I Choose Me!

This post is brought to you by Tamia's Between Friends!

NOTE: THIS POST IS FOR THE LADIES!

I was on my way to work this morning, listening to The Steve Harvey Morning Show (yes it's every morning routine) and Me by Tamia came on. Now this was not my first time hearing the song, but it was my first time listening the song. IT IS SO POWERFUL!!! It's basically about a woman saying, I can no longer put you (a man) before me. The most powerful and profound statement in the song is: "If I have to choose, I choose me!"

No matter how strong we are, we all need a little reminder that no matter how great he is or how much he loves you, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOURSELF! I'm sure we have all been in a relationship/situation where we start doing things that we wouldn't usually do, you step back to assess the situation and realize you've become that "I'll-do-anything-for-my-man-no-matter-how-foolish-I-look" type of woman that you pity and vowed never to become (it's nothing to be ashamed of, it happens to the best of us). But at that moment in time you need/must/have to remember to CHOOSE YOU!

Keep in mind that "choosing you" might mean leaving him! All relationships do not mean forever. But there is a purpose for everything (rememer the old saying "reason, season, or lifetime"). So if you must leave that relationship, make sure you take with you GOD's lesson and remember it always.

Thank you Ms. Tamia for reminding us of our self-worth! And ladies next time you start loosing yourself in your relationship, remember the lyrics of this song:

-verse-
Love was a former owner, but quiet is renting our house
It seizes my lips from speaking, but forms a sarcastic smile
Suspense now raised one of your eyebrowes
You ask me if there's someone elseI replied yes, hell yes
You asked me if it's another man, I say no
You laughed and say is it a woman, I say yeah
Surprisingly you asked me for honey's name

-chorus-
And her name is me,
And she loves me more than you'll ever know
And I finally see that loving you and loving me
Just don't seem to work at all
So patiently, she's waiting on me to tell you
That she needs love
And to choose between you two, boy you know
If I have to choose, I choose me

-verse-
And she told me to tell you to never to hurt me again
Cuz if you haven't heard she's a bad chick
Even though I haven't been, no
Yet and still you try and test me by raisin' an angry hand
Put it down, put it down
I'm leavin don't try and stop me, (no)
I'm late and she is waiting, (yes)
My love for me is too much so I can't stay

-chorus-
And her name is me,
And she loves me more than you'll ever know
And I finally see that loving you and loving me
Just don't seem to work at all
So patiently, she's waiting on me to tell you
That she needs love
And to choose between you two, boy you know
If I have to choose, I choose

Cuz she's actually formin' a threesome
And I'm happy that I can join them, and
There names are me, myself and I

-chorus-
And her name is me,
She's waiting on me to tell you that she needs love,
Gotta choose between you two, and you knowIf
I have to choose,
I choose me, me, I gotta go with me