03/16/2026
Hello everyone! Wow, the middle of March already! How are you doing with "keeping hope alive" thus far? I know there's a lot going on all over the world that can cause one to lose faith and hope. My humble ask is that you do not lose HOPE and FAITH! These are God's requests and will for all of us. Hope for a brighter day and faith to keep going in the face of all challenges (personal and worldwide). We all face each day with old and new challenges. We all have a story that we are living and telling by how we overcome each and every one of life's curve balls. We can do this - survive, thrive, surrender your hate, and let life live. Ours and the lives of our close and far neighbors. I hope this is true for each of you. Let's overcome together by keeping the faith of our belief in God and having hope for his daily grace and mercy! Be kind to yourself and to others. Let the hope of a better day drive you forward - every day! Peace and love to all! www.surrenderyourhate.com and www.letlifeliveinc.org
03/10/2026
Hello everyone! My team and I posted our monthly blog on our SYH website earlier today. Please take a look at the blog message at www.surrenderyourhate.com when you have a moment. The theme for this month is hope - keeping it alive, having it and sharing it - hope for everyone. While on the site, please purchase a book (or two) and grab yourself some message merch from our online store. All of these pages are apart of this website. The cause of reducing, preventing and ending gun violence (of all types - including war), is our mission at SYH and at Let Life Live (our nonprofit). You can visit and donate to this most important, life saving cause at www.letlifeliveinc.org. Please support our mission with your donation, purchase or booking of us as a speaker on the overall subject matter at your church, community organization or invite us to assist you with your public safety mission. Remember to "keep hope alive" and let us know what you think of our blog messages! Peace and Love will win - I promise!
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03/04/2026
Hello 8 Billion Souls! How's your hope muscle doing these days? What is hope? Can you see it, taste it, feel it, hear it, speak it? I believe all of us can do each of these things through the hope that lives within us. That's right, hope lives in you. In your spirit man so that the world cannot take your hope away; so, don't give it away! In my first book, "31 Days of Surrender: Respecting Life Every Day," on page 36 or Day #9 (the 31-day meditation guide), I conclude that hope is God's strategy, not man's! We can easily get caught up in the intellectualism of the world and business; even that of the many doctrines of faith. As a Christian, I subscribe to God's idea of hope in my inner man. I've selected this word, this topic to share with you this month (March). Partly because I'm honoring Reverend Jessie Jackson, who is famous for this saying, "Keep hope alive." Now is the time to heed his words. Keep hope alive and don't give into the negative, the evil, the hateful times that are present in the world today. "This too shall pass." Be encouraged and encourage others. Share your reason for having hope in the comments and with your children, spouse, family, friends and strangers. Like kindness, hope can help save the world because hope leads to positivity - even through these dark times of war, violence, su***de and gun violence. Keep hope alive everyone - every day! Peace and Love will win! See www.surrenderyourhate.com and www.letlifeliveinc.org
02/28/2026
Hello everyone! Today's the last day of February and our official end to the Acts of Kindness challenge! How was your experience? Did you surprise someone with your kindness? What are some of the actions you took to promote love over hate? Will you continue your acts of kindness - forever? I hope you have had a life changing experience. Peace and Love (Kindness, Compassion, Empathy, Sympathy, etc.) freely shared with someone can have revolutionary effects in the lives of others. I encourage you to continue being kind - every day. Our children need to see adults acting like positive, friendly and caring humans. They model our behaviors. Continue your kindness and I know it will return to you. Thanks for participating! Next up - let's end gun violence (su***des, homicides, and accidental shootings). Lock up your guns, take our Conflict Resolution and De-escalation educational informational trainings, buy and read our books, purchase our message merchandise to help you have a conversation with youth in your community, and/or book SYH/LLL as a speaker for one of your upcoming events. See www.surrenderyourhate.com and www.letlifeliveinc.org for more information. Peace and blessings to all and stay safe!
02/25/2026
Hello 8 Billion Souls! As we come to the end of Black History Month, I'm asking everyone to continue and to complete the Acts of Kindness Challenge in a strong manner! Make your daily positive difference in the World. I'm the guest speaker tomorrow (February 26th) at the Sanford/Seminole NAACP Violence Prevention Membership Meeting. This is one way I'm celebrating and contributing to the actions many brave and kind African Americans and other supporters of all races, ethnicities and nationalities, who have given back to this Country and the World to help make it a safer, better, more loving place for all people. Surrender Your Hate, LLC and Let Life Live, Inc., are committed to providing lifesaving solutions (conflict resolution and de-escalation training) to help our youth and all members of society return home safely every day. Gun violence must end and we are "fighting" daily to end it in all of its forms (su***de, homicide and accidental shootings)! Please join us in this monumental effort. Peace and Love will win!
