I mean to tell u, the new FIJI Fraternity house at Wabash College sure cuts one helluva dramatic figure in the flickering lights of night! Sometimes, I'd give an arm and a leg to relive a couple of the incredible experiences I had there!!! Memories, light the corner of my mind. Misty water-colored memories of the way we were!!!
As the deadline for completion of the first draft of my novel rapidly approaches (Fri., the 9th, 11:59 PM), I can clearly see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's shining ever so brightly!! Commitment and Perseverence are somethin' else! I'm soooooo very happy I've embraced them!
Tonight I'm calling one of my most favorite Fraternity Brothers and inviting him to breakfast for sometime this week. I'm doin' this because he has lived in L.A. now for four years and I've probably seen him no more than half a dozen times. And the reason for that is I. And the reason is STUPID! I am not promised TOMORROW and I am intelligent enough to know that those I love MUST know it NOW. I can't afford to wait 'til "later." During our breakfast I'm gonna COME CLEAN about why I've been M.I.A. And I'm 100% sure I'll feel like a MILLION BUCKS after we've talked. I adore him. And it's high time he knows that based not on my WORDS, but on my ACTIONS!
I just returned home from my walk to the grocery store. I immediately received a text from T-man, askin' me if I had felt the earthquake which had just happened in L.A. I texted him back and told him, no. Then I received an e-mail from, Tyshawn, talkin' about the same thing. Then, a phone call from my friend, Chris. Wow! I reckon walkin' back from the grocery store and daydreamin' about livin' in one of the beautiful homes I pass durin' the walk, made me oblivious to the ground swayin' beneath me. 'Cause, honestly, I felt nothing. Well, the way I see it, I'm lookin' and workin' toward makin' a new life for myself and the ONLY way I can see to get that accomplished is to SHAKE UP the status quo of my life! So, if it takes a damn EARTHQUAKE to shake me into my new INCREDIBLY FULFILLING life, so be it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is Easter and I will be spending the day with only ME. I will walk to the grocery store and soak in the Vitamin D as I walk. I will pick up foods I truly enjoy. Foods that nourish and strengthen this 46-yr-old body. Honestly, my life is not nearly where I want it to be professionally. And, to a large degree, personally, either. However, I know that NOTHING will change UNTIL I make changes! And, I am making those changes. I AM! -- I've been talkin' to one of my dearest friends, TYSHAWN, today, and I am watching his life change for the better right before my very eyes. And all the changes are coming about because HE made the change to live DIFFERENTLY! Again, it all begins with US! So, to GOD & HIS UNIVERSE, I say, don't give up on me yet. Please continue to offer me support as I redirect my LIFE into the path of PROSPERITY and PHILANTHROPY! Who's changing his life for the BETTERMENT of HIMSELF and OTHERS? I AM!!!!!!! --- Sing, CeCe!!!!!!
Today is a GLORIOUSLY SUNNY day here in southern California and, as usual, I'm headin' out for a leisurely stroll through the beautiful neighborhoods of Toluca Lake. Whenever I walk through those neighborhoods I imagine myself living in one of the beautiful houses there. I also imagine about the lives of the people who actually live in them. Yes, living in such a house is most certainly attainable for me, and when my book becomes a monster hit, I'll do just that. But, until then, I'll continue walking and imagining. Indeed, my imagination is what gets me through and has gotten me through all the tough times I've ever experienced. Truly, the mind--and the attitude which springs from it--are PARAMOUNT!!
