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PEOPLE SAY…

“YOU CAN’T DO THIS.”
“YOU CAN’T DO THAT.”
“IT’LL NEVER WORK.”
“IT’S BEEN TRIED BEFORE.”

BECAUSE OF THIS.
BECAUSE OF THAT.

THEY TALK THEMSELVES OUT OF SUCCESS BEFORE THEY EVER TAKE THE FIRST STEP.

THEY KILL THE DREAM BEFORE IT EVEN HAS A CHANCE TO BREATHE.

WHY?

BECAUSE IT’S ALWAYS BEEN DONE A CERTAIN WAY.
BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE FAILED.
BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID OF LOOKING STUPID.
BECAUSE IT’S EASIER TO MAKE EXCUSES THAN IT IS TO TAKE RISKS.

I’M NOT SAYING THIS FOR PRAISE.

I’M SAYING IT BECAUSE IT’S WHAT I TRULY BELIEVE.

I REMEMBER WHEN GETTING CLEAN WAS NOTHING MORE THAN WORDS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH WHILE I WAS STILL HOLDING THE PIPE.

“I’MA GET CLEAN ONE DAY.”

“RIGHT AFTER THIS HIT.”

“THIS IS THE LAST ONE.”

“JUST ONE MORE.”

“I SWEAR.”

PISSY HALLWAYS.
ABANDONED BUILDINGS.
PARKS.
ALLEYS.
WHATEVER CORNER I COULD FIND.

SELLING MY OWN THINGS.
STEALING MONEY.
BREAKING PROMISE AFTER PROMISE.

SURROUNDED BY CHAOS.
SURROUNDED BY ADDICTION.
SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST AS LOST AS I WAS.

AND YET…

DEEP DOWN, SOMEWHERE BURIED UNDER ALL THAT FILTH, SHAME, AND SELF-DESTRUCTION…

I ACTUALLY BELIEVED I WOULD MAKE IT OUT.

I DON’T KNOW WHY.

I SHOULDN’T HAVE BELIEVED IT.

THE ODDS SAID I WOULDN’T.
THE STREETS SAID I WOULDN’T.
MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAID I WOULDN’T.

BUT I DID.

THAT’S WHY WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME SOMETHING CAN’T BE DONE…

I DON’T LISTEN.

BECAUSE I’VE ALREADY DONE THE THING THEY SAID COULDN’T BE DONE.

THIS JULY, I CELEBRATE 18 YEARS CLEAN,A DIRTY FILTY WORTHLESS CRACK HEAD LIKE ME….

EIGHTEEN YEARS.

SO IF YOU’VE GOT A DREAM…

STOP ASKING PEOPLE IF IT CAN BE DONE.

THEY DON’T KNOW.

MOST OF THEM QUIT BEFORE THEY EVEN START.

BELIEVE WHEN OTHERS DON’T.
BET ON YOURSELF WHEN NOBODY ELSE WILL.
KEEP MOVING WHEN EVERYTHING IS STACKED AGAINST YOU.

BECAUSE IMPOSSIBLE IS JUST A WORD USED BY PEOPLE WHO STOPPED FIGHTING.

YOU MAY NOT THINK I CAN DO IT.

YOU MAY NOT THINK IT’S POSSIBLE.

BUT ME?

ME…

I CAN DO ANYTHING.-W 💯

LOOK…ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW EVERY
SC FROM HERE TO CALI SO IM COUNTING ON YALL… IF YOU WANT THEM RECOGNIZED,AND BLASTED DROP THIER NAME BELOW AND ILL CHECK THEM OUT… THEY MUST BE ORGANIZED,FOLLOW SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE ie PRES,VP, SARGE..THEY MUST BE EXTREMELY ACTIVE POPPING OUT,SHOWING LOVE AND NOT ONLY REPPING THIER BIKER COMMUNITY BUT THIER PATCH ASWELL. IM LOOKING TO PERHAPS GIVE ALL OF THESE SC’S SOMETHING LETS SEE.. REGARDLESS,DROP THAT NAME BELOW AND IMA DEFINITELY CHECK IN WITH THEM!-W

Angels forever Angels 😇

I’LL COME BACK… ONLY IF SHE LEAVES.”

