What defines you?

 Never stepped a single sole in Florida, and it wasn't like that was directed just at the guy above me, it was for anyone who would say something similar.

If the most important thing you can say for yourself to define your very existence is that you were born at a certain latitude and longitude, you need more facets to your personality.

NY, Cali, Florida, Cleveland, Paris, Milan, Sydney, Lagos, Tokyo...who gives a ****? Who are YOU? What makes YOU special? What separates YOU from anybody else living within 25 miles or 25,000? These are the questions you'll spend your life answering.

leaving the world better than how i found it 

nice cooked food and clean drawers

Contributing to my culture in a real and unique way, so that young Blacks can go "wow you know what? I never even thought about being a publisher. I always thought about writing a book, but never thought about who gives those writers book deals."

God helps me get up in the morning

My whole goal is really to find out what I love to do in general (workforce, life, hobbies etc) , I'm young and obviously I don't have it all together as I think I do at times but really I'm just trying to make it , I also just want to be a good dad and be able to do as much as I can for my kids, I wouldn't want my kids to be the same situation as I was with my parents, I'm just thankful for where I'm at today 

OP nice job with creating this thread, good topic  

Don't know what defines me buy I'll answer the first question

What makes me get up in the morning is the goal of me graduating college so I can get the **** outta this city and start to some fun in my life again

Very good thread. God wakes me up and we all have a purpose in life. I want my future children not to go through what I went through. I want to give them everything. I always keep that in the back of my mind and that always pushes me.

My goals, dreams and desires and god

I want to get my musical visions out before I die.

Before I created my little family it was money, now it's family and I'll tell you it's a way better reason to wake up everyday.

Just kind of wanna see how this whole thing we call life plays out. Trying to write my own story.

When it's my time to go though, best believe I'm going out with a smile on my face.

The curiousity of what I can make out of myself defines me.

Knowledge
Inner peace
Fairness
Polite
Calm

My irregularity, relative to the modern day society we live in, defines me without question. The ability to be, re-invent, && stay true to myself && not waver from my standards/beliefs/morals/principles, without any apologies, desire for attention, 'followers' or any other pathetic, insecurity-driven ego booster of the like, or concern about the many jokes && off base judgments that can, have been, && will more than likely continue to be aimed at me as a result.

**** em if they got a problem with it...

As far as what I'm searching for...I look back on things that I've done in my life so far, ranging from minute && borderline irrelevant, to important && impressive: skipping grades, being able to count to 1000 before ever stepping foot in a classroom, winning that MVP/championship combo in my first season playing baseball, being my high school's youngest graduate, etc...yea, I'm proud to say I've done this && that, but unlike others with whom I've crossed paths in life thus far, I've never really saw these 'accomplishments' as an overly big deal. Still don't, honestly...however, I now see these things as a collective sign that, no matter how much I try to revert to the shadows, despite my often quiet, somewhat self-conscious nature, && regardless of how much I try to avoid any position which leads to all eyes being on me...for practically my entire life, I'd only been sabotaging myself && running from a big part of my true destiny that God's already ordained for me here. I HAVE to get used to 'all eyes' being on me, I must adapt to the one thing that I haven't had any desire to: the bright lights. My evolution will stagnate if I don't....I know, deep within, that I'd just be reduced to a useless member the living dead if I can't grow into my purpose here...

And, truthfully, all that keeps me going is my quest to figure the code to myself out. The uncertainty that my current circumstances have created in my mind is somewhat welcome...for I've always, always been a problem solver. Family, friends, && strangers alike have all seen the winner, the champion in me...&& tell me about it far more than I care to hear, honestly. Maybe it's just boiled over frustration that what they effortlessly see as so (potentially) great...is just what I've never been able to truly grasp due to seeing myself as, well...average ol' me. These abilities they speak of when it comes to me...how do I bring them out? If they knew of my constant internal conflict plus its accompanying difficulties, would they still be 'expecting great things' from me, as I've so often heard? For me to be such a distant, cavalier person by nature at times...why do I even care as much as I do? Do I even have an identity???

The chips are down, the pressure is WAY up, I currently don't know all the answers to these questions, && that pisses the intellectual part of me off to no end. But...as far as my imaginative side...the game's truly just begun.


"I see the line in the sand......

Time to find out.....WHO I AM!"

If not for my sake, then hopefully for someone else's...somehow, my purpose here is far bigger than just me. And before these eyes shut permanently, I will exhaust every avenue to find out exactly what this purpose is. Oh, && I'll fulfill it, too...

My goals and not being a quitter

calikev34 said:

That's quite the triumvirate, brother
I'm jealous. I've always wanted but never truly had any of the three.

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Thank you brother, I appreciate it. I'll send out many prayers for you!

currensy said:

I want to get my musical visions out before I die.

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Bump. I feel the same way potna

 

MacNcheeese said:

God wakes me every morning.

What keeps me pushing? The possibility of reaching my dreams of becomes a strong, supportive black father that supports his immediate family/wife/future kids.

I don't want to be perfect. I actually take pride in my querks and imperfections. As long as my family and friends are good, life is good. God bless

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Offset POW CLOW said:

i wake up every morning to one day wake up next to my beautiful healthy kids every morning, thats all i want in life, to be the father i wish i had

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These 2 are my main goals...coming from a super dysfunctional family, I just wanna have my own family I can be there for day in & day out

VLADIMIR DINERO said:

leaving the world better than how i found it 

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NazDrowie said:

nice cooked food and clean drawers

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These also

To become a man.

Freedom.

Scrilla to build race cars .

I don't know

I guess that works as an answer too

Guess I didn't read the op correctly.

I'm an INTP.

In the most basic sense, learning how things work keeps me alive.

finding out meth's true identity

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To create as many resources for me, my family and my people to flourish off of as possible.