Yielding
Picture it it was the summer of 2001, ATL, still had Similac on my breath and definitely smelling myself. Earlier in the year I was accepted into the prestigious Morehouse College and thus began my life journey into young adulthood. Like many of my peers I too had plans of grandeur; completing school, good career, grad school, real estate investment, and possibly starting a family. Well those plans are not exactly how life turned out. I ended leaving school with a shameful GPA of 1.9, ending two failing toxic relationships, and a dead end career with little potential of advancement or professional growth. That wasn't the life I planned nor was it the desired outcome that I envisioned for myself. As the years passed and much to my dismay I watched as some of my peers succeed and attained their goals while I simply hit road block after road block. It wasn't until very recently that I began to see the dead ends turn into bridges of hope. I transferred to Rutgers University, moved back out on my own, took a promotion within a fortune 500 company and even attained some financial freedom! And then I hit another major road block, and learned of the death of a very good friend, (will speak on this later), as well as a major set back with school. I felt like again life was giving me another road block or another stop sign.
So I've had a couple of honest conversations with three of my best friends concerning where I am at in life and where I should be and where I want to be in the future. It later occurred to me that I wasn't giving a stop sign, no this was more of a yield sign. You see in life I'm learning I can not compare my progress unto another person's path because our paths are vastly different and we would perceive situations uniquely. In others words my journey is my journey and doesn't really matter when I reach my destination but that I complete the journey. I count my blessings and thank God for where I stand because I may not be where I wanna but I definitely not where I use to be.
