S3 QOAR Episode 1: A Religious Perspective On The Past & Present

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Happy New Year!!! And Welcome to A New Season of Queens On A Roll! In this Episode I sit down with Pastor Burrison to reflect on how COVID has changed our outlook on the previous years and what we are looking forward to in 2023. So Come Roll With Us!

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Hey, everyone, and welcome back to

Queens On A Roll podcast.

This is Latavia here.

And I have Pastor Derrick Burrison here with me today.

And we're gonna talk about the perception of 2022

because, you know, it's a new year and what

we want coming into the new year of 2023.

And happy New Year, everyone.

I'm so excited to be in a new year with all of you.

Thank you for listening.

Hi, Pastor Burrison.

How are you?

I am great. I'm great. I'm great.

Thank you for allowing us to be

a part of this conversation on today.

So happy to be with you.

Happy New Year to you.

Haven't seen you since last year. (Pastor Burrison laughing)

I know, I know it's been a minute, but

thank you so much for coming on. Yes.

And wanting to share this with everyone.

I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate it.

But before we get into it, I would like

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So, Pastor Burrison, what is your perception of 2022?

What were some of the highs and the lows for you?

Well, 2022 was a great year of really refocusing,

regrouping after being in the heart of a pandemic.

So it gave us a little time to kind of refocus

and to regroup and to prepare for, I believe this, 2023.

Of course, there were disappointments.

Of course there were things that we

didn't really wanna deal with.

But I think it was a great learning period for

us to refocus and say, hey, I've got to pull

myself together and get ready for what's next.

Yeah, I think you're right, because 2020, we had the

pandemic, and then 2021, we were still in the pandemic.

It was a lot of adjusting to something new.

Everybody was so fearful, so scared,

and now it's like, we're getting

back to our regularly scheduled programming. Right.

And so it was daunting to have to go back. Right.

I know.

For me, when I had to go back to work in

the school building, I'm like, oh, boy, I don't wanna

catch COVID I don't wanna be around COVID.

I'd rather be at home.

So it was definitely a shift. I do agree.

2022 was a learning period. Pastor Burrison: Yes Latavia: I would say for me

There was a bunch of highs and a bunch of lows, you know

and actually this past couple of years have been tough.

You know. Pastor Burrison: Absolutely Latavia: You know you kinda have to take the punches and keep on

rolling and keep getting back up and keep going.

And it made us tough.

It really made us tough because of the punches,

as you just mentioned, those punches made us really

stronger than what I think we really believe.

I think that some people did buckle under the punch, but

there were some of us who were very resilient that even

with the punches, we said, hey, I can't stop.

I can't die, I can't give up.

I can't submit to whatever's

going on in the atmosphere.

Matter of fact, I'm an atmosphere changer.

That's kind of the stance that I took.

I'm not going to allow fear to overtake me and I sit

and die in fear, but Imma get up from here.

And if there is a chance to live, I'm gonna do that.

And I think that's the message that

I kind of got from 2022, right?

And I agree with you.

I think that is the message for 2022. Right.

Don't let fear control your life.

I know a lot of people listening to

this shows like that's, easier said than done.

It's tough and it is tough.

A lot of us were kind of fearful

or didn't really wanna go outside.

I know I missed it, but I also was

kind of scared and in the back of my mind.

Like, I don't wanna really gather together with

a lot of people because I don't wanna

catch COVID So how do you suggest that people like

overcome that fear and just persevere through all the

challenges that life may throw at them?

Well, you know, by being a pastor, my answer

to that is, I guess more on the religious

side, or should I say my faith side.

And I guess my faith in God

and the teachings that I'm under.

It kind of gave me that

fortitude to press through the fears.

Of course, all of us had some type of

fear, some type of anxiety for a moment.

But the scripture tells us that God has

not given us the spirit of fear.

That does not mean that we cannot fear or things

will not come to make us afraid, but it just

means that we shouldn't take on fear to the point

where it paralyzes us, where it stops us from moving

or from any type of movement.

