M4M S4S [Murder 4 Movement, Shot 4 Shoutout]

Song of the Day: His Pain - BJ the Chicago Kid & Kendrick Lamar

"There is no Justice...There is no Peace...nor change...or movement
In being a lukewarm activist...either you is or you ain't"

Good Day Viewers! So much is going on...of value...and this blog-post is NOT just applicable to minorities or to the young and urban...It should be a thought provoking piece for us all...Especially for Americans.  If you  are ready to get on this train of truth...let's take this ride!

PREJUDICE - POLICE BRUTALITY - GANG VIOLENCE - TRAPPING - VIOLENCE - POLLUTION - MEDIA MANIPULATION - PERSONAS - FALSE MANHOOD/WOMANHOOD - IGNORANCE - LACK OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - MENTAL SLAVERY - PHYSICAL SLAVERY 

I know, it's fairly easy to adopt a different profile picture that's "blacked out" to show support for Trayvon Martin. It's even doable to change your identity to honor the loss of a life...#IAMMIKEBROWN. 

But just like Bringing back "our" Girls, (and ... shoot I have regretfully forgot the names of the other fly-by-night movements.)..all these virtual rallies fizz out within days and people continue to live their lives. This is not a preaching season but more-so another approach for realism. Any rallies,movements,marches by Blacks happened with strategic thought and purpose. There was no such thing as "fizzing out". There was no choice but to seek justice and change through their actions because their movements were their lives. 

When I say strategic, I mean...well thought out...ordered...organized...visible...unity.... 

and the spokesmen were credible based upon image, community influence, and ability to be the face of the movement. 

The CIVIL RIGHTS movement was very intricate in detail. There was a face for every age group and their actions and words were supported by the people...the "Black" people. It was NOT a weekend thing...or a day thing... or a cutesy thing. Rosa Parks was not trying to be cute and get attention when she firmly planted herself in  "forbidden" seating area to Blacks on a public bus. 

The only way we can modernize the movement... and the issues in bold...is through strategy. If it is not a life mission... nothing will ever change. 

It is truly very hard to really HONESTLY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY adopt #IAMMIKEBROWN....because just around this time last year ... I was at a 100 City Vigil for Trayvon Martin... and I was HIM. I cannot adopt these people's identity and neither can you. Most of us...do not truly even know ourselves to confidently introduce ourselves in a room. Subsequently, I will support with prayers and bring awareness to these matters without  adopting extra personalities and virtual movements.. I recognize the lives lost everyday to the streets and to our police. I, myself, have lost FOUR cousins to MURDER.

After much learning in a bible study session today, I began to realize where we are truly going wrong. A lot of people want to bicker with the media and fight racial discrimination not understanding that the natural laws and "ways" of the land are not centered around equality. Subsequently, a friend made a good point yesterday. She said "we always want change..but where are our people when it's time for local elections...or in community service..". We HAVE to stop with action that is extreme, violent, unorganized and REACTIVE

There is LIMITED power of influence over social media when is comes to justice being served... However, when feet are planted and word of mouth travels and mindsets begin to change, justice to yourself...and your kind (whether that be race, generational and creed) BEGIN... a trail of justice that has to continue from generation to generation.



Be prepared to see this behavior continue.

But get off your horse of entitlement and understand change does not come easy nor is it owed.

So, now, I ask. Does some of the blame fall on us for the way society treats us from not picking up the momentum where our ancestors, civil rights, NAACP Activists, and (for my fellow Greeks that are active members of African American founded sororities and fraternities) our Founders left off? A lot of activism, health and political awareness has been pushed to the bottom of the priority list among young people. So.... instead of "damning" the government and county officials, we should definitely take credit for our part in our status as African Americans as well.

Be prepared to see this behavior continue - if we do not ban together in truth with strategy to devise plans at home first then to our neighbor...then the community...our schools...our local government.... and so on and so fourth. 

Feed Me ... Only Fruit

Music Choice of the Day:  "Errbody - Yo Gotti"

Quote of the Day:
"The privileged are not defined by what they do, who they know, or what they have; The privileged are defined by their ability to live fearlessly and without limits or boundaries"

Happy August, Viewers!
It is such a blessing to have another chance to live and make a  mark on the blogging field and to have you all's support! SUMMER TIME! I usually spend my summers getting my "body" right and trying to find things to do with my leisure time but God "showed" me this season that my plans were minute compared to what HE had prepared for me.  It was time to get my inside right - and no workout can fix your spirit and your mental health. In order for me to grow, Jesus truly had to break me down..almost to insanity for me to cling to him to be rebuild holistically.

