I am confident that there's an alternate reality where I have adopted @bayoabdulrahman as my child, where we discuss global challenges from a sustainability driven, community systems development approach. I know there's an alternate reality where I bring out long-term projections
& @bayoabdulrahman gets into the mud and does all the tough work with me. Because he understands that things work only when we make them work. I'm sure that there's an alternate reality where he listens, supplements his listening with more work & gets things done, regardless of
the challenges. There has to be an alternate reality where he becomes so many things; President, Leader, Dean, Innovator, Organizer, Initiator, Friend, Son, Brother, Colleague, and Legacy. I don't think I am living in that reality. It has to be an alternate reality. Because this
version of him I have in this reality is a beautiful young man, who is dedicated to excellence, whom I call son, whom I have worked through the most important years of his teens and early 20s & whom I continue to build a community of ideals and confidence in. Hey beautiful boy,
I hope that you do understand that you have only just cracking out of your cocoon. Your butterfly is only about to start flying. And your journey is only about just beginning. As you leave droplets of your beauty across places and people that you touch, never forget why we