Do You

One day back in September, I was out in Queens volunteering at a church activity. While on a quick break to the bathroom, someone stopped me and said, "You work like I man. Don't you want to have children one day?" Puzzled and shocked by the statement that was thrown at me, I just shrugged my shoulders and responded, "I don't know."

After returning from the bathroom, what the person said started to sink in. I must admit that I was a bit upset by the statement, but more so confused as to how helping equated to "man's work" and would result in me not having children. My purpose at the activity was to help out wherever I was needed. If people were already giving out t-shirts, but there were juice boxes to be unloaded, I went to help unload the juice boxes. This meant that work was getting done, and Iwas happy with my contribution.

My message to you this morning is, "Do You."

Once you are happy with what it is that you are doing, don't worry about others. There will always be individuals who never learned to keep their mouths shut and feel it necessary to verbalize their every thought. Forgive them, their filter is broken. You are your best cheerleader, so don't worry about the haters. Just because you aren't doing something as they think you should, doesn't mean you are doing anything wrong. Do you. After all, you have to deal with your conscience, not them.