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AsianGoddess
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One of my favorite movies is Joy La Club! Being female and an Asian, I can relate to the story personally. I see myself in the lives of the characters and I see my family's struggles and triumphs as well. In the movie and the book, there was a line that always bothered me and struck a cord at the same time. "Know your worth! Remember that I was your father's first wife, his only wife!" Why would I now anything about that? I struggle with low self-esteem and low self-confidence. Until a few days ago, I did not know what those words would mean to me or why they would be significant. Back in the slavery days, African men, women and children were sold on a platform, stripped sometimes and bartered like animals. They were sold like cattle and they were treated like with as much value as a piece of property would be. Horrible practice and a great injustice to humanity and yet it was not so long ago that this was perfectly acceptable and even Biblical. I could almost imagine someone yelling, "this is worth $50.00, that is worth $100." And so on and so forth. Tragically, many family were separated, mothers from their children, fathers from their wives. Many never saw each other again. I hope this never happens again. It is wrong and evil, we are all created equal. (Now, if I can just get other people to see that we are equal human beings that should enjoy the same human rights whether we are straight or GLBT, but that's another post.) Anyway, I regress. I closed my mind and I pictured myself on that platform. And then I heard the question, "what is your worth?" And in that moment, I started to understand the importance and the significance of "knowing my worth!" How much am I worth? I'm priceless! I'm irreplaceable and there can be no replica of me. Now, I know my worth and I will appreciate and contemplate that realization. |
