The Edmond Express

We choose the attitudes we want others to see. We are not victims to gender, regions, signs, religions, etc., but rather a reflection of our experiences. When one chooses to use the statement, "Well, I'm from.....,"it would naturally make you wonder why the best from where they are from isn't being shown. Why must people align with the most negative aspects of their experiences and or their upbringing to justify their manner of behavior? Something is wrong with the acceptance of certain behaviors and or the tolerance of certain behaviors just because. When one chooses to be an outright unsavory person, it is a choice they choose to make because they have an internal issue that needs redirecting. We are humans and we require human correction from time to time. That takes us not accepting or tolerating every single aspect of a person's attitude, character, being, but rather finding a commonplace to adjust their issue. One must not stoop to a level of negativity to c...

Do we search for what we need for instant happiness or do we search for what sustains our ability to enjoy what is our source of dependency? If happiness is relative to our current situation, is our destiny just a faithless determination of thought because happiness drives our every thought? What is our purpose? What is our reason for being? What are we here to accomplish? We are not here to be comfortable, but rather grow through the discomfort of life. What is life? It is not the sheer point of just existing. To just exist is to be complacent with thought; no emotion, no pain, no suffering, no irregularity, no unhappiness. So what are we searching for? This may cause us to think, but shouldn't we rather feel? To truly feel with explanation is not a feeling at all, but rather an explained thought. To truly feel is life. To truly feel will lead to a result of pleasure, a non-complacent comfort. One will wonder why is it so that we can't think, but rather feel and become confuse...

Let's change the picture today. Let's trash the old one, frame and all. As a matter of fact, let's get rid of the hanging screws. Better yet, take down the wall. Yeah, now there's something we can work with, but something is not right. You know, let's tear down this house and rebuild, foundation and all.....

Sometimes I wonder what love gained really is. I wonder what love sustained really means. I wonder if the act of loving really makes sense. I wonder why the need for love. Why do I question this, one may ask? All I can remember is love lost, love gone away, love that's passed, love that was used up. I thirst for what was before today. I yearn for that love which was misunderstood. I hunger for that love that was too soon, not the right time, not the right place, not the right amount, not the right..... Is love what was or what is? Damn, why is it always past tense?

Sometimes life is rough and death shows its face, but we are built to last so that's not going to be the play. We walk tall and talk tall and we fake our face, and only you know what pill you had to swallow and what bed you made. So when life looks dim and you feel like damn it all I'm done today, get on your knees and to your creator you give it all away. The battle is not yours, nor is it yours to take, so grab a helping hand and close your eyes and pray...

SOME OF YOU NEED TO QUIT GETTING MAD AND GET ACTIVE....DAMN IT WITH ALL OF THIS TALKING. YOU'RE MAD...OKAY, WHO GIVES A DAMN? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IF YOU WANT TO MARCH, WHAT ARE YOU MARCHING ABOUT AND WHERE ARE YOU MARCHING TO? IF YOU WANT TO PROTEST, WHERE ARE YOU PROTESTING, AND WHAT ARE YOU PROTESTING ABOUT? WHATEVER OUTCOME YOU ARE EXPECTING, YOU NEED TO PERFORM ACTIONS THAT WILL GET YOU THERE, OR ELSE, YOU'RE JUST MAKING A BUNCH OF DAMN NOISE......

Where are the extensive police investigations in Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, etc? This shit is getting outta hand. Every single wrongful death deserves this much concern. It seems that since these major cities and others are susceptible to crime and a free flowing way of life, we should just charge it to city life and keep it moving. What happens in these large metropolitan areas is mirrored in the surrounding areas which creates the problems we have today. When did we stop caring enough to allow for thousands of murders? When did we begin to devalue life? When did we begin to welcome the lack of civility? What can we do about it?