DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (If Madea ever had got over a depression ... )

Now, I can plan and remember stuff

I can do a bunch of stuff at once,

I go to sleep when I lie down

I get hungry and eat a lot

I like music and dancin again

I like to sit on my porch, and watch the fireflies and smell the breeze

I can stand it when someone gets mad with me

I can talk without losing track of my words

I can work hard

I can do my work in order

I can decide what color to paint the livin room

I can take a leap of faith

I've got hope and energy 

I sing in church like there's no tomorrow

I'm not worried

I can take it when things don't turn out

I don't have to sit down every five minutes

I can keep going

I wake up after 7 hours, and don't have to sleep 10 or 12

When I get hungry, I eat

When I get thirsty, I drink

I do most of my jobs every day

Time just flies by because so much is happening

I remember to get everything at the store

I'm getting things done more ev'ry day

My house is scrubbed and redded up

I water the plants and they're perky

I feel like I have something to look forward to

I can take care of myself and the neighbors too

I laugh at people's jokes

I cry when someone else does

I don't lie around and set around all the time

If you ask me ahead of time to do something, I'll agree to it

I don’t have to  make excuses all the time and be embarrassed

I don't stop people at the door, but invite them on in

I don’t say, “if people only knew how bad my life is"

It's so good to have energy and be out with people again

I don't lie in bed in the daytime no more

The “dark cloud” went away

I don’t have any weights on my arms and legs

I can hear bad news with no panic

I'm not so overwhelmed and thinking everything is hard 

If there's a job to be done, or a need, why, I just get up and do it

And if I don't want to do it, I've got a pretty ___ good reason!