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Put God first.hallelujah 👂🏾🙌

04/29/2026

Lonnie Johnson, the inventor of the iconic Super Soaker, has received more than $73 million in unpaid royalties from Hasbro after a legal dispute that lasted over two decades. Johnson originally developed the concept as an engineer, driven by curiosity and innovation rather than financial ambition, never anticipating it would become one of the most successful toy inventions in history. However, a licensing agreement with Hasbro resulted in him receiving significantly less compensation than what was later determined to be fair. After years of legal proceedings and arbitration, a ruling was finally made in his favor, securing the long-overdue royalties he was owed. His journey highlights the often complex relationship between inventors and large corporations, where creative contributions can sometimes be undervalued or delayed in recognition. More importantly, his case serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of protecting intellectual property and ensuring fair compensation for innovation. Johnson’s eventual victory underscores a broader message: persistence matters, and even when justice is delayed for years, it can still be achieved through determination and accountability.

04/29/2026

Helen Woodyard is 90 years old and drives herself to college three days a week for her GED — and the decision she made on her 88th birthday to begin this journey says something worth sitting with about what it means to never stop becoming.She started studying at West Georgia Technical College inspired by watching her children achieve their own educational goals. That motivation — being moved by the people you raised reaching milestones you had not yet reached yourself — reflects a particular kind of love. Not competitive. Not compensatory. Simply the recognition that if they could, perhaps she still could too.She studies nightly. She is learning new technology alongside mathematics. She drives herself to campus three times a week, which means she is also navigating the practical logistics of being a student — scheduling, transportation, showing up consistently — at an age when most people have long since decided that their formal learning years are behind them.The GED, the General Educational Development credential, represents the educational equivalent of a high school diploma. For people who were unable to complete formal schooling for whatever reason — economic necessity, family circumstances, historical barriers to access — earning it later in life is both a practical achievement and a personal reckoning with something that was left unfinished.Helen Woodyard is not doing this because she needs it professionally. She is doing it because she decided, at 88, that she wanted it. And because, apparently, the decision she made on that birthday has held for two years and counting.Her next stated goal is to help other older adults learn to read and write — meaning she is not treating this as a personal endpoint but as a beginning of something she intends to give away.She drives herself there. She studies at night. She is 90 years old.The age is not the story. The refusal to stop is.

04/29/2026

Rodney Smith Jr. stopped to help a neighbor struggling with yard work in Huntsville, Alabama. The interaction led him to create Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service. The organization provides free lawn care services. Recipients include seniors, disabled individuals, single parents, and veterans. Volunteers participate in completing the work. He also launched the “50 Yard Challenge.” The challenge encourages youth to mow 50 lawns in their communities. Thousands of participants have registered across the United States. Smith has personally completed service work in multiple states. A single act of assistance developed into a nationwide volunteer program focused on yard maintenance.

04/29/2026

As long as you're here in the physical, you can make it happen, like Rakim said.

04/29/2026

27-Year-Old Black Mom of 4 Has Acquired Her Third Restaurant Franchise

04/29/2026

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I made this music in a small room with
nothing but a melody and something
I needed to say.

If "Every Gray Hair" or "Before I Go"
meant something to you —

Still Waters Vol. II is already written.
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Just gratitude for every single one of you.

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