“The Caged Raccoon”

By Philessa H. Jenkins 9/30/2013

When a raccoon has lived in a cage for a while, you can open the door and he may not know that he’s free to go; so is true with people. 

     When I was a young girl about ten years old I had a pet raccoon and I put him high on top of an old shed where I had to climb a tree to reach him.  It wasn’t a very high tree but it kept him safe and that was worth the climb to me.  At times he would fight me to stay in his cage and I thought that unusual but he would eventually give up the fight; we fought many rounds.   I started noticing that he was becoming less and less motivated as he laid there in that cage waiting to die.  It made me want to set him free because I thought about his existence as being one that would never live as a raccoon should.  He would never again be high in a tree, never have a girlfriend, never know what it is to survive on his own, and never have a family of his own.  I thought this a cruel existence. I realize now, that as we get older, how much we become like that caged raccoon; we sit in that one place waiting to die and never fighting to live.

                 

If you live not with tolerance then peace cannot be within you.

     I contribute it all to motivation.  I was sitting here the other day thinking about what motivates me.  It seems like such a simple question but is it really?  Have you thought about what motivates you?  What keeps you going?  Motivation comes from within; it’s an internal wanting that needs to be fulfilled and thus it keeps you going. My motivation is my God because I know that at the end of this journey I will get my just rewards.  I am his child and I want my Father to be proud of me for the good things that I’ve done in this world.  I know that I’m not perfect but he loves me still; no matter how many mistakes I make or how many times he has to pick me up.  I admit, this is what motivates me to keep going even when the times are hard, when failure is all I see, and when I’m all alone (deserted); I know that in the end I’ve done my part to do good in this world.

     I realized that I’ve been living like that raccoon in a cage going through each day the same way.  I thought to myself, it’s time for a change.  I really hope you’re ready for it.  Don’t worry some of you are going to really come along with me.  I have to get all of my plans together but it’s time to enjoy life and people.  Welcome to my world and I’m thrilled to be a part of yours.

Dreams are only possible if you have the strength to believe and the will to do the work.

     I’m Lady PJ and information is power so be informed.  Have you thought about what motivates you?  If you want to share it, drop a line in the comments.  Much love to you all.

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Just having fun with emotions.  LOL!

I leave you with these quotes from the Bible and the Quran

For without knowledge, you know not truth.

Quote from the Bible:  Matthews 5:43-45

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”  

Quote from the Quran:  (  سورة البقرة  , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #177)

 "It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing."

Quote from the Bible:  1 Peter 2:19-23 

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Quote from the Quran:  (  سورة البقرة  , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #195)

"And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah loveth those who do good." 

     I'm your girl, Lady PJ, and as always information is power so be informed.  Let's not keep this hatred going but replace it with love; through knowledge I believe this can be achieved.  Love and peace to you all.

"If we always look to our differences we will never know our similarities or our oneness.  We will keep seeing our enemies and never our brothern." Lady PJ

9/27/2013

“Why Women Don’t Report Rape”

September 26, 2013

Written by Philessa H. Jenkins a/k/a Lady PJ

 “Why Women Don’t Report Rape” 

     On August 26, 2013, District Judge G. Todd Baugh sentenced a 54 year old male and former teacher, Stacey Rambold, to 30 days in Montana State Prison for raping a 14 year old girl, Cherice Moralez, six years ago. Sadly Cherice Moralez committed suicide in 2010 and her mother blames her death on the rape. 

Stacey Rambold

     Stacey Rambold plead guilty in April to a count of sexual intercourse without consent. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison with all but thirty days suspended. There’s been worldwide protest against the sentence and an out pour of calls for the judge to step down.

Cherice Moralez

     Judge Baugh suggested that the victim was also to blame by saying that “the victim was older than her chronological age and as much in control of the situation.” The judge later apologized for this statement but Your Honor, can you really apologize for that.

 “We live in a victim blaming rape culture where the 

 Victim is always the one on trial.” Lady PJ 

     Montana State law required Judge Baugh to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of at least two years as you’re aware now, that was not done.

     Stacey Rambold finished his mandatory 30 day sentence in Montana State Prison Thursday. He’s now required to report to the probation office (until August 2028), where he’ll be required to register as a sex offender. His sentence is on appeal and I’m sure everyone concerned will be interested to know what the court decides.

      So many people ask the question why woman don’t report being raped, this case is a prime example of why. The legal system needs to get it together.

