Hey!!!
Thank you Jesus for a wonderful week. We now have our first black President of the United States!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaa. And a beautiful first lady Mrs. Michelle Obama!!! Who would have thought this would happen? Now somewhere in the back of our minds, we knew eventually we would have a black President, but dang….. NOW?
Watching the Inauguration on Tuesday had me in about 17 crying spells all day. I believe with all my heart that we have a Leader for Change. But it doesn\’t stop there, we have a duty to do our part.We can\’t sit back and watch him *change the world*, we have to be willing to change ourselves. One man can\’t do it alone. We need to set goals, make plans, and change the way we see things. Its out the door for the former way of thinking and living.
This black older man was standing in the 20 items or less lane waiting for me to call the * next* person standing in (one) line. When this white guy walked past the line that I was pulling from, and walked up to my register. The black said very loudly to the white guy, * hey its only one line, you gotta get in the back of the line* and then went on to say some other things, in which he didn\’t have to say. The white guy apologized and said * down south we don\’t do it like this*. Meaning, if there are 2 lines open you can walk up and be served. So he got out of line and went and stood in another that wasn\’t 20 items or less. I was hoping that I would have to wait on the black older guy so that I can talk to him about how mean he was to that man. I called next and he was my customer.
You all have to know me to know that when I talk to my customers, even like this man who don\’t know me, I can communicate with people in a way that won\’t offend anyone. I smile and use direct eye contact, and speak in a way that doesn\’t sound confrontational. I started off with * Hello*. I smile and said didn\’t you watch President Obama last night? He smiled and said yes, * he knew where I was going. LOL I said now why you go off on that man like that? He started cracking up!!! He said I just told him that he was cutting in line. I said yea but the way you said it was mean. He said didn\’t you hear him when he said * we don\’t do that down south*!!! I said yea, if you took it as negative then you would feel that he\’s a racist. I said but if you look at it in a positive light, you will understand that he meant, they do things differently there, and that he apologize. Then he went on to tell me the story of when he was just a young boy * the man is in his 60\’s and jazzzzy!*. He said one day him and his dad was doing some work at this white family house, and the white mans son came out and said, dad who are the people out side? The man said to his son, * Oh just some niggers doing some work.* And the man has never forgotten that.
I knew right then and there, that I couldn\’t fix nor tamper with his testimony. I didn\’t want too. That\’s his history and I soooooo respect that. But then he said something interesting. He said I know Obama said this and he said that. But that\’s * yalls job*. Meaning the younger generations. He said \”I\’m too old to change\”. I said but Sir, you\’re still living, it\’s not too late for change. Change is for all of us. He didn\’t agree, but in fact I did learn a lot from him. We really enjoyed our conversations with each other, and I realized that my dad has the very same views.
This year I promise myself that I will recognize negative things and distance myself as much as possible. Normally I try to listen to them, and try to make them see things in a positive light, but you know some people love it. They don\’t want you telling them JACK!! I ain\’t mad at them tho, I\’m just moving right along. That\’s my 2009 motto. \”I\’m moving right along\”.
Be Blessed
Lacrease
Enjoy ~~~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhMPMZE8to
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