TAKING ME HIGHERBball JONZIN'Written by: ILLAINSPIRATION IS A VERY POWERFUL FORCE.  WHETHER IT IS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE INFLUENCE IT MAY DETERMINE THE PATH WE TAKE IN LIFE AND OUR FINAL DESTINATION FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.  WHETHER IT IS SPORTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THIS REMAINS TRUE.  THIS WORLD THAT WE ARE BORN INTO CAN BE A VERY HARSH PLACE, BUT THE KEY IS NOT TO SETTLE OR BE CONFINED BY ANOTHER'S EXPECTATIONS OF YOU.  SET YOUR OWN GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS.  I CHOSE TO DREAM.  I KNEW MY LIFE MEANT MORE THAN WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED TO ME AND THAT I WAS FAR GREATER THAN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SURROUNDED ME.  THOSE WHO SAY THEY SELL DRUGS AS A NECESSITY ARE LIARS.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A CRIMINAL IN ORDER TO BE A MAN! I AM LIVING PROOF.  I GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS SURROUNDED BY DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN MY OWN HOUSEHOLD.  WHILE THE WEAK-HEARTED AND SELFISH "CHOSE" A CONDEMNED ROUTE SELLING CRACK TO MY BLACK COMMUNITY I "CHOSE" MY OWN ROUTE, DESTINATION GOD-AKA-UNIVERSAL TRUTH.ON THIS ROUTE I LEARNED THE "GOLDEN RULE"(FROM THE MESSIAH) TO TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED.  I LEARNED THAT THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST, MY TESTIMONY, AND THROUGH MY GOD GIVEN TALENT, BASKETBALL.  IT WAS THROUGH MY TALENT THAT I DECIDED I WOULD USE IT TO HELP PEOPLE IN LIFE.  I PRACTICED MANY HOURS, MADE MANY TEAMS, WENT TO A GOOD COLLEGE, AND GAINED A GOOD EDUCATION. SO, YEAH YOU CAN MAKE THE TEAM, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THE PURSUIT OF YOUR DREAMS.  WHAT YOU LEARN IN THE PROCESS IS WHAT TRULY MATTERS.  I'VE MET TRULY GREAT PEOPLE, WENT TO GREAT PLACES, AND I BECAME A TRUE MAN THROUGH MY GIFT FROM GOD.  FAR GREATER THAN ANY SPORT, THE TRUE TEST IS LIFE ITSELF.THERE IS A WICKED FORCE THAT IS JEALOUS OF OUR HOPE AND OUR DREAMS.  A WICKED FORCE THAT DOES NOT WANT YOU OR I TO GIVE OUR ALL.  YET IN LIFE JUST LIKE ON THE COURT WE STAND TALL AND ACHIEVE MORE THAN THOUGHT BY SOME, ACCOMPLISH MORE THAN THEY HAVE, AND MORE THAN THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD.
A POWERFUL MAN IN WORD AND DEED.  LIKE MIKE THIS SPORT HAS BEEN A VERY POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE.  IT HAS HELPED TO CHANGE MY LIFE, FROM BEING A CHILD WHO DREAMS TO BECOMING A MAN WHO SETS & ACCOMPLISHES GOALS AND WHO POSITIVELY INSPIRES OTHERS.KEEP SPREADING LOVE AND RESPECT.  STAND TALL FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.  BE CREATIVE LIKE THE GLORY OF THE HEAVEN'S ABOVE AND LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL EARTH THAT SURROUNDS YOU.  THEN CREATION YOU WILL SEE YOUR CREATOR.  THEN YOU WILL BE TAKEN HIGHER!!!
MUCH LOVE!!!
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