WORTHY
I join many of my online friends daily on Twitter. All day we give updates, crack jokes, and share URLs in tiny formats. Every once in awhile someone will post something poignant that ends up staying with me throughout the day. Today Fave hit me hard:
i believe the worst feeling in the world 4 a man is one of worthlessness.
Too many men have this feeling; that no matter what they do it's not enough. More men need to feel appreciated. More women need to recognize everything we do, not only for them and our children, but for ourselves. To them I nod my head to this song.
I love you for stayin strong, you got it goin on
I'm so proud of you...
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Cheers to you my friend.
hmm funny you post angie's brotha, earlier today i was listening to "when will we be paid." those songs go together for me.
But also like Serenity, I do love Twitter in that regard as well. People say exactly what they're thinking and feeling at the time.
That's why sometimes I gotta unplug.
Interesting... I didn't read KB (or Fave) as discounting any other group by posting this. And yet, I think the objections help prove the point.
Perhaps, in this case, it is a (black) man thing. Although women are often seen/thought of/treated as "weaker", there are many avenues that serve to uplift them.
Black men don't have an Oprah, or as many self-help books, positive songs or hell - other men (including their fathers) - to uplift them when times get hard. And times get hard a lot. We're just expected to deal with it "like a man".
Nice to hear from another man that I'm appreciated and back atcha, KB!
KB,
Man, u and Fave put it down. So many times, we as men are victim to two things: Our weaknesses and mistakes, the amplification of them by the media.
Whether we are married or single, we have great responsibility, to protect, to respect, shelter, guide...etc. It's already in us, no matter what our environmental upbringings, etc...we just have to realize and live it...no matter how difficult that task may be (for some all the time, for a few some of time, whatever...)
Thanx.
I had no idea that my "tweet" evoked such a response. I was simply trying to put some of my own thoughts in perspective and that phrase popped in my head.
The feeling of worthlessness is definitely not gender-specific but the perception of how to manage that feeling does have very different, gender-specific connotations in our society. That "machismo" connotation is amplified further in African-American culture.
I'll post on this further on my own site, so I don't go rambling on KB's spot :P I appreciate the song because we (men) don't have many musical celebratory anthems.
I guess my parents were right, you never know who's looking at (or reading about) you.
Respect.
Sorry, didn't mean to take away from how awesome this comment from fave was or of kb's recognition of it. And the song was a nice sentiment to cap it off. I suppose I should have said that first. I definitely wasn't dissing, just dissecting. And perhaps it wasn't the time or place.
I love you man!