All in all, I walk into this next season of fruitfulness, understanding the necessity to really sit, and in a therapeutic way, go over the lessons I have learned so that I can truly apply them as I take my next steps into young adulthood.


For your reading pleasure, I have listed the lessons that have had the most impact in my transition into a womanhood of integrity. This season was full of change, and tribulation BUT in turn, it truly heightened my senses as a woman, a friend, a lover, a confidant, a motivator, a student, an educator, a daughter, and so on and so fourth.

Purge Me to Make Me Over 

1) An empty spirit cannot proposer 

2) Loyalty is a figment of our imagination ( - feel me on that, really stick a pin in this one. It's extremely vital)

3) Speak OVER yourself

4) Sacrifice - Temporary Pain for Permanent and Genuine Joy 

5) The Benefit in the Struggle

I will briefly elaborate on two of these lessons... Part 2 of "Feed Me...Only Fruit" will go into depth about the other topics and feedback from viewers. I hope you enjoy :) 

An Empty Spirit Cannot Prosper 

See, we give so much of ourselves daily. Even the most selfish person has to give away some piece of themselves day in and day out. The most generous person...who gives of themselves, their finances, their time, their emotions, et cetera, MUST refill so that they are not a broken vessel attempting to contribute positive energy into the atmosphere. A empty spirit who continuously gives allows their good works to become tasks  instead of a deed coming from the heart - that is charged to the kingdom and the forward movement of the body of Christ. If you have no encouragement, if you have not been in your word and you are surrounded by negative spirits, you are destroying yourself and starving yourself - and your life's mission.
 It is very imperative that good people are linked to you to refill with you and help you by providing advisement, motivation and encouragement. In order to prosper and gain spiritually, one has to remain emotionally intelligent enough to live each day exuding love and kindness while realistically working through life's experiences.

This life WILL surely drain you at times. BUT, that is why we have our Word, and why it is necessary to PRAY, MEDITATE, and Strategically Think through all situations.

Note to self: "Never get so high that you loose yourself and all the growth it took to get you to your current point. No amount of worldly success can compare to fulfillment you will receive from being obedient to your lessons, morals, and guidance from the Holy Spirit."  

Loyalty Is A Figment of Our Imagination 

I truly believe LOYALTY is false man-made sense of "YOU OWE ME".... but after many valuable comments from friends,family and Instagram followers, I must stand corrected.

My View: 

We are not even loyal to ourselves and our own desires... let alone fully loyal to each other. Once we learn that we have become a possessive people, obsessed with claiming people and imprisoning them with OUR emotions... we learn that loyalty is truly just a figment. I searched the bible....could not find the word "loyal" ... I have looked at a standard set of marriage vows...did not find "loyalty or loyal. So that just tells me - I have been focusing on the wrong thing and I had to reprogram myself to truly understand what God wanted to give in my relationship and what I deserved to receive. Loyal...was not one of those standards. We are a  flawed people, the belief that someone owes you "loyalty" is... selfish. Simply because of my previous statement that sometimes we are barely loyal to our own dreams, wants, needs and desires.

My Redefined Perspective

 (after some insight from comments on "loyalty")

I stand corrected after a mini study session with the etymology and break down of some of the Aramaic translations that coincide with the word "loyal".  However, in my findings --- comparing the deep meaning of the Aramaic words and phrases (the language Christ spoke) to the definition of "loyal" in the urban community and in the modern bonds between people, I still have a hard time finding how capable we are of experiencing loyal love or giving loyal love. The only loyal love I have experienced, is to the Love of Jesus Christ. The closest thing to that is .... my mother.

Subsequently, we surely use the term "loyal" just as loosely as we use the term "love". In turn, I do believe true love exist so now that I think about it, "loyal love" does exist; however, it is awfully rare. So rare that it feels like a figment of my imagination. I feel so enriched in my redefined perspectives from you all's comments and from the urge to understand that English translations in the bible sometimes translate loosely. So I learned that the equivalent meaning for "loyal" is steadfast, kind, truth, faithfulness. It appears in the bible in about 245 instances so it is a characteristic that we must strive to possess. So while we may never reach perfection ... of loyalty ... or "steadfastness"... we should constantly seek to be that in our acts of kindness and in our personal relationships, in our  community and with our Lord and Savior.

