“Look in the mirror and tell me what you see!”
“I see
Junior.”
“You see
Junior? Well, let me tell you what I see. I see pride! I see power! I see a
bad-ass mother who don't take no crap off of nobody!”
This is an
exchange from the movie, Cool Runnings.
Let me ask
you a question…
Who hates who they see when they look in the
mirror?
Let me ask
another…
Who dislikes
who they see when they look in the mirror?
Now, let me
ask a third question…
Who tolerates who they see when they look in
the mirror?
Why?
What’s
beaten you up so much that you feel the way you do?
For crips it’s
the freak show feeling we get when we’re out and all eyes are on us…especially
if Joey and I show signs of affection like, say, kiss or a caress…you know,
your standard couple stuff that everybody else does. When we’re out, we feel eyes watch as we do
stuff our way to get straws open and in our cups, reach stuff. I don’t know about Joey, but I’ve had people
even play chicken with me on the streets before. That’s just in public.
In our home,
we get question why do this, that and the other. If it doesn’t make sense to them or we’re
taking too long for whoever, we get, “Are you done yet?” Yeah, we get it, we do
things different and slower. It works
for us…it’s NOT your life.
We’ve got
thick skin, but this shit grates, and brakes you down bit by bit.
Like Cool Runnings, when you look in the
mirror, you need look in the mirror, and say “I see a bad-ass mother who don't
take no crap off of nobody!”
And, mean it…and,
love yourself every day, because there’s ONLY ONE YOU.
Be good to
each other.
No comments:
Post a Comment