Change The World Or Let The World Change You!

Please, if you love yourself, don’t change for the world.

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I was comfortable existing in my bubble until I was 14 years old and had to leave my space to learn how to live and survive in the real world, which changes by the second daily.

I possess the ability to learn from a distance, so I spend a lot of time studying my life, our planet, and its inhabitants. In one of my studies of the people I know, I learn that some of their ways of thinking seem to be more of a liability than an asset.

I have seen many areas where their thinking creates conflict for them and those around them. I figured out early in life that the fewer of certain kinds of people in my life, the better it will be.

Too many people told me that I couldn’t do it alone.

Someone wise said, ‘no man is an island.

Experience, pain, and the cruelty of humanity forced me to make a difficult but correct decision. I could change myself to live and survive in a cruel and unforgiven world and be unhappy. Or, I can change the world and be happy.

Changing our world isn’t really hard if you want to and knows how. Thursdays are my Market day, and yellow yam was on my list. I planned on making some Red Peas soup Saturday. Soup is our traditional Saturday meal for…