Potential
Your potential is never lost—only buried beneath the weight of past choices.
Mistakes do not erase it. They only make the climb steeper, the vision hazier, and the journey harder to begin.
Yes, your choices matter.
They can stall your progress, dim your light, or let others cast shadows over your path.
And if you stop striving—if you stop living—it fades.
But every morning you wake is a new chance.
A chance to make things right.
A chance to thank the One who gave you breath.
A chance to fight for the life you were meant to live.
You are not defined by your worst day.
You are defined by what you do next.
So rise.
Rebuild better!
Reach higher!
See farther!
Because this race called life is not given to the swift nor the faint of heart but to those who endure and press forward to the end.
Darren Joiner
The Illusion of Immoderate Rhetoric
Discernment has never been more essential than in this moment when influence is cheap, attention is currency, and public voices can stir entire crowds with a single post or performance. Not every call to upheaval is born from courage or moral clarity; sometimes it springs from ego, hated, social manipulation, political jockeying, opportunism, or the thrill of playing prophet without having to pay the cost. True discernment asks us to look past the volume of a message and examine the character, consistency, and proximity of the messenger. Are they rooted in the community they claim to champion, are they outsiders or do they hover above it, insulated by their wealth and mobility? Do they stand to lose anything if their rhetoric ignites chaos, or do they remain untouched while others bear the consequences?
Influence, especially in the hands of public figures, carries a weight that cannot be shrugged off. Words shape imaginations, shift emotions, and can tilt entire communities toward hope or toward harm. Those who command large platforms have a responsibility to speak with sobriety, humility, and an awareness of the real lives affected by their declarations. Stirring people toward destruction while remaining personally insulated is not leadership, it is exploitation dressed in the costume of courage. Be mindful of those who will fabricate personal attacks against their person in order to create the illusion that they are putting themselves in harm’s way so that they may gain sympathy, admiration and unwavering support as they continue to fan the flames, light the fires and encourage civil unrest.
For the rest of us, discernment means refusing to be swept up by theatrics or borrowed outrage. It means recognizing when someone is performing revolution rather than embodying responsibility. It means anchoring ourselves in truth, community, and the quiet wisdom that sees through manipulation. Ultimately, it means choosing voices that build rather than burn, that stand with the people rather than above them, and that understand influence not as a stage for spectacle but as a sacred trust.
DJ
Something To Think About
There are Jackleg politicians who do not care about the plight of the people as they claim but are about gaining influence, money, power, greed and control. Sadly, there are many within the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government at the state, local and federal levels representing both political parties and other factions that are so full and drunk on themselves, they think their hind ends do not stink, their underarms do not get funky, and their breath never grows foul.
These folks are so arrogant and prideful they believe themselves to be the untouchable cream of the crop when in fact they are the thorn in the side of America’s flesh terrorizing, cursing and bringing the blight of affliction on the face of the nation causing severe yellowing, browning, spotting, withering, lesions and even death.
We should be looking for representatives who are supportive and who truly care about the grassroots needs of families, schools, and communities above their personal whims and political proclivities.
These are the Days of Days!
The Divisive Blade of Politics
A sense of profound discontent, a spirit of malevolence, and a heart full of dissatisfaction have taken hold of numerous politicians across both sides of the political spectrum. Unfortunately, like their predecessors, they have unleashed and will continue unleashing the turmoil and afflictions of their minds and the ailments of their souls while they observe from their positions of power and lavish residences, looking down upon the chaos that they have contributed to creating as it spreads across the nation, fueled by the very monsters they helped bring to life.
We, the citizens, have a choice: we can embrace the tendencies of our politicians and political parties, igniting chaos leading to the downfall of our republic, or we can shift the momentum, change course and pull back from the brink of ruin. Let us begin the journey of restoring and mending this divided nation and rediscovering the true meaning of being a nation under God, ushering in a renewed spirit of freedom and establishing a government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people, which shall endure on this earth.
Our Voices and Actions Matters!
In this era where lies and falsehoods prevail, chaos reigns supreme, violence is sovereign, and the carnal corruptions of the body have seized control of the minds, desires, and spirits of our young people and others, we must recognize that now, more than ever, our voices and actions matter! One need only look at America with clear eyes to see that the youth of this nation, and indeed many others, are in desperate need of unbiased guidance and an agenda-free environment.
