Just Right

Sometimes plans don’t always go the way that you set out for them to go.

” Anything you need to do, anything you want to do, you CAN do.” Queen Latifah said these inspirational words in a movie titled “Just Wright” starring her and co-star, rapper Common. The seasons in people’s lives, are tough, and they vary depending on whom the person is. These words personally resonated with me, in such ways that literally brought tears to my eyes. The mind is a very powerful place.

Believe and achieve.

Although people feel trapped, and like they are prisoners in the world, they are only limited by the walls of their minds. Feelings of aloneness, depression, self-pity; wanting to scream at the top of your lungs because you have no other outlet than to literally let it all out. Keeping all of your feelings and hurt bottled up is so emotionally draining, so why not let it out? Watching and relating to this movie made me realize that, yes, good things come to those who wait, but damn it sure does hurt to wait.

Queen Latifah has personally inspired me by many of her rolls as an actress in the world of film. Watching her, no matter what persona she plays, inspires me to be better. Those words she spoke, “anything you want to do, anything you need to do, you CAN do.” They hit me just right, right where I needed and need to be hit, to pull myself out of a rut, out of a depression, out of self-pity. Out of hating the person I am.

But I know, I am strong and smart, and so are you. We can do ANYTHING that we put our minds to, because you know what. Only YOU have the power to change your life, to change how you view things. TO BE BETTER THAN YOU WERE YESTERDAY.

Living in the present is something that many people and myself struggle with and take for granted. Always worrying about what will happen next week or tomorrow, rather than living in the moment and soaking it all in. Many people live with continuous anger, and damn that’s exhausting. Why you gotta be angry all of the time, why say, “why me?” Why not take what has happened to you, or your family as an opportunity, a learning lesson. Yeah, you know shit happens, but you are in control of your own emotions, and you can choose to either wallow, or to grow.