It Can't Wait

I recently went to see Tyler Perry’s new flick, I Can Do Bad All By Myself. As expected, I LOVED it!!!! Tyler has been blessed with the gift to inspire and educate people via story telling. There were so many powerful messages in this movie that it’s difficult for me to choose just one. However, for the sake of not writing a thesis, I’ll choose this one…..It Can’t Wait.

There’s a scene in the movie where April, played by Taraji P. Henson, learns that her mother has died. She finds out that while her mother was on a bus traveling to work she suffered a brain aneurysm and dies. Everyone getting on and off the bus thinks she has just fallen asleep, so no one ‘bothers’ her. It’s not until the end of the bus driver’s shift that he realizes that April’s mother has died.

Not trying to give away too much of the movie here, but there are some things I will need to point out in order to write this post. April’s sister was a drug addict that died leaving her mother to care for her 3 children. I am sure that one of the reasons the grandmother was still working was to be able to provide for her grandchildren. As important as this task was to her, death would not wait. As with most things in life…It Can’t Wait.

Often times we sit around thinking we have time. We make excuses for not being, doing, and having. We start out in elementary school declaring who/what we will become. Some say lawyers, doctors, teachers, firemen. Then we look up and realize we are none of those things. We are working on jobs we hate. We live in houses and drive vehicles we can barely afford. Why is that? It’s because we keep telling ourselves, IT CAN WAIT!!!!

What’s the IT? The IT is living the life of your DREAMS!!!!!! We tell ourselves stories like, I’ll wait until I finish school, I’ll wait until the kids finish school, I’ll wait until the house is paid for, I’ll wait until……. Well, I’m here to tell you, It Can’t Wait. Not only that, I’m here to tell you, it WON’T wait.

Life is such a precious gift from God. Don’t squander it. Take inventory of your life right now. Decide what it is you REALLY and TRULY desire for yourself. Then ask AND answer this question, “what step can I take RIGHT NOW to make it happen?” Once you’ve answered, then get to it. Cause, IT CAN’T WAIT!!!!

In love,

J-licious