The Moral Compass Chronicles
An audio time capsule centered around morality - encouraging people around the world on the importance of governing one’s life in a morally [and biblically] sound manner!
The Moral Compass Chronicles
Fatherhood: Sleep-deprived, Blessed, & Ready For Service
This candid chapter of The Moral Compass Chronicles brings you into our living room: an almost-finished renovation, our newborn in her rocker, and a promise to keep showing up now more than ever! We share the messy truth with clarity and gratitude, because growth doesn't wait for perfect timing, and purpose doesn’t ask for better lighting before it moves.
Grace in peace, one and all. Grace in peace. Welcome to another rendition of the Moral Compass Chronicles. I am your friend. I'm your brother. I'm your tour guide. I am the person that is fortunate, lucky enough to be able to return to this platform in this capacity at this time. My name is Eon Jay. You know you can find me everywhere, anywhere at this point. And it has been a little while. It has been a little while. For good reason, though. For good reason, I and if you hear I'm a little congested right now with the weather change, but man, I have been extremely busy, and and that's why I'm here. I'm here to share with you what I have going on, what's been going on in my life, right? So for starters, I think it's maybe it's been about maybe you know two months or so since we have been able to connect here. And man, my wife and I, we've been going through a home renovation. We were dealing with a baby shower planning, and she's working, and I'm working on my business. I'm building something great right now for the world, for the community, and I'm really looking forward to continuing to do that and sharing that with you guys. Um, you know, she's been cooking a bun in the oven as well, and I am glad and grateful to share that our precious baby girl is here. Nariah, Keisha Rose Johnson is here. In fact, I if if my camera was on, I would show you guys, but she's actually right next to me right now. You know, she's a very unproblematic child, except for like during the midnight hours, you know what I'm saying? The night shifts, it you know, it gets a little crazy. Y'all know how that goes. If you have children or you've had children, rather, you already know what that's like. But other than that, man, she's great. She's like me when I was a baby, as my mom would tell me. Um, as long as I was fed, as long as my diaper was dry and clean, you know, I was fairly unproblematic. You know, not really much crying. You know, I I would really go to anybody, uh, you know, letting anybody hold me, like whether I like them or not. You know, that sort of thing. Um, but she's here, man. She's here in a rocker right now, looking like a little angel. You know what I'm saying? Allowing me, giving me the time to do this here with you guys. Um, she was born last Monday. Yes, uh, or two Mondays ago. Can't even I've lost track already. Um, September 29th. And it's it's a blessing, man. She's a blessing. Um it's this has been a whirlwind of a change in our lives, man. And it's a wonderful change. I think I heard this song say, man, that has come over my not just my wife and I, but our family, bro. A wonderful change that has come over our family. Um, you know, even in and on the the heels or so of losing a beloved family member, God has provided another. And um, if you hear that middle name, Keisha Rose, she is a uh, what do I say? Uh, what's the word? A tribute of sorts to our sister, our beloved Keisha, man. And so it's it's it's beautiful, man. It's beautiful. I man, I have I'm I'm in the process of upgrading this equipment. As I upgrade one piece of equipment, I never I notice that uh the the old piece of equipment is not compatible with the new. And so I have a completely different setup right now. Excuse me. And it will continue. It's gonna continue, man. It's only gonna get better. Like I said, we're in a we're in the middle of a renovation, and shout out to my my uh my good brother and friend who happens to be um our contractor. Um my man Jose, he he's the best, bro. He's the best. He's become a family member at this point, you know what I'm saying? And and and he's embraced us, we've embraced him. Shout out to you, bro. Man, life is just different. And and and God is good, man. Do we have everything we want? Is everything what we want it to be? Uh are we all where we feel like we should be or where we want to be? Probably not. But if you just take a step back and look at how far you've come, I promise you, you'll you'll be able to be grateful. I promise you, you'll you might actually be proud of yourself. Um, I was talking to a sister of mine recently, and I she's 19. Shout out to you, Bean. Um, and it's like as these different uh these new events take place in her life, she's like, yo, this is how I handled it, this is how I navigated it. Are you disappointed in me? And I'm just like, bro, no. Like, I remember you at 17 making me want to pull my hair out. I mean, you still do sometimes, but I'm able to take a step back and see the growth. You know, you're navigating something in your life now that you've never done before, and you're wise enough to come to people who have probably gone through these things before. You know, not many of us were that smart. Uh a lot of us when we were younger, we despised the advice of the elders. And some of us are still like that. And I I I beg you to come out of that. If you find yourself in a place like uh the the great in potential Andrew Bynum, who used to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, who had the audacity one time to say that he has learned everything that he can from Kareem Abdul Jabbar and whoever else. He he doesn't need to train with Kareem Abdul Jabbar anymore because he's learned everything he can from him. And mind you, the kid was 24-25 