Where in the Sam Hayaale U Been? pt. 2

1) Computer has died. There isnt anything worse than your computer biting the dust. I took it to the Staples shop, and was given the bad news. You know the kind of bad news that I am talking about techies. "Its cheaper to buy a new one, than fix this one". Yeah. My sentiments exactly.




2) My job thinks that slavery is legal, (allegedly...) Or at least I feel that way sometimes. Last week, I worked 57 hours. That is too much. I have been burning the candle on both ends, needless to say.



3) My teenager. When my baby was born. I held her and cried. Now I know why. She's 14, cute, has an attitude and doesn't care much for authority these days. So, we are going back and forth trying to make things right. She drives me nuts, but hey I love my pooh-bear.

So, those are the top three issues that have made life happen in one shape or another. The last day or so, I have had the toothache from the bottom of hell. So much pain until I did not sleep a wink. As a result, I have not eaten really. Im scared to do, I got ease back into it. Now, since I am a mama's boy and I am single, you know what I did. That's right... Sitting up while everyone is sleep at mama's house. Hey, dont be hating. :) Sometimes, life reminds you that it is fragile and you need people around you. Shout out to my brother Jack, who brought me to my parents house because I was too weak to drive anywhere. Shout out to my pastor who prayed for me as well. The pain has gone. Thank you Jesus! (praise break) So for the next day or so, I will blog a bit and I have a few things on my mind. So, like that preacher up I-45 in Dallas at the potters house says, "get ready, get ready, get ready!!

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

Its a new year! I am most excited. Simply because I am glad to see it. 2011 was rough. Real rough. God has been and is good but it was a rough ride nontheless. Having said that, I have been evaluating friendships, relationships, connections and the like. Simply put, some of these frienships, relationships and connections are gone. Over the next few months. I am cleaning house. In my mind, in my heart, in my soul, and in my house. I am having funeral services for many things and people. Too bad those people and things wont even know that they are being buried. I cannot afford to lose focus this year. Spark the revolution. Hopefully, it will last longer than 5 minutes.

The Normalcy of Abnormality

Have you ever felt that nothing in your life ever seems to pan out? Have you ever felt that you are doomed to fail? Guess what? You are not alone actually. Too many people walk around and feel like this. Life is not suppose to be this way. Life can be percieved as boring, uninspired, and challenging but nobody is suppose to feel depressed or be depressed all the time. Have you ever felt like things were going so right, that something wrong has to happen to make you feel okay? Yeah, its called Murphy's law. If something can wrong, it will. However, do not get it twisted. Life should not be lived as if you are waiting for things to go wrong. Failures are opportunities. Missteps and setbacks are teaching mechanisms. Nobody is supposed to fail. If one is to fail, then fail forward. I would rather fail going forward, than succeed going backwards. If things are jacked up in your life, then do something about it! Do not sit there and take it. God is too good and life is too sweet for anybody to run around feeling like its always raining.

Love is a way

Love is a way,
to past the time.
Like watching the sun set,
sipping lemonade
through the window shade.

Love is a way,
to keep the sadness away.
Like friends and family barbecues,
ribs and red beans.
Relishing the moments.

Love is a way,
to remind you that hate is a bad word.
Always heard,
but seldom thought to be absurb.


Love is a way,
to be in the way,
to walk in the way,
and following the way.
Love is the way.


Richard J Wright (2011)

What do the Lonely Do for the Holidays?

Yes, Christmas is upon us once again. Praise the name of the LORD. Yes, its another holiday season where presents and lights and trees and smiles and worst of all, depression is prevalent.

Now, I could provide a plethora of scriptures to the help encourage but im going to take the Jethro approach. You know Jethro right, no not the hick from Beverly Hillbillies but Jethro from the bible. Jethro was Moses father in law. He just gave Moses some sound advice. He didnt preach to him or offer some deep prophetic word, he just gave him some practical advice.

