Push People Up!!!

Mood: Weekend Mindset
Music: Trey Songz "Heart Attack" Chapter 5 CD

Great Day In Da Morning 1nce Again…,

The Message Below Is Truly Near & Dear 2 My Heart!!! Bcuz 4 All My Intense, Demanding, & Difficult Personality Traits, @ The End Of The Day…, The Reason I Am So Tuff On U Is Bcuz I Don’t Want U 2 Shortchange URself!!!

I Want U 2 Rise Up & Reach UR Full Potential!!! Most People Settle 4 Mediocracy As If They R Afraid 2 B Great!!! Oh No, Not Me!!! U Can’t Tell Me I AM NOT “THE CATS MEOW!!!” Bcuz Even If Nobody Else Believes It…, Trust Me…, On The Inside I SURE AS HELL DO!!! ROFLMAO!!!

When I Challenge U & Push U & U Say I Hurt UR Feelings…. Itz Not Bcuz I’m Being A Prick…, Itz Bcuz I Care Enuff About U 2 Pursue The Best U Have Within U!!! Yeah I Got OCD & I Like Ish The Way I Like It…, But U Know I Will Bend & Compromise In Order 2 Make Sure We Share In This Journey Of Success… Case In Point…

Last Night Instead Of Our Standard Rehearsal, I Had A De-Brief Session W/The Band As We Spoke About The Gig That Passed Last Friday, New Tunes We Need 2 Add 2 Our Catalog, Potential Gig Opportunities, & General Ways 2 Improve The Band!!! The Highlight Of The Night Was Our Discussion Of The Intro To Chaka Khan’s “Sweet Thing” Which We TOTALLY BLEW During Our Show!!!

They Chuckled Bcuz All U Hear From Me Through My Mic 1^st Is “Alrighty Now,” 2nd “Let’s Get It 2gether,” & 3rd “Clean This Ish Up,” & Then Finally “Let’s Go” As We Launch Into The Vocal Refrain Of “I WILL LOVE U NE WAY!!!”

It Was My Son’s Mistake On Keyboards That Threw It Off & They Said My Comments R DEFINITELY My Normal M.O.!!! I Start Off Nicely W/A Warning, I Get Slightly Stern W/Escalated Concern, & Then I Tear Into Them W/Paternal Love 2 Get ‘Em Back On Track!!!

In The Heat Of The Moment On The Bandstand As My Brain Is Processing 1,000 Signals…, Sometimes Itz Hard 2 Make Everything Flow Along Seamlessly…, So I Revert Back 2 My “GET IT DONE” Leadership Style!!! I Tell Them “We Do This Thing We Say We Love, On Stage We R Professionals @ Our Craft, We Put The Work In 2 Excel @ What We Do, So Making Mistakes R Unacceptable!!!”

Now Of Course We All Make Mistakes…, I Just Set That Bar That High 2 Demand They Reach 4 The Best They Can Possibly B!!! Most Mistakes R Simple, Minor, Correctable Things!!! Its Rare We Have A Total Flameout, Train Wreck, Crash & Burn Situation!!! I Attribute That 2 The 3 Years Of Training They’ve Spent In The “AJ Bootcamp Of Musicology!!!” Just Know That U Tooooo Have Been Enrolled In The “AJ Bootcamp Of Love” If U Feel My Wrath Coming UR Way!!! Have A Fantastic Friday LMAO!!!

2day’s Message: We all need somebody to believe in us more than we believe in ourselves. We all need people who will push us up, so to speak. After all, there are enough people trying to push us down in life. There are enough people telling us what we can’t become and how we don’t have what it takes.

I know in my own life, I wouldn’t be half of who I am if it were not for Victoria. She has spoken so much faith into me. She has called out the potential on the inside.

I believe we all have the responsibility to do this for others. Let’s push people up. Let’s look with our eyes of faith and see their potential and tell them what they can become. If you will be that person for somebody else, God will make sure somebody will be that person for you.

Friend, every person has seeds of greatness inside. You can cause your children to rise to a new level. You can be the catalyst for your family to do things they never thought possible. Your words have creative power. When you speak vision, that can be the seed God uses to thrust them to a new level. Joel Osteen

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