Month: November 2008

Hey!!!

Wow what a week!!! We have a new President and people are tripping. But you know what? I have made a commitment to myself, that I will not stand/sit/talk on the phone to negative people. I can\’t do it. I won\’t do it. Its a wrap for that.

By me being a cashier I catch it. LOL I\’m laughing because when you can sit back be quiet, listen and take in all the things that\’s done and said without saying a word, you really get a chance to see where people really are in life, and in mind. I was ringing up this white lady yesterday, smiling, and greeting her as I normally do my customers, I guess she took my smile as * I\’m happy that Obama Won*. She looks at me, as to study to see if she should/could say what she wanted. I sensed it, but I kept smiling. Then she sees opportunity to *lay it on me*. She says: Congratulations TO YOU for Obama being the first Black African American President*. Then she looks at me as to say : I hope she doesn\’t reach over here and smack me. Waiting on my response. The Lacrease that I\’m trying to get away from wanted to say…. I voted for McCain. But I didn\’t want to play head games with her, so I said……. Thank You.

Then she gets comfortable and says to me in this whiny voice. * I was in the chat room last night on line when I said that and this African American Man blast me.* He went off on me so bad. And here you are, didn\’t take it the wrong way. So then she asks me: Do you see anything wrong with what I said? I think God handed that to me, because I wanted to * get with her* when she said it the first time. So I dugg deep into my box of * teaching materials* and grabbed my manual. I said, you know what? First of all OBAMA IS ALL OF OUR PRESIDENT, when you say Congratulations TO ME for Obama being the first President, you are giving ME/AFRICAN AMERICANS credit, praises, Amen\’s, HIGH FIVES for it. I said he is a man for people, not COLOR. Do yall know that went right over her head, and she started talking about how she doesn\’t get why he was so mad at her? I said to myself Lacrease, if you don\’t stop now trying to come up with tips, and scratch pads for people who don\’t get it, you are going to be in trouble. I let her do her talking, um um yeah yeah yeah, and got to my next customer.

Then……………..

I got soooooooooooo many white customers coming through my line after the election, VOLUNTEERING to me that they voted for Obama. Why do they do that? I don\’t understand . That irritates me so bad. Just let me ring up your things, and go on by your way. You don\’t have to stand in my face trying to let me know * you helped history to be made, or that you voted for a black man, or that * were all on the same team*. That\’s fake to me. Why does it even have to be a conversation?

Then…………

This one white lady who comes through my line all the time. Found my smile and decided to tell me, that when Obama won, she gathered up all her * other white friends* and started walking up the streets and blocks celebrating, when they thought of their other friend who is *black* to join them. So they knocked on her door, and she wasn\’t home. I\’m looking at her, saying to myself, WHAT ARE YOU REALLY SAYING LADY? What is the purpose of this conversation?

Then………………..

My coworker who is black, walked over to my register when it slowed down and said, did you just see that short white lady who was just in my line? I said yea, I saw her. She said well she was telling me that she secretly voted for Obama, and that her family doesn\’t know, or they will be MADDDDDD at her. She said that she is so happy that he won.

So, I got to thinking, because I like to visualize me in the other persons shoes before I come to a conclusion. I said to myself okay…… what if McCain had won. Would I go around saying to white people, * Congratulations TO YOU for McCain being the first oldest President? I just cant see me saying that SILLY IGNORANT MESS!! That\’s not a conversation. That\’s being sarcastic and ignorant. I just cant be bothered with I\’m sorry. Would these people give sorry speeches to blacks, had McCain won? I don\’t think so.

The bottom line is this: Obama will be our next President of the United States, no matter who likes it or not. Thanking other blacks will not build up self esteem in those whites who congratulates. If ever a white person felt empowered when only white Presidents were in office, then those people are in for a rude awaking.

For the first time in my life, I looked into a white person\’s eye and saw that THEY BELIEVE that since Obama has won the election and is a Black man, that I have gained some kinda POWER. I see it and I sense it in their conversation, and attitude. This is so crazy to me. For the first time in my life, if what is true what Ive written about what THEY BELIEVE, than I can actually see and feel the POWER that they GIVE to me so freely. Power is handed to me through the EYE TO EYE contact of those white persons * WHO BELIEVE IT*. This has really humbled me, because sometimes there are no words spoken, you can cut the atmosphere with a knife. If * Power* of a President being black feels like what THEY BELIEVE ……they can have this Evil Power Back. All I see is ME ME ME ME. They look at me as if I have the POWER of Favor from MAN, and that they are the underdogs. Guess how I can tell? They are the people who can\’t stop blogging about it, talking about it, thinking about it, and being EVIL about it.

My close friend called me tonight. She was at her sisters restaurant having dinner when this older white man was dinning alone. As he said walking out the door, he said to the people in the dinning area as they talked about our new President. * I hope they Assassinate him*!!! She said everyone stopped in shock. My friend being her said: And I hope you don\’t get into a car accident or have a heart attack going home. He stopped, turned around, looked, then walked out. That\’s just a big Wow to me. It was okay for him to hope bad on someone else, but he stopped in his tracks when it was wished back ON him.

So I say to people like him, and to people like me and my close friend. Don\’t fall to ignorance. The bible says: 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Corinthians 14:38 (King James Version)

I see another side of people, that most don\’t see. People like him they have issues that they haven\’t dealt with. Yea we all have them, yes yes yes. But when you see someone acting ugly over something they clearly have no TOOLS to use to fix the situation such as the President being black, then you know its something deeper. People are depressed over the economy. WHY? I\’m starting to see that SOME people with money, and power are afraid of being a * peon* if ever* again. They don\’t want to become the people they once were. Money and Power has become their God. For the next 4 years I refuse to *babysit* any body\’s BRUISED EGOS because of our President being black. I\’m not going to do it. It was what it was for 41 years of my life, and for the next 4 years its what it is until I\’m 45. No one need to say Thank you to me. People Prais
es NEVER GEEKED ME UP. God\’s Praises makes my LIFE. If I baked you the prettiest cake in the world when you Thank me, I\’m going to send that same Praise up to God. I don\’t want any of it. Even the hands I use to place the cake in the oven, came from God.