WAIT A MINUTE...

WHAT?

YOU’LL COME BACK ONLY IF SHE LEAVES?

SO LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY.

THE LOYALTY YOU SWORE TO THE PATCH...THE COMMITMENT YOU MADE TO YOUR SISTERS...THE MILES YOU RODE...THE MEETINGS YOU ATTENDED...THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE...THE VICTORIES YOU CELEBRATED...THE LOSSES YOU ENDURED...THE MEMORIES YOU HELPED CREATE...

ALL OF THAT IS NOW DEPENDENT ON WHETHER ANOTHER PERSON REMAINS IN YOUR LIFE?

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.

YOU GAVE YOUR WORD.

NOT YOUR WORD UNTIL THINGS GOT DIFFICULT.NOT YOUR WORD UNTIL A RELATIONSHIP HIT ROUGH WATERS.NOT YOUR WORD UNTIL SOMEBODY HANDED YOU AN ULTIMATUM.

YOUR WORD.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE LOYALTY GETS TESTED.

NOT WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING YOUR WAY.NOT WHEN EVERYBODY AGREES WITH YOU.NOT WHEN LIFE IS EASY.

LOYALTY IS TESTED WHEN LIFE STARTS PULLING YOU IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND YOU'RE FORCED TO DECIDE WHAT TRULY MATTERS.

AND LET'S BE HONEST...

THE MOST ARROGANT PART OF THE STATEMENT ISN'T THAT YOU'RE LEAVING.

PEOPLE LEAVE CLUBS EVERY DAY.

THE ARROGANT PART IS ASSUMING YOU'LL HAVE A PLACE WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU DECIDE TO COME BACK.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK EVERYTHING STOPS WITHOUT YOU?

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE CHARTER GOES INTO MOURNING?

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE SISTERS STOP BUILDING, STOP RECRUITING, STOP GROWING, AND STOP MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO WALK AWAY?

PROSPECTS BECOME MEMBERS.

MEMBERS BECOME OFFICERS.

NEW LEADERS EMERGE.

THE WHEELS KEEP TURNING.

THE ROAD KEEPS MOVING.

AND LIFE GOES ON.

YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE MAKING SACRIFICES.

YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE CARRYING THE LOAD.

YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE WEARING THE PATCH.

THE CLUB WAS HERE BEFORE YOU ARRIVED...

AND IF WE'RE BEING COMPLETELY HONEST...

IT'LL BE HERE LONG AFTER YOU'RE GONE.

NOW LET'S BE CLEAR.

NOBODY IS SAYING YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THE CLUB OVER WHATEVER PERSONAL S**T YOU HAVE GOING ON…

NOBODY IS SAYING YOU SHOULD CHOOSE A PATCH OVER THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE…

THOSE ARE PERSONAL DECISIONS EVERY WOMAN HAS TO MAKE FOR HERSELF.

BUT DON'T CONFUSE MAKING A CHOICE WITH EXPECTING EVERYONE ELSE TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON HOLD WHILE YOU FIGURE YOURS OUT.

BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU MAY LOOK AROUND AND REALIZE THE SISTERS YOU LEFT BEHIND NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING.

THEY NEVER STOPPED BUILDING.

THEY NEVER STOPPED RIDING.

THEY NEVER STOPPED SHOWING UP.

WHILE YOU WERE GONE, THEY WERE PUTTING IN THE WORK.

AND WHEN YOU FINALLY DECIDE YOU'RE READY TO RETURN...

THE QUESTION WON'T BE WHETHER YOU'RE WILLING TO COME BACK.

THE QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER THERE'S STILL A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR SOMEONE WHOSE LOYALTY CAME WITH CONDITIONS ATTACHED.

BECAUSE LOYALTY THAT DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES ISN'T LOYALTY AT ALL.

IT'S CONVENIENCE.

AND A PATCH THAT CAN BE PUT DOWN EVERY TIME LIFE BECOMES UNCOMFORTABLE WAS NEVER TRULY BEING CARRIED...

IT WAS ONLY BEING WORN.

SO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE.

FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

MAKE YOUR CHOICE.

DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO DO.

