As a culture it seems we have forgotten how to dream. We don’t look past the tips of our noses. We can't see beyond our current situations. Our situations seem to be leveraged on becoming and remaining dependent on our providers. (Whoever they are.) Something or someone throughout our lives has taught us that trials, tribulations, and negative situations deem us unworthy, mentally weak, and even ungrateful, that we are broken, unintelligent, cannot control the outcome of our

ME: Good morning Self. SELF: Good Morning Me, How are you? ME: I'm okay. I'm hella stressed out. SELF: Why are you so stressed out? ME: Everything is hard for me right now. Looking for a job is hard, going to school is hard, my relationship is hard, being on this team is hard, my family, friends and ignorant drivers make things hard. SELF: It sounds like you don't have any energy, focus or motivation. Things usually get harder toward the end. You must be very close

Fear controls many of our lives, where I’m from, fear controls all realities. As I’ve grown in my trials and tribulations, through my studies and research, I’ve had many epiphanies about fear. I want to share where this idea was conceived. It was while watching a Will Smith movie called After Earth. There was a quote that stood out to me, “Danger is very real, but fear is a choice.” That quote spoke volumes to me. I took that quote, analogy, perception on life or whatever y