For a loving mother to Nurture, care and love her child/children and raise him/her when you could have abandoned them. To be so (eloquently) designed we first have to give thanks to the creator. Being sculpted by God himself you are truly a blessing to (motherhood) and mankind. Oh Beautiful Queens of ours...
Its how I wish god could hold you in His loving arms and fill you with the love of His heart and forever proclaim to you his un denying love, salvation, and eternal devotion. Just as you did us...
To the loving mothers. God has said paradise is your choice and there's a very special garden where the flowers of motherhood grows. Its nurture by the kindness and concern that good mothers show. The seeds are the healthful deeds that you queens so glady do and love, laughter are the showers that strengthen and renew. And it offers tender promises that mothers joy will last its a place of peace and beauty where bright new dreams can start its motherly garden, and it blooms in the heart.
To the outstanding mothers this "moment" there lies a crown or righteous for you . As the old adage goes "I want you to shoot for the moon and if you miss I promise you will land on the stars"...
To the outstanding mothers I salute you all and
THANKS FOR BEING A DYNAMIC MOTHER...
Sunday, September 21, 2008
My Closest Friend
God knows that I try to be the best that I can be. It seems the more that I try , the more troubled water's flow beneath my feet. Sad-ness seems to be my closest friend; A lesson- learned is like sun-burn; I would do anything to be happy, to just for once have the tables turned.
At times I'm so courageous, but then there are times when I'm not.
My heart ponuds with fear, and this is when, then the tears began to drop. Sad-ness seems to be my closest friend;
I try desperatly to think of a place to just be free. But reality began to set-in and I think, there's only one place for me.
The people that I wrongly loved disappointed me in the worst way. To just be loved in-return is what I craved, but Sad-ness seems to be my closest friend;
Dear God, I pray with-in most humbleness submission for you to relieve me of this Sad-ness.
I know by praying to the creator Sad-ness no longer relies with in...
To my Closest friend....
At times I'm so courageous, but then there are times when I'm not.
My heart ponuds with fear, and this is when, then the tears began to drop. Sad-ness seems to be my closest friend;
I try desperatly to think of a place to just be free. But reality began to set-in and I think, there's only one place for me.
The people that I wrongly loved disappointed me in the worst way. To just be loved in-return is what I craved, but Sad-ness seems to be my closest friend;
Dear God, I pray with-in most humbleness submission for you to relieve me of this Sad-ness.
I know by praying to the creator Sad-ness no longer relies with in...
To my Closest friend....
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Love
Unhappy in love? It's alway's our partner's fault. Ever hear anyone say "My Relationship is a mess and I'm the problem?"
Insensitivty, betrayal, abuse-- it's true that we human beings are capable of terrible behavior. And it hurts deeply to be mistreated by the person you expect to treat you best. But no one can take your peace or power unless you surrender it. No one's behavior makes you miserable for long unless you allow it too. It's not our lover's bad behavior that makes us crazy, but how we internalize and respond to it. It's time to awake from our fantasy; No one is perfect. We'll forever be disappointed in love if our emotions are tied to who we think our mate should be. But, the biggest mistake we make is in selecting our partners. Sometimes we accept as a lover a person we'd never have as a friend, or we don't recognize a divine-right partner whose packaging isn't bright and shiny; We forget that the gift is on the inside...
Terrance 'Gangsta' Williams
Insensitivty, betrayal, abuse-- it's true that we human beings are capable of terrible behavior. And it hurts deeply to be mistreated by the person you expect to treat you best. But no one can take your peace or power unless you surrender it. No one's behavior makes you miserable for long unless you allow it too. It's not our lover's bad behavior that makes us crazy, but how we internalize and respond to it. It's time to awake from our fantasy; No one is perfect. We'll forever be disappointed in love if our emotions are tied to who we think our mate should be. But, the biggest mistake we make is in selecting our partners. Sometimes we accept as a lover a person we'd never have as a friend, or we don't recognize a divine-right partner whose packaging isn't bright and shiny; We forget that the gift is on the inside...
Terrance 'Gangsta' Williams
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thoughts From The Belly of The Beast
Another day trapped in my sorrow thinking about my children,family, and friends... What to do about tomorrow, how to make a bad day and situation better, how to make pain and fears clear to the ones I love in a letter! Knowing right from wrong while I was doing wrong from the start... Chasing and catching devalued dollars constantly in vain to make everything better for my family knowing it could and would tear us apart! The life of a baller-- the cars, girls, money, power that lasted for a couple of years and vanished in hours... A fool for wanting to attain and keep the eye candy of the world you can't have... When you see your folly, and realize it all in your suffering for the try, you want to cry but all you can do is laugh...
