Tyler Perry

My life comes in my life in a category of a tree. Some people are leaves. They come in your life. They're there for a moment. They're there for a minute. They're just there. They're going to give you a little shade, do whatever they need to. But when the seasons change or the winds blow too hard, they can't handle it. So they're out. You can't be mad at leaf people. Leaf people are who they are.

My life comes in my life in a category of a tree. Some people are leaves. They come in your life. They're there for a moment. They're there for a minute. They're just there. They're going to give you a little shade, do whatever they need to. But when the seasons change or the winds blow too hard, they can't handle it. So they're out. You can't be mad at leaf people. Leaf people are who they are.

Let them be leaf people. Don't be mad at them because they're a leaf. Then there are people who are branches who are a little bit stronger. You can rely on them to be there through seasons. But if you step out on them too far, they may break and leave you high and dry. So you don't know how much you can trust the branch until they've grown with you for a while.

Let them be leaf people. Don't be mad at them because they're a leaf. Then there are people who are branches who are a little bit stronger. You can rely on them to be there through seasons. But if you step out on them too far, they may break and leave you high and dry. So you don't know how much you can trust the branch until they've grown with you for a while.

But then there are roots at the bottom of the tree. And if you find people who are like the roots, they're not trying to be seen. They don't need anybody to know they're there. They're just trying to give you what you need to hold you up. And a tree can have way many more leaves and branches than it have roots. So if you have a few roots in your life, you've done really well.

But then there are roots at the bottom of the tree. And if you find people who are like the roots, they're not trying to be seen. They don't need anybody to know they're there. They're just trying to give you what you need to hold you up. And a tree can have way many more leaves and branches than it have roots. So if you have a few roots in your life, you've done really well.

And I've been very, very fortunate. God has blessed me with a good handful of roots to hold me up, to hold me accountable, to keep my feet to the fire and to pray for me.

And I've been very, very fortunate. God has blessed me with a good handful of roots to hold me up, to hold me accountable, to keep my feet to the fire and to pray for me.

A little bit of both.

A little bit of both.

A little bit of both.

For me, it was the opposite. I wanted to be smaller. I would always slouch and didn't want to be seen. You want to be invisible.

For me, it was the opposite. I wanted to be smaller. I would always slouch and didn't want to be seen. You want to be invisible.

For me, it was the opposite. I wanted to be smaller. I would always slouch and didn't want to be seen. You want to be invisible.

No, because the strong men for me in my life weren't good men. So I wanted to be the opposite. And being tall and being big, I was always at the end of the line and always don't hit him back. And this is my cousin who was smaller than me and he would bully me. And his mother would say, you can't hit him back. You're too big to hit him back. Just don't hit him back. Just you're too big.

No, because the strong men for me in my life weren't good men. So I wanted to be the opposite. And being tall and being big, I was always at the end of the line and always don't hit him back. And this is my cousin who was smaller than me and he would bully me. And his mother would say, you can't hit him back. You're too big to hit him back. Just don't hit him back. Just you're too big.

No, because the strong men for me in my life weren't good men. So I wanted to be the opposite. And being tall and being big, I was always at the end of the line and always don't hit him back. And this is my cousin who was smaller than me and he would bully me. And his mother would say, you can't hit him back. You're too big to hit him back. Just don't hit him back. Just you're too big.

You just got to take it. Yeah, just got to take it. And then one day I lost it and hung him on the clothesline in the backyard.

You just got to take it. Yeah, just got to take it. And then one day I lost it and hung him on the clothesline in the backyard.

You just got to take it. Yeah, just got to take it. And then one day I lost it and hung him on the clothesline in the backyard.