R. Jai Gillum

[R. Jai Gillum @SweethomeFL]

@KevOnStage He IS old church folk! ❤️😂

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@AliyahFun @BigEllieLiberty The tail sticking out of the puffer is sending me! Go off, Ellie! 😂

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@eggy_boom Noooooo! You would’ve BODIED that role! 😂

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@RosyGSpeers Como se dice RUDE AF en Español?

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@SeanPittman That boy CLEAN! ❤️

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

This is really good and worth your time.

[Matthew A. Cherry @MatthewACherry]

Now I need an airline to fly this teacher and these kids and their parents somewhere for real and put them up. @Delta @united @AmericanAir @SouthwestAir?

[Florida A&M University @FAMU_1887]

Our prayers are with @MorganStateU during this time. Everyone please be safe and reach out to counseling services on campus if you need someone to talk to.

[videos that boost your mental health @cheerfulclips]

Toddler CRUSHES the drum part in Moana (and a commenter donates $2K for a drumkit/lessons) 🪘

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

“Today, the man wearing red got on the subway, he opened his folder and started reading. 🧐

A few stops later a man got on and asked him “what are you studying for? You look confused, maybe I can help?”

He said my son just failed a math test, and I am re-studying fractions so I can teach him. I am 42 years old and I don’t remember any of this, so I am reteaching myself.

The guy in the black informed him that he use to be a math teacher, and would help quiz him.

Everything the man in the red got wrong, it was broken down and corrected for him.

By the end of the train ride, the man had a better understanding.

He had a new method to come home with to teach his son.

It’s the little things like this that I love seeing, because most people could care less about what the person next to them is going through.

❤️❤️❤️”

[R. Jai Gillum @SweethomeFL]

@micheleforfl Sending you ❤️. Your Mommy is beautiful, and I know she is so proud of you.

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@micheleforfl Them: You know sometimes 2 + 2 = 5.
Me: OK

[R. Jai Gillum @SweethomeFL]

@travisakers Rise Up by Andra Day

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@travisakers One day at a time ❤️

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There is still some good in this world. ❤️

[Kimberly LaRussa @KimberlyLaRussa]

TRUE ANGEL IN BUFFALO 💯 A THREAD: A local woman received a call on Christmas Eve, “Hi, you don't know me but I have your brother.” The woman’s brother’s name is Joey. He is 64 years old and mentally disabled.

[R. Jai Gillum @SweethomeFL]

@willpowerpacker What planet have I been on and didn’t realize you were a 6?! ❤️

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@travisakers Why is this even a question? 🥴