Doing what's right is not always popular: Congrats to Oscar Winner Monique!

Congratulations to Oscar winner Monique!  I am so elated for her!  She has now joined the ranks of Hollywood's elite A-list actors and actresses.  On a more personal note, she has also joined the very few black actors and actresses that have been given this prestigious award.  It was so good to see her hard work pay off and see that passion and talent overrides seniority and politics.  One thing that she said during her speech stuck out to me and to a lot of you I'm sure.  She thanked her husband for supporting her and said "thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forgo doing what’s popular in order to do what’s right."  For it to be her first oscar nomination and win, her speech and poise was reflective of a veteran.  Take a look for yourself:



That was beautiful!  On a sadder note though, everyone will not always be happy for you.  Take a look at the "supportive" (insert sarcasm here) Samuel Jackson right after her speech: 



Whatever his reasoning for that "look", it was everything but tasteful.  Just another reminder that everyone will not always be happy for you, but that should not and won't stop you from fulfilling the things that have already been written as a part of your destiny!

Until next time...keep the forward movement...