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AFTER THE LAST DAY
THE TRUTH AND THE QUEST!
Human beings move from age to age learning, growing, evolving. We dive deep into the very nature of reality, ever seeking to understand how our universe works. As we continue this journey of evolution many of us find that religion is no longer important, that faith is a fading commodity. It begs the question, does God still matter?
In a far-flung future of peace and prosperity humankind has conquered the stars. The challenges of space and time are mastered. The energy that comprises the sum totality of a human being is now under the complete control of an individual’s evolved mind, a mind that has reached the pinnacle of human development, an ascension beyond today’s comprehension. Human beings wear bodies, as they like, if they choose to do so.
Along with different species from across the expanse of the universe humans have created the most advanced civilization ever known … or at least as far as any given sentient may know.
With faith now a long-forgotten tenet in a universe where all things are within a sentient’s power to control, there are no things of great import that are unexpected. But what if works unseen, tested and validated by faith, suddenly and dramatically intrudes upon this future paradise? What if religion, gone but not forgotten, considered a relic, suddenly makes itself known once again?
What is a miracle, to beings who create miracles? After The Last Day, the truth shall be known.
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From 3FE TO FCT Everyday Critical Thinking To Attain Familiarity, Comfort, And Trust
Our society is fractured. We have always lived along lines that separate us, that divide us into the categories we’ve used for generations to describe who we are and where we fit, or don’t fit in the socioeconomic structure. The lines of separation frequently generate episodes of social unrest. In times of crisis, they can threaten to bring down institutions and lay waste to governments. When this happens, a new structure is born as the people rise out of the fire. Depending on the how the crisis is managed and the knowledge and temperament of the people the new structure may be painfully destructive, eroding the social fabric even more than before, and at its lowest becoming a purveyor of evil. As the world quickly advances in technology and interconnectedness our ability to aggregate and increase all the things that separate us is magnified. We can hurt each other just as we have before, but harder, faster. 3FE TO FCT details an approach through the filter of simple but powerful everyday critical thinking. It actively addresses the lines that divide us. As the lines wax and wane ever threatening to become chasms, 3FE (Find, Focus, establish the Fundamentals, Execute) leads us to FCT (Familiarity, Comfort, and Trust), providing us with the tools necessary to bridge and in some cases even close the ideological divides.
3FE: Find, Focus, establish the Fundamentals The Tool For Motivational Empowerment
The problem is before you. You are filled with uncertainty. You don’t know what to do next. This is not a good feeling at all. Each and every last one of us has felt this way at some point in our lives. What are you to do?
I want you to say a number and two letters. I want you to internalize a number and two letters. Whenever you begin to feel yourself slipping and the doom is impending, I want this number and two letters to leap to your mind. In the face of the question, this is always your answer.
I don’t know what to do. What do I do? I know … I will use … 3FE!
The tool for motivational empowerment is represented by this number and two letters. They open the doorway to the utilization of the most simplistic of critical thinking tools. By utilizing this method you can look directly at the problem, clearly define the problem to the best of your ability no matter the complexity, and with enthusiasm clearly define a course of action that will lead to a successful resolution.
Critical Success: The 2 Rules of 3
What Is Critical Success?
What Is Critical Success? Success, we all want it. We all need it. We don't take the time to quantify it, or truly figure out what it is. All we know is, we see other people living champagne wishes and caviar dreams. We're bombarded by images of fast cars, gorgeous men and women, mansions, and vacations in exotic locales. We see this, and we want it too. Better yet, we feel we're entitled to it. We know what we see. We know what we feel. We know what we think we want, success. I must stress the word think, because most people don't really know what success is, let alone what success is in terms of who they are as people, as individuals. What is Critical Success? CRITICAL SUCCESS is the planned achievement of something urgent and essential, utilizing skillful planning and judgment for the express purpose of attaining personal prosperity.
An Educational Primer for the Majority Student
Education is your foundation. If you want to sing, you must educate yourself on how to sing well. If you want to rap, it takes more than a pen and a pad, and a few rounds of freestyle in back of the school. If you want to really be a successful athlete, you must learn the science of the sport, know it as though you breathe it. Whatever it is you want to do, you must educate yourself on how to do it. You must learn, and you must plan. If you do not plan, you will fail.
CHAMPION
In the full darkness of the Great Gulf between Galaxies, a presence stirs—something that has not been seen for an age. Its disruptive entrance into our reality does not go unnoticed. In the Majestic Galaxy, sentients observe this event, powers are alerted, and great fleets are on the move.
