Breast Cancer Awareness Month

"TELL ONE HELP ONE"
In this day and age a lot of women takes this serious issue for granted until it hits home! This is a two week campaign I'm challenging everyone who reads this blog to ask a family member and friend, when was the last time they had an mammogram if any?
It just might save a family member, friend or your own life; with one word mammogram. About 207,090 new cases of invasive BREAST CANCER will occur among women in the united state during 2010 and an estimated 39,840 women will die from BREAST CANCER this year.
Also about 1,970 men will be diagnosed and 390 men will die of BREAST CANCER during 2010 in the united states.
In addition to invasive BREAST CANCER an estimated 54,010 new cases of is sitin BREAST CANCER will occur among women in 2010.
"TELL ONE HELP ONE"
BY:ANTONIO BARNES

FROM TO BE CONTINUED GOING FORWARD MOM AND DAD

"The little boy of our story loves his mother and father very much. They taught him the values of love, respect, friendliness, self-discipline and loyalty. One of the first things they taught him was love, because they loved him very much. His mother and father taught him that caring goes beyond loyalty and respect. They taught him that caring meant love for friends and neighbors and a lifelong commitment of love for family! Therefore, this little boy had love in his heart and the principals to got with it." parents love us because we are the force that is going to make our society a safe and workable place to live in. Why do we believe them? We believe them because they right. Our parents have a head start on schools and friends when it comes to teaching us anything in life, because we are around them for the beginning of our lives. Oure parents want us to learn from their experience. When we're around them they are doing the right things. So why do we go out and listen to others and do the things we do? Therefore, we see that this little boy knew love and loved himself. As he got older, he stopped trusting his love and stopped being honest with himself. It started with the LITTLE LIES, which is a start to something bigger. You can't tell little lies because they will become big ones. It is very important to tell the truth and be truthful with yourself! Having self-discipline and controlling yourself and your temper, is it hard? no, just think of what tyour momand dad taught you. One of the reasons it becomes hard is because they don't want to take the time to remember what their mom and dad had taught them. RESPECT,FIRST. We have to respect our parents and have a respect for life! This little boy was taught all of these values so what went wrong? What went wrong was that he followed the short cuts the world offered and wanted to go forward fast. Bad choices are a side effect of wanting to go too fast, and not listening to mom and dad. Our parents sometimes get onto us lots and tell us, "don't do this and that," THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. They love us and want the best for us, because of that; they try to ghuide us in our choices. Keep it in mind and never forget when your parents tell you something. What they tell you is for the best and it's for your own good. They're not going to tell you something that's going to hurt you in life, but when you don't listen to them and things happen, the first thing that come to mind is your parents. So many men and women have said to themselves, "They told me so. If only i would have listened." This happens a lot in the back of our heads. We tell ourselves, when our parents are trying to tell us something, we tell ourselves, "They think they know everything." Well, they do have about a 20- year head start on you. When you start questioning yourself and the balues you were taught, sometimes, that's all it takes. "That little boy started questioning his values he was taught. He started with the small things, like a little lie, and he got away with it. He knew in his heart that it was wrong. Did his parents tell him not to lie? Sure, but in the back of his head he thought wthat it was "slick" to get away with that little lie as some of his friends did. The little lie turned into stealing a little something when he went into stores with his parents. Getting away with it was a big thrill. Next came "playing hooky" from school. At the time, he thought that was fun because his friends were doing it as well. He started making choices that would change his life forever. He forgot all about self-discipline and self-respect." When the selling of drugs came into the little boy's life and that was the worst thing that could have happened to him, because when a person gets int that life, you don't just hurt your parents, you hurt the parents of other families and friends as well. You can't say you love yourself and sell someone poison, something that you very much know could make them ill, if not kill them! All of that evil for a dollar- that's value a person is willing to put on a person's life! You weren't taught like that, so use what your parents gave you, common sense and good values, because in the long run, they ar ethe ones that will pay for it. "next, for the little boy, came the girls and the cars. He wanted every so-called "good-looking" girl he could see. He had to bring many people and a lot of families pain and grief to have the things he wanted. So....that's the way that little boy got his. There was no other way of getting around it. He had to jurt people to get the things he wanted; people didn't just give him the girls and the cars for free." " It's time like that when you have to put your self-discipline into play. You know what to do, because your parents taught it to you. Some things in life are not worth having right now, you just have to wait your turn. If you wait your turn and get it the right way, by hard work, staying focused and not giving up on your dreams, you will enjoy then and appreciate them more, because you won't have to look over your shoulder. Before you know it, greed sets in, and that's the worst thing that can happen to a person. All of the values that you we taught go right out the window. When greed is in your heart, it becomes the only thing that you know and have place in your heart for. The short cut world that leads to a short lifespand becomes your life. When greed jumps on you, it's hard to even love yourself, because it's not jsut words coming out of your mouth, IT BECOMES A PART OF WHO YOU ARE> A greedy person stops caring for people, everything becomes "all about you." When you become a greedy person, you feel that it's "my way or the highway." and YOU WILL MEAN IT from your heart. Greed can make you do some very bad things ; to people, friends, as well as your own family. Trust that little boy, he's been there. Greed will make you "know it all" and want even more. A greedy person has a HARD HEART, something i wouldn't wish on anyone. Who pays for it? You pay for it. Your parents pay for it. At the end of the day, you will hurt your parents more than you hurt anyone else. The first thing they taught you is to love life and people. Always respect that teaching. Think about it- how would you feel if your child was that evil person that went against everything you taught them? When we choose to ignore the teachings of our parents, there is no limit to the evil we can do. Is that what you want our of life? Don't get defeated so early in life wanting to be something that you were not raised to be. You were raised to be better that that little boy who went against everything that he was taught. Give yourself a chance at life. It's our there waiting for you, so do the right things in life and get it. "The little boy saw so many people he grew up with died or were killed. In the kind of life he was involved in, it was a sad world, lots of killings, and families hurt over poison being soft for an easy life. The little boy hurt his parents and other parents so badly with what he did that is shames him to think about it. So many members of his family and his friends that were in their graves.....it made him sick to think about it. This was the life he wanted? He didn't think so.
All of it came from that first little lie that he told. That lie grew just like any other living thing, and it took him to places that he didn't want to go. It took him to places that he wished he never went! Trust me, that little boy learned it first hand.
TO BE CONTINUED...........
This is a real story so feel free to ask questions,and comment on the story. Thank you:By, A Barnes

