Typecasting

Today I watched an episode of Meet the Browns and I happen to see Tasha Smith on there and her part on this episode is similar to the one she played in Daddy's Little Girls. I'm thinking to myself how many times is she going to play these type of women that does not trust a man or is a horrible mom. So many others have had to play negative roles even though they are talented to do other things so why do they get stuck playing these parts. I'm not even going to get into the race card or anything like that because I want to make this more personal for those reading this and that is: do you think people put you into certain roles after they have become familiar with you? How much do we show people one way that we are that they put us in a box for the rest of our lives? Are we ready to live with that role for the rest of our lives? Now I know we should not live our lives to please others but we also should not let people put us in a box if we do not put our best foot forward. I think that when we show our real character then people can label us however they want but it should be up to us to give them the options on what they perceive. We need to always bring our A+ game, in public and in the mirror. Word Life!