Thank you for you all's feedback and constant support. Stay tuned for Part 2 of "Feed Me..Only Fruit" - a mini series to my project "Lessons Learned".

Have a great school year! Congratulations to the Class of 2014...but Class of 2015 is coming through ;)

God Bless

Truly Yours,

-Jalynn A. Jones

It's Not Me, It's You

Music Choice of the Day: Stumble - Tinashe 

"Find the pleasure in rejection. Someone is relieving you of their baggage, their insecurities, and of their incapacity to be an enhancement to your life. It's not you, it's them" - Jalynn Jones"

It's Not Me, It's You 

Happy Valentine's Day my humble viewers! As always, I want to give great thanks to you all for giving me inspiration and motivation to dedicate my time to this therapeutic release known as "Galactic Interlude". This is all warm up for my project in progress Lesson Learned. Please stay tuned, leave comments, questions, suggestions and insight for improvement or just to touch on the topic(s) I discuss in each post. All criticism is welcomed. 

WELL, you all, I have been really breaking mental barriers lately. God has given me a mind that never rest. Like many of you all, I sometimes regret how deep and intricate my thought process is; I challenge you today to just thank Jesus Christ for thinking too much instead of not thinking enough. I have been facing the feeling of not belonging for years, probably since the age of 5. I always knew their was something different about me and instead of attempting to conform, I was true to myself all throughout my school days. I often became victim to bullying and verbal abuse from my peers but might I say that being "different" is so popular now lol - I guess it all was worth it. My void of not belonging was also associated by not being accepted holistically by any male. Currently, at the age of 21,  I still cannot say that I have encountered an attraction of full understanding and willingness to understand me.

I lost my virginity at the age of 14. I did not start a horrible trend of promiscuity but I know I gave my body to men who only had skin deep interest in me. I have noticed through my collegiate career that my sexual needs and emotional needs have collided and also my strong need for affection and understanding... I am not perfect but I have been molding myself for my life partner for a while now and I had a heart wrenching encounter with a man last night that allowed me to come to the conclusion that it's not me that's messed up and that is undeserving of the things my heart desires. I know that I am simple with wants and complex in person. I have quite a demanding nature but I wholeheartedly love all the people I make connections with and I strongly believe that doing whatever is required to make my loved ones feel as such is never a second thought... it's priority to me. Thus, leading me to the understanding that I am not the issue in my quest to love and understanding. It is more the people that I choose. A broken soul cannot heal a broken soul. Two broken pieces still don't make a whole item because in the struggle of brokenness, pieces get lost along the way; If one has not taken the necessary steps to refill and grow and become whole again with the help of the Lord, they go through their life cutting people, sometimes without even noticing. 

Many of the men that are in my bracket are not done with understanding their long term goals and successes which leads me to believe that mature young women in our generation are linking themselves with men who are not equally yoked with their knowledge and assurance of success. I am firm in my belief that if a man is lacking drive, ambition and want to understand a woman in every aspect, he is not ready for any other relationship other than a friendship with no sex involved. I have made the mistake of linking myself with people who are not on my pathway. Just because people have the same fundamental values with you, it is does mean they believe the way you believe or understand they way you understand. The pact I have made to myself is to continue growing and learning myself. I am far too intelligent to continue into a cycle of uncertainty into my twenty's. My biggest fear is not being able to find "the one". It seems so unattainable sometimes to the point it overwhelms me. But God will provide. I am confident that in due time, understanding and companionship will greet me. 

I am sure you all are wondering, what kind of encounter did I have to make me think about this? Well, I hate being ignored. It is demeaning. It makes me feel like less than a person. And a loved one of mine knows this is one of my most aggravating pet peeves but finds it hard to UNDERSTAND why it is so demeaning to me. He ignored to the point to where I felt insane. I broke down, Literally. I did not even know I was capable of screaming as loud as I did. I came to the realization that I do not love anyone enough to allow them to drive me crazy. I have done everything in my being to make this person feel accepted, loved and supported.  I want to tell you all, there is no confirmation or explanation you have to give to anyone when you have reached your breaking point. Your explanation usually ends up putting you back in that person's possession. Declare when you have had enough within yourself. That's the hardest part. It is painful but we have to come to a point where are more important which includes our feelings and what we deserve. I am for certain, the King that I belong to WILL accept me. I let all the worry go today in Jesus' Name.

