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He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
      And he who gives to the rich,
            will surely come to poverty.  
                                                King Solomon

Credo
by Kofi Natambu

So forget what you have been told
It was all lies. I am not a figment
of yr warped imagination nor a halfway
house thru which joy and sorrow passes.
It's a lie that we are what we seem to be.
Never have I lived yr life.
Never I have seen yr corroded dreams hucklebuck
down the anxiety-ridden corridors of yr past.
Forget what I'm saying to you. Can't you hear
yr own heartbeat? Where are you when YOU really
need it?
Don't hide behind what you think I should or
should not do for you
Forget what you have been taught.
It was and is all Lies.

We are not Conclusions.

 

My Comment:

This poem embodies how I have been feeling in respect to our current situation here in America. I have heard enough foolishness to last me more than a lifetime when it comes to the subject of our President Barack Obama and his job performance. The expectations people have for him are preposterous to say the least. 

 "Don't hide behind what you think I should or
   should not do for you
   Forget what you have been taught.
   It was and is all Lies.

   We are not Conclusions."

Do you really think Barack Obama is here to make your dreams come true? One man taking on all the problems that we have made collectively, of which some of us unjustly expect him to solve immediately.  To those of you who have,  imaginary, unchangeable, timetables,and outrageous expections, could you pull it off? Could you jump through the hoops you are requiring of him?  This is every man and woman's struggle and we all need to  pull together and work together and forget all those lies we've been taught. Read the poem, think about it, and do something good!

This morning I was reading Proverbs 31 about the virtuous woman. Today when I read it something caught my eye and challenged me to a new way of thinking. Always before I marveled at this genuinely good woman and made up my mind to imitate her. I read about her husband but I was always so busy pondering her goodness that I never gave him full thought. Today I stopped and thought in depth about what verse 23 says:

Her husband is known in the gates,
How could I have missed that? I' have been asking Heavenly Father what exactly constitutes a good man. My heart is unreliable, deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. I can make myself believe everything good about anything if I want it bad enough. What I imagined to be a "good" man continuously fell short of Heavenly Father's standard. I have been thinking and thinking about this for quite a few weeks and Heavenly Father was kind enough to show me the wisdom that I needed. My conclusion: A good man is respected. He has the respect of people who are leaders. They value his opinions, his way of dressing, his ethics, his treatment of his family, his standards, what he has to say, everything that he is. They respect him because he is respectable. He has high standards. He is kind. He does not think of his wife as a sex object or a trophy. He respects her. He loves her because she is good. He loves his children. He loves people. He has a job that is respectable and worthy of honor. He works everyday and works hard. He does not expect a woman to carry him. He takes full responsibility for his family. He respects his wife's feelings. He comes home and acknowledges the existence of his children.  When he talks to his children and plays with them he is gentle with them and genuinely enjoys interacting with them. He is respectable! I have to face it my standards have been low. I have allowed myself to think highly of men who do not possess even half of these standards. I have smoothed things over in my mind. Fantasized, made myself believe that somehow time will make everything alright. Telling myself "this guy is not so bad he will change if I'm good", as if "good" is contagious and can be caught like an illness. What am I thinking? Heavenly Father's  standards are high. They are not caught, happened upon , learned at the last minute. They are lived and most definitely lived more then, "three long weeks". What have I been thinking? This is a matter of happiness or endless disappointment. How could I have missed it seeing that I have read Proverbs 31 so many times? I have come to believe that it has been due to the condition of my heart. I have been deceiving myself and not believing that there could possibly be anyone left who is absolutely respectable. I've been wanting to settle because I have wanted a man right now instead of wanting to wait for Heavenly Father's timing and respectable man. Respectable, that is the standard! Respectable! And in case you are anything like me and need a detailed, exhaustive description of what respectable means here it is straight from Merriam-Webster:

** Respectable
1: worthy of respect : estimable
2: decent or correct in character or behavior : proper

** Respect
1: a relation or reference to a particular thing or situation respect to an earlier plan>
2: an act of giving particular attention : consideration
3 a: high or special regard : esteem b: the quality or state of being esteemed

** Estimable
1: capable of being estimated estimable amount>
2archaic : valuable
3: worthy of esteem

**Proper
1 a: referring to one individual only b: belonging to one : own c: appointed for the liturgy of a particular day d: represented heraldically in natural color
2: belonging characteristically to a species or individual : peculiar
3chiefly dialect : good-looking, handsome
4: very good : excellent
5chiefly British : utter, absolute
6: strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea proper>
7 a: strictly accurate : correct barchaic : virtuous, respectable c: strictly decorous : genteel
8: marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : fit

           Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
               But who is able to stand before jealousy?

                                                            King Solomon

What kind of deal is it to get everything you want
 but lose yourself?

They cannot see what disgusting is

They refuse to see it

They cloak blindness with self righteousness and imaginary mercy

I know their mercy is imaginary

there's never any for me

 

Extremists can be found in all sects, faiths and religions. They  have one thing in common. Extreme hate. They congregate together and practice it down to a science. Are you an extremist?

 

 

 

"There is a right time and a right way for everything,
       yet people often have many troubles.
They do not know what the future holds,
       and no one can tell them what will happen.
No one can control the wind
       or stop his own death. 
No soldier is released in times of war,
       and evil does not set free those who do evil."

                                                 King Solomon

 

 

 

 

This wonderful documentation can be found on CBBC  Newsround, an informative website with news for children.  Well done BBC! 

 

In pics: Why is a black president a big deal?

 

 Barack Obama's made history as America's first black president,

 but why's it such a big deal he's got the top job?

 

 

In the 17th and 18th centuries hundreds of thousands of Africans were sold into slavery in America and made to work on cotton and tobacco plantations.

 

 

 In 1865 slavery was abolished, but black people still didn't have equal rights and had to go to separate schools, churches, and even had to play on different footie teams.

 

 

In 1955, this woman, Rosa Parks, sparked protests by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man - which was against the law at the time. 

 

 

 The protests were led by this man, Martin Luther King, who said he had a dream that one day black and white people in America would be able to come together as equals.

 

 

 In 1964 the country made a huge leap forward with the introduction of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which made it illegal to treat people differently because of their race.

 

 

But until now, the top job has always gone to a white man, so it's a huge deal for America, and the rest of the world, that Barack Obama has become president.