>i feel like everything i
>do sends a message.
>so it is not enough
>for me to say i
>love my people but when
>it comes to the person
>i share my sacred space
>w/ i send the message
>that no member of my
>people was good enough. that
>to me is unacceptable and
>hypocritical.

i'm finding that the older i get, the more difficult it is to find brothas on my level. and i'm not that old, nor am i far along in my career (i don't even really have one yet...lol. but i'm doing well enough to support myself).

i'm noticing a marked difference in myself vs. most black men my age-late 20s.

do you see that same trend? and if so, how do you combat the feeling of hopelessness that tends to result?