Manns Medium

My journey began the day that I was born but I did not know it.   From the moment I opened my eyes and took my first breath, a plan of my life was formed and I began walking it the first moment I took my first step. Many of us look to what we have accomplished as a measure of our life but I have come to know that it isn’t what we have accomplished that makes our lives fulfilled, it’s who we have comforted.   We go through life looking for that brass ring and waiting on that dock for our ship to come in, what we fail to realize is that all that time we were looking for that brass ring or waiting on our ship, God had place that silver spoon in our hands and had already given us that boat to get to that other side.   We use the spoon to feed ourselves and the boat to fish with but we refused to cross over for fear of missing that ship. God was with me from the day I touched my first dead body and he supported me through all of the good and bad times before and after...

Recently I have been running around telling everyone about a lesson that I learned which I believe keeps me in a decent mood much longer than I had ever experienced in quite some time.   To some I appear like I have lost my mind and considering my current situation, those who are really close to me seemed confused as to why I could have such a bright outlook on life. All my life I have tried to do what was right and having been told that this was the key to open any door, I was surprised to learn that it wasn’t.   I’ve had to close the doors to both my businesses and been unemployed since December 2009.   Since I worked for myself, I was not able to collect unemployment and lost my home, car and way.   At my age, moving in with family did not make it better but makes it worse because everyday I have to face the feeling of lost manhood as soon as my eyes open each day.   That was before I began to realize that all the hate which occupies any part of my mind and ...