The appearance of this presence, the Kha’ahmpion, can tilt the scales of power in the Great Majestic: on one side, the Zradgen Empire; on the other, the Majestic Alliance. They will seek this power, wherever it may go.
On Earth, young Joshua Champion, a self-proclaimed nerd, is just now coming into the world of high school pop life by way of a love for football.
From the stars in a far-off galaxy all the way to a vibrant American city, forces that stride the cosmos with power beyond reckoning are converging on Atlanta, all to shatter the stability and safety of Joshua’s life, changing him into something he could scarcely imagine beyond his comics. He must take up this mantle of responsibility and defend all that we know. If we are to survive, Joshua must become more than just a hero. He must become CHAMPION.
When Love Is Not Enough
Lawrence Chelton loved hard, but at the same time it was all soft, deep, and lasting, filled with a belief that soul mates really do exist. He would do anything for the woman he loved. He was tender, caring, strong, and protective. He knew how to stand and be the man a good woman would truly wantor so he believed. When the woman he loved left him at the altar, he changed. He lost his belief in love. He lost his respect for women. He lost his ability to be decent, to be a good man. He no longer believed love was enough. He didnt know what was enough, what was life-fulfilling. However, after the altar, he felt it was only right to take advantage of as many women as possible in a depraved attempt to find the truth. To him, they deserved nothing but his contempt.
ANGER & THIEVES
Jack Billings is a young developer at an IT company in Atlanta, Georgia. He works hard. He enjoys his friends. He loves his family. He seeks success in America, his dream by birthright, despite the depravities of the American culture. Eddie Smith was a failure seeking to leave his past behind. He dreamed of a better life. He wanted to be a good man, but the taint of crime was cloying. It clung to him, attracted him, and made him find his way back to failure. When old friends enter both their lives, the connections that are made will change their world irrevocably. At the intersection of these two lives, we find joy and happiness, pain and heartbreak, anger and thieves.
LETTERS TO MY MOTHER
This book is dedicated to my mother, and the community of mothers who all had a hand in raising me. Yes, this book is dedicated to all the mothers, all over the world, the phenomenal women who nurture us, care for us, raise us to be strong, and then release us into the world, thankless in their responsibility, thankless in their burden of such duty, thankless but never at a loss for love. This book is for you.
When Atlanta Freaked
Once upon a time not too long ago, young teens converged on the vibrant thriving city of Atlanta every spring in the bacchanal that was Freaknic. It was a party that grew from one park to eventually stretch the entire breadth of the metro area. The celebration descended on malls, concert halls, parks, college campuses, front lawns, and perhaps most controversially the streets. Over time the main thoroughfares, the roads, the citys arteries became clogged with revelers seeking to see and be seen, do things at best illicit, at worst law breaking. By this time, it had become too much, and as such, the citys officials sought to shut the party down. They quickly succeeded, and Freaknic passed into history. Here we remember the bacchanal, how it started, what it came to be, and how it eventually ended.
Why I Voted For President Barack Hussein Obama II
Why did I vote for President Barack Hussein Obama II? It wasn't because he knew how to read well and sounded eloquent on the stage, though this was a very proud change from the last eight years. It wasn't because he had written two books, though this too was something to be proud of, his words in Audacity of Hope truly resonated with me. I didn't vote for him because of his ethnicity, or how he was perceived by the Pop-Life crowd. I voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because I read his platform, and found it to be in common with his book, and his words, which were . . . well, truly very eloquent. However, as an aspiring critical thinker I follow no party or ideology without reservation. My vote must be earned, again, and again, and again. For every vote I consider the past actions of the candidate and what the candidate intends for myself, my family, my community, my state, my nation, and yes the world. Over the course of Barack Obama's Presidency I have been truly astounded by what he has been able to achieve, despite the abject obstruction of today's GOP, which actively wages a social war on America, shameless and arrogant in their position and perspective. I am proud of this President and his record. This book is at times raw and unvarnished, a personal perspective and journey. It is also a legacy for my family, a commemoration of my trip to President Obama's Inauguration. However, it also serves as a clear and concise explanation of why I, an everyday common American who aspires daily to be better than he was before, voted for this President, and why now, at this moment in 2012, President Barack Hussein Obama II continues to earn my vote without equivocation.