The Blessing of Adversity

In America, race wasn’t something people discovered — it was something people built, starting in the 1600s. Law by law, year after year, the idea of “race” was constructed to separate people, control people, and justify who got access to what.

Those in power had a problem: they needed to stabilize an economy that depended heavily on forced labor. The biggest threat to that system was unity — the possibility that poor Europeans, free Black people, and enslaved Africans might band together.

So colonial lawmakers got to work. They began creating race as a set of legal categories that determined who could own land, testify in court, marry whom, be enslaved, and whose children inherited freedom.

It was undeniably true, however, that the Black race was the linchpin that enabled racial categorization to work, as skin melanin was the most obvious marker. Not only this, but enslaved Africans were Black and were the economic force that generated the wealth of that era. Soon, Black people, regardless of status, became a focal point for sordid projections — all to maintain the status quo.

Despite the categorizing of human beings by American elites, something more important was occurring, invisible to the untutored eye. Black people soon understood that living in America meant living in a hostile environment. Although other races lived under essentially the same conditions, they were led to believe that their skin melanin made them superior.

Black people were far more intelligent than the projections cast upon them, but others still believed those projections perpetrated by the people in charge. Black people from Africa, as well as those native to America, accepted the wide net of inferiority cast over them. Even Indigenous people accepted the projection, enabling their fellow Black citizens to be subjugated without resistance. There was a cliché once adopted in the Black community: “If you’re white, you’re right; if you’re yellow, you’re mellow; if you’re brown, stick around; but if you’re black, get back.”

Because of America’s wealth — sustained, I might add, by Black labor — America became incredibly wealthy. The projection of Black inferiority was accepted across the entire planet. Nonetheless, something was still happening that not everyone could see. After a certain period, however, those who were exposed to an environment so incredibly hostile began to understand things unnoticed by those in power.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade was the icing on the cake. Many years of inhumane servitude gave those subjected to it the ability to use natural mechanisms to endure such harsh treatment. They were endowed with the natural mental capacity to transform physical stress into a catalyst for exploring mental dimensions — contrary to popular belief. Some were entirely unaware of their own gifts; thus, they accepted their suffering as punishment from God, having been inundated with projections difficult to deny.

I would like to believe it is God — or perhaps God and nature are one and the same. Nevertheless, after observing our environment for more than eighty years, I am totally convinced that there are great blessings derived from adversity. So much so that I am led to believe adversity itself is a blessing from God. It provides us with the ability to see beyond the physical realm. If one can understand this, they will welcome adversity for a season, for it grants the wisdom to navigate our physical world effortlessly, beyond our natural senses. The mental dimension is incredibly controlling. It possesses unmitigated power to stealthily control the physical world in which we live.

Is it all about energy? All nations go to great lengths to obtain it. The entire planet understands that without it, nothing could exist. Wise people know that too much of it can destroy our physical world. Still, some are so bereft of wisdom that they are willing to use it to destroy the entire Earth for an earthly emotion — exclusively, if allowed. These are the same people who fear allowing other nations to acquire it, even though they alone have been foolish enough to use it destructively.

People who do not know adversity are not wise enough to understand that adversity strengthens one’s mentality and spirit. Those who have endured it understand that they possess the ability to persist, no matter how intense adversity may become. They are not willing to destroy an entire civilization, including their own, because of a maladjusted emotion. Knowing that even such destruction may occur, they will continue to exist. They are “smarter than the average bear.”Has someone “spilled the beans”? America is now observing a class of very wealthy people attempting to control all narratives. They are supplanting wealth for God!

People not endowed with excessively large bank rolls are beginning to see that their conditions are the same, if not worse, as those that have been denied freedom, justice, inherited wealth, and status for eons. They, too, are now being viewed same as people that have been projected as losers for many centuries. Many are losing their jobs, businesses, and even the ability to supply food for their families. Some are awakening to find that they have been fooled all along. They once believed that if everything else failed, that they could still rely upon their race to sustain them.

Now the reach for wealth by the wealthy is too deep, and too wide. There are far too many people with their definition for them all to advance. Now they are being categorized within their own race, and some of these categories place them in a worse position than others believed to be less privileged. Some are now screaming that unless you are very wealthy, people of all colors, races, nationalities, religions, and sexual orientations will be better off if they stick together. If not, they will certainly hang alone.

People that have been blessed with having to endure adversity for a season or two, will be better equipped to handle a hostile financial environment. Strange as it may seem some, however, because of the melanin in their skin, or them condoning the belief that they were among the privileged, will find it more difficult to navigate economic downturns. They will not be completely convinced of their innate ability to navigate other dimensions other than the physical realm. Regardless of one’s skin color, if they have experienced adversity, they will be more equipped to persevere, as they too will be able to transition between the physical and mental dimensions that will enable them to succeed regardless of all circumstances.

Contrary to popular belief adversity is natures blessing to humanity!