And of course, with the anxiety of social gatherings and

different things like that, I just believe that as we

took the precautions that needed to be taken and plus

we became more aware of the different herbs and stuff

that we had gotten away from because everything was fast

food and you know let me do things in a hurry.

So I think once we came back into

the acknowledgment of, okay, you know what, I

need to do things a little more healthier.

And we grasp that.

I think that helped us step out of the fear

factor and recognize that we had the ability through God

to overcome whatever this disease, virus that was going on.

Right, and I agree, I think you need

to have something to believe in, right?

Whether it be God, Allah, the universe, yahweh, something

you need to believe in and hold onto, that

you're gonna make it to the next day.

Right, and what you said is true.

Like, I think also just reflecting back on our previous

years, COVID really gave us a moment to sit down

and really realize what was precious about life, right?

Absolutely.

Sitting and meeting together with people and sitting

down and actually having conversations with people.

Because I think over the years we kind of

separated from that because we have so much technology.

But the previous years before that is like, wow,

the simplest things in life is what matters.

Sitting across from your loved one, having a conversation,

family game night, all that stuff is important.

The hustle and the bustle, like, yes, work is

important, right, but we forget to stop sometimes and

smell the roses and just enjoy the little things.

And then 2022 was like a reintegration, right?

Like, man, we get to experience these things

again, we get to enjoy these things again,

we get to enjoy our family.

And let's not forget, because it

can be gone in an instant. Absolutely.

Life is really that vapor and you can have it

here 1 minute, and the next minute it's gone.

And during the pandemic, like you said, I

miss gathering with my family and friends. You know

we used to gather  you know with some food, we sit down,

we ate, we laugh, we talk, we pray together.

And during the pandemic, it seemed like that

was taken away from us. Latavia: Mhmm Pastor Burrison: and people who

we spent years and days and hours with.

Now I can't reach out to you, I'm afraid to even deal

with you, Latavia: right. Pastor Burrison:  I wanna hug you, I wanna embrace you.

Because we had that love for each other.

But now society and the system tells us we

can't come together, Latavia: Right: Pastor Burrison: we can't be with one another.

Right.

And I think it just made us realize that

as humans, we still enjoy human physical touch. 

Pastor Burrison: Absolutely Latavia: We still enjoy that interaction that is us. Right.

Without that, we really, really miss it. you know Pastor Burrison: Absolutely.

And there's strength, there's unity

when we come together.

There's energy that happens when we

really come together with one accord.

I'm not talking about fighting and things like that.

Well, there's even an energy when

we come together to fight, right.

It could be a spirited discussion. Absolutely.

So I believe also that, that was a trick

of the enemy to even divide us, to overtake

us, Latavia: right Pastor Burrison: because people, that we would come together when

different issues and situations came up and we came

together with one mind and one spirit.

And we prayed on that thing.

Things happened.

And so the enemy didn't like that, right?

So let me separate them.

Let me divide them.

And how I've come to that conclusion is because during

the pandemic, all I did was I watched a lot

of the animal channels and watched how the different animals,

more so the lions would hunt the wildebeest or whatever

prey they were after what they would do.

These animals ran together and they moved together.

But if one animal got away from the

group, that's who the lion would target in

order to overtake and kill them.

And I watched that with the animal kingdom.

I said, how much different is that with the human life?

The enemy separates us so that he could overtake us.

And look at what happened during the pandemic.

We were separated from one another.

Your loved one went into the hospital.

Nobody could go.

So a lot of people died alone. Latavia: Right

And that's unheard of in our community.

Even if you mad at somebody or if there's a

family rivalry going on, if somebody gets sick or somebody

gets into a situation, everybody comes out of the woodwork.

They are there to support, to pray or

whatever, to nurse that person back, to health

And we've seen it many times.

Our loved ones get sick, everybody's at the

hospital around that bed praying until something happened.

They got up, they got better, they came home.

