greatness is like a progressive storm

The road to greatness is like a progressive storm
at first it's cold..
then becomes cloudy,
with time,
eventually,
sprinkles start to fall from the sky -
then out of nowhere
POW!/Lightning!/Thunder!
it starts pouring beyond imagination.
Some might say..
when it starts pouring -
is the perfect time
to ask God for it never to stop.

"I say -  while its pouring, a person should get on their knees like #Noah (during his generation) and ask God to flood the entire world"

- some random Orthodox guy

"I know
that you're shomer..
so am I
but if I ask
you
to
pinch
me
it's because you're eyes
are soOo dreamy
and I want to make sure
I'm not dreamin"
-  some random Orthodox Guy

we already got 2015 poppin- Drake

Drake once said,
in a song he wrote (0 to 100) a while back:

"Geez, okay, from that perspective
I see what you're talkin' 'bout, no way to soften that
'Cause me, I was tryna find out where I lost 'em at
But maybe I ain't lose 'em at all
Maybe I keep movin' forward and they're just stagnant, they ain't movin' at all
But when they need a favor, who do they call?
Maybe I'm searchin' for the problems, askin' what was said and who was involved
Too focused on people's feedback and provin' 'em wrong
They say the shoe can always fit, no matter whose foot it's on
These days feel like I'm squeezin' in 'em
Whoever wore 'em before just wasn't thinkin' big enough
I'm 'bout to leave 'em with 'em
'Cause if I run in the game in these, man the seams are splittin'
No pun intended but they're smellin' defeat in the air
Headed where nobody took it, who meetin' me there?
They tell him that he's talkin' crazy but he doesn't care
Bein' humble don't work as well as bein' aware
Listen up, boy, you're better off eavesdroppin'
We already got spring 2015 poppin'
PND droppin', Reps-up P droppin'
Majid Jordan droppin', OB droppin', not to mention me droppin'
Feel like we paid the refs off, man we fixed the game
Me and Dalit been at it before Twitter names

Yeah, been on the move like the lease is up
And I can't even name one person that's keepin' up"

(Drake - 0 To 100)

frozen and shattered, like this...

Nicki Minaj
just
froze and shattered my heart
with her first verse
on her new song "I lied":

"(Intro)
Ooh ooh ooh x4
I lied, I lied, I lied
To keep you from breaking my heart

[Verse 1]
Even though I said I didn’t love you I lied I lied
Even though I said I didn’t need you I lied I lied
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh
Even though I said don’t touch me I lied, I lied
I can’t fall for you, can’t give my all to you
I can’t let you think that Imma let the game stall for you
Gotta protect me you gotta sweat me
You said you thought you was ready and I said let’s see
But I ain’t mean that, I need some real proof
Cause what happens if I fall in love, then you cut me loose
You just a heart breaker, won’t let you break mine

[Hook]
I lied
Cause who knew if I should let myself go with you
Who knows, who knows, so I lied
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh"
- #NickiMinaj, I lied..

froze and shattered my heart

Nicki Minaj
just
froze and shattered my heart
with her first verse
on her new song "I lied":

"(Intro)
Ooh ooh ooh x4
I lied, I lied, I lied
To keep you from breaking my heart

[Verse 1]
Even though I said I didn’t love you I lied I lied
Even though I said I didn’t need you I lied I lied
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh
Even though I said don’t touch me I lied, I lied
I can’t fall for you, can’t give my all to you
I can’t let you think that Imma let the game stall for you
Gotta protect me you gotta sweat me
You said you thought you was ready and I said let’s see
But I ain’t mean that, I need some real proof
Cause what happens if I fall in love, then you cut me loose
You just a heart breaker, won’t let you break mine

[Hook]
I lied
Cause who knew if I should let myself go with you
Who knows, who knows, so I lied
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh
To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh"
- #NickiMinaj, I lied..

shhhhh something special is about to come out my mouth...

Sometimes I wonder:
Was Yoseph's falling (being thrown) into a pit, in total despair, total hopelessness, total darkness
but miraculously having a rescuer, saving him seconds before imminent destruction/death -
a precursor to later generations of the Israelites falling (forced into slavery) into despair, falling into the deepest levels of hopelessness/darkness while in Egypt -
only to have God's Torah, rescue them, rescue all of humanity (seconds before total destruction)?

"Correlating it to our own lives - to which, we may spiritually fall at times but knowing while going through the darkness - that only God can bring us out.."

haters are a gift from God!