One thing I believe to be vitally important is that we never become or partake of the uncivil, vulgar, hateful, spiteful and violent social political spirit that is raging across this nation. Another thing I consider crucially important is that we do not forfeit, concede, turnover, or abandoned our most valuable assets, “Our children” to those individuals of today who are corrupting, confusing, and using them for today’s ploy in preparation for tomorrow’s agenda.
I have found that the most dangerous individuals, politicians, and organizations to the Republic are not always the ones pointed out by news outlets and others as being existential threats but are those who make outrageous promises of creating a utopian-like nation funded by the government under their leadership. Like the sneaky “Cheshire Cat” from Alice in Wonderland, these politicians will smile in your face and plot your demise like modern-day Dr. Jekyll's and Mr. Hyde's at the same time.
Let us do away with deceitful, twofaced hypocrisy and speak truth, for we are members of one another whether we like it or not. Let us temper our tongues and diligently leash our speech so that no corrupt word proceeds out of our mouths. Let us put away all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking, and malice so that we do not become a blight upon the earth. We should seek those who speak truth, for they will give honest evidence, while also being watchful of those who are false in their witness because what they utter will be full of deceit.
Time out for politicians pretending to be concerned citizens but who have instead given precedent to their political positions, titles, partisanship, money, personal ideology, party loyalty, and other decadent proclivities over the well-being of their constituency, communities, states, and nation. It is time for a changing of the guard at all levels of government by concerned citizens who have grown tired of the politicians and their political games.
Both political parties have contaminated this body and divided this house called America with their divisiveness and contempt for any thoughts other than their own. It is time to bring about a change that unifies the house and heals the body called America. Let us work together to ensure that each person is treated with equality, integrity, justice, and human dignity.
The time for change is now, and we are that change for such a time as this.
My 2 Cents Worth
I believe more than ever this parable reflects one of the major issues of today causing this nation to cut, self-mutilate, and turn inward in an act of cannibalizing its children while devouring itself to the very core of its soul. We have politicians and other individuals that think they are infallible and their words and actions are the truth and the law. These folks are like the devil that talked to Jesus in the wilderness who spoke words from the bible but had within them twisted intent, subliminal messages, hidden undertones and an invitation of disobedience to a higher authority for self-gratification, arrogance, pride and allegiance to the one speaking the words out of context to their meaning.
A great many legislators take delight in going on talk shows, podcast, social platforms and appearances on Sunday news outlet programs spewing their words laced with hints of truth but have malicious insinuations cloaked within the context of their utterances spoken into the air. These representatives and other officials do this in order to cause confusion, doubt and to illicit a response of insubordination to authority without ever reviling a shred of proof and never disclosing to those who dare to follow their pronouncements what the possible consequences for such actions of insubordination if found to be unwarranted would have on their lives and that of their families.
These office-bearers are alleging that every word spoken from the one in the seat of command is faulty, incoherent and all who hear should reject and not adhere to the decisions and judgements coming from any under the authority of such a political figure. Their words and actions are the horses let loose from the hitching post of their tongues and mouths by Satan who go trampling and stomping upon the fields of American communities attacking all who will not bend and conform to their proclivities thus leaving a wake of death, destruction, and bewilderment in their path.
These politicians, newscaster, talk show host, activist organizations, teacher unions, social platforms, entertainers and others who have hitched their souls with the prince and power of the air are some of the most diabolical deceptive individuals on the face of the planet. These types of individuals will do and say any and everything to bring about their vision for this nation under their political and ideological domination.
Please understand that if Satan can get you off God’s blueprint for constructing your life, he will have you building and planning it according to his plans, which will eventually lead you down the path of destruction that will affect self, family, community, city and nation. Let us take an honest unbiased look at what the father of lies is doing in America with the help of particular politicians, their activist supporters, news outlets, social media, judges and other platforms who have become a base camp of operations for implementing his blueprint across this nation especially in the lives of our youth.
Lucifer knows that if he can pervert their minds when they are young, he can twist their thoughts into thinking they are something they are not, which will have them using a perverted action plan not of God’s design.
Questions we should ask ourselves daily is “How are we living?" "What is motivating our actions and choices?" and "Who are we allowing guiding influence in our lives and that of our children and families?”
Let the love of God govern your minds, wills and emotions and not the wicked malicious hearts of men and women whose modus operandi is the blueprint that comes from their father of lies.
Mr. J