But we didn't see that during this pandemic,

which really hurt us to a certain extent. Latavia: It did

But talking about different perspectives now, right Pastor Burrison: Uh huh, mhmm Latavia: COVID also

allowed us to sit down and really look deep

within ourselves and self reflect about things we wanted

to do Pastor Burrison Absolutely Latavia: when the isolation was over.

And now more and more people are

motivated to go do those things, right? Pastor Burrison: Yes

Because time was taken away.

So it's like now I realize time is short.

Let me get it together.

Let me go accomplish these goals or do things that I've

never done before because I've always wanted to do it.

And I don't wanna be in this situation again

where I've had woulda, shoulda, coulda or regrets, right? Pastor Burrison: Right.

It also gave us the time to self reflect and

say, man, what do we really want out of life?

What are my goals?

What is my vision? Right?

And now that we're out, a lot of us

are going to accomplish it cause a lot of

us have started our own businesses now.

So there is good and bad with everything. Pastor Burrison: Oh yea, Absolutely.

And some people took that time to just love

on themselves and love on their loved ones.

Great if you're using that time for that.

And yes, a lot of people have done that.

Myself as well, have done that.

Looking at things differently now.

And now, even for 2023, there's some things

that I kind of sat on that.

Now I realize, hey, you don't know

how much time you really have, Latavia: right

So now you have to get up.

You have to begin to move forward.

And I like to say this statement.

Even at church, God is in movement.

As long as you're moving, things come together.

All things begin to work together for your good. Latavia: Right.

Things may not work out, but

it comes together for good.

Because when things don't work out, it also teaches

you a lesson on how to now recreate. Right.

There was a quote by one of my favorite actresses.

It was Tamara Mowry from Sister Sister

She says rejection is God's protection. Right. Pastor Burrison: Right.

Latavia: So every time you think you get

rejected, you think it's a setback, right?

But sometimes it could be a setback, because

God, the universe, whoever you believe in, again,

believes that, hey, there's something greater for you.

But you gotta work to do with inside yourself

so that I could elevate you to that next step.

And I always tell people, he can open doors for you,

but you gotta do the work to make sure you

ready to walk through that door when you get there.

That's one of the lessons I learned in 2022, is

you have to be intentional with your actions, right?

Yes.

You have to really put them out

there cause door can open for you.

But you have to be intentional about going to

get it and making sure you're there to receive

it as well Pastor Burrison: Right Latavia: and in a space to receive it right.

A lot of the times we think, oh, the

door opened, I'm gonna walk right in.

But are you ready for the task at hand?

Do you have the skills yet to be ready for that?

Or sometimes when the door closes?

Man, I really wanted that, but I guess it's not for me.

So Imma stop going after it. No.

Maybe it just wasn't your time.

Everything has a time, and everything has a season.

It just wasn't your time.

Doesn't mean that that's not what you should be

going after or what you need to go after.

It just wasn't your time to go get it.

So don't give up, right?

Even if that door closes, don't give up.

The reward is gonna be that much sweeter

because you had to work hard to get it.

And that's what I've been looking at

over the past couple of years.

Even in 2022, it was hard. Right. 

Pastor Burrison: Mhmm Latvia: But 2023 is going to be that season

of all that hard work we put in. Pastor Burrison: Its Coming

We gonna get reward. Pastor Burrison: Yeah.

And another perception is some things, and some people were

moved out of the way so that you can actually

get in in order to perform your skill.

And that's not necessarily always a bad thing. 

Pastor Burrison: Right Latavia: People look at it like I lost friends, I lost family. No

I like to say sometimes you grow apart from people. You know

We don't stay the same.

If we stayed the same, the world will be boring. Right.

Pastor Burrison: Yes Latavia: If we evolve and we didn't change and we didn't adapt.

And I think that's what's so great about human beings.

We can adapt. Right.

