As IMAN age, IMAN form certain precepts and attain a certain flexibility which determines IMAN persona. IMAN see things with open eyes and IMAN horizons are limitless. IMAN have a certain degree of firmness but welcome divergence and diversity.

As IMAN age, IMAN form certain precepts and attain a certain flexibility which determines IMAN persona. IMAN see things with open eyes and IMAN horizons are limitless. IMAN have a certain degree of firmness but welcome divergence and diversity. IMAN is strong enough to let other people be who they are and don’t feel threatened by their brilliance. IMAN know that all birds are not made by the same feathers. IMAN accept that different folks have different strokes. IMAN commit mistakes but cope well with the concomitant frustrations and I own fallibility.

IMAN never assume too much. IMAN don’t hitch I wagon to the stars. IMAN expect nothing and IMAN have no one and nothing to blame. If the unexpected happens IMAN feel a thrill that cannot be described in words. IMAN march to the sound of I own drum.
IMAN bow I head to the wind. IMAN move along with the current and ride with the tides. IMAN have the knack of converting misfortune into fortune and believe in blessings in disguise. IMAN have more faith in men who have fallen many times and have risen each time than in men who have never fallen at all. As Shakespeare said. “It is better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all”. Experience makes him a greater man.

IMAN know when luck strikes and when luck runs out. But IMAN know o that luck is the residue of design. IMAN change the things that I can and accept the things IMAN cannot change and have the wiseness to know the difference. IMAN will give you an inch but won’t give a foot. IMAN will let someone pat I back but won’t let that same one bang IMAN head. Enough is enough!
IMAN view life as a comedy and a tragedy. Even when the most dreadful of tragedies strike, all is not lost. With every breath there is hope. Even tragedy has its own humor. As IMAN say, “It is better to have bad breath than no breath at all”. Everybody grows but not everyone grows up. IMAN accept that. IMAN develop I own tastes, likes and dislikes and don’t expect everyone to be like I. IMAN know whom and when to please and whom and when not to please. IMAN run when I have to and fight if called for. l IMAN learn the value of relationship and the price of involvement.
It takes extra to rise above the crowd. IMAN seek out I own enjoyment. Life is what IMAN make it. IMAN is the Master of I own Destiny.

I.MAN.BLAK, PhD
August 1977