2011!!!! I cannot believe that a new year is here already. 2011 is the the year I will not make demands that is unrealistic and hard to maintain. 2010 was a rough year from me, however I am NOT going to let that shake my hopes for 2011. Its a new year, a new day, but the same me. I am going to make this year the staple for my life. I'm starting a new school and I am very excited, I know new opportunities will arise for me. No longer am I going to wait around till something happens or open up, I'm making my own path. While many people are scared that the world will end in 2012, I know that I still have a full life ahead of me and I cannot and will not waste anymore time.
In today's society there are no role models for the kids, no strong activist, or any leading role outside of politics. Now is the time for me to stand-up and put my feet to the ground and start walking. It is my time to embrace that leadership role and fly away. I may be just a girl from Brooklyn but I have knowledge beyond my years and I am still learning. I have a drive to make it, not to be famous but to be remember for something legendary. The world is on my shoulders but I am balancing. Who said change is bad?
Begin a young black women from the streets of Bed-Stuy has allowed me to witness things that no person should witness but I made me who I am. I first in my growing process was taking my experiencing and learning from them. If I know nothing else, I know I will make it out the ghetto. This may be the be the life for some but it is not for me, I want room to grow and in this jungle the caged is locked. The hunger for more is roaring inside me and I am not going to starve! It pains me to see that we as a community has become more violent and dangerous when our nation is moving in so many directions. Everyday I see kids parent less, ignorant and illiterate and it hurts me.
2011 is here and it feels grand to be alive and a vessel for greatness. I am calm! I am balanced and I am serene! so watch out 2011 because Patrina is here to take your ride and I am holding on strong!