It's easier for some than for others, but we can adapt. Pastor Burrison: And

You have to realize, just like we see spaceships,

spaceships are no good without the rocket, but the

rocket does not go into outer space.

At a certain point, that rocket drops off so that you

can go to your next place and your next season.

So it's just like friends and family.

Sometimes they are just there to help boost

you to that position where you can really

soar but they can't soar with you. Right.

I always say it's quality over quantity, right?

Absolutely.

So A lot of people think I have to

have a lot of people around me. But

Who are you surrounding yourself with?

Are they helping you elevate? Right?

cause that's what people are supposed to help you

elevate, help you become the person you want to

be or help you in your endeavors. Right?Pastor Burrison: Right

So it's quality over quantity.

Do you have those good friends that's gonna tell you

what you need to hear versus what you want to hear?

cause sometimes what you need to hear may

not be what you want to hear. Pastor Burrison: Absolutely. Latavia: Right

Pastor Burrison: Those friends need to know you as well, that

they would know how to express truth to you. Latavia: Exactly.

Pastor Burrison: Because sometimes truth can't be raw, Latavia: Right Pastor Burrison: but that comes

with the development of our friendship as well.

Can I really say that?

Or do I need to look within myself on the tone of

how I say what I need to say to you so that

you can receive it and better yourself and not make me mad?

(Latavia Laughing) Right.

To be honest, that's like one of the

things I learned about myself is that I

can give you the raw, honest truth. Right.

But sometimes my delivery may not always be correct.

Right.

It may be too harsh and not

palatable for people to listen to.

And I think that's one of

the lessons I learned in 2022.

That's a great lesson and a lot of

people need to learn that lesson because we

can be raw thinking that we are right.

And you may be right.

And that even brings me to a story in the Bible

where David had sinned with Bashiba and God gave it to

the prophet to let him know that he had sinned, but

he could not walk into the palace of the king and

say, hey, King, you sinned, you're a dirty dog.

He couldn't do that.

Or the king had the authority to cut his head off. Latavia: Right

Pastor Burrison: And that's what happens with us.

A lot of times we feel that we have truth and we

go and we share it raw and then we get cut.

That person cut us with their tongue, give

us a good tongue lashing, cuss us out.

But when you learn how to you know hey, let me

talk to you, I wanna be honest with

you about a certain situation, then that person can you know

look within themselves and say, hey, you know what?

You're right about that.

I didn't really handle that right,

or, I didn't do that right.

Thank you for being my friend and being honest with me.

Now, there are times where you have to be raw. Latavia: Yeah.

And I think I had to learn to

pick and choose Pastor Burrison: Yes Latavia: when to be raw right.

cause I think what I associated the rawness

with is like, well, if I'm sugar coating

it, then I'm not being honest.

So because you have to be diplomatic

does not mean that you're sugar coating. Right.

And that's what I had to learn to.

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What do you think you learned in 2022?

I'd say the same.

I learned how to turn my fears into a positive

energy that would make me not sit back and think

that things are gonna drop in my lap.

But it made me get up now and begin

to put some things together, to organize some things.

cause sometimes we're moving and going, but you know we

come out looking like we're together, but on

the inside, everything is in a disarray.

So 22 helped me organize some things, first mentally

and then physically, and also being better with time,

trying not to do everything last minute.

Everything is sporadic.

I'm getting away from that. Yeah.

cause I think it's important to remember

everything is still a work in progress. Right. Pastor Burrison: Right

Latavia: You may realize things about yourself, but

you still gotta work on them. Pastor Burrison: Absolutely.

And so I'm looking at things in life like

that more, and 22 helped me do that.

Let's be on time.

Let's organize that's key.

Because where there's order, there's expansion,

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and we don't think about it.

But McDonald's has expanded because

there's order to it.

They're not haphazardly making a menu.

Latavia: That is true.

Pastor Burrison: The menu is the same everywhere.

The process is the same everywhere.

And when you have that process and everybody's on

the same page with the process and not being

afraid to drop the people who are not with

the process, then your stuff will expand. Right.

