Angelia Vernon Menchan

Angelia Vernon Menchan is an author, publisher and public speaker who owns two publishing companies, MAMM Productions and Honorable Menchan Media. Mrs. Menchan is also a Budget Officer and former Job Corps Counselor. To date she has published twenty-three books of her own work, both fiction and non-fiction and more than eighty ebook novellas on amazon.com. You can access her bibliography on www.amazon.com search words: Angelia Vernon Menchan




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Friday, November 9, 2007

Picking My Battles...

I have always carefully picked my battles,
Every fight isn't worth getting involved in,
My motto is make sure if you get involved in the war it is a battlefield,
You are willing to die on...
Talking to a few people this week in passing,
I was astonished how much mess folks can care about or be involved in,
I have a very short attention span for stuff,
I was talking to someone and they were rattling on about someone's business,
And I had to jerk myself to attention,
Because for the life of me I couldn't stay engaged,
The only reason I didn't stop listening altogether is because I cared about the talker,
I can remember as a young girl,
How folks would gather around fight,
Not this sister,
I kept it moving,
Or the way in later years, folks would get together to decide they were going to 'advise'
Someone,
Leave me out of that...
If that person wants or needs to talk to me,
They know where to find me,
Or if I am real concerned, I will seek them out and do a one-on-one,
I see that same trend in a lot of online groups,
No one has very much to say about books, or writing, or uplifting,
But let a controversial topic come along,
And honey the threads will run for days,
I guess that is why we rubberneck at car crashes,
I don't even know,
What I do know is that unless it is something,
That means something to me,
Or I am really touched by,
Or can actually do something about,
I will stay quiet,
When I go to war, I want it to be a worthy battle...

Love and Blesssing, and HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY WEEKEND TO THE REAL WARRIORS!
angelia

5 comments:

Poetic Genesis said...

Pick your battles and don't sweat the small stuff...I learned the hard way but I still learned...along with Minding My Own Bidness

I'm here doing okay with nano and school. Can't wait til December so I can BREATHE...

Stay peace mama deep...much love and blessing

genesis

Yasmin said...

No one has very much to say about books, or writing, or uplifting,
But let a controversial topic come along,
And honey the threads will run for days,

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!
xoxo

Angelia Vernon Menchan said...

G-Nice,
the thing is to have learned baby, take care of NANO and school, after your family those are your priorities...we are all waiting to breathe in some form or fashion...

Love, Mama Deep

Yas,
Ain't it just the truth,
Love and Blessings,
angelia

Gwyneth Bolton said...

Girl, I was just telling a group of students the same thing today. Pick your battles, not everything is worthy of your time and energy. And time is something I value more than money. You can't get more time and life is short. Great post!

Gwyneth

Angelia Vernon Menchan said...

Thanks Lady Gwyneth,

blessings,
angelia