      I’m your girl Lady PJ and information is power so be informed. I would really love to know what your thoughts are about this matter, so don’t forget to leave your comments below. Much love to you all and thank you for reading my post.

I can't believe this here!

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Nairobi Kenya Mall attacked

Written By Ms. Philessa Jenkins a/k/a Lady PJ

     It’s with great sadness that I write this today.  My heart really goes out to Kenya; to the families first, to the survivors, and to the newly departed.  I was watching the news all day yesterday to keep abreast of the situation; it’s very hard for me to believe that religious indifference or religious intolerance is fought not with knowledge but with a death sentence.  I sat there watching the television hoping that it was a bad dream that I could just wake-up from; thinking to myself that this can’t be happening.

“Two or three Americans and one Briton were among those who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenya's foreign minister said Monday.”

     It’s my belief that you have a right to your religion; to believe what you want or in whom you want to believe in.  What I don’t believe “is that you have the right to infringe upon the religious rights’ of others.”  You have a God given right to choose what you believe in; I just say, “choose wisely.”  The day will come when each man/woman will be judged in accordance to his own works.    

“The FBI and U.S. intelligence officials are "aggressively" investigating whether or not Americans were among the militants who attacked the mall, a federal law enforcement source told Fox News.” #Fox News

     Personally, with people (who like to kill innocent people) like this, I like to think what’s behind the desire to spill innocent blood.  I don’t feel that it’s completely religious; in fact, I think it’s a cowardly act.  Maybe you feel different from me but it’s my opinion.  Because if the incidence at Kenya Mall is a show of power then that purpose has already been defeated; it’s the work of cowards that go after the weak and the unarmed not the strong.  The only real reason I can think of for the militants’ to storm the Nairobi Mall was to “kill.”  It doesn’t make you strong to kill the weak and unarmed, it makes you murders.  You’ve accomplished nothing more than to create an atmosphere of fear.  The question now is “where will this atmosphere of fear take you?”

     I’m praying for a resolution in which no more lives are lost.  It’s my hope that in the future we can learn to accept our differences, to be tolerant of our religious beliefs, and to live our lives together in peace and harmony in spite of our differences or our beliefs.      I just think that if you have something important to say about your religion or your beliefs you can find better ways to say it other than resorting to such inhuman practices. 

    As always it’s your girl, Lady PJ, and information is power, so be informed.  This blog is my opinion and based on my beliefs.  If you have any comments I would love to hear from you.  Much love to you all. 

If you would like to  know more about the incidence in Kenya please go to the link below at Fox news.

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Philessa Jenkins

Source:

 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/24/kenya-official-says-several-americans-among-mall-attackers/

School Fighting: we need a viable solution now

September 22, 2013

     I’m putting the links below so you can read what incidence I’m referring to and I want to thank Ms. Sally Ericson for putting this information in her blog.  Here is the first link from Ms. Ericson’s blog, please go and read it because it’s a big problem now:  http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/fights_facebook_threats_lead_t.html.

     When I was a little girl, I fought to settle disputes or to defend my friends and I didn’t care who I fought but it was always with my fist and never with a weapon.  It wasn’t right and I knew it but after I fought that person everything went back to normal.  Young adults are doing the same thing but not to settle a dispute, no to become famous on Facebook or YouTube. 

     These fights may be a small problem right now but they’re leading to a huge problem for schools if they can’t find a viable solution, because negative attention is better than no attention at all.  It’s my opinion that the Schools are not handling this problem appropriately.  It doesn’t make since to me to put these young adults in jail; how’s that going to fix the problem?  It’s a band aide solution because we don’t know what’s causing the bleeding. 

     The Schools and the Police Department have just made these young adults criminals and they have nothing else to loose.  What the schools are doing is not fixing the problem but making the situation worst because now these young adults have criminal records; when what they need is counseling (give them someone to talk to about their anger), discipline (put them in sports to help with the aggression), and positive feedback (help to build their self-confidence and self-esteem).  Some of these kids just need to know that somebody believes in them.  Instead of treating them like criminals and sticking a band aide on the problem; let’s get to the root of things and find out why this problem is happening in our schools.

     Here’s another link from Ms. Sally Ericson http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/officers_patrol_williamson_the.html and I found these by doing a simple search on www.break.com and Youtube.com: 

http://www.break.com/video/ugc/scrap-frank-vs-jerry-475869 ,

http://www.break.com/video/after-school-cat-fight-147656 ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ogrU0CbZw, 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkiOERfsaI&feature=endscreen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0PHrb_E_Nk. 

