A new song...

You can tell a lot about a person by what they write. Writing is much more an expression from the heart than anything you could ever speak verbally of. Today I was scanning through my previous entries since I started my blog and I realized that all of my posts have the same underlining issues. No matter what the topic was and how they differed it still felt as if I was reading the same story over and over and over and over and over ANNNND OVER. As I continued to read, the words began to all run together and it became clear to me that all it meant was, “You just haven’t done shit yet!” Dancing to the same old sad song, marching to whatever beat that is thrown your way! Starting, quitting, crying, fast, slow, too much, too little, not enough, frustrated, sick, lonely, bored, achieve or not to achieve, no, yes, maybe, today, tomorrow, never, who, why, when, what, where, unsure but certain, lost and found, the light is on but its dim and the list can go on. Surely there isn’t a life without trials and hardship but the great thing about it is that that’s not all there is to life. The cd has been playing but I’ve been stuck on one song. It reminds me of the elephant that I wrote about the other day. Over time he grows stronger and more capable than before to break away but because he has been programmed to stay within the given perimeters, he never tries to escape. Life is truly what you make it. What happens and more importantly, what doesn’t happen is totally up to you. God has equipped us with the tools essential for the “life more abundantly” that is talked about in the bible and not only talked about but PROMISED. However, the promise is conditional. We must hold true to what is asked of us first. James 2:14-26 says, “Faith without works is dead.” this basically means that if you do not put in the work, effort, time and strength to achieve whatever it is that you want it will never happen.. Your belief alone is practically a waste. Faith +deeds= success. It’s time to move on. So what this happened, that hurt you, he left you and she lied. Its life, deal with the pain, get through it and move on. Easier said than done but its possible. Wear the scars as a reminder of how strong you are. A scar just means that once upon a time there was a wound but over time it healed...This reminds me of the men I like. I love to see a confident man with a scar physical or internal. It tells me that he has a story but is strong enough to move through life as if he owns it. It excites me and keeps me interested. It shows me that he is able and willing to handle whatever comes his way. I want people as well as myself to see the same strength in me. The strength to dance to a new song.

One Moment at a time...

Every single moment you spend on this earth is a moment you can make a positive change. It only takes a moment to turn a frown to a smile, to turn a negative thought to a positive thought, and to transform a sense of giving up to a sense of determination. after awhile, all of your moments become one big powerful change. You are the director of your destiny, and you can make it happen one small moment at a time. Keep this in mind as you face hurdles. Remain mindful of your moment-to-moment power......

A way of escape...

Do you know how elephants are trained? a young elephant is tied by the foot to a rope which is atatched to a stake in the ground. After it tries unsuccessfully to dislodge the stake, the elephant accepts that it must stay within the circumference inscribed by the rope to which it is tethered. The animal gives up its efforts to move out of this circle. As the elephant grows larger and stronger it becomes quite capable of uprooting the stake but because it has long since accepted that it is impossible to free itself, it doesn't even try to escape. The elephant is bound not by a physical object but by an illusion. It is limited not by an outside source but by a memory. How many of us are still bound by illusions? Trying to fight our way through barriers that only exist in our minds. Is there a way to escape this illusion? What have you accepted as "truth"? Are the walls you have built to protect yourself from being hurt and disappointed the same walls that have imprisoned you and kept you from experiencing the joy that life has to offer? The illusion of safety at the expense of being fully alive, blaming your past for the mediocre life that you live. We may not have had much control over some things that have happened in our lives ;however, we do have control over how we allow those things to affect us. Steppingstone or Stumbling block, A path to freedom or years of bondage- the choice is yours. Life is beautiful, a gift given to us by God, when I think of all of the time I've wasted waddling in pity and excuses I just want to fall to my knees asking for forgiveness for the things ive taken for granted and for the ignorance I've shown regarding the depth of life. I look forward to what life has to offer. I move on from this phase of life embracing everything that has contributed to the strong, beautiful, loving woman who has found a way of escape......

Cause...Not effect

One of the greatest tragedies of our culture is that we give our power away daily. We believe that there are forces in the outer world that control our fate, while the abiding truth of our life is that we create our own destiny. We Choose other people as objects of romance and credit them with making us happy, and then when they leave we blame them for hurting us. We recieve a check in the mail and we feel abundant; the next day we receive an unexpected bill and we become upset. The sun shines and we feel elated, and then the rain comes and we are depressed. We act as if our happiness or misfortune is dealt to us by any hand except our own. Could such capricious tides be the rulers of our destiny? We are children of a creative God, choosing and chosen to be here to act as cause, not react as effect. Surely we have a greater purpose than to bob helplessly on whimsical waves of circumstances. Although the world would have us believe that we are powerless, there is a strength inside of us that does not depend on other people, the economy, or climatic conditions. Our stength comes from a source deep within ourselves.....