I've been told by many that I am a spiritual being having a human experience. Depending on the day I hear it, I might actually buy into it. Wouldn't be the first time. If this is true, wouldn't it be easier not to get caught up in the all the hoopla happening around me? Wouldn't I just be able to meditate and move on? Am I not supposed to have some kind of, dare I say it, peace?
Well, "...peace be still..." comes to mind, spoken so eloquently by Ma'Dear in Diary of Mad Black Woman..."I keeps me a piece of steel." No need for the NRA (National Rifle Association) to get involved, ok. But, sometimes, you just want to be a rock-um sock-um robot and knock someone's head off...why? Because they say the dumbest things. HAVE AN OPEN MIND.
We live in a world of instant gratification...I want it now, fax it, email it, IM me...no real time to take to slow down long enough to TALK to people. Hardly ever is there a kind word, even to the waiter who brings you your lunch. What happened to "please" and "thank you?" Those words seem like they should be on a wall, framed...frozen in time. HAVE AN OPEN MIND.
It's hard to find peace in a world that everyone is in such a hurry to go no darned where. Rushing off to meet about nothing. The lack of good time management has caused a heck of a breakdown in marriages. Most men are so consumed with making money that they have no one to spend it on. They go on-line to meet women instead of making the time to go out to TALK. They email one another back and forth, hoping something good will come of it. Sometimes they strike gold. Then are many more times you can be whoever you want to be on line...a married man pretending to be single, a single woman running men, and the list goes on. HAVE AN OPEN MIND.
I'm not new to the dating scene, not really. I've been divorced for four years. Life threw me a curve ball in the form of a handsome little one whom I adore. However, the man who was in my life is gone and the people I have encounterd along the way give me a new appreciation of what a relationship should symbolize. I'M TRYING TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND.
The men seem to feel it's okay to talk a couple of times, meet you, and want to sleep with you on the spot. Half of them don't even know your last name. They don't know your favorite color. They really don't want to know, reason being, they would have to have an OPEN MIND to get to know you. Why woud they want to do that? They aren't looking for anything serious...just a play thing, somewhere to take an ocassional shower, grab a hot meal and be on their way to the next female.
Then there are the females who have taken the insane route that a sorry man is better than no man at all. Seriously? So, they put up and shut up. He doesn't pay his bills, much less yours. He doesn't contribute anything to the relationship other than a "OMG" on demand. He is not a role model for her children if she has any. Her clock is ticking and she's willing to put up with all kinds of nonsensical things to have him in her bed at night. Seriously? What used to be a welcome sign at her front door is now the golden arches of McDonald's, similar to a drive-thru...she has to get the bills paid you know. So she has reduced her values, morals, and worth to Sam, who stops by twice a week to get a little something something, knowing he has a wife at home. IS THIS AN OPEN MIND?
Ladies, we are treated the way we are treated because of how we view our own worth. There is more to us than our hips, lips, and breasts. We hold the power of the world in our wombs. These boys, those who do not own up to their responsibilities, seeking someone to take care of them, hopping from one bed to another, trifling individuals, use our wombs as a breeding ground for the insanity of the world. They deposit into us all the hurt, pain, and sorrow they feel from not measuring up to some ideal that society has spread in the media. They lose their jobs, which pretty much means they've lost their identities and no longer know who they are.
Baby, don't you realize that you make money and the money doesn't make you? Don't you understand that iron sharpens iron and there may be times when my tongue might be sharp, but it's only to ensure that you are not slipping? Don't you grasp the concept that my strength does not lie between my legs, but between my ears? I have a mind...talk to me and discover who I really am. Get inside my head, not to figure out how to take control of me, run me, or rule me...I know, you have a need to subdue things, but I'm not a thing. I am the giver of life. I am she, who is comparable to the woman who gave you life.
When you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders, I help you carry it. I pray for you. I listen to you. I comfort you. I am here for you. I don't tear you down...I lift you up. I don't choose you because you make a lot of money. That's your money. What do I bring to the table? What gifts do I have to help you see the vision that God has placed in your heart? What is the point in making all the money in the world and having no one to spend your free time with? No free time? Then you aren't balanced. That's where I come in...to give you the peace that you seek.
Our home is a labor of love, filled with lovingkindness, meekness, honesty, diligence, trustworthiness, and sound judgement. I am sure there is more that you need, but you have to tell me. I don't read minds. I just want to be able to hear your heart, the song that plays there, and help you release that sweet music to the world. For you, like me, are a gift to the world. The talents that are placed within you need to come out. You will never understand what you truly offer the world until someone can show you the way.
Have an open mind...
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