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    You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving: Nutrition for the Soul
    You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving: Nutrition for the Soul
    You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving: Nutrition for the Soul
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    You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving: Nutrition for the Soul

    By Vid Lamonte' Buggs, Jr

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    Simultaneously touching and gritty, "You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving" promotes peace and equality by offering unique insight into some of the most complicated issues of our time. "The secret is - there really is no secret!" Growing up an African-American man with some Native American ancestry, Buggs has been gifted with a broad and unbiased view of race relations in America. Never one to shy away from the harsh realities of life, he instead chooses to redirect our human confusion and frustration toward finding amicable solutions that express the best of humanity. This book serves to fulfill our deepest inner cravings and provide much needed nutrition for the soul. Buggs' poetic approach brings people together with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the glory of life itself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVid Lamonte' Buggs, Jr
    Release dateNov 20, 2015
    ISBN9781311778086
    You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving: Nutrition for the Soul
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    Vid Lamonte' Buggs, Jr

    Vid Lamonte' Buggs Jr. is a native of Hampton, Virginia whose main goal is to spread motivation, inspiration and love. His work serves to encourage others to look past their differences and focus on uniting to make the world a better place.He currently resides in Tampa, Florida serving his community as a youth sports coach, mentor and motivational speaker, as well as community activist. While we all face challenges in life, his philosophy is that perseverance, positivity and a heart full of love will enable us to rise above our struggles and become the instruments to spark constructive societal change.

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      You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving - Vid Lamonte' Buggs, Jr

      5 John Lennon

      6 COURSE TWO: Appetizers/Food for Thought

      7 Who AM I?

      8 How Do You Know Me?

      9 Remember the Name

      10 Hunting of Good Will

      11 Powerless

      12 Sellout and a Nigger

      13 Regrets

      14 Change in Me

      15 COURSE THREE: Soups and Salads/Brain Food

      16 Fear

      17 Insane

      18 Displaced Reality/Unconscious Gusting Sabotage

      19 Moment of Truth

      20 Color Blind

      21 If

      22 Reap What You Sow

      23 Take Risks, Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

      24 Relaxation

      25 Friends

      26 Fun

      27 Time

      28 Believe

      29 Whatever You Do, Don’t Give Up

      30 Success

      31 Purity

      32 Freedom

      33 In Case You Forget

      34 Life is Amazing

      35 COURSE FOUR: Entrée/Soul Food

      36 Love

      37 A Great Companion

      38 Deep Love

      39 In the Airport

      40 Hide and Seek

      41 My Love

      42 Deeper Love

      43 Does Anyone Feel What I Feel

      44 Mercy

      45 COURSE FIVE: Side Dishes/World Cuisine

      46 A Dream Deferred/Change Not Yet Come

      47 Coward

      48 (Nigger) Nigga No More

      49 Youth of a Nation / Stand Up

      50 The Future

      51 Justice

      52 Revolution

      53 Mother Earth

      54 Mother, Sister, Lover, Best Friend

      55 We Are One

      56 COURSE SIX: Dessert/Sweet Nothings and Sour Patches

      57 Dialogue Between the Pessimist and the Optimist

      58 Perfect Liar

      59 The Writer and the Pen

      60 The Shining

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      NUTRITION FOR THE SOUL

      Ever spent all day at school or work thinking about a piece of food that you’ve saved for yourself? Remember wanting that piece of food so badly that you didn’t eat anything all day long? Finally you get home, go straight to the kitchen and guess what? Someone else has eaten what you are now starving for.

      How about going to the store for some food? You ask everyone if they want something, everyone says no – but when you come back with your food, all of a sudden they all want it! Funny how nobody’s hungry until you’re starving.

      These things happen even when food isn’t involved. You can be starving for knowledge, attention, time, energy, etc., and it always seems like that’s when someone else comes to you hungry for those exact same things. Just when you have your own issues to deal with, the rest of the world wants to dump their problems on you.

      As living beings we’re all in need of certain things to enable us to function and survive. We can crave understanding, love, success, happiness, and acceptance, among other things. We also desire things for pleasure, or to satisfy a need or feeling. Sometimes we want things simply because someone else has them.

      It’s ok to be hungry as long as you are not taking from someone who is starving - which is why this book is entitled You Ain’t Hungry Until I’m Starving. I was tired of allowing people to suck up my own positive energy just when I needed it the most. In this book I offer what I believe is nourishment in different forms. You may not agree with everything that I say. However, the world and we as people are always changing, so with time and experience you may find that you can relate to the points that I’ve made here.

      This book deals with many topics and covers every aspect of life. While reading, make an effort to disconnect yourself from the physical world and leave your preconceived thoughts behind. Here, you are neither male nor female, you have no race, and your age does not exist. You are oblivious to emotional demands and the quest for money. All I ask is that you proceed with an open mind, as well as an open heart, so that you may receive the nourishment that I have in store for you.

      Bon Appetite! Enjoy.

      1

      COURSE ONE

      Meal Preparation/Devotion

      With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. - Muhammed Ali Jinnah

      2

      THANKSGIVING

      Mom and Dad; my blood sisters, Tanesha and Victoria; my best friends whom I think of as my brothers and sister, Zaki, Josh, Matt Lee, Jeff and Elyse - you all already know what it is, you were there when no one else cared to be, and you all have also kept it real with me.

      My baby boy Dominique Mikail and my baby girl Sofia Lyn, I love you more than you will ever know.

      Andrea, thank you for your love, patience and simply being you.

      My cousin Dominique Pretlow, you were my right-hand man and I miss you every day, RIP.

      Selena, Charisse, Tish and Heidi - thank you all for showing me what love really is between couples, and thank you for believing in me when I didn’t believe in myself.

      Marci Wise, thank you for editing and helping me bring my message and this book to life. Your support, advice and guidance is appreciated more than you will ever know. I am blessed to have worked on this project with you.

      To all my professors and teachers - thank you for reaching me and allowing me to notice my potential.

      To everyone that has come into my life, even for a blink of an eye; To all that serve as rebels against the system of wrongs; To those following their dreams no matter what others may say; To those who are

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