Notes on mentors…

I choose my mentors.

Mentors don’t find you 1. You find them.

Mentors don’t have to know they are your mentors. You don’t have to let them know, either. Just let them mentor.

Sometimes, mentors come in the form of friends.

Many of my mentors likely didn’t/don’t know they we’re/are my mentors.

Some of those mentors looked to me as a mentor to them. They think it is only a one way thing.

Some of my mentors I’ve never met in person, only through written communications.

Some have been life long, others short term.

I have mentors for different activities: Spiritual mentors or writing mentors, for example.

You will not find mentors unless you are ready to do the work.

I may have more on this subject as thoughts arise.

Note for White folks: Despite what Hollywood has made you believe, Morgan Freeman is not going to magically appear to show you the ways of the world or a better golf swing. This is fiction. A lie sold to you by your own screenwriters. This “Magic Black Man” does not exist. Even if he did, you’d still have to find him, not the other way around. ↩