I grew up in Guyana, South America. I was born and raised in Region Ten; also known as Linden, the mining town. Our parents and grandparents worked in the factories, power plants, and gold mines, those were the simpler days; mothers and wives and children listening for the factory horn to blow, Papa is on his way home.
As we fast forward to the current day and time. We understand that there is nothing new under the sun, and time is just an illusion to the human race. We have taken so many things for granted, Not realizing that everything in life is important. As I recall my younger days in Guyana, the life lesson I've learned Has shaped the older version you see today, "do not take anything in life for granted".
That's my advice to you, I say that with a heavy heart. I have traveled the world, I've held conversations with multiple races; conversations about love, relationships, religion, spirituality, homosexuality, God, cancer, racism, poverty, and most of all pride for country, etc. However, the constant rhetoric always returns back to how can we coexist together.
My question to you,
What do you consider to be important to you, is it equal to or greater than what is important to someone else?
Author Leon Labastide is an author of three books including: Breath of Life Poetry, Here Comes The Dreamers: the Journey, and Transparency (all published within five years). His fourth book, entitled Pink cover: ?Things That are Important, will be published in 2017. Mr. Labastide books have been inducted into the Guyana National Library, both in Georgetown and in Linden (July 25, 2015 and August 7, 2015) Leon Labastide's books can be purchased on the web at the following sites: www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, wwwborders.com, www.xlibris.com, iTunes.com, and www.google.com. Check out his website at www.TheGuyanesePoet.com Poet/ Performer Mr. Labastide is a SpokenWord Artist, known as TheGuyanesePoet. He is a frequent performer at poetry events, religious gatherings, college campuses, motivational conferences, and book tours in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands Antilles, and Guyana. Mr. Labastide mesmerizes audiences with his inspirational prose, insightful short stories, and authentic life experiences. His story telling skills will not be silenced. The Guyana Chronicles newspaper and Capital News has featured him ( May 19, 2016, May 26, 2016 and October 20, 2016) in their periodical and their television interview, thanking him for giving back to the 50th Anniversary Jubilee through his performance at their Flag Raising Ceremony in Linden Guyana. The Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao Extra newspaper also featured him ( August 21, 215) highlighting is performances at their famous Luna Blou & La Tentashon theater, Bibliteke Nashonal di Korsou, K Center, and other establishments. Labastide's hobbies include writing, performing poetry, working out, playing basketball, working with children, and being a big coffee snob. Currently, Mr. Labastide resides in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Labastide can be frequently found in his community, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. He donates his time by delivering food to the homeless. He strives to spread words of wisdom to many nations around the world using his God given talent-- poetry to motivate the emerging generations to speak out.
