me up or I have to pee.  Life can send you on paths you in no way prepared for or paved yet, if you want to stick it out through this crazy fun-filled dance we called “Existence,” remember this… that “Struggle is never an option.”   Some type of “Struggle,” is eminent for us yet we can always decide how we view our surroundings, others we encounter and situations we find ourselves in, yet to view it as a sad way of life is not normal.  Positivity is the life-force which leads seeds into sprouting after a fresh rain.  The same goes for the cultivation of our minds and the minds of the youth.
               As I rise before the sun, a blizzard of thoughts blows me back into the past I knew, the person I am now as well as what I know to be possible as well as impossible.  With E-40’s song “I’m Just Happy to be Here,” in my brain blazing trails for a new day, I can’t help but be thankful.  We have multitudes of things we can do to pass time, change things, and keep on living life as it is or be rebellious and think outside the box of how you choose to define this life and your existence.   Although there are factors and things which influence our days and take us to an avenue or situation that we can in no way control, we must stay strong and hold firmly onto this life-saving force called “Hope.”  Being a parent definitely influences my thoughts, as decisions I make are not merely for me but for those I love.
               This daddy as well as relationship thing is serious, for no matter how I’m feeling, I must remain positive as well as hopeful for those I want to see smile.  I cannot let my downsides and bad days influence others so it’s not that I’m ignoring all of the negative factors which I face daily, it is that I am remaining to look at the brighter side of things and be positive, you know, the “Glass half Full,” approach.  Thanks to my genes, my kid loves music and plays instruments, so into the playlist he goes, surprising me with which songs are his favorites.  From the sweet and romantic “Heart and Soul,” song to Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely,” to Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back!” this kid definitely likes the classics.    Now I’m groovin to Digital Underground’s “Humpty Dance,” and glad that the boy likes a beat that I, his dad made on the computer with the demo program "FL Audio," aka "Fruityloops." Link below!

https://soundcloud.com/ku-the-conduit/sets/beats-to-grind-to

               All of these cool things I see in him as well as his song choices makes me smile as I know that I have not lead my multi-talented son wrong.  I remember when I met Shock G..  He was in the stands when my folks Bill aka “Flo Stone,” was putting together his album with Young Fool R.I.P., J-River and some more  and was asked if I wanted to contribute and be on the record label, who at that time was owned by an acquaintance who now owns the cannabis distribution company 1212 Distribution.   One thing we must all do in life is gage what we deem is this goal we hear of called “Success.”  I write about this subject a lot in many different ways for one strict reason.  That reason is that throughout our lives, and especially in our young lives, we are force-fed messages by our societies as well as those close to us of what success is, what it means and how to achieve it.
we must do more
               Sometimes we go beyond expectations of others and sometimes we do not.  Because of the weight of choice, free will and the small increment of time we are given to live this short span of breathing called existence, I know that everything we decide to do and every path we take, whether self-chosen or chosen for us, is time sensitive and must be done with care and wisdom.  No one goes to a job fair seeing Ron Jeremy at a booth, Elon Musk, or the top traders of stocks from the New York Stock Exchange at a booth now do you?  We don’t see a gentleman from some insane organized crime child trafficking ring with a booth or a counselor from a drug rehab place there telling you how wonderful the job is. There are so many determining factors which hold influence upon our financial as well as social growth, whether we notice it or not.   
clear from the git!
The kid leaning and mastering windsurfing at Sherman Island.
               What we all experience from childhood to an adult determines how we are to exist in the future days ahead as well as what happens to those we take care of.  We can point the finger and play the blame game or we can stop now with these thoughts after reading this and do something about it! Some might say that because of the lack of education (the sad state of our public schools), lack of financial as well as lack thereof cultural or social insight (from the institutions serving us) and lack of wisdom demonstrated,  is indeed why our students do not have a good educational standing fresh out of high school.  Some might look at the environment around us as well as the often strange political nature, social nature of our society and the media (which is supposed to be held responsible to cover current events about our political climate as well as the natural environment in an honest way in order for us help plan our lives) as the problem.  We cannot let the hopelessness, lack of creativity and narrow resolve of those in power to tell us what to do in times of crisis.

               The situation is dire that we ourselves must provide clear definitions of what success means to us and how to attain it. We must be the news broadcasts for our kids and we must have the courage to strike up conversations about morality to see where their heads are and what exactly they are soaking up without us there.    This also means providing alternate educations to our children other than the usual school day has in the classrooms, for we are their most influential teachers; their first teachers!  How do we do this?  One way is by creating an atmosphere of understanding, love as well as having open communication with honest rules and expectations, (for ourselves, those we love and for our children) we can begin to provide a positive place for growth no matter what weather might come. 


the seriousness of trust
               As our children become mirror images of the teenagers we once were, we see ourselves sometimes developing different strategies to reach them.  As the natural family issues arise from drug abuse to a death in the family, the seeds of hope and understanding we have purposely planted will not “Protect,” our children from harm but will indeed season them for the dynamic individuals which they will grow healthily into, proving to all of us who exactly they are!  I know that I am not a perfect father yet also know that my son knows where the love and truth flows from and most of all, I know that he trusts me.  The trust from a child to a parent is as important as knowing how to drive properly or how to wipe your own ass.  Trust is essential in receiving information and computing what we have heard for our own judgment and formulation of opinions.
               I think I’ll leave y’all with a poem now.  I can write about all of these morality things until my carpel tunnel acts up and I know that I need to write another blog on, the Comfort of Trust.  All of this here is way over one thousand words! Enjoy!

Folks I know, know the perfect way to put the devil in a choke hold
One part Love with two parts an abundance of Understanding and Truth
Where I’m from, there is no book box which might have “How to be the Best Dad,”
You will find no “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” on the streets or
“Tools Used to Build a Brighter Future,” only discarded needles, sutures and broken glass
Any parent raising children in a suburban warzone can feel this
Perhaps we all do when folks prove well how they’ve got screws loose
Even this poem is too mashed up in truths and places which might show where those fallen stocks go
While hope flows still like the invisible Amazon River I heard about in the stratosphere
Wasting nothing, no seconds, no second servings or solutions to have to deal with
We strengthen our bases, stare straight into greedy faces and academic hopefuls while Raising Realness
As questions surmount to displace even some of the new truths which we have also found
We must talk more, hug more, brain-storm more until we all get brain-farts to the core
Building foundations which might not survive like the many species currently going extinct
On a rapid level we must build a new network of hopeful thinking every second of every blink
Wondering how we are to raise them without the treasures which we once had
No longer there these morals and gifts, must we seek new ways to reach and teach as well as fight back
For the waters are rising quicker than they can build the levees and
Much too fast than the best crafting plastic machine can print body bags
Time is upon us to be thankful as well as knowledgeable of its passing as time goes
When there is no land present, only hopes in heaven when flames are on shore, we must stroke!
Teaching youth ways of resilience, love, tolerance and engines of ingenuity
Preparing them for worlds we might never live to set foot upon or see
Knowing that some of us too require to be re-taught what might have been long forgotten
When skies grow rotten as well as the fruit
While thousands grow hungry from un-reaped harvests which we failed to properly distribute
Asking for more from us, from their silence alone, we must in turn be more for everyone

Hoping for love when our child first looked upon us, know that we are their first Sun
Bringing the miracle of warmth in a world getting warmer with climate yet colder in hearts
At home it begins for some while in the streets for others it unfortunately starts

Raising Realness & Hope
1-31-2019