Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Friday, December 16, 2016
OVER-GENEROSITY LEADS TO PENURY
"OVER-GENEROSITY LEADS TO PENURY"
ANY TENDENCY TO GIVE AWAY ONE'S BOUNTY FROM SUPPLY TO STRANGERS RATHER THAN TO GIVE TO THEM FROM ANY EXCESS, AFTER HOME IS PROVIDED FOR, ROBS ONE'S HOME.
THIS PECULIAR PRACTICE IS CONTRARY TO NATURE, COMMON SENSE, AND BIBLICAL TEACHING. YET IT IS PREVALENT AMONG SOME SOI-DISANT, (SO-CALLED) "LEADERS" OF BLACK PEOPLE FROM THE LATE 1960S, RESPECTING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS GAINS.
AS A CONSEQUENCE, THOSE AFTER US HAVE GONE BEFORE US, IN RELATION TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, LEGAL PRECEDENTS, AND IN OTHER AREAS.
WHAT WAS GIVEN AWAY WAS A CONCESSION OF SOME MEASURE OF PARITY IN RELATION TO WRONGS SUFFERED THAT REQUIRED IMMEDIATE REMEDIATION, RECTIFICATION.
NO WRONGS ARE COMPARABLE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS'.
BLACK LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE SUCH CONCESSIONS EITHER VERBALLY, BY POLICY, OR PRACTICES HAVE BETRAYED US.
THE TIME IS NOW TO RECOGNIZE, TO APPRECIATE, TO PROTECT OUR "SUPPLY," OUR BRAND; OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; OUR LEGAL DECISIONAL VICTORIES; AND OUR HONORABLE, IMMINENT, FINANCIAL REPARATIONS FROM SUCH UNNATURAL, NONSENSICAL, NON-BIBLICAL DILUTIONS.
BEING OVERLY GENEROUS IS TOO SELF-PENURIOUS!