Glimpse Of Change

Imagine that back in 2001, instead of planes being flown into the world trade centers, a conversation would have taken place between the pilots and U.S. officials to analyze and discourage the hatred the pilots had towards U.S. citizens. How would the world be different today? Imagine that Martin Luther King Jr. were still alive running a massive movement, would the world still be as racially divided as it is today? Imagine that Rap artists Tupac Shakur, and Biggy Smalls were still alive and there was never a beef between the east coast and west coast. How different would the music industry be today? What we do today shapes other people’s tomorrow and we need to step back to realize this — with our choices we have to leave behind memorable legacies. There are enough tragedies that become a part of American history; it’s time to include some positive events. Instead of glimpses of changes, we need to make changes that will last a lifetime. We don’t need any more videos of girls doing home invasions and brutally beating people down for comments that were made on the Internet. We also don’t need any more derogatory comments made on the Internet. We don’t need any more senseless shootings; the D.C sniper and his son should have taught us that. We don’t need death threats to the president we know the devastation that brings to the nation. We have fell to our knees many times before from losing great leaders. One for the week: Numbers 23:20 - I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

Woman: Gods Gift

A woman is Gods gift to man; a woman is one of God’s greatest creations to walk this earth.

A woman has the capability to bear children.

A woman can be strong, intelligent, wise, compassionate, understanding, driven. A woman is God’s gift.

To all my fellas in the world: if we want women to respect themselves, then we have to respect women.

We can’t label a woman as a “ho” and expect her to have the self-esteem to envision herself as a queen.

We can’t praise a woman for her physical attributes and ignore her intellect.

We encourage women to become exotic dancers and expose their bodies for magazine spreads so million dollar companies can make millions of dollars to exploit them.

Do we ever tell women that they are God’s gift?

We judge women and tell them that their weight and their physical looks should be their main concern, but do we ever tell them that they are beautiful the way they are?

We make women believe that in order to gain a popular social status they must sleep with many well - known important men.

We need to let our women know that popularity is something that they don’t need if it causes them to give men the right to take advantage of their bodies.

We need to inform our women that piles of make up and revealing clothing don’t make them beautiful; it’s their character that is associated with their physical attributes that make them amazing.

We need to tell women to hold on to their morals and beliefs and not to ditch them to impress other men.

We need to step back and take a look at what we are doing to the women in our world.

Women are expected to handle and balance so much in life, and it is time for us as men to take some of the weight off of their shoulders.

Instead of adding to and becoming a woman’s burden, we need to help lessen the burden.

A woman is God’s gift, and it’s time to treat her like she is.

One for the week: Genesis 2:23 – The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

Enough Said

This article is for people who say a lot like I use to but do little.

I want to let you all know that enough has been said.

We log into our Facebook accounts; we tweet on Twitter, and we talk about the tragic issues that are occurring in the world today.

We have conversations to express our feelings and to speak out against injustice, but then we leave it at that.

Voices provide knowledge to others about certain things. but action is what brings upon change.

We can’t just speak about the horrific events regarding Anna Brown, a woman who had life-threatening medical issues who was dragged out of a police car into a jail cell where she died because she refused to leave the hospital until she received medical attention.

We can’t just speak about the shooting death of young Trayvon Martin and expect change.

I’m not saying that we should react in rage.

I am saying that we should simply just react.

Let’s march like the great leaders before us did to bring upon change.

Let’s march like Martin Luther King Jr. when he fought to bring down the beast known as racial discrimination.

Let’s march like Ghandi when he strived to do the same.

It’s time to stop hiding behind our computers, our cell phones and other technological devices.

We need to stand up for a cause with our physical presence.

I don’t care what background people come from, what ethnicity or race an individual is, we should all be able to come together for a greater purpose because enough has been said.

Now it is time to put our words in motion to bring on change.

There is an opportunity for us to seek change March 31st at Noon people will be gathering at Martin Luther King Park to march for Trayvon Martin.

If you believe that enough has been said and now it’s time to do, then come to this event and make a difference.

I want to give a special thanks to Duke Turley for planning this event.

Come see me at the march if you would like to discuss the idea of enough being said.

One for the week:
You’ve got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. –Cornel West