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Sound Off Sunday

Sound Off Sunday

Wow!  We are entering the third week of this year.  Already!  It seems that just a few days ago it was New Year’s Eve and we were thinking about what new resolutions or changes we were going to make for the coming year.  And now in the blink of an eye it is now three weeks later.  Where did the time go?

No matter where the time went.  One thing is for sure, it is not coming back.  So there is nothing left to do but make the best of the rest and keep moving forward.  Just yesterday one of my co workers spent her last day working with us.  She is moving on to a new job, new location.  While I think she delayed leaving for as long as she could the change was inevitable.  She accepted the offer of the new job and so her new opportunity awaits.

How many of us are waiting for the next opportunity to come to us?  How many of us are just sitting back and waiting for something to smack us in the face or on the ass to motivate us to do what we already know we need to do.  How many of us are holding on to our dreams and or visions only to watch them pass us by or even worse to watch someone else benefit from our hard work and effort?  More often than not we send so much time waiting and not enough time moving that by the time we move, it is too late.

What are you waiting for?  What is it that you need to do or change or fix?  What things are waiting for you if you would only take that next step?  How long are you willing to sit by while life happens around you and not to you?   No more for me.  I am ready for the Year of Yes and I am pleased so far at my progress.  While there is more to come and more to do and more to see, I am happy that I decided that this year my Yes would beat out my No!

Stay Fabulous, Stay Blessed

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Life

The past few weeks have been trying.  It has taken me a while to wrap my mind around all that has been going on in and around me.  No matter what your platform may be, there are times when you must stop.reflect.comment.breathe.pray (not necessarily in that order).  This is my recap of what has been going on around us lately.  I apologize in advance, this may be a long post.

For the past few years, we have watched as countless young men are harassed, harangued and murdered by their peers and the police.  Living in Chicago,  it is disheartening to see, the reports each and every Monday about how many people have been hurt or killed over the weekend.  It even appears that mother nature is watching because we have yet to truly have summer weather and people have been faring that the crime will be worst when the weather gets hot.  We are constantly trying to remember that #BLACKLIVESMATTER.  But really, do they?

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This brings me to the recent events in Charleston where nine (9) innocent people we murdered senselessly during a Bible study.  In countless Black churches across America, on Wednesday nights, believers gather to “Hear a Word from the Lord”, while embracing a total stranger, little did those saints know that they would be offering the ultimate sacrifice that night.  Why were they murdered, because of the color of their skin.  How many years ago did Dr. King pray for a place where the color of our skin would not be the manner in which we were judged?  Yet still we are waiting for this day to come.

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Now the Supreme Court ruling.  Another HUGE topic of debate and further divisiveness.  Dr. King asked to be judged on the content of their character.  Many have taken this ‘judgement’ too far to include who we love and who we choose to spend our lives with.  Ultimately, God should be the only judge.  Yet we want to debate what the Bible says and debate who is wrong and who is right and who needs to repent and who is a sinner.  My Bible tells me that my thoughts and God’s thoughts are so far apart from each other that it is inconceivable for me to even try to understand how God reasons.  Not to mention that the Bible was canonized by humans,  changed and translated throughout generations, some books were even left out and while it is and was inspired by God could it be that as often happens, humans took some liberty?   I’m just saying there could be some fallacy in what has been given to us.  But more importantly, if everyone was focused on their own lives and minding their own business, this would never have been an issue that required litigious solutions.

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These are just some of the things that have been on my mind.  While it is wonderful to write about whatever we choose, there are times when you have to pause to make a public service announcement or when you have to address human issues and human rights issues.  This is my time.  There are times when life gets in the way and when you just have to pause and let people know that you are not living with your head in the clouds or up your ass.  Life is what happens when you are busy living.  These are in fact the days of our lives.