02/24/2026
Hello everyone! How have you celebrated Black History Month this year? As an author, I had the distinct privilege to be a guest speaker this past Sunday at the 18th Annual African American Read-In. The Program was exceptional. Kudos to all the participants (students, parents, the community, and committee members) in Lecanto, Florida (Citrus County). There were many great readings of poetry and prose from various African American authors like Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amanda Gorman, to name a few. Each participant reader delivered powerful messages of hope, overcoming challenge and reminders of personal resilience as a race of Black people. Great job to all the readers and organizers of this spectacular expression in honor of African American literary history! Of course, I spoke to the need to stem and end gun violence from my new book, "Heartset More Than Mindset: A Pathway to Nonviolent Peaceful Living." You can find this book on Amazon and on my website at www.surrenderyourhate.com, if you would like to experience some of what I read at the Read-In, please get this book and/or my first book, "31 Days of Surrender: Respecting Life Every Day" via these outlets. Take a look at the wonderful artwork on the cover of the event's Program guide - attached below. Enjoy the remaining days of Black History Month 2026! Peace and Love!
02/20/2026
Good day everyone (8 Billion Souls)! How has the response to you sharing kindness to your family, friends, a stranger gone over the past few weeks? We are coming to the close of February and the official end of the Acts of Kindness Challenge! If you choose, and I hope you will, you don't have to end your kindness actions when February comes to a close. Feel free to keep it going - every day! That is actually my goal for everyone - kindness every day! We at Surrender Your Hate and Let Life Live believe God wants us to value the lives of others and of ourselves. Being kind helps end hate! Being kind helps life to live in peace! I urge you to keep it going. As you do and if you need some inspiration go to www.surrenderyourhate.com and select a book and/or some message merch to help you share peace and love. And if you choose, please make a donation to the mission at www.letlifeliveinc.org, Peace and Love to everyone!
02/16/2026
Ok 8 Billion Souls, how's it going? We are over halfway through February as of today. How's your acts of kindness challenge going - for you and for the people you are showing kindness toward? Did you know that being kind is an act of love? Love as commanded by Jesus to His disciples (see the book of John in the Bible)! Have you read and shared some of the concepts in my books with others - "31 days.... and Heartset...." that you found on my website or on Amazon (www.surrenderyourhate.com)? Are any of the message merchandise materials bringing attention to you when you wear or carry them in public? If so great! If not, continue to share and continue to be kind. Kindness' acts of love will positively change you and the World. Keep it going - every day! Remember, peace and love win during and after Black History Month! Blessings to each of you!
12/25/2025
Hello Everyone/8 Billion Souls! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Surrender Your Hate and Let Life Live! May the Peace and Joy of Christ be with you!
www.surrenderyourhate.com and www.letlifeliveinc.org. Thanks for your support and financial contributions this year!
Let Life Live - Take a Stand by Standing Down
The mission of Let Life Live is to teach the world how to take a stand by standing down. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization helping people learn how to resolve conflicts before they lead to violence.
12/12/2025
Hello everyone! Thanks to those of you that gave and supported our nonprofit, Let Life Live, Inc. (www.letlifeliveinc.org) on Giving Tuesday. Now that the Christmas and Holiday Seasons are upon us, we'd like to offer you some great message merchandise and our life-changing books (31 Days of Surrender.... and Heartset More than Mindset....). You can purchase these items on the Surrender Your Hate website, where our mission originally began 5 years ago. Please go to www.surrenderyourhate.com and visit our Shopify store, connected to our site, to purchase a great Christmas gift for yourself and/or family and friends. You can also purchase both of our faith-based devotional and conflict resolution focused books on the SYH website (located on the landing page) listed above. 20% of your purchases will go to support our nonprofit that helps our youth and parents avoid the senselessness of gun violence. This season is about love and the sanctity of life that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ has shown us through all eternity. Let's remind ourselves and others the need to respect and foster life! Giving all Glory to God! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Let your light shine - every day! Be a Peacemaker to whomever you encounter! Thank you for your purchases and support. Please read both books and wear your merchandise as a symbol that you support the ending of gun violence!
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12/02/2025
Good Day 8 Billion Souls! Today is Giving Tuesday! Please share your generosity with our 501c3 Nonprofit, Let Life Live, Inc. Donate on our website at: www.letlifeliveinc.org and thank you for your support. We are a gun violence prevention advocacy Organization. We focus on conflict resolution, anger management and de-escalation skill building. These skills help our youth and their parents develop positive decision-making strategies so that everyone returns home safely every day! Your contribution(s) helps us reach youth, ages 8-19 and their young parents to offer proven and positive behavior techniques (social emotional learning) that lead to their safe handling of potential violent encounters to prevent gun violence, bullying, fighting, incarceration, and death. Help us save lives and souls! We also offer positive message merchandise (t-shirts, hoodies, etc.), two books (31 Days of Surrender... and Heartset More than Mindset...) to help build their self-esteem and to reinforce conflict resolution strategies - you can find this information at: www.surrenderyourhate.com (20% of your purchases goes to our nonprofit)! Join the mission! Save a life with your donation. Thanks again for your life-saving financial support!
Let Life Live - Take a Stand by Standing Down
The mission of Let Life Live is to teach the world how to take a stand by standing down. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization helping people learn how to resolve conflicts before they lead to violence.