when he said that, and proceeded to do absolutely nothing after that point. Nothing but get old too young, not take care of his body, and eventually have to retire um and not even scratch the surface of what he could have been. You know what I'm saying? Don't I I pray that you're not like that. This podcast, this this brand that we're building, this conglomerate that's being created, it is literally to help us continue to grow as people. That is the goal. And so, shout out to you, Bean, who has continued to grow. Um, let's all continue to have that sort of mindset, man. Nothing but growth around here. Um, and if you're not growing, I I saw this post the other day on Instagram, and um and forgive me, this is my return, you know what I'm saying? Let me ramble, let me ramble. That's what you guys like anyway, right? Everybody keeps asking me, yo, what like what's going on, what's going on, and then I gotta let them know what's going on, and then they like, oh, okay. And a lot of people already know what's going on. Um saw this post the other day that said, yo, you ever outgrow somebody mid-conversation? Anybody ever anybody ever outgrow somebody mid-conversation? Mid-text thread? You ever outgrow somebody mid-text thread and realize, yo, you really haven't grown since high school. You really haven't grown since college, bro. Like, why am I still hanging with you? Why am I still like why we you still doing the same things we did back when we were in high school? Are we not grown now? What we you we st you still partying the same way? Like, I like I understand still wanting to party and stuff like that, but at least like evolve in your partying. At least involve in your clubbing, bro. You st we some of us are still clubbing and partying, some of us are still smoking weed the same way after all the evolution that has that has happened in in the the arena of of of of weed smoke, or you know, however you want to slice that. You some of us still smoking weed the same way, though. Like you haven't even evolved in that. Come on, guys. You know what I'm saying? Not not that I condone that any any longer. I don't smoke anymore, but I'm just saying. You know, that's that that's something I used to do. Even though it's legalized now, right? But some of us is still doing it the same way we was doing in high school. Come on. We we gotta do better. Let's evolve. Let's let's let's let's let's evolve. Change. Oh, what's that quote? Um change is inevitable, growth is optional. That's not even the one I wanted, but that fits here. Change is inevitable, and growth is optional. So are are we growing as change is happening? Are we growing as change is happening? And and I am grateful to say that, you know, and even with my Bible sitting right next to me, as change is happening around me and in my life, and um I'm growing. I'm growing. And my brother, I was talking texting my brother Andrew Sill uh today. He was asking me, you know, how things were going, and I I let him know, and he said, yo, you're gonna learn a lot about yourself. My my my man Chris, you know, over at the experience said the same thing to me months ago. And a lot of these married men and and these fathers, they they've told me that I'm gonna learn a lot about myself. Um and I see it. I see that, I see that um, you know, those those those long nights when you're you're changing diapers and you're you you you you're feeding the child and the child doesn't want to go to sleep. And for my married brothers, those, you know, you then so you're dealing with your child now who's just born, and then now you also got to take care of your wife, who just went through the labor of childbirth. It's a lot. It's a lot, man. And and my my wife is a soldier, bro. She's a warrior, man. And because she's fighting, she was fighting two battles in one. She was fighting two battles in one. And if you know, you know. And I mean, just like an absolute chant, bro. And and she's still, you know, in pain. What is it, two weeks removed from giving birth? You know what I'm saying? That's why what do they give them? What six weeks or something for to recover? Because it is a process, bro. It is a process. I I got some really interesting things that I'll I'll I'm I'm we're gonna be touching on in this new phase in in the Moral Compass Chronicles, man. Um call it the second chronicle, if you will, or you know, the second book of Chronicles or something. Um But this is definitely we're definitely moving into a new phase, man, because there are some through this process, there are some very interesting things that have come to me. I haven't been able to bring them to you guys yet. Um had my setup all, I mean, everything got reconfigured. And shout out to my brother who was here by the house helping my contractor when I was away for a week, man. These guys got so much work done. And and shout out to my my cousin Shanik where you came through cleaned and oh my god, my my sister Kamika and my sister Ruthie, you guys just yeah, I mean, you know, doing laundry, cleaning up, doing everything, man. I love you guys, man. I love you guys. Those are just a few people. Oh my Lord Jesus. If I would even be see, this is what happens when you start calling names, you get yourself in trouble. First of all, to my mother and my mother-in-law, shit, my father-in-law, excuse my language, man. If I went down the list to the to the godparents, man, to the godparents, a few of which three of which I did four of which I just mentioned, my brother DJ, Kamika, Ruthie, Shanigwa, to Tiffany, my cousin, my wife's cousin. Fabian, my brother, Kareem, Donnie. We got a village around here, champ. We got a village around here. Everything you guys did, I mean, from the baby shower to everybody who participated, everybody who stretched a hand. Oh my god, the registry. You when I tell you, my village absolutely blew up that registry, bro. The amount