Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms Teach Their Children...To Open Their Mouths And Speak

Ladies, have you ever entered a room/office/restaurant, gotten in line at the store, or walked in the bathroom and not opened your mouth to say "hello" or "hi" to someone already there, someone walking by you or approaching you. If so, that's rude. I've been commuting to work for the past two months and I've observed some pretty rude habits among my people, especially the bus driver. I say "good morning" to him every morning and he never opens his mouth. I even say "thank you for the ride" at the end of my commute and he still doesn't open his mouth. What's up with that? Why is it that people who look like me don't speak to me when I'm in the store, on the bus, in the hallway, or in the mall. We really need to open our minds and mouths and speak to each other. I get more greetings and have more conversations with people who don't look like me, then the ones who do look like me. This morning, Femi and I where in Publix, the cashier/ the bagger both were brown and older -- the cashier greeted me and Femi but the "brown" bagger didn't until I said, "good morning to you." He then made small talk with Femi. The Publix thing didn't bother me because we did speak but the bus driver and all the brown people I come in contact with on the bus does. Why don't we speak? Why don't we acknowledge one another? I read in a book that one of Howard's University President addressed an in coming freshman class with this, " anywhere you go in the world, you can find one of us ". Interesting enough we can find us anywhere in the world we choose to go but we don't even acknowledge us right where we are. Let's teach our kids to speak and to greet everyone but especially those who look like them. UNITY begins with U (us).


Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice.~ Delphine