What happens to the mental care of Black men as we move through life? Where can we feel safe and heard? How do we address our mental health needs? 

Word energy is then transformed into action, action into habit and then habit into lifestyle. If we aren’t taught how to navigate our energy at the source, our minds, it becomes a formula for ongoing depression, anxiety and addictive behaviors. 

One of the things we can all agree on is that–good or bad–what defines a driver is someone who is operating a moving vehicle. I don’t actively operate vehicles anymore despite having a valid license to do so. As a passenger, this has given me a different perspective on a statement that hurried passengers used to give me when I was driving, “Drive!…just use the GPS and follow the directions.” 

The honest and deeper, transparent feeling that I had was me subconsciously sobbing for things to just be right. I had convinced myself that saying “I don’t care anymore” would rid me of the concerns that I had which would free me to move on with life.