Making The Right Choices

PUT THIS PARAGRAPH IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK EXCERPTS I AM SENDING NEXT.THIS IS LIKE A FOREWORD:
Making the right choices in life can go a long way .The bad choices can determine your future as well.In the following pages,you will read about how a little boy from Murphy Homes housing projects in Baltimore,Md made one bad choice that cost him his life of freedom.In addition,you will learn how the federal prison system raised him and taught him to think before making any decision in


Making the right choices By: Antonio Barnes
Part 1 Choices we makes A little boy lived in the MURPHY HOMES HOUSING PROJECTS in Baltimore Maryland.Life was fun for him just like any other boy his age. He had a nice family,mother,father,sister,and brothers.There was lots of love in that apartment.He had many friends and they played together,went to school together,and everything else that friends do together. It was also one of the toughest housing projects in the city.Everything you can think of went on in plain view; people using drugs,drinking alcohol,and smoking everything you can think of.
This little boy had choices to make in life, just like every other little boy and girl in that project. The little boy knew right from wrong,his parents taught him that part of life.Gr owning up and seeing all of those things going on around him,there was a lot he could get into; he saw plenty going on right out in the open.The boy had many big dreams in life,in what he wanted to be when he grew up(like any other boy his age.) He was the only thing that was holding him back though,that and the choices he made for himself. The little boy made some very bad choices,because the stuff the saw he wanted to have right then. Life doesn't work like that,as he very well knew.However,he wanted to be like some of his friends and take short cuts in life. That's where he went wrong.
One bad or wrong choice in life can determine your whole future in a second. When you have to make a choice in life,don't be ashamed to make the RIGHT CHOICE in front of your friends. The shamefulness that causes many people to make the wrong choices can cost you your "LIFE" or your future. So many young people out there right now are paying the price (and some have paid with their life) because of the choice they made to impress a friend,who loses out in the long run.Our loving parents that taught us right and wrong about life and making choices lose too,OUR CHOICES AFFECT MORE THAN JUST OURSELVES! If you are still a young mam,be that little boy and take your time and grow up, don't try to rush life! You will get your chance at life and can become anything you want to become with HARD WORK and GOOD JUDGEMENT! Some choices you make early in life ,you might not like those choices at the time, they're the BEST and RIGHT CHOICES for you. That's why there call CHOICES. You have the choice to mold your own life and NO ONE CAN DO IT FOR YOU, because when it comes down to it, you;ll be the one that is making the choice. To make some of these choices easier and to be able to work toward some of our dreams,we must want to achieve them.
The" Keys To Success "are: . Making the right choice in life, . Surrounding yourself with positive minded people that want something out of life-- not just with their talk,but with actions.Being around positive people will rub off on you. Your whole thinking will change and your thinking become positive ones.
Before you make a choice, take a minute and think about it. Ask yourself, "IS THIS WHAT I REALLY WANT OUT OF LIFE?IS THIS WORTH IT? just one minute of thinking things out can save you and your parents a lot of pain and grief(as well as other families and friends.) It's not that hard to be smart.Take a minute and think about it. If you are around positive people,9 out of 10 times you wont have to THINK about choices that will bring your family and someone else's family grief and pain. If only that little boy we read about would have taken that minute to think about his actions, we wouldn't be reading about him today. However, because he made the wrong choice when he didn't have to, we are reading about him. We have a brain for a reason. USE IT AND THINK, if don't let it go to waste. It all goes back to choices. You have a choice; use it in the right way. Don't make choices when you're "vulnerable." Making a decision when you're upset about something or someone is a poor time to do so. Here's an important thing about "life"-YOU CANNOT GET BACK THE PAST, so think first, because you are going to live with your choices, good or bad. The little boy we read about would love to erase parts of his past, avoiding his mistakes and change certain decisions he made, but life doesn't work like that. That's when that ONE MINUTE OF THINKING comes in to play. Give yourself that much of a chance at life because he didn't. That little boy wants you to be smarter than he was and he knows that you will be. People that give themselves time to think have gained success at all education levels, from elementary school through college. TIMELY THINKING IS CREATIVE THINKING combined with intense questioning of yourself. It is well founded, structured and reinforced thinking that leads to good judgment, which in turns leads to wisdom. SO THINK FIRST, ACT LAST.
.......................TO BE CONTINUED PART 2 MOM AND DAD