Set Healthy Boundaries

Surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you.

If someone is negative toward you,and it doesn’t really impact you, just let it go. Let them – and their negative behavior – just walk away, and get on with your day. Give up the need to win.

When someone has a negative influence over any aspect of your life, you’re giving them power over you — and that can hold you back.

Instead, establish healthy boundaries with the people around you — and assume responsibility for your emotions, not theirs.

Establish healthy boundaries by identifying your stressors. The first step to establishing healthy boundaries is to identify the areas in your life that cause stress. What situations or relationships monopolize your thoughts or keep you up late at night worrying? What areas of your life are you spending more time and energy than you would like?

The word “boundary” can be a bit misleading. It conveys the idea of keeping yourself separate. But boundaries are actually connecting points since they provide healthy rules for navigating relationships, intimate or professional.

Believe What You Pray For

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34)

Believing in your prayer takes the emphasis off the prayer itself and puts it all on God. The focus is all about God and His faithfulness.

In the Bible we are taught to not only rely on prayer alone but to rely on Him. Your faith and belief must be in your heart before the prayer comes out of your mouth.

When crisis strikes, bad things happen, or we want something, our first instinct should be to lift it up in prayer. For some of us, our answers come quickly, and God either tells us yes, no, or wait.

Other times, the answer is unclear, so we wait. And wait. And wait. And during this waiting, we begin to lose faith. Did God hear me? Has he forgotten about me?

He does hear you and will never forget or forsake you. He may be teaching you a lesson on patience or may even be reminding you that you must believe in what you are praying for.

Maybe He wants you to set your worldly desires aside and be humbled. Romans 8:28 which says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”

Everything happens for a reason. It is our job to believe that God will deliver us from our situation and bring us out stronger on the other side.

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People’s issues… We all have to deal with them.

It’s not helpful to try to solve other people’s problems because nagging and giving unwanted advice leads to more stress, conflict, and negatively impacts relationships.

When we try to fix, change, or rescue, we assume that we know what’s best. We take on an air of superiority and can act condescending.

We tend to think that other people’s problems that affect us are ours to solve. This false belief leads us down a futile path of trying to control things that aren’t in our control.

For example, just because you’re affected by your spouse’s unemployment or your teenager’s smoking, doesn’t mean these are problems you can solve.

You can’t get a job for your spouse nor can you make your child quit smoking.

However, if your spouse’s unemployment has left you in debt and feeling anxious, stressed out, or angry, those are problems you can do something about.

Building A Great Team

It takes outstanding leadership to build great teams, and winning teams are developed under leaders who can flex and bend their own personalities around each team member’s needs.

Team building is both an art and a science, and the leader who can consistently build high performance teams is worth their weight in gold. When you manage each team member individually, you maximize their strengths and learn how to fill in for their weaker areas.

This is what true support is all about. Supported teams are successful teams. Leaders are only as successful as their teams, and the great ones know that with the right team dynamics, decisions, and diverse personalities, everyone wins.

Inspiration

Inspiration comes from within ourselves and from others. We have to be positive. When we’re positive, good things happen. And it never hurt to pray for inspiration.

Don’t let the darkness of your past cover the brightness of your future, it’s not everybody that laugh with you loves you and care for your life.

You had been hurt many times, disgraced, harassed, dumped, lied to, deserted because you tell them the truth.

You had been embarrassed, disregarded, disowned, forgotten, deceived by a friend or relative.

You had been sent out by the landlord and you had many more storms, you still have a chance, your heart is not a dust bin to drop all the worries in your life in.

Over thinking can’t solve the problems, better days are coming so stop looking back, where you want to be, you will surely get there.

The mistakes you made and never learn from it, it’s a waste, learn from your mistake and never repeat them.

It’s not easy at all to leave those habits behind. But still try your best to forget the fact that they will laugh at you and mistreat you.

Experience catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other, Jesus himself forgave those who beat Him and crucified Him to save mankind from our iniquities.

What they did to you was painful, but you need to forgive them, they are all helping you to your destination, even your family and friends may even turn against you for no good reason.

If you don’t go after what you want, you will never get it, you must pursue it until you get it, keep pushing.

Our tough time of struggling will not last but tough people (we) will.

Faith And Trust

 Faith is believing that God is who God says He is. Trust takes things a step further. It is making the willful choice to trust that God will do what He promised.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Praying without faith is like going to the airport and getting on the wrong plane, you are heading somewhere, but not to what is desirable.

