A Reason

Greetings to all!!! I pray the day is treating you well. I had a very insightful conversation today with my nephew. We were discussing the meaning of life or our meaning of life if you would. As each of us move along each day to follow whatever path we have laid before us, there is usually a motivating factor, a "reason" if you would, that keeps us focused or pushes us forward. So, what is your reason? What is the reason you make the sacrifices each day you do? What is the reason you lay your life on the line? What is the reason you don't quit when everything inside of you is telling you to? Your reason could be many things. Perhaps it is your children. That is the first answer I get whenever I ask someone what motivates them. Maybe it is money. I mean all of us have some financial gain we strive for or material thing we wish to possess. It could be your pride. Simply wanting to prove others wrong or even prove yourself right. Is it your parents, to change your family history, to be an example for someone else to follow. Whatever the "reason" is, I have come to the conclusion that you must have one. Anything, something, a reason to make you continue to push, strive, work, sacrifice, achieve, deliver and do. I pray everyday for my reason to remain clear to me and I will share it with you.....Dear Lord, Give to me a clear vision that I might know where to stand and what to stand for. May my reason be in front of me daily and may I never lose sight of what is truly important for me in this life. I hope you all find your own and you live life to the fullest, always with a reason to move forward. Love you all!!!

Choices

Greetings to all!!! I pray the day is treating you well. A couple of months ago our house was robbed! Can you believe it?? It is so violating to know someone was in your home, looking through your things, taking what belongs to you. If anyone has ever been in this situation, then you understand how that feels. The crazy thing about it all is someone made the choice to do wrong towards you and now you must make the choice of how to respond. After walking in and seeing the damage that was done, my first reaction was anger!! Once I thought about it and looked at it from a different point of view, my feelings of anger changed to feelings of thankfulness. I was thankful that no one was home. I was thankful they didn't take more. I was thankful they did not destroy our home. Everyday we are faced with choices. The power of our choices can be at times too much to bear. Let's think about this. For one, the choice those thieves made to enter our home and take what did not belong to them, led to their arrest and now a record that will follow them forever. Choices-recently the choices of Tiger Woods have become front page news. His life, his image will never be the same. Choices-the choice to cheat, lie, steal, fight, drink-then drive, raise your hand, raise your voice, turn your back....they are all choices that will leave ever lasting effects. Be wise in what you do. Think before you act. Listen before you speak. Once an action has been done, you can not take it back. GOD knows we have all made choices that by HIS grace didn't ruin our lives. Be wise because the next time, you may not be so lucky. Love you all!!!

There has to be a way

Greetings to all!! I pray the day is treating you well. Do you ever ask yourself "Is this it?" "Is this all my life will amount to be?" Well let me tell you, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY!!!! There has to be a way for each of us to live the life we want to live. There has to be a way to for each of us to have satisfaction in what we do, where we live, to be satisfied (not settling) with the quality of life we have. It is true, our quality of life is determined completely by ourselves. How we respond to our individual situations plays a part in what our lives will be like. Although that is true, that doesn't mean that the feeling is not there. That feeling of incompleteness, lack, or unfulfillment. Well I am here to tell you.........THERE HAS TO BE A WAY!!! The WAY is our action. Our approach towards our life and what we will get out of it. I am finding my way, are you? I will not meet my Maker and look back on what could have been, but be thankful for what was!! May you find your way, for I will find mine!! Love you all!!!

How you doing??

Greetings to all!! I pray the day is treating you well. It has been tooooooooo long since my last post and I apologize to all my followers. From this day forward, I vow to blog EVERYDAY!!! I am so excited about everything and I have so much to share. First, I hope your turkey day gave you plenty to be thankful for. I know it did for me. I was able to meet with and hang out with so many friends that have been a part of my life for the majority of my life!!!! I have known some of these people since we were 5 years old! I am so thankful for the childhood I had and the people I shared it with. We spend much of our adult life searching for the perfect career, money, love, satisfaction of some kind. It is the little things that we have in our lives that truly amount to more than anything else ever could. I am grateful, thankful, blessed to have the friends I have and the family I love. What about you? What are the little things in your life that are really the big things that bring you joy? When was the last time you felt the comfort you did as a kid? Whatever the case may be, love-live and be grateful!!! Love you all!!!