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  • When you stop…

    When you stop…

    You take away the possibility of completion. I tell myself this often enough but as the days go on, it’s a lot easier said than done. The reality is, the people that didn’t spawn from wealthy families or had trusts waiting for them, really put in the work. Finding your lane, your field of expertise…

  • NO FEAR

    NO FEAR

    Unfortunately, through life, many of us have learned levels of fear that we shouldn’t have had to. Fear should be a place of protection, working along side of common sense. Fear can come from violence, threat of abuse, or even the natural unnatural, death. While all of these things to most deserve that level of…

  • Sad but its life

    Tomorrow I will bury my very first friend in scholastic life. Even though we haven’t spoken in years, dealing with death makes you reflect on the impact of the soul thats lost has had on your life. EZD had a major impact on my life. The first phone number I ever dialed. The first person…

  • Misery in happiness.  1: The beginning

    Maestro Douglas Means Jr., Son of Maestro Means Sr. and Beverly Renee Cummings-Means. I’m the middle of 3 kids. I have an older brother and a younger sister. They are most certainly deemed to be very respectable citizens in our community. They got it right. My parents did a great job with them. But me,…

  • Misery in happiness

    Intro Why was it so hard for you to show your emotions to me? After all we’ve been through. I need you to help me understand. I know I haven’t always been honest with you, but I’ve always loved you. Our conversations don’t always turn out the best which leaves somethings better left unsaid. We’ve…

  • The beginning or the end…

    I’ve worked my entire life to be where I am at this very moment. I finished college, which was a chore in itself. Landed a decent job in my field of choice. Married the woman of my dreams. The kids, cars, homes, by all rights, I can say I made it. But if I did,…