A Slave Mentality

This weekend I have been watching documentaries, movies, and looking at images of all the things that my ancestors went through during their journey here in America.  Most of them had no idea about the uncertainties that they had to face here in a new country.  Many of them were probably fearful, scared, and had  very muddled belief, but they had to take a walk on the wild side to see what the end of the journey would be.  There had to be an outcome somewhere.  There had to be an ending.  There had to be a finish line for their journey.  At some point there has to be an ending to every story.  Even a fairy take has an ending.  No matter happy. or sad there is an ending to the story.

In this case we are talking about real life,  We are talking about a nation of people who had to struggle. and fight in their journey.  Some of these people have found their identities, while others continue to struggle to relate to something, but what are they trying to relate to?  I have seen many stories of how a whole nation people have learned to identify with many things.  Whether its in religion, gender, family, nationality, and race, Some have found where they belong.

Back in the days of slavery many were lost, had lack of hope, and had a mentality of captivity.  They were victims of captivity.  They were both mental and physical captives, and most of them had a belief that they would die a slave, and many of them did perish in captivity.  They had the same thoughts for their children.  There have been times where I have wondered how did our fore mothers, and our fore fathers survive?  And then a thought came to me.... many of them had a strong will to survive,  They had what it takes to fight against all of the oppression, and the trouble that they had to endure.  They were over comers, victors, and leaders to future generations that would come after they had died.

In my opinion a slave mentality still exists among some of our people.  They have no hope, and they refuse to fight.  Some of them have been broken down by poverty, crime, and the storms of life have taken all of their hope.  They are physically free, but they still have mental battles that are still raging in their minds.  The problem is our children are the recipients of all that we are teaching them.  They are the recipients of what they see.  Many of them believe that they cannot become something great.  Why is it that a black man, or woman cannot open a business?  Why is it so hard to tell our people that they can accomplish anything?  Even more so why is a problem to tell your children to have imagination?  Tell them to dream a dream that is bigger than the sky.  I believe the bigger the dream, the more effort it will take to make it happen. 

 

Being trapped in your mind is just a bad as slavery, because you are still enslaved if you choose to be a victim of your ways of thinking.  The thing is I have been enslaved by my thoughts before, and it has limited my progress in the past.  The more that I study these things, the more I learn about thoughts, and how they can affect all that you do in your life.  You ask am I an expert?  No I am just someone that has been a student in many aspects of my life, and I am learning as I go along this journey.  One of my goals in life is not to be swayed by everything that I hear and see.  I want to be grounded in what is known to ME as the truth.  I will continue to watch and learn from many things, and my mind is set and open to receive what us right, just, and true.  May GOD continue to open my eyes, and teach me what HE wants me to know.  Here is to knowledge, wisdom, and growing in the truth.  Until next time may God bless you with peace and prosperity