BUT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING BEFORE YOU WALK OUT THAT DOOR...

THE ROAD DOESN'T STOP.

THE CHARTER DOESN'T STOP.

THE SISTERHOOD DOESN'T STOP.

AND TIME HAS A FUNNY WAY OF REPLACING PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE IRREPLACEABLE.

SO WHEN YOU FINALLY DECIDE YOU'RE READY TO COME BACK...

DON'T ASSUME THE CHAIR IS STILL EMPTY.

BECAUSE THE HARDEST LESSON SOME PEOPLE EVER LEARN IS THIS,…

THE CLUB WAS NEVER WAITING ON YOU...

YOU WERE THE ONE LEFT STANDING OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

SINCERELY,

THE CHARTER.-W💯

Good morning, all of you Beautiful people. Have a wonderful day and lets treat others as we too want to be treated. 💕

“HE’S NO FU***NG MAGICIAN..”

WHEN A CLUB FAILS… WHY IS IT AUTOMATICALLY THE PRESIDENT’S FAULT?

YES, THE PRESIDENT IS THE HEAD OF THE CHARTER. YES, HE’S THE FACE OF THE CLUB. YES, THE BUCK ULTIMATELY STOPS WITH HIM. BUT SOME OF Y’ALL ACT LIKE THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND FIX YEARS OF LAZINESS, DRAMA, POLITICS, BROKEN PROMISES, EMPTY SEATS, AND ZERO PARTICIPATION.

THAT AIN’T HOW THIS S**T WORKS.

A PRESIDENT CAN’T CREATE LOYALTY WHERE THERE IS NONE.

HE CAN’T FORCE MEN TO PAY DUES.

HE CAN’T MAKE SOMEONE SHOW UP TO EVENTS.

HE CAN’T MAKE A BROTHER CARE MORE ABOUT THE CLUB THAN HE CARES ABOUT HIMSELF.

HE CAN’T TURN COMPLAINERS INTO CONTRIBUTORS.

AND HE DAMN SURE CAN’T BUILD A STRONG CHARTER OUT OF WEAK FOUNDATIONS.

A CLUB ISN’T ONE MAN.

IT’S THE PRESIDENT, THE OFFICERS, THE PATCH HOLDERS, THE PROSPECTS, THE OL’ LADIES THAT SUPPORT IT, AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER WHO WEARS THAT PATCH ON HIS BACK.

TOO MANY PEOPLE WANNA SIT ON THE SIDELINES DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, THEN ACT SHOCKED WHEN THE CLUB STARTS FALLING APART. THEY NEVER RECRUIT. NEVER VOLUNTEER. NEVER HELP RAISE MONEY. NEVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THE SECOND THINGS GO BAD THEY WANNA POINT AT THE PRESIDENT AND SAY, “LOOK WHAT HE DID.”

NO…

LOOK WHAT WE DID.

BECAUSE WHEN A CHARTER IS FULL OF MEN WHO GIVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE, EVEN A MEDIOCRE PRESIDENT CAN SUCCEED.

BUT WHEN A CHARTER IS FILLED WITH EGO, EXCUSES, GOSSIP, AND SELF-INTEREST… EVEN THE BEST PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD CAN’T SAVE IT.

AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO STOP ASKING WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING FOR THE CLUB…

AND START ASKING WHAT THE MEMBERS ARE DOING FOR THE CLUB.

BECAUSE A PRESIDENT ISN’T A MAGICIAN.

HE’S JUST A MAN.

AND IF ALL HE HAS TO WORK WITH IS S**T…

DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN THE ONLY THING HE CAN PRODUCE IS MORE OF IT.

AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, ISN’T A PRESIDENT FAILURE…

THAT’S A CHARTER LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND FINALLY SEEING WHO REALLY PULLED THE CLUB DOWN.-W💯

“WHY DO MOST PRESIDENTS FAIL?”

THIS IS STRICTLY MY OPINION…

MOST PRESIDENTS FAIL FOR NUMEROUS REASONS...

A PRESIDENT'S INABILITY TO KEEP HIS WORD.

YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND. YOU GIVE IT, YOU KEEP IT. PERIOD. OR DON'T GIVE IT AT ALL.

