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Got this one last night!

"He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool."

You have to be delusional TO A CERTAIN DEGREE in order to really achieve Success in this world. You can't be too stuck in the current "here and now" or focus only on what you THINK is likely or probable. You have to be a dreamer and dream big and actually believe those dreams can and will be accomplished. This is important for intelligent and righteous Black people to understand and accept.

Sista @Mel Hopkins, thanks for sharing the video. Beautiful couple and ceremony and display of Black excellence.

Beyond dreaming about what it takes to be successful, one must have plans and goals and take action every moment of being awake in order to accomplish it. As the religious folks say "faith without works is dead", the same thing applies to success. Some folks find success through luck. Others gain success through inheritance. Somebody else put in the work. Most success is gained through hard work, determination, larceny and sometimes violence. There is a lot of truth to the fact that one can accomplish anything if they put their 1) mind to it and 2) work to make happen. Those who are unsuccessful did now want it badly and/or work hard enough.

Where is our fearless leader? Still waiting for Troy to show up?

I think that is unconsciously what I practice at this stage of my life. I've literally divested myself of everything but the clothes on my back, so I have no indebtedness. I do insist on helping my daughter out with utilities but I don't have to. She and I lead separate lives as do all my immediate family members. I have no extended family. I've never had the wanderlust, so I am content to stay put, and all activity is by choice. I've always valued my solititude which I now have plenty of. I am good company for myself, but reminiscence is my frequent and cherished companion. So, in the midst of not only what's going on in Chicago but also on a smaller scale, what's going on in the small town where I live, not to mention a whole country in the grip of Trumpism, here I am, - a spectator! And I'm only that when I choose to observe. I am, in my own peculiar way, a free spirit! Who knew??