People we all live in this world. We have to learn to Love each other. All we have is each other. Lets all stick together and learn to love. That\’s what God command us to do. Lets do our part in helping our new President bridge the gap between white, blacks, Latinos, Jews, everyone. Its time out for anything racist.

This is for you. Jesus explained that we should consider all the people of the world to be our \”neighbors.\” Just as God loves all His people, so should we. Jesus calls us to extend our love even to our enemies!

You have heard that the law of Moses says, \”Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.\” But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too. If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. (NLT, Matthew 5:43-48)

Lacrease

Lord Thank you for this day. Thank you for the many blessing that were waiting for us even before that day 11/4/08 arrived. Lord we Thank you for loving us and showing us who you are. In Jesus name. Amen!!!

Monday night Neishia and I charged up 3 of our iPods, our cell phones, and our cameras because we knew we were in for a day at the polls. We didn\’t mind, as a matter of fact we snacked all night, laughed, watched movies, talked about our next President, all while being so anxious we could hardly sleep. We set the clock @ 5:45 am to get ready to stand in line, just to realized that it was after 4 am when we set it LOL. We didn\’t care how much sleep we had, we were anxious. Sure enough I feel asleep for an hour, while Neisha stayed close to the clock, ready to be the first in the bathroom getting ready for this very Historic Day.

Our voting location was less than 50 seconds away from our home. We arrived at 6:25 am to lines already wrapped around the corner of the building. I\’m such a cry baby, tears formed immediately as people began to jump out of their cars, to join the already long, long, long, long lines down the residential street. It was unreal to me how many people were coming with excitement, and enthusiasm. No one looked as if they wanted to get out of line and * come back later*. You couldn\’t pay these people to do that, they were on a mission and it was written all over their faces. There were kids, babies, mothers, fathers, seniors, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, nieces, friends, everybody standing in line. All of this bought tears to my eyes, I had never seen anything like this in my life. People were making friends, and conversation, everyone was on one accord. The volunteers were so professional, and helpful. And when the doors open @ 7am, it only took us 2 hours exactly to vote and be back at home. It was all so worth it, and I am looking forward already to 2012!

We both came home, and took a nap!!! I really couldn\’t rest because I was listening to CNN in my sleep. LOL I had my TV on and I wanted to see step by step on everything!! I learned a lot about how the counting goes for each State. It was very interesting stuff. My phone was ringing off the hook as the night went on, talking to my mother and Neisha we had a ball. For some reason I wasn\’t nervous about Obama winning. I knew deep down in my heart he would , but I didn\’t want to think about it until it happened. At 11:00pm when the polls closed in California, I knew what time it was. CNN was up on it!! They declared that Barack Obama was going to be our 44th President of the United States. We all cried, and cried and cried, and cried.

When I sit back alone and think about all of this I think about God. I think about how whatever the outcome was, and all the prayers sent up, that this is God\’s will for our lives. Not only am I so excited about Obama being the first black President, but how humble he is. I love is Leadership skills. He made us feel that we all one.

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From the sound of his voice during his Victory Speech, made me think about how if I was to go blind for 10 minutes, and if I was to hug people from Chicago\’s Grant Park, all I would feel is Love. I wouldn\’t be able to see them, only going by the Love in the hugs. That\’s the kinda Leadership we need. That\’s what we all want deep inside, but there was no one to *fill* that slot and to make us realize * Yes that\’s what is missing*. Obama has done that. Blacks, whites, Latinos, Jews, everyone were getting their Praise, cry and Love on all around the world Nov 4Th.

The way he makes me feel is wonderful. If he says to us on March 7, 2009 I declare that * get out and make 2 neighbors dinner and take it to them* for the day. I would take off work and do just that PROUDLY. That\’s how he makes me feel. He makes me feel as if we are ONE, that no one is better than the next person, no one gets mistreated, no one gets left behind. What God has done for him……………… Obama knows God can do for us. And that\’s what makes him set apart for such a time as this!!! He makes me feel that, there is NO * come over here and sit next to me because you\’re black like I am*. In his mind, its *LETS ALL SIT DOWN NEXT TO EACH OTHER* and fellowship!! And that\’s what I love about him, that\’s who I am. I don\’t see color. I see Love. Obama makes you feel that if you stand 2 people together one black and one white and cut open their skin, they both will bleed. No one is higher than the next person, we are all ONE! We are people. We finally have a Leader that understands that. A leader who is about the people, not the money, or the fame. He was born to be the first Black President of the United States. Everything he went through was for a purpose. All of his struggles, hardships, hard work, education, even deaths in his family, all comes together for the good at such as time as this. It all makes sense.

People we have a lot of work to do. WE cant just sit back and say * oh we finally have a good President* now, we have to help him. We have to do our part as people. We have to STAY IN PRAYER FOR HIM AND WITH HIM, WE CANT SLACK, WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTANT!! WE HAVE TOO PEOPLE, ITS OUR JOB. GOD GAVE THIS TO US.

We have to be willing to do the work that is required of us. We asked God for it, and now we must let him know that we do want Change, that we do want to be a better nation, and better neighbors, and Love each other. We have to let our lights shine towards one another. We cant sleep on this.

Pray and ask yourself * What can I do to help us to Love each other*?

John 15 (New International Version)

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master\’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit���fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.

God Bless Us All

Lacrease

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