Having Faith: My Testimony

While working in Corporate America for a company I was devoted to for slightly over seven years, I went to the mailroom to check my mailbox one morning in 2008 and there was a button (pin) in there that the company had given to everyone to wear on their shirts for the week. They had several different colors, but mine was orange (my favorite color) and it read "Do something about it." I didn't think much about it at the time other than the fact that it was orange and that it was funny that I would get one of my favorite color. But, as I look back on it now, I realize that receiving that button on that day was a slap in the face telling me to WAKE UP and this is why...

You see, I wrote down a set of goals for myself January 1, 2008, instead of New Year's Resolutions and my top goal was to get promoted at work and be compensated for my skills and my worth (not to mention I had gone back to school and completed my BFA and had started grad school while working there). So I prayed daily, asking God to show me a sign if it was time for me to leave there and move on. I knew that along with prayer, I had to do my part, so I went to my boss daily, to let him know what I wanted and what I would do on my end to make it happen and what I had DONE already in the past 7 years that should have put me above most of the people there. My plea fell on deaf ears. He would sit there and listen and then tell me it wasn't in his ball park to make those changes and that I should talk to his boss. So, I went to his boss, who in turn sent me back to my boss and so forth. This game went on for a few days before I said NO MORE! I am not a tennis ball and I will not be tossed back and forth across a net like this, so I told them both that I understood there was nothing they could do and I went back to my desk like an obedient worker. Little did they know that my plan was already in progress and there was nothing they could do to send it on a detour.

That night, I cried really hard, unsure of what was going to happen. All I knew was that I was unhappy and looking for excuse after excuse to call in to work the next morning because I did not want to go to that place I called a prison and sit in my small cell. I cried every single night and morning from that point until the morning of May 1, when I got out of bed, said a prayer and went to the bathroom to take my shower. While in the shower, I prayed again and somewhere between drying off and arriving to work that morning, I had typed my letter of resignation and sent it to my boss.

Needless to say, when I arrived at work, my boss was waiting on me and called me into his office. He asked me if I was unhappy there and I immediately answered with a pissed off "YES!" Of course, he tried to offer me what I call a piss poor offer to stay, so that was another sign from God that it was destined for me to move on. After he asked me what lucky company had the pleasure of hiring such a talented person and I looked him straight in the eyes and said "My house", I finally got the promotion and raise I was due when I saw the priceless look on his face from his ego being shattered that he didn't have an opportunity to call ahead to a company and bad mouth me like he had done so many others.

So, in closing, I would just like to say that God is good ALL THE TIME and even when you're down and out and feel like it's the end of the road for you or if you realize you're going to work everyday because you've gotten comfortable knowing you will get that paycheck every two weeks, pray on it. God will see you through.

Oh yeah, I still have that button today and it sits on my computer desk for me to see as my daily inspiration. So, my advice to you is what my button says...DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Rochelle D. Scott, MBA
Designer Illustrator Photographer
(Boss Lady) - that name was given to me in grad school and I do believe it fits me well. :)

TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!




It's a new year and time for new beginnings. We're given a fresh start, so we should really think about everything we want to leave in 2010 and change in 2011. I personally, stopped referring to them as New Year's Resolutions about 3 years ago and instead, refer to them as New Year's Goals. That way, I'm more inclined to stick to them and actually strive to achieve them....ALL YEAR LONG rather than just the first couple of months of the year.

I want to wish everyone a very prosperous and blessed year and pray that each and every one of you accomplishes all of your goals.

Until the next post...
Gemini

Whip My Hair

I'm IN LOVE with a woman...

I'm IN LOVE with a woman...
by Cloris La Rue'

This is to my girlfriend Rochelle Scott (I call her Ro or "Rollova" ...her stage name)...Obviously I'm adding this after the fact because earlier I could not stop crying and I was simply gonna post the following to her page but I thought it was WAYyyytoo long...

"OMG...RO!!! I JUST received the birthday gift you mailed me...OMG!!!!...I'm in TEARS!! (I will call you soon but I can hardly speak!!) YOU-are an AMAZING woman, there are NO words to EXPRESS THE JOY I feel right now!!! The gift of you taking my photoshoot from several months ago was enough and now you have created an ACTUAL magazine, with words and "passages" that I have written and posted on FB thinking I'm helping other people, has TODAY HELPED ME! I am living within one of the MOST potentially difficult times of my life...God is SO good!!! I can hardly find the words!!! You chose ALL THE RIGHT passages.. ahhhh!!! (my head hurts from crying) You even have the poem from the bookmark you made for my booksigning...are you kidding me?!! You even put in the butterfly transformation quote...you have NO IDEA. That's one of my favorites!! I feel SO PURPOSED in this moment. God had the most perfect timing on this one...THIS IS AMAZING!! I'm gonna take a pic and attach cause I want folks to know that there are people out here that are obedient to God's work and they speak to us, they love on us, as they use their God given gift!!! You know, I thought I'd be in my first magazine feature in August...well, it was postponed to October (only 2 days away!) but you MS. RO have beat the deadline with no intention to do so. YOU have put me in a MAGAZINE; AHHH...that is CRAZY!! LOL!! This is SO not just about ME (as some seem to think)...I write to empower a broken nation and to see that my first magazine helped to empower me, myself, and I. As I've said before, if that's what all of this has been for; to help revive and save my own spirit...my workd could be DONE cause I KNOW I am BLESSED!! If God gave me NO MORE FAVOR...I'm ok with that. BUT if God gives me an opportunity to help others as you have helped me...I'm ready to work cause this feeling you have given me is as I've written in HERSTORY; my heart has been hit with a defibulator...I don't just love you; I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU RO!!"

Facebook

So, Facebook is the new trend, but is it your life or just a hobby?

I've noticed that several of my friends have thousands of friends, but I don't think they even know half of them. I've also noticed that lots of people on Facebook sit and watch other people's pages all day everyday and don't bother commenting. I call these people Facebook stalkers. Are you a stalker? Does Facebook consume your life?