Smooth waters never made a tough sailor. Painting tomorrow today, traveling, and intro to the steemitverse!

Like many steemians, I'm a dreamer.

First off I'm excited to be here, as a successful motivational college speaker and now New York times best seller . The tools I've given to people over the years are not only inquisitive, simple, but empowering. And now we are creating a network to revolutionize how ambitious people connect with each other to change the world!

Just kidding. But wouldn't that be great?

On a more honest note, I'm 20 years young and those things listed above are my dreams. I'm working hard to become a College speaker as my hopes for the world are modeled after one of my idols, Martin Luther King Jr. I promised myself one fateful afternoon when I was 12 that I would change the world. Back then, I thought it'd be by giving free energy and finishing Nikola Tesla's work. But- experience has changed that outlook over the years.

I see the world as it is, we have the ability to feed and power the world. What many have disconnected from in the constant quantity of information is the quality of life. Living upon a system that hasn't changed enough with the times and is cumbersome. My ultimate goal is to reconnect people with the magic of life that came so naturally to us as children.

 It's been a long road for me, as it has been for most of us. I was really disconnected from my emotions and passion for life around the age of 16 at one point I even lived out of my car so my mental state wasn't noticed by those closest to me. I needed a solution, and a tutor I had been working with recommended me to slow down and maybe try meditation. To still the mind. Before this, I hadn't shed an emotion in years, and was quite jaded. About a week after beginning daily meditation practice, I abruptly awoke at 3 A.M. Eyes wide open, and mechanically began writing on my laptop in a way I had never done before.

The experience was raw, emotion filled. Tears streamed down my face for the first time in years, and it was solidified. My first poem was written. And it felt amazing, years of baggage lifted off my shoulders through the conglomeration of expressive words on a screen. I was in shock, crying, and tasted the sweet emotion of joy that had eluded me for so long.

[near highest peak in Jamaica, solo climbed for my birthday]

But- that was 5 years ago, and now I am a traveler of life. Having been to Costa Rica, Canada, Mexico, and my last journey Jamaica! (which I backpacked alone) I vow to travel out of the country every birthday. Keep the adventure going, my goal is to take all this experience into different tools to help the average person increase their quality of life and work towards a fulfilling life!

[Dub Club, one of the best clubs in Jamaica, with a kicken' stereo system]

I hope to utilize steem as a way to share emotional content of both poetry, travels, and to show people what can be built on the foundation of belief in ones self! I didn't understand the world for such a long time, and now, I know.. It's time for us to shift, into the embrace of a graceful co-existance. I'll close with an introduction to my poetic style. 

 Pack.

Sound your horns of freedom,
Cause lions are in the hearts of men;
to hear them roar is to feel the end,
And see the beginning,
The whisper in your ear is the screaming blood in your veins,
Contrary to belief the Shepard does not hold the reins,
For he is same in skin,
And in soul,
Just breathes a bit of life,
And makes the heard whole.
But!
The heart of the lion,
Comes from the soul.
So sound your roar,
And let the horns of freedom roll,
Washing away the darkness of today,
And setting the fate of tomorrow,
For when the lion roars for his pack,
It is already a day too late,
The low roll of thunder moves with their feet,
Eyes burning with flames of eternity,
Teeth sharpened with a silver tongue,
Oh how sweet the sound is when the freedom bell is rung,
The fight can be won with ease,
But the war will never be done,
Unless the lions roar the song of freedom,
Without the sound of the gun.

 Sincerely thank you for reading my first post! Let the world know in the comments whats ONE thing you want to acheive during your life?

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