Negative Folks...

Right off the bat, I want you all to know that I don’t like NEGATIVE minded people. I am sure you know someone who is always negative and you yourself could be just as negative so this entry here is for you. Don’t get offended if I say something that your negative ass thinks is out of place. After all, this is my blog, if you don’t like it, create your own.

One key problem that I face as a creative thinker is the negative folks that I meet. I would engage in a long conversation with them and after I lay out an idea he/she would say “You’re so way over your head there, B!!” or “That has never been done B, why do you think your foreign ass can!!!” or my favorite, “That’s just not possible.”

These fools make me sick. How do they know it won’t work? They would tell me how refreshing the idea is yet it’s followed by a negative thought. Have these people ever tried? Do they have experience in doing what it is I tried to explain to them? More often than not, the answer is ABSOLUTELY no! So why would these suckers feel oblige to subconsciously rebuttal with a negative word or phrase when people seek answers to questions? Over the weekend, I met with this so-called ideologist and he and I kicked around some stuff and I let him in on one of my secrets and his first reply was, “dude this idea is sick but that ain’t possible”. I wanted to slap the fool upside his head but given that he’s a major contributor to some of my work, so I let him get away with it. So when he and I had adjourned, I really had to sit back and analyze my mood and how I allowed a pessimist to dampen my mood and to have me walking around with a dark cloud over my head…But then it hit me, pessimism is weighty on the heart. Yes, all ideas cannot be accepted and applauded yet don’t ruin my shit just because you ain’t got nothing better to do. If people realized how heavy negative thoughts, comments, and actions are, I think they would think twice about thwarting one’s enthusiasm.

Like they say, great spirits are always running into mediocre minds and to a certain extent, it’s probably for the best.

I am CONFIDENT by nature. I hope you read that last sentence, I am CONFIDENT by nature. Not cocky like some of you have been telling me all these years, I just know that I got the products you’re looking for. I believe in my abilities and if I dare dream it, then you best believe it can be done. When I was up north, it was a lot easier to run into intellects that could guide and help you bring your ideas to life. Down here though, nothing against my fellow African Americans, but goddanm, these people are so ignorant. I am also learning that even the educated, professional, and knowledgeable are often ignorant to things that they don’t understand, or they can sometimes allow their intelligent memory make the ignorant to new ideas....

Think of all the great thinkers, philosophers, businessman, doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, etc. Think about their journey to where they are now, imagine how many times they heard these negative thoughts, imagine the countless hours they cried because a family member told them they wouldn’t amount to anything, just imagine yourself where you are right now and think back to those who told you that you wouldn’t be, those who told you that you didn’t matter and that your ideas and your efforts would never be. Had you listened to them, you would have been short. The people that you’re working with, you probably would have never met them, that vacation package you just got; it wouldn’t have been possible, if only you had listened to them ignants.

So where does this leave me??? I have never belittle another man’s goals, dreams or plans no matter how foolish it sounds and I don’t want to ever do that because you never know where this idea make take that individual.

When I think about those who are successful, I am not envious of their lifestyle, their riches or fancy cars, or the fine ladies (I envy Hugh Hefner though…lol), but seriously, when I think about these people it gives me hope. I love myself and I have a passion for everything that I am currently involved in. I believe in my ideas and I am CONFIDENT that everything will come to pass. For now, that’s all that matters.


PS: 1st week of April…we launch…le combat continue frère!!!!