You have not known what you are—you have slumber’d upon yourself all your life;
Your eye-lids have been the same as closed most of the time;
What you have done returns already in mockeries;
(Your thrift, knowledge, prayers, if they do not return in mockeries, what is their return?)
The mockeries are not you;
Underneath them, and within them, I see you lurk;
I pursue you where none else has pursued you;
Your eye-lids have been the same as closed most of the time;
What you have done returns already in mockeries;
(Your thrift, knowledge, prayers, if they do not return in mockeries, what is their return?)
The mockeries are not you;
Underneath them, and within them, I see you lurk;
I pursue you where none else has pursued you;
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| — | “To You” from Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman |
An Open Letter To Kobe Bryant…
Dear Kobe Bryant,
Thank you. From the bottom of my heart (and wallet) I thank you. You lost a lot money because you failed to listen to your advisors and did the one thing women would want most men to do….marry for love only. Love doesn’t suck, picking the wrong woman and cheating sucks. The irony of this situation taught us all something. YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO CHEAT FOR HER TO GET HALF. She could have fallen for the pool boy and left you and taken HALF.
The conversation your divorce has created has exposed the Gold Diggers surrounding men just as cutting the grass exposes snakes. So I thank you. The passion with which so many women argued in support of your wife only showed us who they truly were. Cheating is not worth HALF a fortune. Men didn’t want Guy Richie to take half of Madonna’s money, Chris Judd to take half of J.Lo’s money or Nick Lachey to take half of Jessica Simpson’s money. These men took less and left.
If you don’t earn it you don’t deserve it. It’s a welfare mentality applied to marriage. You have given men a wake up call. We need Divorce Reform. I thank you. Men thank you. Your kindness to this woman has shown men what not to do. It’s too easy to say…”Do not cheat”. Cheating is not what cost you half. Getting married to a woman with no assets of her own without a pre-nup cost you half. Thank You for the lesson and please use the anger on the court and a condom off of it.
Signed,
The Newly Enlightened Men of America (and the ones who already knew)…
*Found this on a friend’s Facebook page. I don’t know. Had to do it.*
![“I don’t count my sit-ups, I only start counting when it starts hurting […] because then it really counts.” -Happy 70th Birthday, Muhammad Ali.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyiiliRiP1r5woc1o1_1280.jpg)
“I don’t count my sit-ups, I only start counting when it starts hurting […] because then it really counts.” -Happy 70th Birthday, Muhammad Ali.
Some of my favorite MLK quotes-
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“Seeing is not always believing.”
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”
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