NO ONE PUT A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND FORCED YOU TO MAKE A PROMISE. YOU CHOSE TO GIVE YOUR WORD. IN MANY CIRCLES, A MAN'S HANDSHAKE IS WORTH MORE THAN ANY CONTRACT EVER WRITTEN. MILLION-DOLLAR DEALS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER A DRINK, A CIGAR, AND A HANDSHAKE LONG BEFORE THE LAWYERS EVER SHOWED UP.

WHEN A PRESIDENT'S WORD STOPS MEANING SOMETHING, HIS LEADERSHIP STOPS MEANING SOMETHING TOO. MEN MAY FORGIVE A MISTAKE, BUT THEY RARELY FORGET A BROKEN PROMISE.

NOT UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUSHING PAPER AND LEADING MEN.

ANYBODY CAN HOLD A MEETING.ANYBODY CAN READ BYLAWS.ANYBODY CAN GIVE ORDERS.

LEADING MEN IS DIFFERENT.

REAL LEADERSHIP IS GETTING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO. IT'S INSPIRING ACTION, NOT DEMANDING IT. IT'S EARNING RESPECT, NOT EXPECTING IT.

TOO MANY PRESIDENTS THINK THEY'RE GREAT LEADERS BECAUSE THEY'VE SURROUNDED THEMSELVES WITH YES MEN WHO TELL THEM HOW BRILLIANT THEY ARE. THE MOMENT THEY STEP OUTSIDE THAT ECHO CHAMBER, THEY FIND OUT NOBODY IS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THEM... THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE PATCH.

A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T DO ANYTHING EVENTUALLY BECOMES IRRELEVANT.

MEN WANT TO SEE ACTION.

THEY WANT TO SEE RESULTS.

THEY WANT TO SEE THE MAN AT THE TOP WORKING JUST AS HARD AS THE MEN HE EXPECTS TO FOLLOW HIM.

NO ONE WANTS TO SIT THROUGH THE SAME TIRED SPEECH MONTH AFTER MONTH WHILE NOTHING CHANGES. A CHARTER CANNOT SURVIVE ON EMPTY PROMISES, MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES, AND GOOD INTENTIONS.

AT SOME POINT THE MEMBERS START LOOKING AROUND AND ASKING THEMSELVES ONE SIMPLE QUESTION:

"WHAT HAVE WE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED?"

IF THE ANSWER IS "NOTHING," THE CLOCK IS ALREADY TICKING.

NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE PAST TODAY.

A PRESIDENT WHO CAN'T SEE THE FUTURE IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS STUCK IN THE PRESENT.

WHO ARE THE NEXT PROSPECTS?

WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM?

HOW DO WE GROW?

HOW DO WE PROTECT WHAT WE BUILT?

WHAT DOES THIS CHARTER LOOK LIKE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?

A PRESIDENT MUST BE A VISIONARY. HE MUST SEE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE DOES AND PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE.

IF HE'S ONLY WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THROUGH TODAY, HE'S ALREADY LOSING TOMORROW.

AND MAYBE THE BIGGEST REASON PRESIDENTS FAIL...

THEY START BELIEVING THEIR OWN HYPE.

THEY FORGET THAT THE POSITION BELONGS TO THE CHARTER... NOT TO THEM.

THEY STOP LISTENING.THEY STOP LEARNING.THEY STOP GROWING.

AND THE MOMENT A MAN THINKS HE HAS ALL THE ANSWERS IS THE MOMENT HE BECOMES THE PROBLEM.

BECAUSE A TITLE CAN MAKE YOU PRESIDENT...

BUT ONLY YOUR ACTIONS CAN MAKE YOU A LEADER.

AND IN THE END, MEN DON'T FOLLOW TITLES.

THEY FOLLOW RESULTS.

A BAD PRESIDENT CAN DESTROY YEARS OF HARD WORK IN A MATTER OF MONTHS.

A GREAT PRESIDENT CAN INSPIRE MEN LONG AFTER HE'S GONE.

THE QUESTION ISN'T WHETHER YOU WEAR THE PRESIDENT'S PATCH...

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE MEN BEHIND YOU WOULD FOLLOW YOU IF YOU TOOK IT OFF.-W💯

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