Thursday, September 29, 2011
'My Feet Are Off The Ground' From Tyler Perry: Writer and Actor
This morning I awoke and was so frustrated about all of the stuff that I'm dealing with in trying to get this studio open. I was about to open my mouth and start complaining when I remembered something that happened to me about a year ago.
I was walking to my car when this woman who appeared to be homeless started walking towards me. I'm ashamed to say this but I thought, 'I don't feel like being hustled today.' Then I got quickly convicted. I felt guilty so I started digging in my pocket for some money. As she got closer I noticed that she had the kindest eyes that I had ever seen. As I was reaching into my pocket she started to speak. I thought, 'Here goes the sales pitch'. She said 'Excuse me sir, I need some shoes. Can you help me?' My eyes filled with water because I remember being out on the streets and having only one pair of run over shoes. I was taken aback for a second.
I took her inside the studio and had my wardrobe people find shoes in her size. As she put the shoes on she started crying, praising God and thanking Jesus, and saying, 'My feet are off the ground! My feet are off the ground!' Several of the wardrobe people started crying. I was crying. But I never forgot those words. 'My feet are off the ground!' I thought, 'Wow! All she wanted was some shoes.' She quickly disappeared and never asked me for a dime. I realized that I still had the money in my hand so I went out looking for her. She was gone just that quick so I looked all around the neighbourhood for her. I found her standing on a corner looking down at her shoes, still crying. I was so touched. I asked her how she had gotten homeless. She told me that she had AIDS and that she was waiting to get into a shelter.. She said that her family had turned their backs on her and that she had no place to go, but she knew that God would make a way for her. I said to myself, 'He just did.' Her faith and her praise moved me. I took her to a nearby hotel and put her up until she was able to get on her feet. I had someone that worked for me to check on her from time to time and to make sure that she had food and clothes. After about a month or so we lost touch, but I never forgot her.
This past summer I was shooting 'Daddy's Little Girls' and this woman walks up to me smiling. I didn't recognize her face, but her eyes were familiar.. She had on a really nice dress and her hair was done. It was her! She told me that the little help that I had given her had changed her life. She was in a house now and doing very well.
I said all of that to say this. After I met this woman, every time I think about complaining and mumbling I remember, 'My feet are off the ground!'
I wanted to share this with you just to let you know that when I say that I am thankful for you, I mean it. And when I say that you are a blessing to me, I mean it. We take so much for granted sometimes that I just wanted all of you to know that I am grateful to God for you everyday. Thank you for being in my life.
~Tyler Perry
This morning I awoke and was so frustrated about all of the stuff that I'm dealing with in trying to get this studio open. I was about to open my mouth and start complaining when I remembered something that happened to me about a year ago.
I was walking to my car when this woman who appeared to be homeless started walking towards me. I'm ashamed to say this but I thought, 'I don't feel like being hustled today.' Then I got quickly convicted. I felt guilty so I started digging in my pocket for some money. As she got closer I noticed that she had the kindest eyes that I had ever seen. As I was reaching into my pocket she started to speak. I thought, 'Here goes the sales pitch'. She said 'Excuse me sir, I need some shoes. Can you help me?' My eyes filled with water because I remember being out on the streets and having only one pair of run over shoes. I was taken aback for a second.
I took her inside the studio and had my wardrobe people find shoes in her size. As she put the shoes on she started crying, praising God and thanking Jesus, and saying, 'My feet are off the ground! My feet are off the ground!' Several of the wardrobe people started crying. I was crying. But I never forgot those words. 'My feet are off the ground!' I thought, 'Wow! All she wanted was some shoes.' She quickly disappeared and never asked me for a dime. I realized that I still had the money in my hand so I went out looking for her. She was gone just that quick so I looked all around the neighbourhood for her. I found her standing on a corner looking down at her shoes, still crying. I was so touched. I asked her how she had gotten homeless. She told me that she had AIDS and that she was waiting to get into a shelter.. She said that her family had turned their backs on her and that she had no place to go, but she knew that God would make a way for her. I said to myself, 'He just did.' Her faith and her praise moved me. I took her to a nearby hotel and put her up until she was able to get on her feet. I had someone that worked for me to check on her from time to time and to make sure that she had food and clothes. After about a month or so we lost touch, but I never forgot her.
