5 Double Shots of Life

1. Friends tend to be enemies in disguise. So over the years I have learned the hard way to keep these numbers small. I make this the 1st shot of life because these people I have acknowledged as friends have screwed me over in more ways then one. I need to work on recognizing people who aren't healthy additions to my life and future. But that's far from an easy task.

2. Family Shot 2 stronger than the first and here begins the drunkenness. I have never really known the true definition of this. I see on television where families go on vacation and have family reunions and everybody keeps in touch. In the words of my teammates......"Where they do that at?" My family is larger but typically the ones I'm close to are that raised me. I find myself jealous of people who talk about hanging out with their siblings and having family reunions every couple summers. My family has never had that and I've never been able to enjoy the company of all my siblings at once. It low key hurts but that's the way the cookie crumbles..

3.Failure- This shot is the like the shot that will either end your night or build your tolerance. Failure has done both to me. At times I have felt that I had failed my self and their was no coming back from the hole I had dug myself. In the midst of my trials I learned that failure is a option. Opposite of the common quote that people call themselves living by at times. I learned this from one of my inspirations and never completely understood the power of the quote until I found myself feeling like a failure in college. In the beginning of my collegiate journey I found myself wondering what I was doing in college. I thought that I couldn't possibly be in the right place. Maybe I was only in college because it sounded good to tell people I attended a University. It all sounded good until I thought about my situation and realized I am the key to my future and everything that I did was a result of me, the words I spoke the actions I did and how I played the cards that were dealt to me. Thank God for my inspiration L'Tanya Lemon who taught me that "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Learning these words as a young teen was only the beginning. Facing life's trials showed me how I was the "master of my fate" and failure was and will always be an option if I show not to give me all. Thank Ms. Lemon~ August 8, 1949~ November 23, 2006

4.Critics this shot of life sits in a shot glass made of rust with a serving of ground glass. Or at least that's what it appears when seen. Criticism is healthy for the molding of our lives. But it always seems like my critics only want to hurt me instead of help me. Criticism is another part of life I have had to take and run with. But I have learned all criticism isn't good criticism and some people are really coming at you to disrespect you. My most recent dosage of criticism was spoken to me telling that I was a garbage athlete. The author if this criticism is well thanked for the words he gave me or more so texted me. I really appreciate a this form a criticism I receive it every now and again and love it. It reminds me of every person who ever told me I couldn't accomplish a trial in my life! Now on to the next one.

5.Dreams are the final shot which is suppose to make me fall to my knees. This shot has seemed like more than I can handle. In this Shot lies a mixture of every shot taken and then some. My dreams are only for me to understand because only I can live them. The end result may be victory if I don't overwhelm myself with the search of success. The road to my dreams throws humps of defeat to break me down and I accept it thinking I must allow myself to be broken to be built back up. Thank God I've grown since the beginning of my journey. I've learned you can't rebuild which is not complete. A shot a dreams is never ending high in which we learn to push for more than we could have ever imagined to come true.


10 total shots of life taken standing. Because sitting down in life never took anyone no where besides the men and women in the civil rights movement. I learn through these shots I take every day that the effects of life can be harmful, but only if we allow it.