In the past year we have won and lost, BIG! Politically, some would have us to believe that the American flag has been thrown over our heads so that the politicos may have their way with our liberties. Family values and education have become little more than platform buzzwords and the evident deterioration of social manners has become “Must See TV”. When there was little to rest upon but our faith, the church was then ripped from under our pews
If one is to hold fast to their faith, country and family, let’s face it, there has been little left to stand firm upon.
While I do not hold much to resolutions, in 2011, I will accept what comes my way with a determination to stay above it all. In the best of scenarios, I will more than likely roll with the punches and do my best to float, float on.
I am wise enough to appreciate that I stand because someone was made to kneel before me so, by no blessing of my own, my ‘I am’ is not contingent upon the trend of politics nor the weight of my economic standing. My character is neither determined nor swayed by outside influence. I am a strong woman but not merely because of my race. I am a quilting of past and present souls who have stood firm with me and sometimes for me when I could not bear my own weight. Because of them, most days I stand, regardless.
Many of us are of a certain age in that we have accumulated all of the squares of our quilt, and as the remainder of days before us are probably fewer than those we have left behind, there’s no need to go rounding up folk if your quilt seems incomplete. We are reaching the top of the mountain and my granny would say, ‘Ain’t no use in crying about it now.’ It is time to stitch together the quilt that will cover you against the threat of life’s winds and bind its edges beyond the prospect of fraying.
Beginning this new year, gather up your people and offer yourself to them as you might be a square they need. Open yourself in return that you might allow room for another stitch or two.
In all, HAPPY NEW YEAR, Beautiful You!
