Welcome, welcome, welcome! I’m Joseph. I have a lot to say and share and I figured this would be the “perfect” platform to do it. I’m quiet, I stay to myself, I love God, I love my family, and I love my personal space. If you haven’t guessed already… I’m an introvert. Doing this thing here, writing a blog and exposing myself, goes against the Thanos in me.

Yeah, I said it… I wanted Thanos to lose and pay for what he did, but inwardly I felt what he felt. He just wanted to be alone, watch the sunset in peace, eat with the sound of nature playing in the background, and he felt that the universe, the galaxy, and multi-verse was getting too crowded to do that. I, personally, wouldn’t go as far as he did, but if I had the ability to snap people away and back again… for the sake of no lines at Chick Fil A, peaceful grocery shopping, and uninterrupted naps I would strongly consider it.

There are many facets to me that throughout this journey people will begin to learn of me. My hope is that what is learned of me helps and gives light to someone else. Even if it is just one person, I’ve done my job. As much as I would love to cater to my introvert self and live a Thanos life before his head got chopped off, I’ve come to an understanding that we need each other. I’ve got something that someone else needs, that someone has something they need, they have something that I need, and the cycle goes on and on.

This is me starting the cycle… I STRUGGLED with depression and suicidal thoughts. There’s more to the story, but the Joseph that is being seen now is “Overcomer Joseph”. “Fighter Joseph” and “Beat down Joseph” will get their introductions soon enough, but I wanted to share this because men particularly black men are too quiet about this. As a man I felt I needed to suffer through working a job I hated to provide for my family, which opened the door to so many other issues such as: self-worth, comparison, identity crisis, and a bunch of other lies.

Suffering while doing anything is like student loan debt, too expensive to pay. At that point it’s time to move on and do something else because there are other options. There’s something greater out there. There’s more. It may take time to find it, but the search is worth it.