Today is Monday November 6, 2017 and before my caffeine high goes away, I figured I would birth out another Blog Post. How is everyone doing today? Are you all excited for what the day may bring, or matter of fact what this whole week will bring? Today I would like to write about representation and some other motivational and inspirational stuff! Being a black woman in today’s society is quite challenging to say the least, but in a good way. I have learned how to consciously pay attention to how I represent myself and also my culture.
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” – John Henry Newman
When I speak of culture I don’t mean just black, but I mean culture of women, culture of entrepreneurs, etc. All of these attributes make up the person who I am right this moment, on this very day. I would hope that you, the reader, would not just base your representation upon your skin color only. Your skin color is a small portion of who you are regardless of the media magnifying a culture of racism consistently. When we look at the verb definition of the word culture within the dictionary, it says maintain (ytissue cells, bacteria, etc.) in conditions suitable for growth.
With that being said we have to find spaces that are suitable for us to maintain and grow. We have to be realistic and not try to reach for everything all at once. Once we have too much on our plate we will not be able to represent ourselves in a healthy manor. For example Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites are filled with stressed and frustrated people who like to express and represent themselves by posting negativity. If those people would like to start a business or something that they would like people to support, guess what will happen? Strangers will begin to scroll through their sites and see who they are based off of their posts.
“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” – John Maxwell
We are no longer able to get away with doing anything, saying anything, and looking like anything. Everything seems to be front and center also known as lights, camera, and action. Now I know some people will say to themselves that they do not want to be fake because that’s just who they are. Sorry to tell you some changes need to be made in order for us to grow. What direction should grow in you ask? Remember the plants that we used to have to grow within the Ziploc bags when we were in elementary school. This was an experiment to see which plant sprouted faster with or without the sun.
Our focus should be to position ourselves towards the sun and not towards the darkness. If you haven’t noticed, plants to not grow properly without sun. The climate is rich with knowledge pertaining to how we are able to maintain our character, it is also rich with access to the information we may need to start new ventures. Since today is Motivation Monday, according to Twitter, let us not waste the day that has been given to us. Instead let us work on placing ourselves in a position to not only grow, but to work on our representation of ourselves.
“ Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;” 2 Corinthians 9:10
In the clip below watch Michelle Obama address the judgment of being an “Angry Black Woman”. Enjoy and Happy Monday!!
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