LIFE

We were born into it. We live it. We breathe it. Heck even K-Ci and JoJo sang a song about it! Life! What is the meaning of it? Why were we created? Why? Why? Why? Why? Well, don't ask me!! All I know is that it is here to stay until the Good Lord brings about the Rapture! Since we know this, here is my synopsis on LIFE!

There are the haves and have not's, the princes and the paupers, the decadence and the doldrums, the rich and the rest of us; the list goes on and on! These powers have been fighting against one another in a social tug-of-war for centuries. The rich wish to remain so and the poor wish to climb out of their respective gutters.

 This is the tone of society.

Ancient Rome was a powerhouse. Led by a militaristic style known by no other force in that time, Julius Caesar was 50 years old when he took over the empire. He, along with the likes of Alexander the Great and Genghis Kahn, represented what life (by human definition) was supposed to be about: The overall domination of the world by one single entity!!

But alas, these empires fell and thus we have had numerous countries fighting for world power ever since. So here we are. The current world power is the "melting pot" of the world: The United States of America. The world follows the U.S.'s lead when it comes to the ebb and flow of life. So what does it mean to live LIFE in today's world. Hmmmmm....

Well, it means building your country off of the backs of others and, once prosperous, shun those who essentially built it for you. LIFE today means making sex tapes and then calling yourself "a business mogul!" (Really!! Like for Real!! A business mogul?? OK!). Life today means wearing nerd glasses and suspenders when just 10 years ago kids were killing those who wore nerd glasses and suspenders!

Yep, ISH JUST GOT REAL!!!

LIFE today means instead of confronting the person who wronged you, you'll just post a subliminal message on your social media page hoping that the person sees it. This is just so you can say, "I wasn't talking about you!" LIFE today means, "I'll just call you a hater just because I have no plausible argument!" LIFE today is full of LOL, FML, POTUS, SCOTUS, etc. without having a GED, BA, MA, or PHD. Think on it a minute!

LIFE today is being a political pundit from your couch. LIFE today is saying, I just bought my Coach purse" while sleeping on the Couch! LIFE today means, "I'm going to buy a Chrysler 300 just so I can know what it means to ride in a Bentley!" LIFE today means that black account for billions in consumer power each and every year, but is less than 1% involved in any type of business ownership. Yikes!

LIFE today means that is part racism/part excuses. LIFE today means half lie/half truths. LIFE today means conqueror vs. conquered. LIFE today means food stamp needers vs. food stamp bleeders. LIFE today means Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie! But no one wants to Workie! Workie! Workie! Yea, I just made it up!

LIFE today means getting Botox every other day but claiming, "I age gracefully!" LIFE today means I must go broke in order to follow latest Hollywood trends. LIFE today means video vixens writing tell all books. LIFE today means real women not having a chance against "Kardashian look-a-likes!" Yep, I just made a Kardashian reference!

Moreover, LIFE can be good, LIFE can be bad, and LIFE can be somewhere in the middle. It is, of course, what we make of it that determines how we live it! LIFE can be grand if only you speak it to be! God spoke everything into existence right? We were made in his image right? Then let's use our God-given voice to speak positivity into LIFE!

Remember, don't fall into the hype of this YOLO garbage! You live every day, but you only die once! Live LIFE to the fullest, enjoy it, learn from it, breathe it, cherish it! So Speaks Shaun Marq!!