EPISODE 121 "BIGGER THAN YOUR BLOCKS"

Being well traveled can change a persons outlook on life and the world. I am from a small city where most people in the same social circles, age ranges and race tend to know you either by face or know you personally. In the hood, you can actually be famous in a certain mile radius of your stomping ground. We call it "HOOD FAME", and it is sometimes as addictive as having national or world fame. This is because it makes people feel like their little part of the world, their hood, is the end all and they are the man/chic. But the world is bigger than those blocks you run. What made me see this clearer than anything else is LEAVING THOSE SAME BLOCKS AND GOING WHERE NO ONE KNEW MY NAME. Realistically this is NOT as easy as it sounds. Mainly because it takes MONEY to travel or move, and if your are from a low income family then the odds are you can't afford to make this step. BUT sometime you can have the MONEY, or even the opportunity, like going to school or taking a job, that will allow you to see farther then those same blocks. Time and time again, I have seen many of my peers let that chance come and go, not because they COULDN'T but because they didn't WANT to! To some those same blocks are the world and they have no real interest in seeing how big it really is. To me this is a FATAL life mistake, one that I'm glad I did not make. So here goes: DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TRAVELED A LOT IN YOUR LIFE? IF SO, THEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN AND HOW DID GOING TO THOSE PLACES EFFECT YOUR LIFE? WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM GOING THERE? IF NOT, THEN WHAT REASON DO YOU HAVE FOR NOT TRAVELING AND SEEING WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE? WHY DO YOU THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THEIR BLOCK? DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT IS ADDICTED TO BEING HOOD FAMOUS AND WONT LEAVE THEIR BLOCK BECAUSE OF IT? WHAT ARE THE TOP TWO PLACES YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL TO? WHAT WAS THE WORST PLACE YOU EVER TRAVELED TO? WHERE HAVE YOU TRAVELED TO THAT REMINDED YOU OF HOME?