Prayer, ultimately comes from faith, and is intended to bring us closer to God, who strengthens our faith.

When confronted with a problem that feels daunting or overwhelming, most people first instinct is almost always is to run away from the problem instead of facing the situation head on.

When experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome, we face anxiety.

Sometimes we start feeling like a victim, and if we can convince ourselves that our nervousness and worry is too strong, then we can successfully excuse ourselves from doing anything that pushes us out of our comfort zone.

We gotta have faith and trust that God will bring us through whatever trial and tribulations we are going through. God is able and He is in control.

Heal What Hurt You

If we don’t work hard to tame and heal our demons, we will take out our anger, fear, and hurt on someone who most likely didn’t originally cause the pain.

Sometimes the ones who want to help us heal the most are the ones who bear the brunt of our hurt.

It is completely necessary that in order to not become the person that hurt you, you have to be completely honest with yourself.

Know what you are capable of and accepting the fact that it is completely OK to not be and to take time to grow yourself before trying to add water in someone else’s garden.

When Life Gets Stressful

Do you ever feel like you are juggling hundreds of things at once with no time to just stop and take a breath?

You may have busy seasons in life where you feel like you are going at hyper-speed merely in order to survive.

During those hectic times, it is crucial that you take a moment to breathe and slow down.

It can be difficult to slow down when life gets stressful, because your brain is always focused on the next big thing.

However, it is crucial for your health and sanity whenever life gets stressful and you are feeling overwhelmed, just close your eyes and take a deep breath (or two or three), pray or meditate.

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress, and tension. 

Use these deep breaths as a signal, telling your body and mind that it is time to reset and focus on the positives. Incorporate deep breaths in your day between tasks or just whenever you need a quick break.

Be creative and come up with ways to live a stress-free life.

A Peace Of Mind

I use to wanna protect my name in situations, nowadays I just want to protect my peace.

I let whoever thinks whatever.

There is no greater wealth on earth than a peace of mind. To be at peace with ourself is to accept ourself with all our limitations, frailties, and insecurities.

But it also entails rising above the petty boundaries of animosities, prejudices, and trying to be happy with what we have. 

We will always have both critics and admirers. We should do what we feel is right and not worry about what others think or say about us.

How people treat us is their karma, how we react to is ours.

A Man Who Doesn’t Cheat On His Wife

A man said: My wife was sleeping next to me. And suddenly I got a notification from facebook, some girl requested to add me. So I thought let me see who it is…

I accepted her friend request and I sent her a message asking: “WHO IS THIS?”

She replied : I AM SO AND SO, I HEARD YOU GOT MARRIED, BUT I STILL MISS YOU.

(It was a friend from the past. She was a beautiful girl.)

I closed the chat to make sure my wife was sleeping.

I looked at her, she was sleeping deeply after her exhausting day from working around the house.

As I stared at her, I started to think –

How does she feel so safe that she can sleep so comfortably in a completely new home.

She is far from home, where she use to spend 24 years surrounded by her family.

When she became angry or sad, her mother was there for her so she could cry on her lap. Her sister or brother cracked jokes and made her laugh. Her father would come home and bring her all the things she liked.

All these thoughts came to my mind, so I picked up the phone and pressed “BLOCK”.

I turned to face her and slept next to her. Because I Am A Man. A Man Who Doesn’t Cheat On His Wife And Doesn’t Break Up A Family. ❤️

Trust

Trust allows partners and family and friends to experience emotional and commitment safety. It opens the door for a deeper connection and gives them the motivation to endure the hard times they will face. 

Someone once told me that you could not have a relationship without trust, and they were absolutely right. At least not a healthy one, because trust is embedded in every fiber of a relationship.

All relationships not just romantic ones…

To better understand trust, we need to reflect on the opposite—betrayal. Often betrayal is thought of as this huge event that shakes the relationship to its core. Betrayal can be obvious, loud, and big. It can also be subtle, discrete and ongoing, eroding the relationship over time. 

The essence of building trust is attunement—being aware of your family, friend, or partner’s emotion and leaning towards it with genuine curiosity. It includes listening empathically to understand your partner or family or friend while creating space for conflicting perspectives and engaging non-defensively.

This World Is Doing Too Much

Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the magnitude of what is swirling around me.