This past summer I was shooting 'Daddy's Little Girls' and this woman walks up to me smiling. I didn't recognize her face, but her eyes were familiar.. She had on a really nice dress and her hair was done. It was her! She told me that the little help that I had given her had changed her life. She was in a house now and doing very well.
I said all of that to say this. After I met this woman, every time I think about complaining and mumbling I remember, 'My feet are off the ground!'
I wanted to share this with you just to let you know that when I say that I am thankful for you, I mean it. And when I say that you are a blessing to me, I mean it. We take so much for granted sometimes that I just wanted all of you to know that I am grateful to God for you everyday. Thank you for being in my life.
~Tyler Perry
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- Three Florida men are under arrest after getting into a fight that sheriffs said was sparked by comments on Facebook.
Martin County Sheriff's deputies responded last Tuesday to a call of a fight in Jensen Beach. When they arrived, two alleged victims told deputies three men had barged into their home. One of the men was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, another carried a baseball bat, and the third was wearing a mask. One of the victims said he was punched in the face, and then the robbers ran off.
After a two-day investigation, Robert Wakefield, 20, Justin Delgado, 19, and Jake O'Brien, 18, were arrested and charged with burglary and assault.
While being questioned, Delgado told deputies that he went to the victims’ house because of a fight that had started on Facebook, according to the complaint affidavit. Delgado told police he went to the house to fight the victim because of the words on Facebook, but the other two went there to rob the victims, police said. The affidavit said Delgado told deputies that the two men had been ripped off before for drugs.
According to the affidavit, Wakefield was wearing the mask, O'Brien was armed with the gun, and Delgado carried the bat.
U.S. Marshals arrested all three men last Friday. O'Brien was found hiding in a bedroom closet in his home.
Read: Complaint Affidavit
Martin County Sheriff's deputies responded last Tuesday to a call of a fight in Jensen Beach. When they arrived, two alleged victims told deputies three men had barged into their home. One of the men was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, another carried a baseball bat, and the third was wearing a mask. One of the victims said he was punched in the face, and then the robbers ran off.
After a two-day investigation, Robert Wakefield, 20, Justin Delgado, 19, and Jake O'Brien, 18, were arrested and charged with burglary and assault.
While being questioned, Delgado told deputies that he went to the victims’ house because of a fight that had started on Facebook, according to the complaint affidavit. Delgado told police he went to the house to fight the victim because of the words on Facebook, but the other two went there to rob the victims, police said. The affidavit said Delgado told deputies that the two men had been ripped off before for drugs.
According to the affidavit, Wakefield was wearing the mask, O'Brien was armed with the gun, and Delgado carried the bat.
U.S. Marshals arrested all three men last Friday. O'Brien was found hiding in a bedroom closet in his home.
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President Barack Obama's administration asked the US Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care law, likely sparking an explosive legal showdown in the heat of the 2012 election.
The legislation, passed in 2010,
fulfilled decades of Democratic dreams of social reform, but was
fiercely contested by Republicans, and the law is likely to emerge as a
key issue as Obama seeks reelection next year.
"We know the Affordable Care Act is
constitutional. We are confident the Supreme Court will agree. We hope
the Supreme Court takes up the case and we are confident we will win,"
said Stephanie Cutter, a top Obama advisor.
The Justice Department asked the
Court to declare the key provision of the new law, requiring everyone to
buy health insurance by 2014 if they can afford it, constitutional.
Republican opponents of the law say
the government has no power to compel people to buy health insurance
and have vowed to repeal the law in the courts and eventually replace it
through new legislation.
But Cutter argued that such a view
was "simply wrong" because people who do not buy insurance do not "opt
out" -- but hurt everyone else because taxpayers end up subsidizing
their care when they are taken to emergency rooms.
"Those costs -- $43 billion in 2008
alone -- are borne by doctors, hospitals, insured individuals,
taxpayers and small businesses throughout the nation," she said in a
White House blog post.
The White House also justifies the individual mandate by saying that without it, people would wait until they get sick to apply for coverage, which would cause insurance premiums for everyone to rise.
"We don't let people wait until after they've been in a car accident to apply for auto insurance and get reimbursed, and we don't want to do that with health care," Cutter said.
The White House move came after 26 states and small businesses called on the Supreme Court to strike down the totality of Obama's reform.
The petitioners also asked for a
swift Supreme Court judgement, saying the "grave constitutional
questions surrounding the ACA and its novel exercises of federal power
will not subside until this court resolves them."
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