Let your light shine


Often I stop to think a lot about what I'm doing. What messages am I sending? Am I fulfilling my purpose? How can I improve myself?

Am I really helping anybody? Have I once again become caught up in the rat race? What is pushing me these days? 

Yeah... A lot of questions. 

So I pause. Then I pray. I talk to God about everything. People who don't know what that's like won't understand, but that's okay. I feel like any relationship thrives off of communication. 

I may be able to go for long periods of time without talking to people but I've realized that I miss out on a lot when I do so. It is a selfish thing to move around daily without connecting to the people you love.

Anyway... I realize I don't want to be selfish anymore. I know that I've often held back in doing certain things because of my selfish desire to remain aloof, disconnected and in the background. That's when the song and message hit me today.

The song "This little light of mine" had a double meaning. One was biblical the other practical. See religion serves two purposes: One to connect you to God and secondly to connect you and God through you to His people.

Anyway. The whole light shining thing. I've decided to put my whole "I want to help people" thing to good use. I've realized that in order to do so, I have to go completely out of my comfort zone. 

That's part of the reason you will see more celebrity interviews on here. No matter how much I dislike it and hate putting people on pedestals, I realize that people are drawn to people in the spotlight. If I'm going to reach more folks I have to meet them where they are.

I'm not going to focus on trivial matters when I talk to these folks. I will ask them the same questions I continuously ask the guys I know, my homeboys and dudes I meet on the street.

After all that's who celebrities are to their friends and families: just another dude (or chick) they met on the street or at a family gathering.

But I'm not going to stop talking to folks you don't know who aren't in the spotlight.

Just expanding a little bit, I guess.

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