The Day After - November 07, 2012

SOME THOUGHTS: THE DAY AFTER / NOVEMBER 07, 2012

My heavens....oh MY goodness gracious angels alive....

Isn't it so utterly ridiculous when various people base their friendships and relations on politics and religion? It's so sad when friends decide they can't be friends because their slant is different than the other persons or their style of worship is different? What gives? What be up with that as some of my friends have stated. I am one that am not going to hold onto some friends because they are upset or just plain are angry because my ways are not theirs.

Many years ago I had lost some friends because I had become a Mormon back than and the friends I had than just could not deal with that carton of milk so they just balked. I get it, I understand it. But, was I to appease them? Was I to make them comfortable because they could not deal with my so-called wanting to be "Extraordinary" instead of just having to be "Ordinary"?

But look, I am not on this green and blue marble called earth for some beauty contest nor am I here for some Miss. Congeniality Pageant either.

I am here to be 'BOLD' and make a different in the world albeit locally, regionally, nationally or globally and just to stand out even if it means going beyond comfort zones and jump out of some boxes to express 'BOLDNESS' even if it means to be 'PREMIUM' than so be it because my sails will adjust.

Look, I am not going to change all my colors for you so eloquently expressed by Whitney Houston to Kevin Costner's character role in The Bodyguard and neither would I expect anyone to change their colors for me. However, what I do expect however is an essence of civility and with harmony in getting along and understanding that we are all different,  but it does not mean you have to go your way and I go mine. 

So, am I do feel that everyone has to accept my varying opinions and views? HELL NO! With that in mind I do not need to accept their opinions and views that much neither, but I do wish to understand where they are coming from so I can understand him or her that much better. I would want for them to understand whey I am coming with an open mind and an open heart so that the main emphasis in not based on whose political slant is right or wrong but that the main course is the furthering and fostering in developing worthwhile friendships along the path ways of life even onto potential business associates and colleagues and the fostering and emergence of like-minded individualities. So, can we all just get along? :-)

~ Jennifer Mendez