Arguably Gd is saying in this week's Torah portion -
if you have haters, you're so close to him...
If you have haters, you're about to climb to levels beyond your imagination. (So don't judge them, love them, pray for them)
Just look at what #Yoseph's (a man who eventually saved the world from total destruction) brothers said about him as he's walking towards them, right before trying to take his life:

 .... So they said one to the other, "Behold, that #dreamer is coming."

"So now, let us kill him, and we will cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him,' and we will see what will become of his dreams.."

- Parshah #Vayeishev

as she took his hand...

"Drualt took Freya’s warm hand,
Her strong hand,
Her sword hand,
And pressed it to his lips,
Pressed it to his heart.
Come with me,’ he said.
Come with me to battle,
My love. Tarry at my side.
Stay with me
When battle is done.
Tarry at my side.
Laugh with me,
And walk with me
The long, long way.
Tarry with me,
My love, at my side."

- Gail Carson Levine, The Two Princesses of Bama really

mainstream stardom...

In his song "fireworks"- Drake talks about emerging to mainstream stardom.. all of its changes, good and for bad:

"Money just changed everything
I wonder how life without it would go
From the concrete who knew that a flower would grow
Looking down from the top and it's crowded below
My fifteen minutes started an hour ago
Truth over fame, you know I respect the blatant aish
When I hear 'em talking, I just don't know what to make of it
Hate is so familiar to me, I'm slowly embracing it
Doesn't come natural, bare with me it could take a bit
Yeah and my dreams are who I'm racing with
You can see I'm pacing it so that I'm always chasing it
Wayne put me right here, that's who I get the paper with
I hope that my success never alters our relationship
Yeah, this life is something I would die for
October's Own, but it's looking like July 4
I just wish they'd let you try it first
This time I'm really going off, fireworks"
- #Drake, fireworks

they called yoseph a dreamer to until he change the world...

"It's so so simple
the Torah says.. yoseph was soOo beautiful,
soO0o special,
he could see things that no one else on planet Earth could -
but in the beginning of his life yoseph
received so much hatred.
Mostly because of his dreams
the dreams yoseph shared with his family -
the Torah shows us
those dreams were only about Joseph
and what he could accomplish,
what he was supposed to accomplish in this life ....
The more yoseph publicly professed his dreams/ambitions
the more hatred he received -
after going through so much hardship in his young adult years.
Yoseph finally came to the realization, after being put in jail (hitting rock bottom)
that his gifts and talents were for the whole world (something way bigger than him).
Eventually he meets the Egyptian pharaoh (the most powerful man in the world) and helps him understand his dreams -
which were a reflection of the peoples dreams of that time..
by helping the world understand its dreams yoseph reached his highest potential
saving the entire planet Earth from destruction.

It's so so simple:
the Torah is basically saying when your dreams are only for yourself
you experience pain
but when your Dreamz/Goals help others archieve their dreams
you save the world!
Thus, actualizing your highest potential!

Help other people's dreams come true and yours come true - it's in the Tora, not my opinion!
Help other people's dreams come true!"

just a thought...

Dating for marriage:
is like playing musical chairs
u have no idea who's going to be sitting next to you at the end.

"Till the music stops.."

a new idea for the whole world

You need to let the Rambam express himself and elaborate. -
 Moshiach /Geula/Gemara Rabbi

After we all freaked out from the Rambam’s statement of…

 “One should not presume that the Messianic King must work miracles and wonders, bring about new creations within the world, or resurrect the dead.”

#mylife2015

"Walk forward and
watch things change :

Before you walk into a building
for a meeting
the front door,
informs  - the walls, chairs, laptops, desk, and carpet
something amazing is about to happen
and that they should prepare themselves
for amazingness -

Have you ever walked into a meeting and even the furniture was excited to hear what you had to say; let alone, the people patiently waiting?"

- #mylife2014

Forest Hills Dr..

So far off of,
J Cole's new album "Forest Hills drive"
"January 28" is my favorite song.
It's super early
and I change my mind a lot lol -
but here's my favorite verse
from j Cole's
song January 28, thus far:

" Hook]
Don't give 'em too much you
Don't let 'em take control
It's one thing you do
Don't let 'em taint your soul
If you believe in God
One thing's for sure
If you ain't aim too high
Then you aim too low

I turn the TV on, not one hero in sight
Unless he dribble or he fiddle with mics
Look out the window cause tonight the city lit up with lights, cameras and action
May no man alive come through and damage my faction
I brought my dudes with me cause I love you like my brothers
And your mothers' like my mother
Think we need a plan of action
The bigger we get the more likely egos collide
It's just physics, please let's put our egos aside"
 - j.cole, January 28th

j Cole thinking of someone else

I was just listening to J Cole's new album "Forest Hills Dr" -
his song,
"love yours"
has such a beautiful message
about appreciation/
not comparing ones life 2 others:

