Let's look in the mirror

I can’t deny the historicalness of the events that occurred this week, the United States of America’s first non-white President. Now I don’t want to take anything away from this event. But I want to look at it from another perspective. Is this something that we should be surprised about? Was this not bound to happen? Throughout American history there have been many first for non-white Americans. The first slave allowed to be in the masters house, the first slaves allowed to eat at the table with the master, the first slave allowed to “own” land, the first slave/blacks allowed to own a business, the first black mayors, governors, senators, representatives, etc. I hope you see where I am going. Again I don’t want to take anything away from Mr. Obama becoming President. I know many people didn’t think they would live to see that event happen and that it means a lot to them. I’m happy that we were all able to see this happen. But as people, we still have many things to do in order to improve ourselves and the people whom we surround. Regardless of who the mayor, governor, senator, or even the President is. We still have to handle our business (if you want to improve or “make a difference”).

We cannot sit back and wait (nor expect) for Mr. Obama to change things for us. Take the initiative to make things happen for yourself. If you lost your job, explore other possibilities for school or employment. Lost your house. Explore why you lost it in the first place. Were you living above your means? Take responsibility for yourself don’t expect a “black man” being in the Presidential office to all of a sudden make things different for you.

Do I think that we as an economy need help? Yes I do. Do I think that they should have bailed out the creditors and banks? No I don’t. Nor do I think they should have bailed out the “Big Three”. But regardless of that, the American people have many problems that need to be solved. But if WE want to solve these problems we cannot sit back and wait for anyone else, white or black, to solve them. There have been many non-white mayors and governors that didn’t make a difference to “us”. There will be more. The main point that I want to make is just because he is a non-white American doesn’t mean that he is our savior. He is the first but he will not be the last. I don’t know him any better than I know the person living down the street from me. Yes I watched him on TV and I listened to him conduct interviews. But what does that mean. Nothing. I’m just being real. I am not saying that he is a liar or that he is not going to do any good. I’m just saying that I don’t know and it remains to be seen. How many times before has a politician, or a person for that matter, said they were going to do something and it not happen? Many times.

Lets keep it real.

Still Learning...

I guess one of these days I will get on the ball and start posting regularly in my blog. There are a lot of things that I need to make into habits. As I said in my last post, reading is back to a priority, I already have a list of things I want to read about, writing in this blog should be a regular, continuing to produce well with work, and just continuing to learn as a person.

There are many things and people that inspire me in my life. I look at these things and people as motivation to improve myself everyday that I am given on this Earth. I have learned more and more that I need to sync the person who I am on the inside with the person I am on the outside. I found that things are much better in my life when I am inline with myself. I hope that makes sense to you as it does to me.

On a side note…we have just experienced a historical moment recently and I have been toying with the idea of talking about my thoughts on politics on here. But I am still undecided because that can be a touchy subject for some. I don’t take it personally, but many people do. The main thing I hope people understand is that we all have our own opinions about things and there is nothing wrong that. Either way, I hope that things improve in our economy and in this world because things are not looking good right now.

Until the next time…