Who's the Gangster now?
Who's the Gangster now?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
A Drug Program
Here in FCI Jesup Mr. Henry Brown has put together a program for the nonresidential drug class. I knew the impact I help cause in my hood so I decided to join him and help with the class.. Not being selfish, I thought of you and a way you can help your friends, family members, etc. By placing this on my Blog.
Objective: CHANGING VALUE SYSTEMS
Week 1 Introduction
During the introduction we will touch on the purpose of the class and the various topics we will cover over a twelve week period.
TOPICS
WEEK 2 Defining Values
WEEK 3 Origin of Values
WEEK 4 Prioitizing our Values
WEEK 5 Blaming & Diversion
WEEK 6 Criminal lifestyles & Users
WEEK 7 Living with others
WEEK 8 Responsibilty
WEEK 9 Recovery Maintenance
WEEK10 Relapse Prevention
WEEK 11 Transition
WEEK 12 Staying true to our Values
WEEK 2 Defining Values
Group Discussion : What are Values ?
We will discuss way's of challenging our thinking errors and focus on what is a rational thought versus an irrational thought.
We will take words like Morals, Principles, Worth, Honesty, and Esteemed Characteristic, etcs, and break them down using Webster's dictionary as our base.
We will discuss individually how and what these word's mean to us, and why they are important in our lives.
Define the following word's:
1 Respect 2. Moral 3. Honesty 4. Worth 5. Responsibility 6. Principles 7. Esteemed Characteristic....
Give a brief reason why these values are important in our lives.....
WEEK 3. ORIGIN OF VALUES
Group Discussion: Where do our values come from?
In this session we will cover the sources of our values systems. Our sources can be our parents, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Friends, The streets, B.E.T., vh1 and even Telemundo.....
Although values can come from many different places, it is very important that we be true to ourseleves.
WEEK 4 PRIORITIZING OUR VALUES
Group Discussion:
Putting the thing's most important to us first, and the thing's less important last.. Here is a list of thing's that should be first. God, Family, Job , wORK, Friends, CLOTHES, CAR, HOME, EDUCATION
WEEK 5 BLAMING
This is a tactic that is used to keep us from looking at ourselves
Denial of responsibility: I WAS SET UP
Denial of Injury: I HAD A GUN BUT IT WASN'T LOADED
Denial of harm to other's : HEY, I DIDN'T FORCE THEM TO USE DRUG'S, THEY CAME TO ME.
Reversving the blame: THE GOVERNMENT IS THE REAL CRIMINAL.
Appeal to higher purpose: I HAD BILL'S TO PAY
WEEK6 CRIMINAL LIFESTYLE & USERS
This session will focus on how we think our feelings and actions are a direct result of condition, or the world around us. For instance, we grew up in the slums so it's okay for you to act without morals or priniciples. It's alright for you to drop out of school. It's alright for us to sell and use drugs. It's alright to abondon our childern and family, and the community. It's alright to live a criminal lifestyle. From the time we were born we have been developing belief and perceptions and values. Based on the people who raised us, the so called friends we hung out with, the trap and street corners we grew up on, and the events we experienced, we developed a unique way of seeing and thinking about everything we experienced. This is how our criminal lifestyle got started and from there we developed certain criminal thinking errors that has help shaped our value system.
Make a list of your criminal payoffs-vs- your losses and setback.
Payoff -vs- costs
Lot of cash Broken family
Status Poor health
Luxury housing No values
Women/men Prison
Drug/Alchol Torn community
Power Lost of property
WEEK 7 Living with others
This session will focus on identifying and exploring family issues: How we deal with our childern, Women, Men and community at large. We will discuss how our values effect our relationships with other's and improving communication skills. We will look at the pain and harm we have caused in others, and those who care about us, and what we can do to make things right ( change our value system ) This session will use role playing and practice in actual situations.
WEEK 8 Resposibility
Own up to the damage you caused. Stand up and take responsibility for the ways you have hurt others. Quit making excuses and playing down the suffering you have caused. Make a responsibility statement and read it to class.
WEEK 9 Recovery Mainenance
In this class we will be placing emphasis on identifying individual relapse "Triggers".
WEEK 10 Relapse Prevention
This class will focus on developing a relapse prevention plan as well as initiating a balanced and healthy style of living. 1. Study and stay around positive pepole.
2. Avoid old friends, negative people, bars & clubs.
3. Stay focus and eliminate unhealthy behavior.
WEEK 11 Transition
This session will focus on re-entry into lives of our families, communities and employment related skills.
