Hello ladies of BP. My name is Will I'm from Chi-Town.
Don't sumtimes u feel like u jus need a friend sum1 2 tlk 2 when ur
down. sum1 2 jus kik da bobos wit sum1 who'll b there when u need
them well here i am. i'm th@ shoulder th@ ear th@ person my name is
WILL. HOLLA!!!!!! WHAT KEEPS A RELATIONSHIP STRONG
IS: 1. TRUST 2. COMMUNICATION 3. INTIMACY 4. A SENSE OF HUMOR 5.
SHARING TASKS 6. SOME GETAWAY TIME WITHOUT BUSINESS OR CHILDREN 7.
DAILY EXCHANGES (a meal, shared activity, a hug, a call, a touch, a
note) 8. SHARING COMMON GOALS AND INTERESTS 9. GIVING EACH OTHER
SPACE TO GROW WITHOUT FEELING INSECURE 10. GIVING EACH OTHER A
SENSE OF BELONGING AND ASSURANCES OF COMMITMENT If these qualities
are missing, the relationship will erode as resentment, withdrawal,
abuse, neglect, dishonesty and pain will replace the passion. FED
UP WITH BLACK PEOPLE? A very humorous and revealing story is told
about a group of white people who were fed up with African
Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They
passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight
zone where there is an America without black people. At first these
white people breathe a sigh of relief. At last, they said, No more
crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the blacks have gone!
Then suddenly, reality set in. The "NEW AMERICA" is not America at
all-only a barren land. 1. There are very few crops that have
flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported
farming system. 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers
because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and
without it one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors. 3.
There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,
invented the automatic gear shift, Joseph Gambol, also black
invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines,
and Garrett A. Morgan a black man, invented the traffic signals. 4.
Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because
it`s procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by
another black man, Albert R. Robinson. 5. Even if there were
streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate,
they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles
Brooks, invented the street sweeper. 6. There were few if any
newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the
pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, Lee
Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented
the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black.
7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books,
they would not have been transportedby mail because William Barry
invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys
invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter
Drop. 8. Their lawns were in need of water and hard to manage
because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the
Lawn Mower. 9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be
poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones
invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace.
Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Later invented the
Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T.
Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also
filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop & Lloyd P.
Ray the Dust Pan. 10. Their children met them at the
door-barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one
expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine,
Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing
Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer. 11. Finally,
they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this
turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black
Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator. Now, isn`t that
something? What would this Country be like without the
contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans? Martin Luther King,
Jr., "by the time we leave for work, Americans have depended on the
inventions from the minds of Blacks." Black history includes more
than just slavery, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. DuBois. And remember the
African Proverb: Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not
cultivated,it cannot be harvested.