What am I talking about? Well, a lot singles will find themselves shut in. Watching television, wishing they had somebody to keep them company. The holidays do have a way of magnifying things in your life. So, here are few suggestions for the holiday lonely blues.

1) Hang out with family. Family is the best during the holidays. Its a chance to reconnect and bond.

2) Take a trip. A road trip, train or plane is a good thing. Seeing some new things are always a good thing. It gives you a chance to relax, reflect and recharge your batteries.

3) Make it a night on the town. A nice restaurant, poetry spots, jazz cafes, coffee shops are cool places to hang out.

4) Get together with other singles and have a little shindig. Cook some food. Go to Red Box. Great CDs and just chill. Board games, etc.

5) Volunteer. People need encouragement. Elderly and shut ins. Homeless shelters. You can even start a toy and food drive. Dont wait for someone else to do it. You start it. There is no law when it comes to pouring out love.

Now, you wont be able to perhaps do these things all the time. However, if you take the time to purpose yourself towards productivity and not having a pity party. You will be surprise how much you will accomplish.

So this holiday season, do not sit at home with the blues. Be active. Be alive. Believe.


Richard J Wright

Holiday Issues... To believe or not.

Today is Thanksgiving. Now there are many stories about Thanksgiving that give people reason to celebrate and many stories that cause people not to celebrate. What is a responsible upstanding thought provoking intelligent people to do? Celebrate or not celebrate.

To each his own.

While I can get with some revolutionaries on somethings, others I cannot. Its like the conscious fellow who has a family full of folk who celebrate together and he doesnt bother to come by because he believes he is making a statement. Let me pull your coat onto something. You not helping or hurting anyone. You are just dissing your people. While the commercial success of holidays like Thanksgiving are questionable. Take this as food for thought. Every person decides how live and think each day. If it takes a holiday to get the family together, why piss on an opportunity to build, break bread, and share?

I remember Professor X from the X Clan relating a holiday story. He was talking about how a friend of his invited him to his house. It was cold outside and there was nothing to do. He and his friend went inside and he was welcomed like family and learned a lesson. Its like the word nigger. You take what was given in venom and make an antidote. So to my brothers and sisters who are Christian, agnostic, atheists, spiritualists, thanksgiving may not be your cup of tea but there isnt nothing wrong being with family and friends over a meal.

I laugh at some of my friends because as deep as they may think they are. They are a puddle in the wilderness. I once ran in these same circles which makes me laugh and cry because you come to understand a great number of things. Often we exchange the matrix for another. You only become free of them, when you realize who has authored the matrixes of the world. The most powerful element in the universe is love. Love triumphs knowledge, information, kingdoms, pricipalities and powers. I once worked with a guy who was Jewish by family bloodlines but he was an athiest. I used to kill him with his hypocritical mindset. He didnt believe in the torah but that didnt stop him from taking Jewish holidays off at work. Then I realized something, it was his perogative to believe or not or to do whatever.

So to each his own.

Some of my Christian friends are stauch believers in not celebrating Christmas, Easter and the like. Its funny, politics make for strange bedfellows. I could put some of my friends who are on opposite sides together and they would find a common ground. No wonder the White Supremacists and Black Muslims could work together. But again.

To each his own.

Where in the Sam Hayaale U Been?

Dag, its been a minute. Where have I been? Why have I neglected this blog? Hard to say actually. If somebody was reading it, I might feel a bit guilty but since no one is banging down my email or door for it. Its been a proverbial yawn. Honestly, I haven't been really inspired to do a lot of writing. Well, that isnt completely true. I have been busy. I recently wrote the Christmas play, the youth at my church are going to perform. For the most part, my pen has been down. However, that is about to change. A sister of mine wants me to write for her ministry website. So, writing has been happening. Just not here. I am trying to change that. My computer needs work too, so thats an issue clearly. A few things have been happening. I am not going to get into them now. I will be writing all day. Needless to say, enjoy your holiday and I will be back with you a day or two. God bless until then.