I am grateful for family, friends, home, and the fact that even though I’m dealing with a few health issues – I’m still blessed. Feeling revitalized as I am adjusting to and figuring out ‘retirement life’. All good stuff.

Elsewhere in the world… not so good stuff. Cancer and diseases, increase crime, off the scale racism and hatred, climate change, people and animals being abused, wars, right is wrong and wrong is right, and addiction of monumental proportions sucking the life out of those in its clutches. A ball of confusion in a topsy turvy world.

Nowadays I pray, meditate, exercise, write on my blog, cook, binge watch TV shows and movies, spend time in nature from my back porch, hang out with kindred spirits, cry when needed, laugh a lot, read, volunteer at times (my way of giving back), go on mini road trips, and express my gratitude.

I Am A Capricorn

All Capricorns are not the same. Get to know us before you judge us. Although we may share similar traits – it is truly nature vs nurture – why some Capricorns are as different as day and night. 😉

Capricorn (♑) is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac out of twelve total zodiac signs, originating from the constellation of Capricornus, the horned goat.

It spans the 270–300th degree of the zodiac, corresponding to celestial longitude.

Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this area from about December 21 to January 21 (most astrologists says Dec 22 – Jan 19) the following year, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun transits the constellation of Capricorn from approximately January 16 to February 16.

In astrology, Capricorn is considered an earth sign, negative sign, and one of the four cardinal signs. Capricorn is said to be ruled by the planet Saturn.

#TeamCapricorn

Capricorn Zodiac Sign Traits

  • Good Day: Loyal, family-minded, hardworking, devoted, honest, fearless
  • Bad Day: Pessimistic, unforgiving, cold, materialistic, snobbish, hopeless
  • Favorite Things: Business cards, goals, official titles, being in charge, exclusive clubs, “leg sports” like soccer or track, motorcycles, leather
  • What You Hate: Quitting, shouting in public, careless mistakes, traveling without an itinerary, doing things “just for the heck of it”
  • Secret Wish: To have every need taken care of
  • How to Spot Them: Distinctive jaw, strong teeth, wise look in the eyes
  • Where You’ll Find Them: Enjoying quality time with the family, working obsessively on a large-scale project, running for Senior Vice President of the company, directing a full-length feature film
  • Keywords for Capricorn: Ambition, Structure, Goals, Long-Term Plans, Prestige, Public Image/Acclaim

Capricorns may get a reputation as stubborn, but they simply know what they want, and also know how they wish other people would behave.

Natural rule-followers, Capricorns thrive on order and love strict rules, hierarchies, and set ways to do things. Can a Capricorn sign think outside the box? Yes, they can, but they prefer when they have strict boundaries to constrain against—free reign can make them feel paralyzed by choice.

Capricorns believe presentation is everything, and their homes are usually Insta-worthy. A Capricorn sometimes is overly focused on what things look like, instead of how things feel, which could cause them to feel stifled and unhappy.

Capricorn needs to find a firm sense of self beyond how others perceive them, and recognize that racking up achievements is only one small part of their personality.

Capricorn signs are loyal friends, and have a funny and sly sense of humor when you get to know them—it is fun drawing them out of their shells.

In love, Capricorn is a true partner, who is laser-focused on helping their partner find success and happiness. A Capricorn will dive into a relationship like a job, and believes that hard work can help make a bond as strong as possible.

While sometimes a romantic conversation may veer toward feeling a bit like a board meeting, especially with action items and improvement plans, but if you roll with it, they have a point: Your bond will be stronger.

Capricorn is intelligent, detail-oriented, and will not take no for an answer when they want something. Their hard working attitude is an inspiration to all, and they truly believe they can achieve anything with hard work.

Capricorn is always ready to learn new skills, and sees something they don’t know—like changing a tire or boiling the perfect egg—as a challenge they must undertake. This attitude makes them a master of all trades, and they have esoteric knowledge that is impressive to all who know them.

Capricorns can be incredibly hard on themselves, and just as hard on other people. They can hold grudges and hold other people in their lives to impossible standards.

Capricorns sometimes see one narrow way of doing something, and broadening their horizons and perspective can be incredibly helpful in giving them and others a break.

A Capricorn’s secret weapon is their tenacity. They believe that they truly can do anything, and they will dig in and get it done, no matter how exhausting or tedious the task. Capricorn will stay up all night if necessary and are almost superhuman in terms of being able to ignore exhaustion and laser focus on the task at hand.

Capricorns can be incredibly hard on themselves, and just as hard on other people. They can hold grudges and hold other people in their lives to impossible standards. Capricorns sometimes see one narrow way of doing something, and broadening their horizons and perspective can be incredibly helpful in giving them and others a break.

Don’t Be A Doormat

If someone is being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird, you don’t have to take it in. You don’t have to turn it into a big psychodrama about your worth.

That behaviour so often is not even about you. It’s about the person who’s being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird.

If this were summed up on a bumper sticker it would say: Don’t own other people’s crap. The world would be a better place if we all did that.

To avoid being a doormat is to establish healthy boundaries within our interpersonal relationships; we need to learn that it is okay to say “no.”

We cannot have healthy relationships without healthy boundaries. If we cannot say “no,” then we also cannot truly say “yes.”

Six Leadership Principles To Learn From An Eagle

  • Eagles fly Alone and at High Altitudes.
    They don’t fly with sparrows, ravens, and other small birds.

MEANING; Stay away from narrow-minded people, those that bring you down. Eagle flies with Eagles. Keep good company.

  • Eagles have an Accurate Vision. They have the ability to focus on something as far as 5km away. No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.

MEANING; Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacles and you will succeed.

  • Eagles do not Eat Dead things. They Feed only on Fresh Prey.

MEANING; Do not rely on your past success, keep looking for new frontiers to conquer. Leave your past where it belongs, in the past.

  • Eagles Love the Storm.
    When clouds gather, the eagle gets excited, the eagle uses the storms wind to lift itself higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagle uses the raging storm to lift itself above the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the branches and leaves of the tree.

MEANING; Face your challenges head on knowing that these will make you emerge stronger and better than you were. We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers are not afraid to rise to greater heights. Achievers are not afraid of challenges, rather they relish them and use them profitably.

  • Eagles Prepare for Training;
    They remove the feathers and soft grass in the nest so that the young ones get uncomfortable in preparation for flying and eventually flies/ when it becomes unbearable to stay in the nest./

MEANING; Leave your Comfort Zone, there is No Growth there.

  • When the Eagle Grows Old,
    His feathers becomes weak and cannot take him as fast and as high as it should. This makes him weak and could make him die. So he retires to a place far away in the mountains. While there, he plucks out the weak feathers on his body and breaks its beaks and claws against the rocks until he is completely bare; a very bloody and painful process. Then he stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, new beaks and claws and then he comes out flying higher than before.

MEANING; We occasionally need to shed off old habit no matter how difficult, things that burden us or add no value to our lives should be let go of.

Letting Go

Letting go is incredibly difficult. No matter if we cling to worries about the future, or if we keep replaying the mistakes of the past again and again in our mind—it can be quite painful when you have difficulties to move on.

The desperate attempt to hold on to the things that were familiar to us limits our capability to experience happiness and joy in the present moment.

Life is all about continuous change. This means to us that no matter how hard we try to keep things as they are, we will sooner or later be confronted with relentless changes, whether we like it or not.

However, as soon as we cease our attempts to own and control the environment we are living in, we open up ourselves to new possibilities.

COVID-19, Omicron: What Are The Symptoms

What those hospital numbers don’t tell us is what a typical case looks like.

As with previous variants, the vast majority of people infected with omicron have a mix of symptoms that resolve relatively quickly and don’t require hospital care.

And doctors are finding many of these cases tend to look like an ordinary upper respiratory infection. In other words, what you think of as the common cold.

“It’s mostly that runny nose, sore throat and nasal congestion,” says Dr. John Vanchiere, the associate director of the Center for Emerging Viral Threats at LSU Health Shreveport. “The cough is milder [than previous variants], if there’s any cough at all, and fever seems to be a little less common.”

This fits with early data from the U.K. showing that fever and cough are not as prevalent with omicron cases there and that the five top symptoms are runny nose, headache, fatigue, sneezing and sore throat.

With omicron, the symptoms also come on more quickly once you’re infected. Several studies have found that the incubation period — the time it takes to develop symptoms after being exposed — is about three days. In contrast, delta took about four days, and the original variant took more than five.

Another difference doctors are noticing: Loss of smell and taste — considered a telltale sign of COVID-19 — is not nearly as common with omicron infections. And fewer patients have symptoms related to lower respiratory problems, such as shortness of breath, says Vanchiere, including older patients.

At the same time, it appears — anecdotally at least — that certain symptoms show up more with omicron than they did with delta. Three that have gained attention are nausea, night sweats and lower back pain.

But it’s very possible that doctors and patients are simply paying more attention to these symptoms than they did with earlier variants, says Dr. Scott Roberts, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the Yale School of Medicine.

“A lot of this is probably magnifying these symptoms under a microscope instead of clear changes,” he says. “Omicron versus delta are really more similar than they are different.”

And just like earlier variants, omicron can’t be defined as causing only a narrow group of symptoms. As at earlier stages in the pandemic, many patients are still having some combination of fever, gastrointestinal problems, aches and pains, brain fog, weakness and, less often, trouble breathing, says Mount Sinai’s Carr.

“Omicron can present in a myriad of different ways,” he says.

It’s also still not clear how much vaccines and prior infections are responsible for some of these early clinical impressions that omicron is causing a milder constellation of symptoms, says Dr. Daniel Griffin, who’s chief of infectious diseases at ProHEALTH in New York and an instructor at Columbia University.

“It just seems that people who have been vaccinated ahead of time are getting much milder symptoms across the board,” he says.

This was the case even before omicron: People who had breakthrough infections tended to have fewer symptoms — and milder ones — than those who were unvaccinated.

Types of COVID-19 Variants

Viruses, like SARS-CoV-2, change over time and will continue to change the more they circulate. Sometimes, variants of the virus may develop. A variant is where the virus contains at least one new change to the original virus. 

Some variants of the coronavirus, such as Delta and Omicron, are spreading more easily between people. We know we can protect from the virus and its new variants by: 

  • Getting vaccinated when it’s your turn 
  • Keeping a safe distance 
  • Opening windows when possible 
  • Wearing a mask 
  • Covering coughs and sneezes 
  • Keeping hands clean 

Several variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been identified around the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified four variants of concern in the United States.

Most recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified a new variant of concern, named Omicron. According to the organizations, these variants seem to spread more easily and quickly than other variants. Each variant arose independently, and all have unique mutations as well as mutations in common.

Omicron variant:

  • Identified as a variant of concern by WHO on November 26, 2021.
  • The variant is spreading rapidly in South Africa, causing a surge in new COVID-19 infections. Omicron has also been identified in other countries, including the United States with the first confirmed case in California on December 1, 2021. 
  • The Omicron variant may be even more transmissible than Delta due to the large number of mutations in the spike protein, but this evidence is preliminary. There may also be an increased risk of reinfection or breakthrough infection. Studies are underway to answer these questions, particularly concerning its transmissibility and the efficacy of existing COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron.

Delta variant:

  • First identified in December 2020 in India during a surge responsible for more than 30 million infections and at least 430,000 deaths.
  • The variant was first detected in the United States in March 2021 and is recognized as the dominant variant in the U.S. and globally.
  • It’s believed to be up to two times more transmissible than the Alpha variant (which was 50% more transmissible than the original, non-variant SARS-CoV-2).
  • Data shows the Delta variant is more contagious and transmissible than previous SARS-CoV-2 variants. It is unclear whether this variant causes more severe disease. Fully vaccinated people can get infected (breakthrough infections), but it occurs less often and symptoms are often less severe than in people who are unvaccinated.
  • New cases and hospitalization rates of COVID-19 infection significantly increased in the U.S. after a steady decline since January 2021.
  • One dose of a two-dose vaccine is only partially effective against this variant.
  • Full vaccination (achieved when it has been at least two weeks after the final dose of vaccine) remains highly effective against both symptomatic infection and severe disease/hospitalization.
  • Booster doses are now recommended for all adults six months after their second mRNA dose or two months after a J&J vaccination to maintain maximum protection against the Delta variant.

Gamma variant:

  • First emerged in Brazil in November 2020 and was detected in the United States at the end of January 2021.
  • It shares some critical mutations with Beta.
  • Is more susceptible to antibodies than Beta.
  • Spreads more quickly than the original, non-variant SARS-CoV-2.
  • Remains rare in the United States, though cases have increased steadily. 

Beta variant:

  • Emerged independently in South Africa in December 2020 and was detected in the United States in January 2021.
  • Spreads more quickly than non-variant SARS-CoV-2.
  • Most vaccines exhibit modest reduction in efficacy against this variant.
  • There is no evidence that it causes more severe illness or increases risk of death.
  • Very few cases of the variant have been found in the U.S.

 Alpha variant:

  • Emerged with a large number of mutations in the United Kingdom in September 2020 and was detected in the United States in December 2020.
  • The variant is about 50% more transmissible than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and death.
  • New cases due to this variant are declining in the United States.

A Must Try

5 Super Easy Crock Pot Dinners (Cooking Times Edited)

  • BBQ Chicken

3-4 Chicken breasts (boneless,skinless)
16 oz bottle of BBQ Sauce (we like Sweet Baby Rays)
1/2 cup Zesty Italian Dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar

Mix together ingredients. Put in crock pot. Cook High: 2-3 hours or Low 4-5 hours
Shred with a fork and serve on buns for yummy BBQ chicken sammies. Or leave them whole and serve with some garlic mashed potatoes and veggies.

  • Orange Chicken

3-4 Chicken breasts
1 cup BBQ sauce
1 cup Orange Marmalade
1-2 tsp soy sauce (optional)

Cut up chicken into cubes and put in crock pot. Mix together ingredients and pour over chicken. Cook High: 2-3 hours or Low 4-5 hours. Serve this with a side of homemade fried rice and add a ton of veggies! Way better than takeout!

  • Creamy Ranch Chicken

3-4 Chicken breasts
1 can Cream of Chicken
1 packet Ranch dressing mix
1 packet Italian seasoning packet
1/2 package of cream cheese (4 oz)

Mix together cream of chicken, ranch, and Italian seasoning. Place chicken in crock pot and pour mixture over. Cook high: 2-3 hours or low 4-5 hours. Once done, shred with a fork and add the cream cheese to add thickness and make it creamy. Serve over egg noodles or rice.

  • Salsa Chicken

3-4 Chicken breasts
1 jar of salsa
1 can black beans
1 can corn

Mix all ingredients together and put in crock pot. Cook High: 2-3 hours or Low 4-5 hours. Shred with fork. Serve over rice, use as filling for burritos, throw it on top of lettuce for a fun taco salad.

  • Ranch Chicken Tacos

3-4 Chicken breasts
1 can chicken broth
1 packet ranch mix
1 packet taco seasoning

Put everything in the crock pot and let it do it’s magic! Cook High: 2-3 hours Or Low 4-5 hours. Shred with a fork when done and serve in tacos with your favorite toppings! Super fun and easy for Taco Tuesday!

Don’t Block Your Blessing

Life isn’t fair.

Don’t block your blessings by allowing fear, anger, procrastination, stubbornness, revenge, or any other negative thought or behavior to get in the way.

Don’t get weary when the vision doesn’t come fast enough. It may take a long time, but keep on waiting and it will happen. Step out on faith and do something great. Write that book, go to school, start your business, or start writing blogs.

You can do it. Strive for greatness, do something different, and stand out. Get out of your own way!

While going through trials, tribulation, and temptations keep your focus on God. In spite of what is happening in the world, keep the faith.

Even when folks aren’t doing the right things, keep the faith and leave vengeance to the Lord.

Seek direction, guidance, and comfort from the Lord. Pray and listen to what God has to say.

Get a notebook and write what God is telling you. If God tells you to go to school or launch a business, write it down. It will help you stay focused and keep you encouraged.

Don’t Set Limitations On Your Life

Limitations can be found in any aspect of our lives; marriage, finances, spiritual walk, education, relationship, health, careers, and ministry, just to mention a few.

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.

Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on your life.

In Romans 3:3, the Apostle Paul is saying, “It doesn’t matter if other people don’t believe. Their unbelief is not going to keep me from believing in my dreams.”

Live a life without limits. All things are possible to those who believe.

As you progress through the journey of achieving your dreams, you will be able to clearly realize that the most difficult limitations and circumstances actually served as necessary tools that helped you become a better version of yourself. Proceed wisely.

We All Make Mistakes

My Mother always cooked tasty food. But one day, she put a burnt pie in front of my Father. Not just a little burnt, but black as coal.

I waited to see what my Father would say. But he just ate the pie and asked how my day was.

Then I heard my Mother apologize to him for his dinner. I’ll never forget his response.

“Dear, I like your pie.” Later, I asked him if he had told the truth.

He put his arm on my shoulder and said, “Your Mother had a tough day at work.”

“She was tired.” “The burnt pie didn’t harm me but, a sharp word could have hurt her.”

We all make mistakes. We shouldn’t focus on mistakes but, support those we love. That’s the secret of long and happy relationship…