CITY|year: day.3

I still struggle just like you \
And I still hustle just like you \
But it just so happens that \
Big Pooh doin' what he love to do. \\
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straight up and down, my feet burn cause of all the walking, but my soul is fired up. i'm not usually gonna hit back-to-back blogs simply because...well, i'm just kinda lazy. however, i'm moved to do it again like j.legend and share with you why i haven't felt this good in a minute and a half.

i spent the day walking about new york city. mind you, i don't just mean "the city," manhattan, i mean LITERALLY new york city. from brooklyn heights, to lower manhattan, to chinatown, to little italy, and BACK to brooklyn, today was a veritable walking tour of my city. OD to say that least. but thruout the day i got to really interact with my fellow corps members and teammates (lightHOUSE...your call...) on a person-to-person level. there was no awkwardness, there was no judgment, folk were real all day and that allowed me to let down those ever-present defenses of mine momentarily and give them a glimpse of the madness that fuels me. we had a chance to just speak to each other and learn from each other about our lives, our passions, especially about what brought us to city year. it was refreshing to hear about other people, the listener that i am, and not feel the need to analyze (even tho i still did a bit). i fit within the corps of city year...i belong there, and i'm blessed that i have the chance to serve alongside some of the most powerful people our society has to offer. fall back futility, expediency, timidity, and comfort...my idealism is comin for you.

imagine. recruit. transform. inspire. try it out, cause i'm finna to.

oh, and if you're planning on traipsing about new york, don't rock chuck taylors...it's just not a good look.

maintainin'...[+ -- oo]