 It's not Me, It's You. 

What's It Gonna Cost Me?

Music Choice of the Day: Sacrifices, Fabolous

What's It Gonna Cost Me?

Wow! It has been a long time but I definitely want to thank you all for your views and readings. Hopefully, my words are timeless to you...meaning they can be read at any time and still have validity. 

A few updates before I jump into it! Well, A project entitled Lessons Learned will be published by 2015 so please be looking for that soon! It is a great goal of mine to allow my story and lessons to be a blessing or a word for someone to take in and learn from. I am a transparent person not for purposes to be judged but to be a living example to young women who yearn to be successful and for young men to understand the complications of being a young black woman with sass and zeal and where it all comes from! I also encourage you to take your pain and turn it into a testimony as well!! That is a true difference between a believer and a non believer; what one does in correspondence to pain truly shows what type of person one is.

And last but not least, I have many more thank you's I would regret not mentioning. Dr. Jade B. Gillespie, and  of course to my beautiful mother, Ruth Moore. Also, to my Bronco Family.  I do everything in your honor. 

My soul wants to tell you all so much. So bare with me for I have no order, I will just come straight from my finger tips: ....

 "What Will It Cost You\\Me?" ... derived from a chapter in Lessons Learned  called "It's Cost Me A Lot", a title inspired from J. Cole Friday Night Lights mixtape release. I have seen my most trying days in my current state. 2013 was a year of my greatest losses and most honorable wins. Ironically, a great loss can outweigh any win recognized by man. So, I live and cease to loose my main focus in all that I am involved in...because I have a whole family depending on my success, a weight I put on myself not by choice but by God's. So I take on the heavy weight, I take on the ridicule and I just continue to press forward. Now do not get me wrong. I have not taken action toward adversity the right way now. I actually have acted out horribly this year but hey!!! It's life. "Lessons Learned"! Growth is recognizing your fault, asking for forgiveness and moving forward in grace..God's grace because man has no grace. You're their topic until someone else is the fool of the week. 

All in all, I want to believe that the year two thousand and thirteen made me someone I never imagined I would be but in all actuality, I made myself with my decisions, my relationships and associations. Women have the gift and vice of being able to create a facade of being goal oriented when we actually are .... but we have underlining goals that are much more important like true love and mental stability. I am not a victim to that mindset but a victor. Success to me is not green like money, or pink and red on Valentine's Day but colorless. I realized this year, that I will be successful by all means in the realm of love and family. It warms my heart to envision my future family and journey to love and I will continue to build upon a foundation of stability to get to that point. I do not know how long it will take, but I know it will cost me. It will cost me friends, it'll charge my patience and I know for sure that it will COST ME A LOT...but I will spend my 2014 investigating how it will [really] cost me.....

Until Next Time!!! 

||| HiiPower |||

What is HiiPower?

" HiiPower is the way we think,the way we live. See it's known today that the human race is nothing - No morals, No standards. What we are about to do is raise the level of expectations. No, you don't have to have a lot of money, you don't have to be rich but you will be rich in mind and spirit. "

- Kendrick Lamar; Cut You Off (To Get Closer); O.verly D.edicated

Our generation uplifts creativity. History proves that everything that's done today has been done before but we take pride in our gift of sampling legends to create diverse ideas. While I admire the beauty in our addiction to creative ideas, I want to stress our lack of education to what we "like". One of the most influential branches of media is Music. We listen to the sounds that evoke emotion and movement and settle for the lyrics and beat without going beyond what is heard to know what our souls are being fed.

While Hip Hop has been adopted as an urban religion, it is rumored that a lot of demonic influences are intertwined in what we listen to every day. If your anything like me, you question the controversy about music and it's subliminal messages. However, I do urge you to watch what you listen to, because anything you are exposed to can influence your thoughts and your actions.

Instead of resorting to social networks and songs to tell you what you believe in, discover things for YOURSELF. We live in a time where technology makes it easy to make anything sound plausible. Investigate E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Be inspired by those who choose to take a path that strays away from the "norm". Let the creativity we admire help you reach your goals instead of living vicariously through other people's inventions. Feel me? Yes? No? Bottom line, the world is too big to live dormant. Step out of YOUR box and learn. Learn to live.

