The Vents of Sammy Brent

There’s plenty of ways to respond to bad news.  I think we’ve all been there and were forced to live w/ the regret of responding inappropriately or stand proud for responding the right way!!!

This is one of those times when responding inappropriately LOOKED SO GOOD!!!

My finally doomed G4...well at least the screen is history!!!

The above photo is a picture of my DAMAGED vintage ibook G4 (yeah, it’s old & they were not calling them Macbooks when I got it)!

My eight year old son decided to carry my opened notebook by grabbing the top corners of the screen.  Oh, did I mention it was in the presence of my closest & dearest loved-one who will remain nameless?  Needless to say, it dropped from his little filthy hands landing on the carpet, sources say.

Now, I was informed of the incident three-plus hours afterwards and after I opened the computer to see, once again, the above pic (note to the audience: always provide an explanation immediately after a catastrophe…never let the victim learn they’re a victim on their own)!

In that moment, I wanted to lose it (key words: WANTED TO).  Instead of entertaining any of my “quite often used” options, I sat down on the couch, and started to watch a movie I had DVR’d earlier…just so happens to be one that the aforementioned “nameless” family member and I enjoy watching together!!!

For some reason, with all of the options going on in my head, a question took forefront.  And the question was this: Is it really worth it?  The attitude and silent treatment that I’d normally stink up the house with…sucking my teeth every time Myles comes in the room all because he’s ONCE AGAIN, broken one of my toys.  Is it all worth it?

After the movie started and I got to one of the early & HILARIOUS scenes, I started to reassess the damage.  I paused the movie and felt my blood pressure start to increase again.  Then, as if I was talking to someone else in the room, I told myself (albeit in my Daddy’s voice) BOY, IT’S A COMPUTER!!!  Stop worrying ‘bout this thing & get a grip, NEGRO…because CLEARLY Myles didn’t have a good one!” LOL

I believe that sometimes no response is the godly response.  The Scriptures speak on more than one occasion of not allowing our things to have us.  Jesus spent “all day” talking about how our attitudes should be during his famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5 & 6).

Right responses are not at all easy ones and in my case too few to be the norm.  The goal is to have the “proper” response ongoing…even if it’s just breathing!!!