But it's when we drop something

over here, it's not in order.

You go and, the place looks disheveled.

You don't want to go there. Latavia: You're right.

is that one of the things

you taking with you in 2023? Pastor Burrison: Absolutely.

Organize your mess.

Latavia: I'll take it.

What else are you taking with you in 2023? Pastor Burrison: Do it.

Don't be afraid to do it.

And don't be afraid to fail or

what we consider failing, cause some things

we consider failing is really not failing.

It's just a lesson learned.

That's a nice way of looking at it.

And one thing that the lord gave me was to

stop looking at everything as a trial and tribulation and

begin to look at your life as an adventure. Latavia: OOOO

Pastor Burrison: Begin to look at things as an adventure as opposed to

a trial and you know a test and a hardship you'll enjoy whatever

comes your way in the next years to come.

If not, you'll be miserable because you'll feel like

you didn't accomplish this, you didn't do that.

And on an adventure, you experience

a little bit of everything.

But everything may not be your

assignment or your God given task. Latavia: Right.

See that's why perception is everything, cause I tend to

and when things get tough, it's a trial.

It's tribulation.

But if I look at it as an

adventure, adventures comes with highs and lows. Right.

I think I'm taking that perspective with me in 2023.

Absolutely.

Look at it this way.

Because you can bake a cake doesn't

mean that you are a baker. Latavia: That is true.

But you do well when you do bake.

But it doesn't mean that you are

supposed to now open up a bakery.

That's where we miss things.

We don't know how to enjoy the moment of something.

God allowed me to do well in this

moment, but that does not mean that now

this is supposed to become a lifetime assignment.

I've caused you to experience a little bit of this.

I've caused you to experience a little bit of that.

You're headed towards what your

ultimate destiny in life is.

But on the journey, I'm gonna

allow you to experience these things.

But don't get so connected until it now

paralyzes you, because you feel like, I did

not accomplish this to the fullest.

No, I was only supposed to

experience a little bit of this.

I think that's because when you experience the thing,

it builds a little bit of your character.

It may shape you in some way.

That experience may change your thought process

or may change your overall outlook. Pastor Burrison: True

Latavia: So I think you are supposed to experience

things, whether that's supposed to be your God

given talent, that experience is gonna set

you up for something in the future.

So that is a good way to look at it.

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What is your vision for 2023?

One of my goals is I think I want to move Latavia:Ooo moving! Alright.

Where Too?

Pastor Burrison: I wanna move in the Southland, but I just wanna

make sure that is what I'm supposed to do.

But that's my desire.

A lot of my ministry work is in

the south, so that's one of my goals.

I'm really trying to see you know where that would

take me, where I can go with that. Latavia: Alright.

I think one of my goals, to get my driver's license, and

I actually want to go back to school for my PhD.

So those are my goals for 2023.

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So we're at the end of our episode, and usually

at the end of my episode, I like to ask my

guest, what is one quote that you live by?

It is time for the quote of the episode.

So, Pastor Burrison, what is one

quote that you live by?

All things are working together, even though they

may not work out Latavia: OOO that is deep. Okay. Pastor Burrison: Yes.

Everything is working together for my good,

even though it may not work out.

And I think that we lose it because we have a

lot of times where things don't work out, and so we

think that, oh, maybe I shouldn't have done that.

Maybe I shouldn't have, no it didn't work

out, but it's still working together to help

you get to where you gonna be. Yeah.

And I think that sums up this whole episode, cause

it was talking about previous years in 2020 and 2021

didn't work out, I would say, for just about anybody.

Right.

But it all came together in 2022, and it gave us

some good things, and 2023 is gonna give us some

even more good things because we did all the hard work

in 2022, so we just gotta keep working in it.

Absolutely.

So thank you so much for coming on. Pastor Burrison: Thank you, Thank you

I greatly appreciate it.

This was a great, great conversation. Yes.

We definitely have to do it again.

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