Happy Saturdaze
Heyyy girls & boys Heyyy!!! It is your girl! *waves* So I just wanted to come thru & catch you guys up on allllll that's being going on. Of course, if my name wasn't Latrell it wouldn't be enough to tell. But anywho...
SO.
Like I spoke about recently, I just moved back home to NC & after 3 months of NOT working, I had recently picked up a job in our local mall. I was excited because it was a customer service position and I was CHOOSING my job. I, also, had a job offer from a medical office where I would've been a Specimen Collector. Being that I had previously worked for a dental office in Virginia I did have some experience working in the medical field; so in my mind..I felt like I already knew what was expected & that was for me to be in some type of way "CONFINED" & I really wasn't into that. I'M NOT AT THIS POINT IN LIFE!If you know me, you know that I've had several jobs. I've been working since the age of 16 & even although GOD did intend for ALL of us to work, it was something that was not required in my household. According to my brothers tho...their encounters are a little different. Maybe growing up as the ONLY girl had something to do with it, maybe my parents getting older with time had something to do with it..nevertheless I wasn't MADE to go out & get a job at 16. It was a "want to". A personal desire of mines.
I started working at the dental office one month after my 26th birthday. 2 months & 27 days after I had moved to Virginia. I graduated MMC with 3.6 GPA in 2012. Here I was my first dental assistant job. My first job in my field. Here I am starting my career. *LAUGHS OUT LOUD*
That did NOT last long.
& it wasn't because I didn't like my job. NOT because I didn't like my boss or my co-workers but simply because I, April Latrell, do NOT fit society's description of educated, well-trained, dental assistant. Do I think it had something to do with being black? A little bit. Do I think it was because I was kinda loud at times? Probably. Was I ever late/did I call out? Yeah! But seriously literally EVERY one in the office did. Not to say it's okay but it doesn't help the defender's defense in my argument. At first I was upset. I cried. But I didn't cry long because I realized who I am & who holds my life.
So at that point, at some point I KNEW it does NOT matter what you may or may not do.
SOME people YES will always judge YOU.
It doesn't matter that you smile, you laugh, you rarely cry at all times.
You try your hardest to spread LOVE & not hate. You try to let your light shine.
You try to greet people with a heart of understanding.
Because You understand that the road may be bumpy but it's apart of the landing.
It's the shakes & the bumps that upset You, Your mind, & Your heart
You think for a second or for a lifetime that Your world is falling apart.
You don't see the beauty in the secret of not knowing the unknown.
Not realizing that's WHY You were CHOSEN to RULE THE THRONE!
Everybody can't wear Your crown. That's why the prideful attempt to look down.
They attempt to throw shade & try to shade Your light. Attempt to make You drown.
But You can NOT blame THEM because their lost & not found.
-heart of Latrell
But I said ALL OF THAT to say all of this! I worked in the mall for 6 weeks. A month & half. My very first job, I worked at a local Andy's (now Hwy 55). I worked there for a week. GOD at an early age put an entreprenuer spirit in me. I walked out that job on Thursday not because I think I'm better than ANYBODY else. It's just that I know that I'm made for GREATER WEALTH. If I can turn down a 13.00/hr a job for a 9.00/hr I know that GOD has something better in store for me. It's all about my perception You see! See GOD knows our heart but ultimately HE KNOWS BEST! & So I know GOD didn't BLESS ME to deal with MESS! & so at this point in life like I said on social media.
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