The sad thing is, I can go on and on with these links.  Please America, wake up we need to fix this problem now before more lives are lost or ruined. 

     I’m Lady PJ and information is power.  This blog is my opinion and I would love to know what you think about it and if you have a viable solution for these schools please leave a comment.  Much love to you all and have a blessed day.

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Ms. Philessa Jenkins

Officer related shooting of 24 year old male in North Carolina

9/19/2013

     Any of you heard about the incident that happened on Saturday 9/14/2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina where the police officer Randall Kerrick shot an unarmed 24 year old black male, Jonathan A. Ferrell, ten times? Apparently, Jonathan Ferrell had just wrecked his car and needed some help so he knocked on a nearby strangers’ door.  A white female answered the door and immediately assumed that Mr. Ferrell was breaking into her house; after he knocked.  I’m sorry, “banged on the door.”  She then called 911 and reported a break in at her house.

     The Charlotte Police Department went ahead and charged the officer with voluntary manslaughter and rightfully so.  Listen Mr. Ferrell was unarmed, no gun, no knife, no nothing but shot ten times.  I think the officer should do the right thing; plead guilty, go to jail, thus giving the family closure so they can start to heal. You know you were wrong, Officer Randall Kerrick, now just do the honorable thing.

     Here’s where you’re probably going to disagree with me, “it’s my belief that the 911 caller should be charged with making a false report because she started this whole incident.  Have any of you heard her 911 call?  I heard it and so should you.  You would think that someone is breaking into her house to do her bodily harm.  She opened the door to him but he didn’t push his way in.  Officer Kerrick may have shot the gun but the 911 caller put Mr. Ferrell in the line of fire. 

911 call released by CBS news: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50155292n

     The police department should look at the whole picture then they would see that this incident would never have happened if not for that 911 call.  All she had to do was tell the young man that she was not going to help him and for him to leave her property, then call 911 and report a stranger in her neighborhood.  Dispatch would then send an officer out looking for a young man that might be lost or needing some help but not looking for a burglar.  Because when you think burglar what’s the first thing that comes to mind? ARMED AND DANGEROUS; that’s where I would of went.

     This man didn’t push his way into the house when she opened the door, he didn’t try to break the door down, and he didn’t break a window nor did he threaten bodily harm.  He was in need of help and he went to the door of someone that he thought would help him.

     I'm hoping that justice will be done for Mr. Ferrell and I pray that all who contributed to this incident get their just reward.

     I’m Lady PJ and information is power so be informed.  This blog post is mostly my opinion and I stick by it but I would love to know what you think.  Please leave a comment if you have something to say if not thank you for reading the post.  Much love to you all.

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Philessa H. Jenkins

Here's the link to the CBS news report: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57603722-504083/jonathan-ferrell-death-update-da-wants-state-to-prosecute-nc-cop-who-fatally-shot-ex-fla-a-m-football-player/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsTheEarlyShowLeisure+(CBS+News%3A+The+Early+Show%3A+Leisure)

Yet another shooting in our own backyard!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

     On September 16, 2013 America experienced yet another attack by an American citizen and Navy Veteran, 34 Year old Aaron Alexis.  President Obama ordered all flags, be flown half-staff, until Friday in light of Monday’s shooting.  It happened at the Naval Base San Diego in Washington DC and when the reign of terror was over twelve laid dead and eight others injured. 

     Aaron Alexis was a Navy Reserve Veteran who served his country from 2007 to 2011 and he was presently working as a civilian contractor, The Experts (a Defense Department Subcontractor).

“To find truth you must search within the ruins.”

     I’ve been watching the news and I was thinking, “Another crazy person has decided to play God by taking the lives of innocent people.”  It’s easy to call Aaron Alexis crazy because no sane person would do this.  The question we should all be asking ourselves is “why?” We need to find out the reason for these types of attacks on our country.  It’s time to dig further to find the truth behind the ruins.

     Is it because our mentally unstable people are no longer getting the help they need from the States’ they live in?  Are we closing our eyes and hoping for the best from our mentally ill children that grow up to be mentally unstable adults?  We need a viable solution to this ever growing problem within our society.  If not today, trust me when I say, “There will be a day when we’re forced to deal with this problem because I don’t believe it will just go away on its own.”

     I’m Lady PJ and information is power so be informed.  I would love to know what you think about the problem of mental illness in our society and what you think we can and should do to solve it.

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