It's my birthday, FYI. It's also President Obama's
birthday.
Now on to today's theme, physical. I think today's society, myself
included, is far too consumed with all things physical. Hair, nails, clothes,
shoes, etc. we just get caught up in the whirlwind the makes our
appearance. I myself went on a wild ride.
On Howard’s campus, freshmen are the easiest to identify. They are the
girls that have not learned the correct color stockings and do not own two
suits (black and blue) with a set of single strand pearls. They are the boys
who have not learned to match their belt and shoes. At Howard, we had an
unspoken uniform. You quickly learned it and got in line.
We believe in Michael Kors, Chanel, and Ralph Lauren. We carry Macs –
everyone has at least one Apple product— and books in Coach bags; if we don’t
have a bag big enough… then we don’t carry our books. LOL.
Since leaving college, I’ve realized that Howard taught us a valuable
lesson, but we took it just a little too far. It is important to dress appropriately. We should make sure we are clean and
neat and presentable at all times. However, we have to be dressed to the nines
just to run to Target. We do not have to spend our entire checks in the mall. We will live if we don't have EVERY pair of shoes in the Nine West store.
I think I will try in the future to focus more of my energy and MONEY
toward helping and elevating more than just myself. I want to focus more on developing my career and my family, things that will last forever, not just a season.
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