Tuesday, October 30, 2012

It Sure Is Easy To Be Judgmental on Twitter....

Watching TV has become more interesting thanks to twitter.  Most times it's fun to read other people thoughts as they watch the same program. But last night I saw a lot of judgement, and it got me to thinking.  People sure are BRAVE on twitter.  I understand that some people are more outspoken than others, but I bet half the tweets would NEVER be said to that person's face. 
 Last night was VH1's Behind the Music with Toni Braxton.  I saw more than one person tweeting things that I considered to be very judgmental.  Now it didn't help that Toni put 'Mother O' on blast, so that might have cost her any chance at sympathy.  But once she put out there that Oprah (in her opinion) was the reason her music career took a dive, all bets were off.  I just think it is easy to sit in judgement of someone else life, when you haven't gone through what they have. She's not the only artist to suffer from a bad business deal, nor is she the first to file for bankruptcy  The saddest part of all was about her illness.  Until you've had to deal with a MAJOR set-back like that; you have NO IDEA what that fight is like. Not to mention, we have all made bad decisions in our life, some more obvious than others, but before you sit in judgment; walk a block in their shoes... then tweet about THAT!!

Sunday, October 28, 2012

It's not easy to 'Keep it Classy'...



   One of my daughters get's a kick out of calling me 'classy'. I think it's a compliment, but I wasn't quiet sure what she meant by it so it made me wonder what was the opposite (slang word) for classy. I gather it must be 'ghetto' or 'keepin it real'.  You know how folks go all bad=they 'keeping it real/ghetto'. Now, for the most part, I do try to maintain a certain amount of composure, especially since it is in my nature to fly off the handle,  but since I am human, there have been times when I didn't and I let the worse part of me take over.  The key element of 'being classy' is to NOT allow myself to be put in certain situations.  If I know there is a chance I might not be able to keep it together, I'm not going go.  Unfortunately, I have missed out on some potential good times, but not sure if the gamble would have been worth it.  I know at times it may have seemed that I didn't care or was unsympathetic to those around, but for the most part I was trying to 'keep it classy'. I pride myself on being the 'bigger person' even when it makes me look like the bad guy.  I have too much at stake to risk my dignity and freedom especially over some bull shiii... *wait, did that sound 'classy'? *shrugs*





I saw this re-tweet  and I thought it was a good way to explain it.

*"In every situation in Life there's always a higher way to deal with it." #UntetheredSoul #SuperSoulSunday~Ms. Oprah via @3LWTV (Lonnell Willams) AKA 'OwnAmbassador'

Thursday, October 25, 2012

'What don't kill you...

You know that saying 'What don't kill you makes you stronger'....yeah I don't know how I feel about. It maybe more accurate to state that 'what don't kill you makes you CRAZY!!!' Sometimes, depending on the person, being put through one too many test can push you over the 'edge'.  I'm speaking from experience.  In no way am I trying to make light of mental illness, if anything, we tend to not mention it UNLESS we are making some type of joke about it.  But I'm here to tell ya, it is more prevalent than we would like to realize.  'Whooo sawww'ing and practicing yoga/meditation can only work for so long. Of course I have other things I do to 'settle' myself, but when one or more of those things are not available, I feel like I'm on the verge of breaking down.

I think one of the things that helps me keep it together it the fear of being put in a mental hospital, other wise, I might be running around acting out the above photo. 


Just yesterday there was a report of a shooting inside of a church.  This isn't the first time someone has done that. Shootings have occurred in the parking lot of a church and even at a funeral.  It makes people feel like no place is safe. But this is just another example of someone who couldn't keep it together.  Who KNOWS what kind of 'demons' this person was facing.  But we won't bother with those details. We will mourn the life loose, then keep it moving; until the next person looses control.
We must keep in mind that anyONE of us can 'snap' at anytime...but for the grace of God go I. ~ Ashe