"[Hook]
No such thing as a life that's better than yours
No such thing as a life that's better than yours
No such thing as a life that's better than yours
No such thing, no such thing

For what's money without happiness?
Or hard times without the people you love
Though I'm not sure what's 'bout to happen next
I asked for strength from the Lord up above
Cause I've been strong so far
But I can feel my grip loosening
Quick, do something before you lose it for good
Get it back and use it for good
And touch the people how you did like before
I'm tired of living with demons cause they always inviting more
Think being broke was better
Now I don't mean that phrase with no disrespect
To all my dudes out there living in debt
Cashing minimal checks
Turn on the TV see ah Rolex
And fantasize about a life with no stress
I mean this shit sincerely
And as a dude who was once in your shoes
Living with nothin' to lose
I hope one day you hear me
Always gon' be a bigger house somewhere, but my dude  feel me
Long as the people in that motherfucker love you dearly
Always gon' be a whip that's better than the the one you got
Always gon' be some clothes that's fresher than the ones you rock
Always gon' be a female that's badder out there on the tours
But you ain't never gon' be happy till you love yours"

- #jCole, love yourz

j cole taking this morning..

I was just listening to J Cole's new album "Forest Hills Dr" -
his song,
"love yours"
has such a beautiful message
about appreciation/
not comparing ones life 2 others:

"[Hook]
No such thing as a life that's better than yours
No such thing as a life that's better than yours
No such thing as a life that's better than yours
No such thing, no such thing

For what's money without happiness?
Or hard times without the people you love
Though I'm not sure what's 'bout to happen next
I asked for strength from the Lord up above
Cause I've been strong so far
But I can feel my grip loosening
Quick, do something before you lose it for good
Get it back and use it for good
And touch the people how you did like before
I'm tired of living with demons cause they always inviting more
Think being broke was better
Now I don't mean that phrase with no disrespect
To all my dudes out there living in debt
Cashing minimal checks
Turn on the TV see ah Rolex
And fantasize about a life with no stress
I mean this shit sincerely
And as a dude who was once in your shoes
Living with nothin' to lose
I hope one day you hear me
Always gon' be a bigger house somewhere, but my dude  feel me
Long as the people in that motherfucker love you dearly
Always gon' be a whip that's better than the the one you got
Always gon' be some clothes that's fresher than the ones you rock
Always gon' be a female that's badder out there on the tours
But you ain't never gon' be happy till you love yours"

- #jCole, love yourz 2014

the reason why past relationships didn't work...

Drake wrote a powerful song about
closure,
moving on,
reflecting on past relationships .
The opposite of doing and saying the right things in a relationship is
"doing it wrong"..
which is the title of the song:

" When a good thing goes bad it's not the end of the world
It's just the end of a world that you had with one girl
And she's the reason it happened, but she's overreacting
And it's all because she don't want things to change

So cry if you need to, but I can't stay to watch you
That's the wrong thing to do
Touch if you need to, but I can't stay to hold you
That's the wrong thing to do
Talk if you need to, but I can't stay to hear you
That's the wrong thing to do
Cause you'll say you love me, and I'll end up lying
And say I love you, too

But I need someone different
You know it, oh ho, you know it
Oh ho, you know it, we both know it
I need someone different
You know it, oh ho, you know it
Oh ho, you know it, we both know it
Something's been missing
You know it, oh ho, she knows it
Oh ho, I know it, we all know it
I need someone different

We live in a generation of not being in love, and not being together
But we sure make it feel like we're together
Because we're scared to see each other with somebody else"

reflection on past failed relationships...

Drake wrote a powerful song about
closure,
moving on,
reflecting on past relationships .
The opposite of doing and saying the right things in a relationship is
"doing it wrong"..
which is the title of the song:

" When a good thing goes bad it's not the end of the world
It's just the end of a world that you had with one girl
And she's the reason it happened, but she's overreacting
And it's all because she don't want things to change

So cry if you need to, but I can't stay to watch you
That's the wrong thing to do
Touch if you need to, but I can't stay to hold you
That's the wrong thing to do
Talk if you need to, but I can't stay to hear you
That's the wrong thing to do
Cause you'll say you love me, and I'll end up lying
And say I love you, too

But I need someone different
You know it, oh ho, you know it
Oh ho, you know it, we both know it
I need someone different
You know it, oh ho, you know it
Oh ho, you know it, we both know it
Something's been missing
You know it, oh ho, she knows it
Oh ho, I know it, we all know it
I need someone different

We live in a generation of not being in love, and not being together
But we sure make it feel like we're together
Because we're scared to see each other with somebody else"