Family Ties

What's goodie blog world? I really wanted to do this blog on family as sort of a memorial to Mrs. Minnie Lee Williams, a woman who was like my third grandmother and unfortunately passed away this past week. Losing her was quite rough and having a scare within my own biological family last night really pushed me into writing this. The pastor at the burial told us that if there's one thing we should be able to depend on in this world, it's our family and that's so true. So often we get caught up in expectations and desires and judgement, that we forget that these are the people that we should be able to depend on the most and vice versa....More importantly, Mrs. Williams (GMa Minnie Lee) helped me learn that our family extends way beyond those connected by blood but rather those connected by interactions...

Funerals serve a great purpose of reuniting families in celebration of a fallen member but they shouldn't be the only time that we enjoy spending time with one another. While it's quite important that we spread our wings and make ourselves succesful, there is nothing like sharing that success with those that were there prior to your success. You'll never achieve all that you can in this world if you forgot how hard the climb up was. If you forgot how hard it was to make it to the top, you make it that much easier to fall back down. Work on strengthening your support system because I guarantee no matter how you look at it, someone helped you in finding your way. Build your connections with these people with a strong background in Jesus Christ so that your support system is supported by the strongest of us all. GMa Minnie Lee helped me see that people can help you in finding your way in much more ways than just financial assistance and that all efforts must be noted and appreciated while you still can...

She helped show me and all that she influenced that small efforts can go the greatest distance. Speak a kind word to someone when you notice they are down or when you see that they are up top. We all can constantly improve and can always use inspiration. Those kind words will reappear in your life because it is quite hard to live negatively when you are spreading positive wishes and inspiration. You want to create a world around yourself with the type of inspiration that you can use and passing that inspiration on to others is the best way of doing such. Never did I visit her home and not get a kind word or an uplifitng word. It's no doubt that those words have paid dividends in my own maturation. Further than her kind words, she also helped me see that we all must identify, accept, and develop our roles in this world...

We all are not meant to be the superstar players, the doctors, the lawyers, the teachers or the CEOs but we all play equally important roles in keeping this world moving and it's only when all of these roles are respected that we reach our full potential as a society. There cannot be superstar players unless there are role players who are willing to do the less appreciated work such as rebounding, stealing bases, blocking, and protecting. There cannot be teachers without students willing to learn. There cannot be CEOs without employees willing to grind each and every day. There cannot be doctors without nurses and patients. There cannot be lawyers without those who need defending and those who need proper representation. She provided us with a safe haven which was as important as our parents taking us home and us actually going to school. She didn't have to do it which is perhaps the most respected aspect of her life...

While all of our efforts to keep the world balanaced need to be respected, individuals that realize that these actions are simply their duty and not a sort of requirement for social acceptance. Those that constantly seek the approval of those around them are those who never truly achieve it, while those who constantly work towards improving those around them are those who are the most accepted of them all. Let those around you know that you appreciate all that they do, so that we can tie this society into a close knit family....

God Bless...PromoDave Signing Out...

"That Basement Will Never Be The Same..." -PromoDave