SIgn of the Times
Dear Mj's Doctor:
It takes a real man/doctor to admit you made a mistake...thats all
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Dear Michael Vick,
I'm so glad you got reinstated. I hope noone tries to protest your return because
people have done a lot worse!
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Dear Housing Development in large cities,
I really hope your plan of tearing down Projects all over the country will help ease the cyle of poverty because you realy are misplacing thousands of families. Its sad that something this drastic has to happen after years of failure.
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Dear Media,
President Obama is over exposed, let the man breath a little....and let the Professor Gates case
develop without your interference please.
Tis the Season...
What do these women have in common:
Jessica Simpson
Jenny Sanford
Mechelle
McNair (unique situation)
Kesha Nichols
Lauren London
Kate
GosselinThey been victimized by the
jerkish delayed behavior. Now i know anyone can be a jerk. It
doesnt matter how big your GPA, how much money you have, or how highly you think of yourself as a "good guy". Don't get me wrong, women can be jerks to we just don't have that huge delay that most male jerks have...what do I mean? I mean that for some reason it takes people years to find out that they don't want to be with them. They think of their relationship as a routine rather than a unity. Jerkish behavior includes extreme selfishness. Most people have good intentions, but usually the person is only thinking whats best for them and not the only person. (Do you think Obama would make a good president if he just thought of things to benefit himself and his reputation? I think not) Its ok to do whats best for you, but like a wise person to me, consideration will go a long way.
If Jessica Simpson was wining about a wedding ring, why did Tony
Romo string her along in the relationship anyway? Why did it take Richard Jefferson so long to beak up with
Kesha Nichols (before the wedding in an e-mail!?) Kate
Gossilin has to sit around and watch her ex husband play around with a 22 year old in the media. Lauren London has to accept the fact that she wasn't special in Wayne's life. Jenny Sanford has to be embarrassed about her husband placing her 2nd in his life due to a woman that doesn't even life in the U.S. Lets not forget about Mechelle McNair who has to tell her younger sons how their daddy got shot by his "other woman".
When i hear about stories like this i get a sense of relief that I am not alone when it comes to being victimized by the jerk syndrome. But then i think again and i realize that I have never experienced half as much humiliation as these women. I thank God that he reveales to me what is not meant to be before I get in too deep. Everything happens for a reason, and like one of my fav. songs say: God didn't promise that it will always be sunshine. We need the experiences like these to realize how strong we are and to be able to tell when we get a real blessing. It kind of creeped me out when i read that Satan can perform miracles to trick us. What I have definately leanred is that the grass isn't always greener on the otherside.
Prayer update
Prayer is pretty quick, but my mom calls it favor...
Thanks to my uncle(grandma's brother) and his friends my mom's car got reinspected and approved. My uncle's friend fix it for free, and my mom went down to Petersburg to get another person to reinspect it...The people that gave my mom a rejection sticker the first time must have wanted some money cause the 2nd guy said the car wasn't that bad. Tsk tsk
But of course Satan wasn't going to make this any easier, My grandma still had to overdraw her account so we can eat for the rest of the week. However, at the end of the day we are still eating. I don't complain because i have a roof over my head, clotheson my back, food to eat everyday and the opportunity to further my education. A true blessing indeed
Prayer Time!
My family has been living pay check to pay check for years now and being home is really an eye opener. As my mom comes home with a rejection sticker on her car from an inspection I can tell that she just wants to sit and cry, but she doesnt even have time to do that cause she has to take me to the doctor...Being a mom is more than taking care of your kids and I am glad that I have a great example to lead by...I pray every night but every night i have something different to pray for.
Seeing my family struggle is the push I need to make sure I don't fall back on my dreams. I owe it to myself and the women who raised me.
Labels: prayer
5th Amendment
"1 2 3 4 FIF!"-Dave Chappelle
I am practicing the 5th Amendment because i have found that it fits into the "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say nothing at all concept". God is testing me not to become the bitter black woman that I was last summer. Because like Linken Park said in one of my favorite songs "In the End it doesn't even matter". I like to rant but i have to constantly remind myself that it is what it is: GOD HAS SPOKEN AND I NEED TO LISTEN. No regrets, or 2nd thoughts because everything happens for a reason.
Also In Ebony''s latest issue, they had a section about soft addictions. Here's a definition from Judith Wright: "Soft Addictions are seemingly harmless habits that rob us of our time, zap our energy, numb us from our feelings, mute our consciousness and keep us from living the satisfying, meaningful lives we desire".
www.softaddictions.com/quiz.php When I took the soft addictions test i got to the stage where I have the potential to have a a soft addiction and I could think about was Facebook. Joking with a friend one day I said Facebook can ruin lives. Its unfortunate that nowadays we take things on the internet so personally because we have personalized social websites so much. So this is why I'm going to try to only get on facebook like only a few times a week because i need to ween myself of this soft addiction before it gets worse.
In the mean time I guess I'll be reading and writing my thoughts (shout outs to my friends Nersh & Sedale for encouraging me to keep it up),catching up on movies( shout out to Bon Air library's new DVD section), making my mark with this internship, getting my health back on track, and making sure I'm mentally and physically prepared when I go back to school. As long as i focus on these things while pleading the 5th I should be fine.