..Food for thought. :)

Of course, my artist of choice for this entry is Kendrick Lamar. He is an artist from Compton, California who charms and educated with his wisdom and inquiry for the controversial issues of today's time. He is apart of a group called "Black Hippy". It is beautiful to see the game take a this turn back to educated black man using a gift of rhyme to reach others. His music is truly inspiring, relatable and refreshing. Be on the look out for his album "A Good Kid in a Mad City" in 2012.

Ab Soul Outro ft. Ab-Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUsEbbVBuo

Lets Talk About Sex Baby

Is there anything wrong with being spiritually and sexually healthy? No. In my opinion, our generation has taken " SEX " to far. Lets .... look at the statistics :

According to http://www.articlesbase.com/sexuality-articles/teen-sex-statistics-do-trendy-sexual-behaviours-give-reason-to-brag-433699.html

• 13% of teens have sex at least once .. at the age 13 .
• seven out of ten by the age of 19
• The norm for most teens to loose their virginity is 19

GREAT ! Now , thats enough statistics for this blog .. we already know that STD's are out there but we still .. managed to .. do what we want to do without thinking about the price of our lives . I'm going to be honest with you - I'm just like the next girl , I think about sex and I want to be able to satisfy the significant other - but not at the price of my life . For all the girls out there .. do me a favor and just KNOW YOUR WORTH ! We give ourselves to these boys not realizing that you are literately letting someone inside .. so what was theirs is now yours .. you are become one with that person . Sex is beautiful , it is --- & the sky is the limit with that one person but you will cherish the moment much more if you know the person you are having sex with has your heart and you have theirs .. & they just dont want a notch on their belt .. or a conversation for their girlfriends or ..homeboys.

Feel Me ?

We uplift these sexual songs we listen to .. but we dont think about how many girls are in clinics right now getting news that they're sertile & they have a STD that chewing away at their brains .. Or the dudes that .. get news that they have AIDS and they have 7 years to live .

All sex , isnt good sex .. especially sex with random dudes just cause of status ,or looks

OR !!! JUST CAUSE SHE'S A " BAD BITCH " ! w/e the hell that is . lol excuse my language .

** & From a Christian's point of view >> we all know sex was actually the gift to a married couple

. so all those who ask God "WHY ! WHY ARE YOU KILLING ME PEOPLE WITH THESE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES ? " .. there's your answer . God plays no games . he gracicous enough to keep us alive & we constantly read his word , and dont put it in effect .

PS : the average sex time is 7 minutes .. so dont kill yourself or risk your health for .. 7 weak minutes lol .

so with all that said .. if you have to do it ..

at least ..

Quote Of The Day : "They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."

Song Of The Day : Sure Thing - Miguel Jontel

he is the future of R&B Check It Out

Allow Me To Introduce Myself

Beautiful but probably not to your standard
Intelligent but I'm constantly hungry for more knowledge
Perplex but oddly simple
Different - but just as human as the rest of you , which makes me the same
Natural surrounded by artificial

ABOUT ME :

Im a poet at heart and my inspiration for most things is music .
Music has a huge impact on my life; I associate childhood memories with music .
Im 17 but my maturity level is way beyond my teenage years .
11th Grade - Track Runner - Big Buddy for Special Needs Teens - & Officer of SPS [Secret Poet
Society] & Poetic Flow

Oct. 27 , 1992

Little girl from Inglewood,Ca -- Moved from state to state [ so accents may vary ]
I had a broken childhood that forced me to grow up fast and I thank God for every tribulation; Every hardship made me who I am today . I have evolved into a girl who finally realized you cant find or force love - it just comes and starts with friendship . I also learned that even my smallest dreams are defined by my dedication to go after them .



My Borther & My Mom the two most important people in my life who have been there since day 1 - thru it all .

My Bestfriends - Demi Elle & Oyinkansola are two that have been there for me through thick and thin and i know for sure that they are my truest friends .

Alisha Chante Wilson is my sister from another mother ; Our friendship has taken many deadly swerves but we made it through it all - & i love her very much .

-- OH ! And if you havent noticed by now , im very R A N D O M

BUT - to sum it all up , my name is Jalynn & Im just here to shed light on situations with my opinions,morals and values. My blogs will reflect what I believe & what I have learned . If you agree with the truth , you will be addicted to my post - Guaranteed or ya money back lol .

- Jalynn Jones




Quote Of The Day : " “The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one’s own perfection, to make one’s every dream a reality.”

Song Of The Day : Enter Galactic - Kid Cudi