Spiritual development; Fitness and Health; Good foods; People; Music; Reading; Writing; Fine and Visual Arts; Traveling; Technology; Cars; History; Astronomy; Sports; Sociology; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Nature; Architecture; World Religions
I love encounters with positive, stimulating people. I would like to meet people who share knowledge and impart wisdom, people who are inspiring via their words, works, actions, and persons passionate about improving the human potential. Here, on this space, this "melting pot", I have the unique opportunity to get acquainted with fellow "mountain-movers" who are activists, fine and performing artists, leaders, thinkers, etc. ************************************************************ ******************************* Off site, outside of this network, my personal wish-list of high profile people I'd like to have conversations with include: Bishop Desmond Tutu; Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan; Nelson Mandela; Maya Angelou; Deepak Chopra; Min. Louis Farrakhan; Toni Morrison; Colin Powell; Cornel West; Tony Robbins; The Dalai Lama; Angela Davis; Barack Obama; Henry Louis Gates, Jr; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Condoleezza Rice; Oprah Winfrey;; Steve Jobs; Stephen R. Covey; Bill Gates
["One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain" ~ Bob Marley]. I love music, pretty much every genre...as long as it's good, it strikes a chord in me. I appreciate the talents of the singers and musicians who give something I can "feel", providing a harmonious soundtrack for my life.
(Frame by frame these cinematic works top my all time favorites): A Raisin in The Sun; A Soldier's Story; A Beautiful Mind; Brian's Song; Pulp Fiction; Do The Right Thing; Goldfinger; Titanic; The Ten Commandments; Dr. No; Lady Sings The Blues; The Color Purple; The Usual Suspects; Shaft; To Kill A Mockingbird; Superfly; The Godfather; Carmen Jones; Gandhi; Malcolm X; The Star Wars Movies; The 39 Steps; Cooley High; Schindler's List; Monsoon Wedding; The Harder They Come; Blazing Saddles; The Fountainhead; The Bicycle Thief; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; The Shawshank Redemption; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; Amistad; The Matrix; The Millionairess; Sounder; Cleopatra Jones; The Great White Hope; Il Postino; Like Water for Chocolate; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; The Firm; Shane; The Lion King; The Great Gatsby; Life is Beautiful
[Roots, the mini-series] ... Discovery Channel; Travel Channel; History Channel; ESPN; HGTV; NFL Network; PBS; Link TV; BETJ; BBC; A&E; C-SPAN2; CNBC, National Geographic Channel; Weather Channel, AMC
I am a voracious reader, there are so many books, so little time... but my list begins with: The Bible; The Power of Now; The Power of Positive Thinking; Acts of Faith; Conversations with God; Africana; Manchild in The Promised Land; The Alchemist; Blues People; Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage; Black Man of The Nile; Oxford Dictionary; The Isis Papers; The Art of War; Roget's Thesaurus; The Autobiography of Malcolm X; Think and Grow Rich; The You That Could Be; The Spook Who Sat by The Door; The Prophet; Science of Mind; The Secret; The Souls of Black Folk; Who Moved My Cheese; The Celestine Prophecy; God Is A Verb; A Jamaican Plantation; The Four Agreements; Catch a Fire; They Came Before Columbus; The Death of Rhythm and Blues; A Change is Gonna Come; Awaken the Giant Within; If
The Almighty.....and all the people who have inspired me, knowingly and unknowingly.