Live Out Your Dreams Are you living out your dreams at all costs?I recently realized that the vision for The Opened Box was birthed in my childhood. In the LES (Lower East Side, NYC) there's this 3 story abandoned building that we referred to as "the white house." The white house has probably been closed since the 1970's. When it was opened probably resembled a boys and girls club. The building isREAD MORE
Are You Willing to Help Your Neighbor? Is it important to help out your neighbor? Where hear it all the time. Help those in need. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. But we also here things like, pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Yesterday I was in need. My cell phone fell into a sewer. I was devastated as dropped my phone and watched it slide, in what seemed likeREAD MORE
God's Will "We are afraid to know God's will because we are afraid its not our own." This quote right here caught me off guard. How many times have I prayed for or pursued something but didn't ask God if it was God's will for me to have it?We pursue our dreams and goals. We pursue a good job and great relationships. In carving out our own paths we often get whatREAD MORE
Manhood How do we as men define our manhood? Is our manhood predicated on how many women we sleep with? When I was a teen we were rough on each other. If you weren’t dating a lot of young ladies and having sex with them your manhood was challenged. thea single ms worltime re mfor the ority of uhat is clear do we then understand a question like this. It’s not alwaysREAD MORE
Take Ownership Are you taking ownership of your life? Today my morning devotions, as well as some of the stuff I've been seeing on Twitter and Instagram has me wondering if we are actually taking ownership over our lives. Based on some of what I see on social media it seems as some of us let stereotypes determine who we can be. When I was growing up, my family told me IREAD MORE