of stuff that's in this house right now. This rocker that my my daughter is just rocking in right now, the sheets that are covering her, the blanket she's laying on, the the the fit she has on, to to to the to the the the good people at my mom's job who put together that that amazing like care basket. It wasn't even like a that wasn't even just a gift, bro. That was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. My church family, man, my pastors, man to bishop and lady Mitchell, and and and Lady Mitchell, man, who has just gone on to be with the Lord, and the last time I saw her was at my baby shower, bro, and the words of encouragement and love that you had for us, and the gifts that you gave us, the opportunities that you've gave you've given me. Man, rest in peace to Lady Mitchell, rest in heaven, a true saint of God, not perfect, the same way I'm not, and the same way you're not, who's listening, but a true saint of God, someone who always wants to make sure people feel loved and feel appreciated. This woman, I remember a long time ago, back when you know we were young, my brother and I, and some of us maybe at our own church feeling unappreciated. How somebody who doesn't go to your church plan literally plans for and executes presenting people from another church with plaques and gifts of appreciation. She came to our church and did a presentation for the refuge temple musicians and presented us with plaques and cards and whatever the case may be. During a time where even my own church wasn't doing that for us. Our own church wasn't recognizing us in that way, and she came from the Bronx, her own church, where she's the first lady, and came to our church with plaques already made to present to us. Man, that that's who that woman was. That's who that woman was. Lady Mitchell, I love you. You you can't hear me now, but I know for a fact we're gonna meet each other again on that great day, because I know where you went. I know where you went. Man, I guys, so much, so much to say. And and um I yesterday I was trying to figure out my video setup because my e like I said, my my whole setup got changed, and and my wife said, Man, just do the audio again. Just do the audio. I know you want to come back strong with the video. That's that was the goal. Um, but she said, Man, just do the audio. I got so much to say, bro. I got so much to say. Excuse me, man. Like I said, I'm a little under the weather with the weather change, but I uh there there is a lot that God has in store for us. There's a oh man, oh man. There's a lot that God has in store for us, and I'm excited to continue this journey. Guys, you have my word, I'm gonna do a better job of not allowing life's circumstances to stop me from meeting you here. That's my vow. If you look back and you see all the episodes that I've had, we're we're we're we're almost at a thousand subscribers. After I drop this, by the time you hear this, you will probably be a part of helping us reach 1,000 subscribers. 1,000 downloads, rather. Not sure how many subscribers, but a thousand downloads in less than a year. And with the inability to remain as consistent as I wanted to with this, we have reached. We have reached a thousand downloads. As you're listening, you're as you're gonna be listening to this, I'll be creating the graphic to celebrate the thousand downloads with you guys. I I can't think of a better time in my life to celebrate this with you guys. As you've celebrated the the the most important and the best days of my life. You guys celebrated my my marriage with me. You celebrated the baby shower with me, you celebrated the birth of my daughter with me, man. To everybody who did something, to everybody who said congratulations to my cousin who unexpectedly, you know, registry gifts from family and sent us, you know, DoorDash, gift cards. That I mean that when I tell you that joint was so clutch and still clutch, we still using it. Shout out to my cousin, man. Everybody who did anything, bro. Your thank you, or excuse me, your congratulations, I say thank you. Gifts and surprises, I say thank you. Checks in the mail, checks in our hands, cash gifts, man, love, registry items. Shout out my my dog, my uh my sister Kim. That that Dyson is on the it's on the porch now. Just got here. Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful. I love you guys. I love you guys. You have proven to me why God has placed this assignment on me. You have proved to me that the assignment that God has placed over my life is not in vain. People always say, hey, you can't pour from an empty cup. And yet I have recognized that pouring from an empty cup is what refills mine. Do you know what that is? That is divine assignment. That's purpose that God has placed on my life to serve you. I have felt purposed, specifically purposed with this sole purpose that I have been destined with to serve you. That's it. That's my purpose in life, to serve you. And I'm gonna continue to do so in this capacity. I'm gonna continue to answer the phone when you call. I'm gonna continue to take the appointments when you want to set them. I'm gonna continue to call you and reach out to you. Some people ask me, yo, why why are you calling me? Why are you reaching out to me? I don't know who needs to hear this, but I'm the chairman for the youth department at my church. You know how long we was trying to hit chairman for? Come on, talk to me. Somebody talk to me. If you know, you know how long we was trying to hit chairman and God saw fit to make me a chairman. And has reminded me that it's about the work. The work has to get done for the people. I love you guys, man. I love you guys. I'm grateful for you. And I pray that you keep rocking with us, man. Keep rocking with me, keep rocking with us. Norah is waking up right now. Perfect timing. I love y'all, man. Until next time. This is the Moral Compass Chronicles.