what a week!!!!

What's brew'm soup troop? WOW, WHAT A WEEK! First off, I got food posioning this week and it was a LONG week at work. I never get sick, it's not that i think i'm souperman, it's just that i never get sick. For the last three years at my job, i got a check from my attendance for not using my sick time. It's a blessing and plus, i just work through it, if i feel bad or something i just sweat it out (lol)! the only time i ever get sick is when i get food posioned and it just so happened that this week-and for the first time-i had three shows for the weekend. I'm not the one to cancel shows, so i continued to push through.I prayed and didn't have to worry about fasting (cause i couldn't eat anything anyway lol). The first show went well. I was outside, so the weather messed with me a little. The kids really enjoyed it and wanted a encore, but i had to bounce to get ready for the next show. The second show went great, but i had the WORST case of cottonmouth EVER! My third show was the best. I love my band. We connect so well, that even though we didn't pratice, we can flow so well. We even flowed/freestyled into a whole new song! And low and behold-my food posioning has passed through. When you focus on the right things, everything else doesn't seem so important. I put myself and how i was feeling out the picture, because i know people were depending on me. This will be a week to remember. Spread the soup

thanks J_ROC!

What's brew'n soup troop? So sometimes, as a artist, you get those "am i doing the right thing" moments. I was just browsing through my site (by the way, if you haven't bought a copy of Souperbowl Sunday-then your missing a treat) and happened to go to my itunes link. I was just really looking when i happened to see this comment-

"by J_ROC
Just checked out this cd, and I must say that it's one of the best I ever heard. His word play and metaphors are on point. His other album "come and get it" is also a classic!"

I was taken back. First off, which is the best point, is that i don't even know who this fan is. I didn't ask for it, they did it on their own. Secondly, they made a comment on "Come and get it" which is a cd that i dropped 5 YEARS AGO! This showed me to never forsake the seeds that you have sown. You never know when they will come into a harvest. it took me five years to see some fruit from what i am doing. Never give up on your purpose in life. You never know who you are affecting. Third, he said it was a great cd, so why are you waiting to check it out??? Thanks J_ROC for spreading that soup!

unforgiveness-victim or victor?

What's brew'n soup troop? I heard something real powerful the other night about unforgiveness. Basically, he said that holding grudes makes you a victim to the person your holding the grudge to. I thought about it for a second and it is 100 % true. I thought about how some people are "victims" of anger and grudges to some people who-quite frankly-don't either KNOW or CARE that you don't like them or have those feelings towards them. You can't and won't grow if your holding a grudge against someone. I remeber having someone at work that I got into it with one time and sometimes the thought of seeing them enraged me. When it gets to that point, you need to repent and work things out with that person. When you are a victim, you are helpless! I wasn't raised (nor were you) to be helpless. Sometimes it's the internal rather than the external problems that really give us a hard time. Unforgiveness can creep up on you. It's like a wound that hasn't truly healed. When you learn to forgive, you can be the victor. When someone knows whatever they do to you can't get to you....they lose. Don't even give your enemy the joy of taking your joy. Stop being a victim of grudges and anger and being a slave to it. Be a victor not a victim. Spread the soup