There comes a point when our energy is better spent becoming than convincing.
Growth rarely announces itself. It happens quietly—in the choices we make, the discipline we practice, and the values we refuse to surrender. Character is not built through argument. It is built through consistency.
The strongest answer to doubt is often a life well lived.
Where is your energy best invested—defending who you are or becoming who you want to be?
Award-winning poet, playwright, and essayist. Author of four books of poetry, "Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembrance of Things Past and Present"; "Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats"; "The Black Feminine Mystique," "The Black Blood of Poetry," and a novel, "Streets of Rage," and a collection of short stories, "Conundrums: Stories of Law & Justice," written under his pen name Easy Waters. All four books are available on Amazon.com. Waters has over 25 years of experience in the criminal legal system. He is a change agent for a just society and a catalyst for change.
William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters 