ALPHA ATHLETES - The Sphinx Magazine
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What scientists will also tell you is the phenomenon that is<br />
common to various kinds of chaos is due to a “sensitive dependence<br />
on conditions,” which is better known simply as “the way<br />
things are.” And science has shown us that sometimes all it takes is<br />
a minor adjustment in those conditions and things begin to change.<br />
My advice is to embrace the chaos because it is the way things<br />
are. Make adjustments, make changes; but always remember that<br />
sometimes all it takes is a small change that can result in big differences.<br />
And to be totally honest, sometimes you have to come in with<br />
a big old Alpha hammer and bust things up. Do so not in a vacuum<br />
but with the counsel of those closest to you. Know that you have my<br />
support and there are those who will be there for you even in the<br />
lonely hours, in the dawning of the day and the setting of the sun.<br />
This is the great ship of Alpha and you will be a great leader<br />
and you will embrace and understand chaos.<br />
My Brothers, I have led you where you wanted to go. I have<br />
taken you to places where you may not have wanted to go but<br />
where we needed to be. We went there together and we blazed new<br />
trails and we made new friends and our voice has been heard.<br />
We do that which is hard. We seek that which is great. We stand<br />
on the mountain tops of life but see clearly in the valleys. We rise up<br />
like eagles and we also walk with the common man. We speak with<br />
the eloquence of kings but we forget not to make it plain.<br />
This is the Alpha Phi Alpha I know. This is the Alpha Phi Alpha<br />
I lead. I do so not for the sake of greatness but rather because it is<br />
my calling.<br />
I stand on the shoulders of other great Alpha men. <strong>The</strong>y tilt my<br />
face to the stars and lift me up and point the way to go.<br />
I love you, my Brothers, and I thank you for giving me the<br />
wheel of this great vessel and for affording me this moment to look<br />
at you in your humble greatness.<br />
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