Practice What You Preach

* Disclaimer These are my opinions.

           We are surrounded by so much negativity. We turn on our television and we are bombarded with  images of brokenness. We look down our  time lines on social media and all we see are videos from world star superstars tearing each other apart. We have people promoting love of oneself , uplifting women of all kind , promoting positive youth development and some are preaching a woman worth  yet we continue to glorify the same things that lead to low self worth , or terrible relationships. We now live in a world where a stripper is glorified for her hustle, or women who show their bodies are deemed worthy  by the masses. We have the men who talk about women who show everything calling them disrespectful yet if  you look at the popular page on  instagram the same women you degrade are the same women you acknowledge and glorify  . People have created business targeting women ,with their feel good words and telling us everything that we want to hear but their own actions are misleading. Good girls don't exist  and bad girls win at everything , women and men  who do not  practice what they preach  themselves are being ask to promote positive self worth , and respect when that is not  the life that they are living. People have confused telling the truth to judging someone. What use to be bad is now considered good. What happen to the days  where we practiced what we preach.

      At some point we have all falling prey to wondering is it something wrong with those who chose to educate the so call lost generations of teens , or those who not only work their corporate jobs ,but spend hours giving back to their  own communities. We have forgotten about those people who show up everyday without complaining.  They show up ready to work even if  they there are flipping burgers , or delivering mail. What happen to the days where we focused on treating others as we treat ourselves. You can't preach positive messages  and unity and slander someone names at the same time. What ever you endorse or what ever you stand for make sure you are living that life. As a teacher I cannot separate who I am from what I do . In the classroom I am modeling the type of behavior I want to see.  No matter what you plan to do in your life your  actions will always be on display. It does not matter what you say ,your action will always speak louder than your words. I don't promote judgment of any kind but I do promote true self- awareness. Self -awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment  and other individuals. I have always been one of those people who lives by the morals and values that I display on the daily bases. There are times when life calls for a deeper reflections of who you really are and who you are trying to be. 

    So at the end of the day if you are going to write books that are meant to motivate and uplift a certain group of people or if you are going to promote empowering women and men either make sure you are truly living that type of life  or put out a disclaimer stating that this is only  for show. No one is perfect ,no one is without mistakes or fault ,but at the end of the day make sure you are aware of oneself.