We Need Love
On this Valentine's Day, as I sit in Atlanta awaiting the inauguration of the 10th President of Morehouse College (my pops), I realize that everything I've been learning today surrounds the same principle. Walk with me, I need someone to talk to:
1. I sat during the Morehouse Convocation (the 141st Birthday of Morehouse College) and listened to the great Otis Moss Jr. (Trinity UCC has Otis III) teach us three things: We, as Morehouse Men, need to be a VOICE in our community; We are the voice of a VISION; and that vision follows a WAY. Leaders with the passion to serve; a passion like our brother Dr. King and Bennie Mays YES but a passion that won't necessarily fuel you into the spotlight.
A voice, a vision, and a way, guided in LOVE.
2. My father is an awesome man. You'll have to hear the story of US one day (good luck) but as I sit here, I realize that of all the emotions I COULD have felt (some say SHOULD HAVE felt)...look at how we abandon our fathers...of all these emotions...I feel LOVE. Straight/Pure/Joy and LOVE. I hope we can articulate this to each other one day, and that our story can be a testimony to the power of reconciliation, forgiveness, and LOVE.
For a love without reconciliation hardly deserves such a glorious title.
3. When you follow your destiny, whatever it is, when you follow it, pain disappears and love forms in its place. We talk about this LOVE word a lot, but today, on Valentine's Day, I learned more about LOVE without seeing one red rose or one couple kissing.
I witness a community of LOVE, where strangers are brothers and problems are opportunities (I realized how many opportunities our country has).
I realize how much love there is in this world, and how many people have no idea about it. How many opportunities there are for us to love one another, to love those who are completely opposite us. To Love All. To love at home and in the classroom, on the internet, and in our music.
For the past few weeks, I've been working on articulating what PUREMUSIC means, so that you will know and so businesses and labels will know. So we can grow. But you have to KNOW what you are supporting. And I've been working on answering the question: What is PureMusic? I know now...and you can answer the same way to those who ask...
LOVE
and what does J.Kwest do?
He Loves Me
and I do, Happy Valentine's Day
(I have to go for a moment; but I'll be posting something every day during this special time. Stay in tune. ALSO, I'm looking at the television now and seeing this story about Northern Illinois. Some shooting. I'm not able to check now, but it sounds like someone needs some LOVE. Off to work...)
1. I sat during the Morehouse Convocation (the 141st Birthday of Morehouse College) and listened to the great Otis Moss Jr. (Trinity UCC has Otis III) teach us three things: We, as Morehouse Men, need to be a VOICE in our community; We are the voice of a VISION; and that vision follows a WAY. Leaders with the passion to serve; a passion like our brother Dr. King and Bennie Mays YES but a passion that won't necessarily fuel you into the spotlight.
A voice, a vision, and a way, guided in LOVE.
2. My father is an awesome man. You'll have to hear the story of US one day (good luck) but as I sit here, I realize that of all the emotions I COULD have felt (some say SHOULD HAVE felt)...look at how we abandon our fathers...of all these emotions...I feel LOVE. Straight/Pure/Joy and LOVE. I hope we can articulate this to each other one day, and that our story can be a testimony to the power of reconciliation, forgiveness, and LOVE.
For a love without reconciliation hardly deserves such a glorious title.
3. When you follow your destiny, whatever it is, when you follow it, pain disappears and love forms in its place. We talk about this LOVE word a lot, but today, on Valentine's Day, I learned more about LOVE without seeing one red rose or one couple kissing.
I witness a community of LOVE, where strangers are brothers and problems are opportunities (I realized how many opportunities our country has).
I realize how much love there is in this world, and how many people have no idea about it. How many opportunities there are for us to love one another, to love those who are completely opposite us. To Love All. To love at home and in the classroom, on the internet, and in our music.
For the past few weeks, I've been working on articulating what PUREMUSIC means, so that you will know and so businesses and labels will know. So we can grow. But you have to KNOW what you are supporting. And I've been working on answering the question: What is PureMusic? I know now...and you can answer the same way to those who ask...
LOVE
and what does J.Kwest do?
He Loves Me
and I do, Happy Valentine's Day
(I have to go for a moment; but I'll be posting something every day during this special time. Stay in tune. ALSO, I'm looking at the television now and seeing this story about Northern Illinois. Some shooting. I'm not able to check now, but it sounds like someone needs some LOVE. Off to work...)
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