Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today!
We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
I'm grown enough to admit im not the easiest person to love. Life put me thru a lot, so yea...i overthink, i get triggered real quick, i shut down, and sometimes i don't even make sense. I'm sensitive as hell & i need patience.
But one thing about me?? MY LOVE IS REAL.
The problem is a lot of yall niggas did not grow up seeing your moms be pampered.. yall either saw yโall mommas working like dawgs, on drugs, with an abusive ass man or collective government assistance struggling to make ends meet.. a lot of yโall grew up with all half siblings and absent fathers, so you genuinely donโt know what the manโs role is supposed to be and thatโs why a lot of yall canโt fathom giving a woman a soft life and being a provider bc you grew up believing women are supposed to be strong and take care of you! A lot of you niggas donโt even know to hold the door or walk on the outside of the sidewalk bc the only protector you ever had was a woman! Lmao
normalize leaving people to avoid empathy burnout. yes, i love you, but i am tired of having to ask you to consider me, and i am tired of you not seeing where you went wrong.
Normalize not reaching out to a man who hasn't replied to a text or returned a call in hours or days. They kno they haven't spoken to u & it's bc they don't want to. They're aware you're a good woman, they just don't care. If they wanted to be around, they would make it happen!!!
@BrianSnyder1@LaneKiffinLvr@Lane_Kiffin The photo clearly made you feel something โ which was the point. But go ahead and pretend symbolism is the real villain here
๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ง.
Tim Grover was Michael Jordan's personal trainer for most of his career. He saw everything up close, the workouts, the obsession, the daily routine that never changed regardless of what was happening outside the gym.
He described what Jordan's offseason actually looked like:
"๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ . ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐. ๐ต๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐."
Three workouts a day. Golf break. Repeat.
Then Jordan's father was murdered in 1993. Jordan retired. Came back. Won three more championships.
Grover described what he admired most about all of it:
"๐ป๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐; ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐."
Michael Jordan made over $100 million from Nike.
Tim Grover the man who was there every single day, says that had nothing to do with it.
The shoe deal was the result.
The three workouts a day were the reason.
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(HoopersParadise FB)
My home is my sacred place, Iโm not the girl that will invite you over. We can go out and have lunch, and or dinner, the spa, or anything else. Just not at my house. Iโm very over protective of the energy I allow in my home where my children & I rest our heads.
A cheat code for peace: Assume itโs not about you. Someoneโs tone. Their mood. Their short reply. Feels like itโs aimed at you. 99% of the time, itโs not. Sometimes people are just busy. Sometimes theyโre off. If you take everything personally, youโll spend your life exhausted.
I donโt cut people off just for fun. I give chances, I communicate, I try. So if I go quiet on youโฆ just know I already did my part. Iโm not repeating myself.