Let’s be real today, some of us are often taken for granted,
as if we are always going to call, come around, be available, and help others.
People who are sweet, nice and kind, don’t always stay that
way especially when they see some foolishness going on with so-called
trustworthy individuals around them.
Nice people have their moments too, but when life storms pass, they know
how to take their position again and be that loving person (that is if they
aren’t taken for granted yet again). “Do
you need something…I got you on that…you know I look out for you baby…” says
that nice person in your circle. But
that difficult wife, husband, friend, or whoever else is responding to that
nice woman or man with a half-hearted smile and a slight eye-roll. Sitting down on the couch just looking “all
ugly,” the unforgiving is looking like, “Don’t act all nice with me, I’m still
trippin’ off what you did/said!” Why
does this kind of thing go on for so long and what makes the bitter person
think that folks want to keep putting up with tension for the rest of their
lives with someone who is supposed to be friend?
Difficult people either refuse or don’t know how to let go
of angry feelings because “you said…some years back and I’m still mad about
that!” Get over it if you want to keep
your loved ones in your circle, keep your job, your house, car, etc.! How
long are we going to keep resenting folks because they made us mad? At least the brotha or sista is tryin’! I would have to ask that person who is still
upset, what have you done lately to make peace?
What is usually the answer? “Well
I thought about…I mean I could of…well I am just still mad and I can’t get over
stuff that easily...you don’t understand!”
So then you are prepared to say, “bye,” right? Because if one wants to keep a war going, his
or her intentions are to destroy something, right? When that man, woman, boss, co-worker or
some other person who is trying to mend fences grows weary of the fight to win
trust, love, appreciation, togetherness, and so on and so forth, he or she will
disconnect from you and move on with his or her life absent of the tension from
some of you reading this. A relative,
co-worker, friend or even an article online warned you, but you keep greeting that
loved one, boss, supervisor, a child, friend, or a relative with that cutting eye.
How long do we think nice people are going to stick around
and wait for us to get our attitudes right?
And, when will we be willing to put in a good effort to make that
relationship, family, opportunity, or something else work? How
long, people! We have got to stop
sitting on the fence when it comes to our personal issues, forget the economy
and who is going to run this country, you have more important matters that are
affecting you on a daily basis. When the
evidence shows that everyone is ready to move forward, you best be on the bus
when it comes to the home-front and your business endeavors.
Some of us have been nursing wounds since childhood—won’t
speak to parents because they are still tripping on some B.S. from back in the
day. Others are still angry with exs,
noticed I said EXS, and won’t let parents see, live with or raise kids even
though the child’s mother or father has proven they are doing good— some of you
reading this are wrong and God sees you!
When the evidence and proof is right in front of those angry
eyes that loved ones, friends, workers, etc. are trying to do right, then who
are we to keep punishing folks with our eyes, sighs, yells, slamming doors, back-stabbing,
name-calling, and so on!?
You see, black folks (most I know, I don’t know about you)
love the fights more than they enjoy peace.
Despite claiming that they love love,
I can’t tell! It’s hard to see
or experience true love when you listen to some broken record conversation
about, “How he said that…why I can’t stand her…and why I will never forget when…and
h*ll I ain’t forgiving no d*mn body with his sorry @#$^&*!”
When do we get beyond the grief? When do we make amends, if not with the one
who is trying to make peace, but with ourselves? When do we get to that place that we stop
hatin’ and start embracin’? I’m just
sayin’.
So that’s it for the day, a little somethin’ somethin’. I have to “code switch” in other words get
back to that regular conversation that is less hood and more neighborhood—peace,
blessings and love to all reading this!
Nicholl
You can learn more about me on YouTube. I am the author of Know Your Enemy: The Christian’s Critic and other books.
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