Good and Greatness in You

I read this on the Internet and thought how true. ...

"To often are we misunderstood, kindness is mistaken for flirting, politeness and proper home training are viewed as an open invitation, lady like behavior is stuck up and/or insulting to those in interest, loyalty is stupidity and honesty is "ratting someone out".  No longer can we continue to willingly ignore the odds, truth is - everyone has a choice to treat others as they want to be treated, unfortunately not everyone does right, therefore a domino effect is created .. people become defensive, from the beginning expecting the worse in others ... until proven worthy of kindness and all it conveys.. its truly sad... yet for the belief of the good in all people -  we try nevertheless.. if Jesus himself was mistreated... I guess such behavior is to be expected.. unfortunate because who knows what people are going through, and how a simple kind gesture, someone sincerely willing to help... can change a heart.. yet, malice seems to have the upper hand.. resulting in humanity always being on defense,  therefore always expecting the worse from people - making true friendships at risk of being extinct"

Then I reflected. .. I came to the conclusion that, no matter what others believe and do,  we must be vigilant in being the person we desire to be. We can't allow what others are tainted with to destroy the good in us. We have to treat others kindly and with the true love instilled inside us to share.  Yes many would want us to fall to the defensive and question those around us if they are true.  But we as individuals we should know that the universe can not survive with the negative reactions of kind and that karma is only a bitch if you are.

So... we sit and reflect and learn that we can only control our own actions, our own thoughts,  our own reactions to the crazy way that people spin things that are meant for good. In the end the way others see things and place them in your universal path can only be counteracted with every fiber of good and greatness in us.

It's Today

These days parents are not as involved in their kids lives...the village doesn't raise the child...men are no longer gentlemen bc they are too busy trying to prove their manhood..... women are too busy thinking like men and claiming independence to a fault and can't be ladies.....I have to go to the store to get milk when it used to be delivered...tvs are larger and people are fatter. ..teachers don't care and school is just preparation for a test.....gas is high and moral is low... money has changed but the value stays the same.... people care less and harm more...and times have changed yet stayed the same. 

We have to see the difference from yesterday to today but we can't live in the desire to be in yesteryear and not work on what today brings. Stop looking back look right in front of you. It's Today so live in it.

Stop The Negative

To point out the negative of someone or something all of the time shows what type of person you really are. No one, nothing, is all negative. No matter if you don't like the person, whether you don't like what they do or whether you just can't stand anything about them, it's all a reflection of your own issues of self love and seeing beyond the negative.

When you point one finger remember three are pointing back at you. Instead of pointing out the negative of a person or a situation try seeing what's good about them and the situation, if you can't do that then you yourself have a real issue that you need to take care of immediately.

Most times when we see the negative and find the need to point them out over and over again, it keeps us stuck in a spiral of harmful talk not only for those we talk about but ourselves.

Real Talk...stop talking negative about people, places, situations and things. It only shows the negative in you.

Breath of Life

The best part of waking up, is waking up and experiencing a most amazing morning with that breath of life blown into your beautiful body! Instead of complaining about how tired you are, or how you don't want to go to work, or fussing about something that happened yesterday that you can't change..... Try being thankful for a magnificent day just being alive. You deserve the opportunity to live without constraints of negative thinking. When you feel the need to complain, state "I Won't Complain." Try it, you just may like it and your day will change with your concerted talk to make it so!

Be Blessed, Be a Blessing and Be Encouraged

It amazes me

It amazes me the life I live. The things I have been blessed to experience and the people I am ecstatic to have in my corner.

They say God never gives you more than you can bear and I know this first hand to be true. When you feel like you can't go on He places the right people...the perfect things...the just right on time situations to let you see the blessings that surround you as aides to get you to where He needs you to be.

Yes sometimes the road we have to travel is difficult and can weigh heavily on us as we carry our loads.  Yes we will cry,  get angry,throw fits and fall out. We have to release that in order to move on.

Once we release it we are able to see the brighter day ahead. We just cant give up, can't give in abd can't let it get us down.

You know the poem, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes.Well, son, I’ll tell you:Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.It’s had tacks in it,And splinters,And boards torn up,And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare.But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on,And reachin’ landin’s,And turnin’ corners,And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light.So boy, don’t you turn back.Don’t you set down on the steps’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.Don’t you fall now—For I’se still goin’, honey,I’se still climbin’,And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

I memorized that poem at 9 who would have thought it would apply to me as an adult.

I won't fall now. ..I'm still going...climbing...

My life. ..it's not an easy one but it sure is one that I will live to the fullest. Falls, scrapes and all!