Greatness

Greetings to all!! I pray the day is treating you well. It has been several days and several hours since my last blog post. Followers please forgive me! I have missed you and I hope you have missed me. So my question for the day......Greatness....what is greatness? The measure of a man's success is in the eye of the beholder just as beauty. What determines greatness and those who "are" great is beyond my understanding. There are the obvious choices, great leaders before, during and after our lifetime. But...greatness is in many areas of ones life and striving to be great and rising to the challenge is what makes man great. It is an absolute sin to live life on this earth and not achieve your full potential. It is not GOD'S plan for life to be mediocre but for life to be great giving HIM the praise for allowing it to happen. What is greatness? Is it achieving fame and fortune? Is it raising happy, healthy, productive children? Is it living out your dream? Is it being a person of purpose, strength, desire and will? Is it wealth? Is it unselfishness? We each measure ourselves and honestly we measure those around us. We look at others and assess who they are, what they have achieved, what their family is like, their strengths and weaknesses. We look at them and look at ourselves. Well I am here to tell you my friend......greatness for me is living up to be the person that deep in my soul I know I am meant to be. It is living up to the expectations I have set for myself and living up to the person those who have inspired me want me to be. Greatness can be many things. It is not however accepting status quo...your lot in life....it is the way it is. It is not being less than, being with a person who is less than, raising children who are less than, accepting all that is less than. Greatness was, is and will forever be what GOD intended for me!! Be great my dear friends. Love you all!!!

What day of the challenge is this?

Greetings to all!! I pray the day is treating you well. So I am continuing with my 100 day challenge as we draw closer to the finish line. I must say, this journey has been a very exciting one! Work continues to challenge me in ways that cause me to grow and I love it! My personal challenges of working with my son on his reading and writing have proven to be very beneficial. I am so proud of his accomplishments and growth over the last several days. He started a new school this year and to my pleasure as a mother, he has really shinned. Another part of my challenge is my personal growth and improving myself and reading books on a regular basis. Honestly, I have not been as diligent as I should be but that is okay. Part of challenging yourself is reaching and stretching outside of your comfort zone AND recognizing where you fall short. Remember we all fall down but we get back up. I have also challenged myself to lose weight and I have so far lost 7 lbs!! Talk about happy! Once you get started it is easy to keep moving forward. That is the beauty of challenging yourself. It may be a struggle in the beginning, but the hard work and effort will serve you well. That is if you go for it!! Let's keep moving forward. Love you all!

65 Days

Greetings to all!!! Man-how time flies!!! I can't believe how much time has elapsed since my last blog post. I am so excited about my 100 day challenge and everything that is happening and will continue to happen to me. I love this challenge and I am so happy I took it. So what has been going on you ask? Well life does present many challenges to us and we either rise to the occasion or we sink and fail. I appreciate the challenges as they come and look at the opportunity for me to grow. My birthday is soon!! I have never been so happy. Just as I am right now. I stand up for what is right and I shine even when the clouds appear. I challenge you to find happiness within yourself. Not in your mate, your friends, your kids or your job but in yourself! At the end of the day people and things will come and go but you are stuck with you always. If you don't like and appreciate who you are, no one else will. As a dear friend of mine always says "Live life to the fullest!!" Love you all!!

82 Days

Greetings to all!!! I pray the day is treating you well. So today was a milestone in my life and in the life of my son. I must say, he is his mommas baby and always will be but I am beginning to see my little boy become a big boy. You know those moments when you recognize your child is changing and becoming their own person. When they no longer depend on you for the things they once did. Or just those moments when you are watching them without being seen and their behavior and mannerism is different. So what happened you ask? Well, my son absolutely adores his Dad but when they spend time together, it is usually all of us or at least on "our" territory. Today was the beginning to the end of that dependency on home base. He made his mind up with a snap of finger that he was going out of town with Daddy, without Mommy. I couldn't believe it!! Is this the same kid?? I was so happy and so proud of him! You have to understand, my child is a creature of habit. He takes baby steps when deciding who will be a part of his world, even with family. My family that babysits him for me or plays with him, he loves and adores but it has to be on his turf. Now I see my baby boy is feeling secure and confident and he is ready to step outside of his comfort zone. My pride that day did not come close to that of his Father. He, of course, was ecstatic!! It is an amazing feeling as a parent to witness the growth of your children. To see those moments when as infants things start to click, you know, when they get it. To see how they change from toddlers to little kids then to big kids, teenagers, young adults and finally adults. I understand more and more the feelings my parents must have felt and hopefully still feel as they see me and my siblings continue to grow as individuals. It is truly a blessing and one that should be cherished. I have been challenging myself to grow over these 100 days and who knew my son would rise to the challenge and grow too. What a feeling!!! Love you all!!!

83 Days

Greetings to all!! I pray the day is treating you well. So the countdown continues. The challenge I presented was to do something over the next 100 days that would impact and change your life (for the better) forever. Every year as my birthday approaches (August 15th in case you want to send gifts), I look at the year between my last birthday and current birthday to see what ways my life has changed. In between turning 29 and 30, I became a Mother. I must say...that is a life changing challenge that has turned my life inside out and I wouldn't have it any other way!! In between birthdays I lost my Grandmother, lost a job, my parents divorced, I found love, I experienced a new career, I gained a friend, the list could continue but the big picture is those experiences have all changed the course of my life. I would not be where I am today without experiencing those things. Many were out of my control but I accepted the challenge before me and learned from it and became a stronger person. My 100 day challenge continues and I can not wait until the end result. I will be honest, consistency is a .....!! It takes a lot of effort to consistently work outside of your norm, step out of your comfort zone and bring yourself to a place of true worth and value. Everyday I fall, but you know what, I get back up. That alone is a challenge within itself. Stay on course my friends. If you haven't started, begin now. DO SOMETHING and create your life. Remember YOU live life, life doesn't live you. Love you all!!!

91 days

Greetings to all!!! I pray the day is treating you well. So here we are moving forward in our 100 day challenge. What I am learning through this process is that the challenge is not only with what you are going to do over the next 100 days to change your life but the challenges we deal with everyday. As you can tell from my postings this week, my challenges have been daily verses the challenges I am giving myself (i.e. reading everyday, exercising, etc.). It seems to be that whenever you place yourself in a position to improve your current state of being, life begins to throw curve balls to you that want to knock you off your game. There are several ways to look at those challenges and I see them as this......over the course of the next now 90 days I will experience different ups and downs. I will view those experiences as ways to make my life better and those experiences/challenges are happening as part of my 100 day challenge. This is going to be great!!! We should welcome the hard times, the disappointments, the challenges because they make us into the people we are meant to be. After all, that was the point of the 100 day challenge in the first place-to be a better, stronger person in the end. Love you all!!

97 Days

Greetings to all!!! I pray the day is treating you well. So here we are day 4 of 100. The weekend always seems to be a harder time to stay committed to what you intend to do. Why is that? Probably because we stop thinking on the weekends. I mean, my brain wants a break time to time. What I have discovered however is that you can't take a break from your goals and dreams. A little break can turn into a big break that can turn into a break over a lifetime. I challenge you today to find something to commit to and guess what-COMMIT!!! I am so excited about those of you who are deciding to take the challenge and change their life over the next 100 days (97 now). Of course if you just started reading this, your 100 days can start now. We can do it, together we can. I am reading, blogging, working with my son on his lessons, etc.... All the things I am supposed to do and committed to doing. Share your success with me because I can't wait to share my success with you. Love you all!!!