Hello Sorors and SFs. I am so overwhelmed with thankfulness that I can't keep it to myself. I must praise the Almighty for everything HE has done! I must praise Him for ALL of my blessings (good and bad). As I reflect on this past school year, I have come to realize that there are those who are truly threatened by my presence and my being. I am not trying to sound arrogant or anything... but it is true. There are women that I work with who are threatened by my confidence, my intelligence, my resourcefulness, and my educational level, my leadership abilities, among other things. It was hard for me to have to deal with "criticism" from women of another race, but to have to deal with jealousy and negativity from your own was something. I thank God for allowing me to obtain everything that I have. I thank God for the parents I had. They ALWAYS enforced receiving a college degree and advanced degrees. I do not apologize for the experiences the Lord has allowed me to experience, nor for the upbringing that I had. We all make choices in our life. I just thank God that I have him and he knows my desires, ideal, goals and aspirations. He has allowed me to achieve every goal that I have set for myself, including receiving my BA, becoming an AKA, MPA, most recently receiving a +30, and I plan on going back to school in the next year or two to get my PH.D or ED.d. (I am only 27 years old). I am not trying to say I'm all that or anything, but I just want to share that the Lord has been sooo good to me. Whatever negativity my co-workers brought to me, it was Jesus that always protected and guided me. There were many times where I became discouraged, where I did not understand... but it was Jesus that brought a soror to me to help guide me with issues that I faced at our school. She had been there before, therefore she was able to "school" me as how to handle situations. Because of this, she has now become a mentor of sorts. She said I would have a hard time whereever I went because I was a female, black, young, educated, confident, intelligent, professional, independent, serious, determined, and I was an AKA; therefore the "masses" would not know how to handle me. With that, our own sistahs, were threatened by their ignorance, threatened by their jealousy, threatened by the mere fact that they are angry with themselves for chosing the road that they should not have. I posted, sorry it's so long, because their could be someone that could be facing this issue, or could face this issue in the future. As a black, EDUCATED woman, one way or another, you will face this. But as long as you have CHRIST, it won't matter, he will see you through! THANK YOU, JESUS! I thought that I would share my testimony with you! Skee Wee!
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