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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Is Your WHY a Testimony to others?

Being in business in this current economy might have people running to McDonald's for a part time job! Yet, if you went into business so that you wouldn't have to answer to another, why step back now?

Revisit your why and look at where you are now!

When I started with YTB, they asked us to write out our WHY (why we are in business) and use that as a motivator to increase your business. I believe your WHY is what is important for you in your life right now and in the future. {As a Christian, I have been taught that I shouldn't worry about tomorrow, so my why and what is important is what is going on right now, AMEN?}

Listed below is my WHY. You can see what is important to me. I believe my WHY is a testimony to others because I am not looking for a fast million dollars. I am looking for a peace that only comes from being content in my current situation and surroundings.

WHY:

  1. To give back to God
  2. My salvation
  3. My children
  4. The promise from God that I would be prosperous if I obeyed

My WHY is going to look like your why, but it is important to me.  I know why I am here and being rich in $$ isn't it.  It is to be a light, to win souls, and to help others see God is the only way.

My WHY is a testimony to others just for that reason. God told me to be content and not covet my neighbor's belongings. I feel I am doing just that. One day I will be rich in $$, but today I am rich in faith!