When I finally got my degree in my hand it felt so good. It's funny the value you can put on a piece a paper. Take money for example, so many people have died, gave their blood sweat and tears to get money. People have been enslaved for 500 years for money. That green peace of paper has lead to people making some great decisions and some bad ones. My friend told me a story about him meeting a women that helped him understand the importance of intention. She did this by asking him to close his eyes, he did so and she placed a application in his hand and told him to open his eyes. When he opened his eyes he wasn't amazed at what he saw and he felt regular. She told him to close his eyes again and when he opened his eyes she had placed a 100 dollar bill in his hand. She then asked him how he felt and he said that he felt happy. She asked why he felt happy and he responded because money made him feel good. Now I ask you the reader this question? in both instances of this experiment my friend was given two pieces of paper that he himself had the option to put whatever intention or feeling he wanted to feel when he saw the application and when he saw the 100 dollar bill. The difference is look at what society has convinced us is important. Because of lack of resources, uneven wages, classicism and inflation everybody wants money but most people don't know how to attain it. My point is we put so much energy on money and it's really just a piece of paper that grows on a tree. The other piece of paper that the lady put in his hand was information on how to heal your body and bring your body back to its natural state. So when you think about the importance of the first piece of paper that this lady put in my friends hand it had way more importance then the hundred dollar bill.
I got my Associates degree from a school called Tompkins Cortland Community College. It was located in Dryden, NY. It was the first time in my life I was a minority in my class setting. Most of the people in my class were white. It didn't matter what my high school had prepared me for. Either I got the work done or I fail out of college. So although I didn't do as well as I should of I attained my associates in Human services. I admit I had more fun with my friends and I put more attention to my social life instead of my degree.
I decided to take time off from school so I could work and make money after I got my associates. Then I decided that I wasn't going back to school because I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I made a lot if bad decisions during that seven year period but in 2012 I decided to get my life back together and I became an assistant dean at Boys and Girls high school. While working there I got Cool with the head coach of the boys varsity basketball team. She allowed me to start coming to practice so that I could get in shape. I ended up coming everyday until I became a part of the coaching staff. During that time Ruth always gave me advice while we were working. I use to tell her all my dreams and she sat me down one day and told me everything it took for to be as successful as she is. She then advised that I go back to school because having my bachelors would make my life easier. After my grandfather passed away that August I decided to take her advice and get enrolled into Medgar Evers College.
My first year at Medgar I didn't take school as serious, I still had dreams of playing basketball. So I tried out for the team and that's where most of my attention went. Six months into me playing for the basketball team me and the coaching staff got into a argument. I didn't feel like he was using my talents the right way so I left the team and decided to focus on school. Now when I decided to put my all into school that spring semester was about to end. I ended up failing Spanish that semester and my ending GPA was 2.488. So now the summer comes and I was determined that when the fall semester came I was going to give my all my Last year. Before the fall semester started I get a letter in the mail saying I'm out of the social work program because you needed to maintain 2.5 or higher GPA to stay in the program. So I went and talked to the Director of the social work program and she told me she couldn't help, I spoke to the Dean of the program and he told me that he couldn't help. Finally I was able to meet with the Provost and Vice President of the school and I told him my problem and he got me back into the social work program the following week. That same semester I made the Dean's List and ended that semester with 3.5 GPA, the next semester I made the Dean's List and finished out the semester with 3.23 GPA. And for my last semester I got six A's and 3.994 GPA. You have to be on the Dean's List for four semesters straight to graduate on the President's list. The semester before I got a 3.5 I got 3.133 and I needed a 3.2. All in all, I still graduated with honors
I met professors at Medgar that gave me tools that I will be able to use for the rest of my life. When I entered Medgar I was broken inside, I had just lost my grandfather and I was trying to find my way. The two and half years I spent at Medgar changed my life for the better. I evolved academically, spiritually, professionally and I am proud to say that I am a better man then I was when I entered the school in 2013. I made some amazing friends, I had some great experiences and the time I spent at Medgar will live in my spirit forever. So I started this blog talking about intention, you can put good intention on anything, on food, water, people, objects. Your spirit can make everything you experience be beneficial to your life as long as you believe so. The only reason why money makes you happy because you have trained your mind to believe that without it you wouldn't be happy. The same feeling you get when you get money you can get if somebody gave you a book. You just have to to understand that the book can have just as much importance as the money. When I look at my degree it makes feel more happy than when I look at money. My degree is confirmation that I put my mind to something and I was able to accomplish my goal. That little piece of paper means the world to me because what I had to do to attain it. I hope you get something from this blog and I inspired you in some way. If I did. Just do me a favor and inspire someone else.