Yes, We Can

I watched a video this morning from Presidential hopeful Barak Obama. In the video he showed many people coming together and the theme was Yes,we Can. I remembered receiving a phone call last month from a Dallas Morning News reporter who said he was looking for the number one Oprah fan to ask a question about her endorsement of Obama. I laughed when he said "they found that person to be me." So he began to ask questions. Questions like, "do I feel that Oprah was wrong to endorse Obama and will that make me vote for him because she did endorse him."
As president of a non-profit organization let me say that I am speaking on behalf of myself only and not this organization.
As I watched Obama's video, and I kept hearing the words YES,WE CAN be repeated over and over again something on the inside of me rose up.

Yesterday, was a long day. I went to Home Depot to ask for them to donate the material and labor supplies that were needed to complete the food pantry and they said I had to fill out a grant request which takes 6-8 weeks before I would get a request. It was like someone had blowed up a beautiful balloon and popped it in my face.
I frantically drove around searching, asking and seeking for donations and help. There is a scripture in the bible that said the harvest is ripe but the laborers are few. Of course, in my life things are always the opposite. I have 24 angels who want to do this project but according to their project guidelines, they can NOT use their own money. I have exhausted all my money. I can't afford to pay attention.

When you see and read about big organizations, you must understand that they started from somewhere small. I'm sure you heard of Larry Jones and Feed the Children(he will be on my radio show this Saturday). His goal was just to feed one child at a time. Oprah Winfrey with the Angel Network, well she's a different breed LOL. But Lady O went throught some things to get to where she is now. My point is they made it. So as I sit here with tears streaming down my face, getting ready to face another day, and I say to you YES, WE CAN.
You can achieve your dreams and so can I. YES, WE CAN. I was born to give. I was born to help others and like my mother said and I proudly quote "CJ, you can do anything you put your mind to" and to that I say, YES, I CAN.
I also told you I would be candid about my feelings and the truth of the matter is I am so tired. My mind, my body and my soul is aching. But I still press on. My son told me that he wanted to do what I did, in regards to speaking to the children in school's as a full time job. Can you imagine that? One day I hope to hire him. Oprah said it best, your passion is doing the things you want to do, even if you don't get paid to do it. Well, I am definitely living my passion.