WEEK 12 Staying true to our values
In this class we will focus on everything that we have covered in the past 12 weeks and all of the things that we must do in order to stay on the right path to success.
Objective: CHANGING VALUE SYSTEMS
Week 1 Introduction
During the introduction we will touch on the purpose of the class and the various topics we will cover over a twelve week period.
TOPICS
WEEK 2 Defining Values
WEEK 3 Origin of Values
WEEK 4 Prioitizing our Values
WEEK 5 Blaming & Diversion
WEEK 6 Criminal lifestyles & Users
WEEK 7 Living with others
WEEK 8 Responsibilty
WEEK 9 Recovery Maintenance
WEEK10 Relapse Prevention
WEEK 11 Transition
WEEK 12 Staying true to our Values
WEEK 2 Defining Values
Group Discussion : What are Values ?
We will discuss way's of challenging our thinking errors and focus on what is a rational thought versus an irrational thought.
We will take words like Morals, Principles, Worth, Honesty, and Esteemed Characteristic, etcs, and break them down using Webster's dictionary as our base.
We will discuss individually how and what these word's mean to us, and why they are important in our lives.
Define the following word's:
1 Respect 2. Moral 3. Honesty 4. Worth 5. Responsibility 6. Principles 7. Esteemed Characteristic....
Give a brief reason why these values are important in our lives.....
WEEK 3. ORIGIN OF VALUES
Group Discussion: Where do our values come from?
In this session we will cover the sources of our values systems. Our sources can be our parents, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Friends, The streets, B.E.T., vh1 and even Telemundo.....
Although values can come from many different places, it is very important that we be true to ourseleves.
WEEK 4 PRIORITIZING OUR VALUES
Group Discussion:
Putting the thing's most important to us first, and the thing's less important last.. Here is a list of thing's that should be first. God, Family, Job , wORK, Friends, CLOTHES, CAR, HOME, EDUCATION
WEEK 5 BLAMING
This is a tactic that is used to keep us from looking at ourselves
Denial of responsibility: I WAS SET UP
Denial of Injury: I HAD A GUN BUT IT WASN'T LOADED
Denial of harm to other's : HEY, I DIDN'T FORCE THEM TO USE DRUG'S, THEY CAME TO ME.
Reversving the blame: THE GOVERNMENT IS THE REAL CRIMINAL.
Appeal to higher purpose: I HAD BILL'S TO PAY
WEEK6 CRIMINAL LIFESTYLE & USERS
This session will focus on how we think our feelings and actions are a direct result of condition, or the world around us. For instance, we grew up in the slums so it's okay for you to act without morals or priniciples. It's alright for you to drop out of school. It's alright for us to sell and use drugs. It's alright to abondon our childern and family, and the community. It's alright to live a criminal lifestyle. From the time we were born we have been developing belief and perceptions and values. Based on the people who raised us, the so called friends we hung out with, the trap and street corners we grew up on, and the events we experienced, we developed a unique way of seeing and thinking about everything we experienced. This is how our criminal lifestyle got started and from there we developed certain criminal thinking errors that has help shaped our value system.
Make a list of your criminal payoffs-vs- your losses and setback.
Payoff -vs- costs
Lot of cash Broken family
Status Poor health
Luxury housing No values
Women/men Prison
Drug/Alchol Torn community
Power Lost of property
WEEK 7 Living with others
This session will focus on identifying and exploring family issues: How we deal with our childern, Women, Men and community at large. We will discuss how our values effect our relationships with other's and improving communication skills. We will look at the pain and harm we have caused in others, and those who care about us, and what we can do to make things right ( change our value system ) This session will use role playing and practice in actual situations.
WEEK 8 Resposibility
Own up to the damage you caused. Stand up and take responsibility for the ways you have hurt others. Quit making excuses and playing down the suffering you have caused. Make a responsibility statement and read it to class.
WEEK 9 Recovery Mainenance
In this class we will be placing emphasis on identifying individual relapse "Triggers".
WEEK 10 Relapse Prevention
This class will focus on developing a relapse prevention plan as well as initiating a balanced and healthy style of living. 1. Study and stay around positive pepole.
2. Avoid old friends, negative people, bars & clubs.
3. Stay focus and eliminate unhealthy behavior.
WEEK 11 Transition
This session will focus on re-entry into lives of our families, communities and employment related skills.
WEEK 12 Staying true to our values
In this class we will focus on everything that we have covered in the past 12 weeks and all of the things that we must do in order to stay on the right path to success.
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