Its 2:31am on Saturday morning...and I'm hoping to get this to you by your normal "Rise N Grind."
A year ago, I witnessed "How bad do you want it part 1." The clip ignited the fire that lay within me. With Giavanni Ruffin's workout visual in combination with your narration about the Guru; I was consumed and infected all at once... diagnosed with a case of hatred for average; taste buds disgusted by the distaste of being content with "Just getting by." In fact, if I'd been admitted to the ER, I would've been considered suffering with a case of Anaphylaxis: an extreme form of an allergic reaction that can cause loss of consciousness!
With that being said...let me be 100:
From the depths of my heart, I can never THANK YOU enough!
From one black man to another... I thank you for... for so... so ... so much!
Thank you for your passion!
Thank you for your truth!
Thank you for your hustle!
Thank you for your story!
Thank you for setting the example!
Thank you for never ever giving up!
Thank you for allowing God to use you!
In case you awake missing an ounce of your excitement and passion may you remember that you're changing the world one second at a time; one clip at a time; one click at a time; one message at a time!
May you remember that "We" hear you loud and clear! "We" see you and you don't even know it! You're changing our lives one soul at a time and we will in turn share the good news one post at a time!
ET, you're the Diamond that had to but cut the most...for our sake that is! Your beauty, your gift, and your triumph is our light! Your testimony is the catalyst that ignites the lights of your hometown that is Detroit and serves as the lighthouse to the rest of the souls lost at sea. We hear you! We see you!
Thank you for being you! Thank you for representing us! Thank you for not becoming just another statistic. Thank you for the grind! Thank you for the hustle! Thank you for the fight! Thank you for understanding Corporate America! Thank you for being a family man! Thank you for being faithful! Thank you for the push!
I want you to know... I'm using my pain to push me toward GREATNESS!
I'm also a Home Town Hero: Harker Heights, Texas is where I'm from.
Harker Heights High is where I return to speak!
Where I'm from... kids are lost every year to senseless violence, drugs, depression and stupidity. In Texas, a major emphasis is placed on sport and many of these students feel like its the only way out! I go back to tell them that its not but...if they do take this path, I encourage them, coach them and educate them on how to navigate it!
My Pride stems from the following: Being a Black Man in America! Growing up as Texas Boys! Earning a 2007 National Championship as a LSU Tiger! Achieving a second degree though I'm not fond of school! Making it to the NFL!
I focused on the cheese!
I got the 4 year degree when I hated school.
I got the Masters because someone took a chance on me!
I realized the New rules, New codes, New language! while at LSU.
Since I was a kid, making it to the league was my dream!
And, I did feel like I had something to prove to the folks back home; like I was carrying my city on my back.
I now understand that I had to give up to grow up as well as learn from my homeboys mistakes.
I chose wisely, and just as I began to question the outcome of my life...God allowed our paths to cross one more time!
I look forward to meeting you next week! I know you'll be a blessing to my organization and I'm geeked!
ET, you have something great in you! Thank you for the grind! Thank you for pushing me to grow, to learn and for teaching me to maximize my time!
I'm willing to make the changes; to give up what takes away from GREATNESS; I'm willing to get cut like a diamond!
Make me! Shape me! Mold me! I'd rather die like Christ than live unholy!
God Bless you ET!
Thank you,
I can I must I will: BPBF
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Who is ET:
