Thank you, Tyler Perry!
Posted by Bella at 3/27/2011 12:35 AM 
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Tags: Tyler Perry United States of America Tunisia Egypt Lybia Anger Management Disappointment Revolutinar
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: Tyler Perry United States of America Tunisia Egypt Lybia Anger Management Disappointment Revolutinar
Good Evening, Everyone!
The last seven to ten days have really "thrown me for a loop". I had multiple personal and professional deadlines to meet and quite naturally something important slipped through the cracks, so to speak. Fortunately, I did catch my oversight and properly addressed the matter. However, another important project that I had been working on for about a month did not turn out as planned. I gave it everything I had, but I still came up short in the end. I really prayed for a positive outcome but it didn't materialize. My disappointment with the outcome would certainly be an "understatement". In fact, I was "mad as hell" but I was just too busy to allow my intense anger to get the best of me. After I received the bad news, I recalled a recent email message that Tyler Perry, who is a very successful African American film writer, producer and director sent out to his fans on March 6, 2011. Below is a key passage from that email:
There's a great deal of wisdom in the above passage from Mr. Perry's email. Too many people thrive on being downright "envious" and "evil", period! They will project their own insecurities and unhappiness upon others who clearly have achieved something "admirable" but refuse to come to grips with their own shortcomings. Giving "credit where credit is due" requires a well developed sense of "fairness and humanity" that they woefully lack. If you have never had to deal with such worthless "riff-raff", consider yourself lucky, because I have and there's nothing worse than confronting a "self absorbed" sociopath who possesses overly inflated entitlement issues. Adversity and deprivation doesn't bring out the best in everyone and many people weren't taught that "cream rises to the top" regardless of where it's placed. Winners don't waste their time wallowing in "self pity". They pick themselves up and move forward whether they are supported or not because they are "internally" motivated to please themselves -- not necessarily everyone else!
Historically, on a societal level, "anger" has been constructively channeled to empower the disenfranchised masses to decisively confront their oppressors. Countless political grass root movements that have toppled governments were sparked by injustices that angered the masses. The recent events that have transpired in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are prime examples. The chain of events in the late 1700's that led to the Revolutionary War that severed England's control of the original thirteen colonies in North America gave birth to the United States of America would certainly be another. On a personal level, "anger" can prompt a person to make sweeping changes for the better. Since I've had a minute or two to reflect upon my recent disappointment, my entire agenda for the next year has drastically changed. Anger has prompted me to completely reassess my current objectives and develop new ones. Out with the "old" and in with the "new". "Let's keep it real" is my new motto. I'm only "ONE" person who can't please "EVERYBODY"! Take it or leave it! I'll live!
May Peace Be With You and Yours,
Sistah Selah
The last seven to ten days have really "thrown me for a loop". I had multiple personal and professional deadlines to meet and quite naturally something important slipped through the cracks, so to speak. Fortunately, I did catch my oversight and properly addressed the matter. However, another important project that I had been working on for about a month did not turn out as planned. I gave it everything I had, but I still came up short in the end. I really prayed for a positive outcome but it didn't materialize. My disappointment with the outcome would certainly be an "understatement". In fact, I was "mad as hell" but I was just too busy to allow my intense anger to get the best of me. After I received the bad news, I recalled a recent email message that Tyler Perry, who is a very successful African American film writer, producer and director sent out to his fans on March 6, 2011. Below is a key passage from that email:
Now, as a man, I recount that. When I deal with negative things in this life, in this business, I "rise above it". I stay on higher ground. I don't come down from the safety of a higher place to deal with the foolishness or danger of what is beneath me. I tell you it works. It frees your soul to be free. If you haven't tried it you should. It will mess your enemies up. If I can leave you with anything, I will leave you with this--in this life there will be a lot of things thrown at you. Take them as they come. Some things you fight, but most you don't. Rise above it! Nothing can hurt you when you stay in the high place. It's safe there. And don't worry about your enemies. The 23rd Psalm says, "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies", which means, in order for you to eat, then your enemies have to be present! (smile)
There's a great deal of wisdom in the above passage from Mr. Perry's email. Too many people thrive on being downright "envious" and "evil", period! They will project their own insecurities and unhappiness upon others who clearly have achieved something "admirable" but refuse to come to grips with their own shortcomings. Giving "credit where credit is due" requires a well developed sense of "fairness and humanity" that they woefully lack. If you have never had to deal with such worthless "riff-raff", consider yourself lucky, because I have and there's nothing worse than confronting a "self absorbed" sociopath who possesses overly inflated entitlement issues. Adversity and deprivation doesn't bring out the best in everyone and many people weren't taught that "cream rises to the top" regardless of where it's placed. Winners don't waste their time wallowing in "self pity". They pick themselves up and move forward whether they are supported or not because they are "internally" motivated to please themselves -- not necessarily everyone else!
Historically, on a societal level, "anger" has been constructively channeled to empower the disenfranchised masses to decisively confront their oppressors. Countless political grass root movements that have toppled governments were sparked by injustices that angered the masses. The recent events that have transpired in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are prime examples. The chain of events in the late 1700's that led to the Revolutionary War that severed England's control of the original thirteen colonies in North America gave birth to the United States of America would certainly be another. On a personal level, "anger" can prompt a person to make sweeping changes for the better. Since I've had a minute or two to reflect upon my recent disappointment, my entire agenda for the next year has drastically changed. Anger has prompted me to completely reassess my current objectives and develop new ones. Out with the "old" and in with the "new". "Let's keep it real" is my new motto. I'm only "ONE" person who can't please "EVERYBODY"! Take it or leave it! I'll live!
May Peace Be With You and Yours,
Sistah Selah
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