Focus on Solutions-Day 57

Happy Monday. May this day be better than yesterday and more glorious and wonderful than you can imagine. I wish you peace and love.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. But now the weekend has ended. Whatever problems occurred, I hope you either resolved them or you are working to solved them. This means that you should focus on the solutions.

I have written many blogs regarding the many ills in the Black communities. But what I have not spent a great deal of time on are the solutions to these ills.

For example. Since it is an undisputable fact that 50% or more Black highschool students dropout prior to graduation, we should seek solutions to this problem. How do we prevent these children from dropping out of highschool?

My first question would be why do they drop out? What is their reason or rationale for dropping out of school? Therefore, we must focus on the solutions to the problems.

Some of the focus should be on the "parents" of these student that drop out. What is "their" home life like? Do "they" come from a two parent family? Do most of the "drop outs" have juvenile criminal records?

My point is simply this...whatever problems we must deal with, we need to focus on the solutions as opposed to focusing on the actual problems.

Another example is that my daughter's dad promised to send her some money..TWO MONTHS ago. To this very day, he has not sent the money, nor has he given her a valid explanation for failing to keep his promises to her. What did I do?

I explained to my daughter that she must move forward and not depend on what her father told her. I told my daughter the truth. "We must move forward without his assistance, for now." I explained to her that sometimes parents fail their children, and do not make wise decisions. You know what my daughter told me?

She told me that "we must stay positive". Wow, she is 100% right. What a wonderful, little girl. I was getting upset because her dad makes promises to her and breaks them most of the time. But my daughter reminded me that we must remain positive in these situations. I agreed and commended her for her wisdom.

We should all take my daughter's advise and be positive while focusing on solutions. When you maintain a positive outlook, you feel alot better, less stress, and more internal peace.

My daughter is in fact moving forward. She told me that she is ready to have "fund rasiers" and do whatever she needs to raise money to fulfill her goals. And I promised my daughter that I will be with her and help her any way that I can. I told her that I love her and that I thank God for sending me this "angel" from heaven. I also told her that because of her and my son, I am learning how to love, which I have lacked my whole life. (I have deviated again...)

But returning to the present subject, focus on the solution to any and all problems, and you will maintain a peaceful disposition. Isn't this what we want? PEACE.

Have a great and peaceful day.

L. for Love