Gold Mind

Hey everyone! I was invited to be a guest blogger from a great couple I met at church by the name of Bob and Kelly Parr. They are missionaries who served in Asia for several years. Check out their website and the blog.
Be Blessed!

Well its another Monday morning. (Yayy, right?) Post Valentines Day and I hope everyone just had a great day. If you did not, well you can't do anything about yesterday but you can sure do something about today. (hint, hint). Ironically, when I'm feeling down, helping someone else seems to do it for me. Yep, listening to someone else's problems. (Lord knows I have my own). But there is something about helping someone else that does our soul some good. So today, I challenge you this week to Go Fish. Now I don't mean actually go fishing (duh). What I mean is fish for someone you can lend a helping hand to. Maybe they need a listening ear or some sound advice. Maybe they need help on a particular project or problem. Whatever it is, do what you can. For just a minute, get out of yourself and how you feel and be a help to someone else. Honestly, in the whole scheme of things, you'll find out that your problems don't compare to what they could be. When we help others, somehow, our problems that were once so big begin to shrink into right perspective. So, whoever you are, where ever you are, GO FISH! And help someone else be better today!

Did you see the front cover of Vanity Fair's March 2010 issue? Well, it has caused controversy for some folks. Mainly because of the obvious: there are no people of color anywhere at all on the front page of their famous New Hollywood edition. Critics from one side say that Vanity Fair has done nothing wrong; the featured starlets deserve to be there. Other folks deem the cover as racist stating Vanity Fair could have found at least one black, Latino, Asian, Cuban, or Spanish person who is deserving of such attention, right? I certainly agree with this view point. However, I wouldn't go as far as saying the cover is racist.

As a subscriber to Essence and Ebony magazines, which cater to women of color, I whole heartily believe that their 'Hollywood' issue (or something similar) would not have included any Caucasians.

Period. To me, this is not racist, it's business. Ebony and Essence markets to black women so quite naturally, black people will appear on the front cover. This does not mean people of other races are not deserving to be there. Just my thoughts. What do you think?