We Are United In Our Differences.....

Man today was one of those days and as I sit here sipping on my mango margarita I reflected and smiled.

I had one of those days that I thought was perfect! 

You try to decipher. 

Tuesday August 27, I got up at about 10:30am which is pretty early for me considering that I usually get up about 1pm if I am lucky and about 3pm if I really don't have to work. So that should have been a clue that it wasn't gonna be an easy day.

Ok fast forward to evening time and I was feeling relaxed. I knew I didn't have to work so I made plans with ma girl to go to yoga! Fun!

Now I should tell you that my phone has been dead since Monday seeing as though I left my charger at work on Sunday. I know I was gonna be in the city later so I would just get my charger then, right? 

There are two lessons to be learnt today and I got a full class. 

Lessen one:

I went to yoga and it was wonderful, got to work to get my charger and it was closed so I did what any normal being would do after a good yoga session and that was collected my charger and kept it moving. Got back to Daphnee's apartment because we were gonna have dinner and chat.  Charged my phone and the messages kept pouring in.

So something you have to know now, living in 2013, is that if you don't have your phone on you or if your phone is dead you are presumed dead to the rest of the world. So not only was Maya searching all over the place for me she started to Facebook message everyone that she knew in my life and have them searching for me. I was like what??? Why??? Really?? This is too much. Now you got the guy downstairs ringing my doorbell and shit? I mean it's just a day! but I guess shit happens right?

But I appreciated it and I hope you guys don't think this is my wolf moment and should anything happen to me for real no one will come a calling.

So lessen two:

Now on the way from the train to Daphnee's house she asked me why I was an activist for HIV. I literally told her why aren't we all activists? Ha ha that's the Jamaican in me, always answering a question with a question.

She then said I know,  but why HIV? (Daphnee likes to analyze things, so she will asked you a question and then follow that question up with a similar question as the first question to understand your answer) I told her because I think people are not talking about it enough and they feel that because now you can pop a pill and live longer, that it's not a death sentence anymore, but truly because of the stigmas and the hush hush about it, it's now becoming a life sentence. I told her if I can get one person asking me about one post or just liking one post I feel like I helped someone. 

Fast forward to her apartment and was checking my messages and low and behold I got a message from a friend and it goes a little something like this:

Do you have HIV?

Now that's all sorts of wrong. That is not the way you want to go about asking that question and I would have thought that people were aware of the 'other' groups of people such as myself that actually fight for things they believe in not because they are INFECTED but because they are AFFECTED. I know too many people with this disease, and when I try to educate myself about it, from their experiences, they know nothing of the sort, AND, they are living with it! So my goal is, if I can help myself and others from not being infected, and to open up the conversations and keep it flowing, then it will help in this epidemic in which there is no known cure, today and for the future. I mean I can go on and on about this, but honestly I am happy that I can trigger such reactions. 

Shouldn't we all be united in our differences AND, for our differences?

It's just like the time I was asked, again, on Facebook if I was a lesbian because of a similar post about human rights. I mean come on people grow up!  I am an activist for HUMAN RIGHTS! I don't have to be gay or have a certain disease to fight for something in a world where people are being discriminated against. I mean not long ago, because I am black, a lot of opportunities weren't afford to me, but because of people like me, today I can enjoy some luxury without having to worry if I will get beaten or lynched! 

Think about it. What are we waiting for to ACT UP? Say something so you can create a better world for the next generation!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhFS1mUaVY  How to survive a plague!

Stop talking about celebrities and their useless boring lives. I don't give a fuck. That's not why I am here, to help the fortunates? I am here to lend a voice to the ones who can't speak but wants to. My future children and their friends and the ones who have passed on and didn't get to finish their work. 

I mean it's all good and fine that I am been ask these questions, but I say do it in a forum that others can join in and not a private message. I don't care if you think I am gay or have every diseases known to man. My goal is to get you talking and to keep you talking and I have to say the mission is slowly being accomplished.

Be blessed, I love you! Sat Nam!

Sleepless