Da Word... 207! Live Free!

Aaaaaaand we're back!!!  Sorry for the long hiatus there ;-D  I hope your holiday vacations and celebrations were off the hook and tremendously fulfilling!  Word!  Things here have been great, can't complain, heh heh.  Aight, on to... da Word!

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The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

- Proverbs 10:9

Mmmmmhmmmmm!  Ain't that the truth!  I can't recall whether or not I've written about this gold nugget of a 'verb BUT it is well worth the retell if I have!  This right here will set you free!  And that's fa real.  How?  Because, my friends, when you operate with security, you have nothin' to fear and nothin' to lose!

Check it out homies, would you walk into a building that had most of its windows bashed out, clear holes in many of the walls, wood that is splintering and ragged, a roof that looks like the dickens, and rust coming through any metallic framework?  Okay, okay, okay, I concede that you *might* walk into such a place, but would you feel comfortable spending any significant amount of time in that joint?  Naw kid!  Now imagine living in such a spot!  See, the integrity of that structure has been compromised.  You would have no peace of mind or sense of security whilst you tip toe through that spot.  Instead your mind would be raided by thoughts akin to saying, "Yo.... this place could collapse at any moment.  Someone just has to blow on it and boom....... that's all she wrote!  Why in the world am I in here!"

On the other hand, if you walk into a building whose structural integrity is sound, and I mean SOUND, you wouldn't think twice about spending significant time in there!  Why?  Cuz the spot ain't riddled with deteriorating material and so you feel MAD secure!  You would have an insane peace of mind about straight chillin' in this spot.  Instead you might be thinking, "Hmm... HDTV would look NICE there.... OH YEAH!" 
 
So, in the same way my friends, if we maintain our integrity, keepin' that baby sound, we will walk securely.  There is nothing lurking in the shadows that we would fear being "found out."  In fact, you might even welcome any search!  You'd sip a latte or a magnificent cup of hot cocoa with whipped cream while some nut bent on finding something compromising tears his hair out in the process.  Why?  Cuz you got nothin' to hide!  That means you are stress free, happy, and straight chillin'... a great way to live!

The kat who has crooked paths however.... that homie is always on edge.  That person can never sleep soundly at night.  I mean yo, this kat may never experience true peace of mind.... he may be found out!  And if he's found out, he's gotta have a back-up plan to explain it away.  But not only that, he's then gotta have a back-up to the back-up that may yet also require a back-up!  Who in the world wants that kinda headache!!!  I'd rather live free.

So friends, have utmost integrity in EVERYTHING that you do.  Endeavor to do so!  Then sit back and relax with a smile stretching wide across your face... cuz you live free.

G-bless,

   - patrick