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Our freedom lies in our refusal to be bound. God has made a provision for every void we’ve experienced and all harm we’ve survived.

Your choice!

         The past few months for me have been times that really tried all that I have ever told you on this blog. Like really! I was left with no other choice than to be strong and to keep my head up high, be really brave and at the same time let all that I was going through teach me the lessons I needed to learn.
So many times I wished someone, definitely, not me would remind me of the diamond that I am and that all I was going through was just for a moment. There were times I felt I needed to disappear or probably not exist. There was pain and a lot of regrets. I thought I was a super woman already and i din't feel such again (laughs).
I'm at the point where I tell you that I made a choice proudly. I made a choice not to allow the hurt take over me. I decided to be soo strong even though every inner part of me was weak. I choice to shine through the pain and promise myself not to make such mistakes again. I decided to apply all that my heart break thought me like Sarah Jakes said. I learnt not to use my pain as an excuse or a dysfunction.
All am saying is that there would be hurt, disappointments, pain, regrets too sometimes. But whatever you decide to do with them determines how free you become in the midst of dealing with them. Make your pain serve you not otherwise. However it turns out though is your choice...

Change from within!

You might feel at the moment that you are too broken to be fixed, too messed up to be cleaned. But I assure you that you are more beautiful still than you think! It doesn't matter whether you can see it...just believe it!

Make it real...

You cant be genuinely misunderstood or fraudulently accepted but you cannot be everything to everyone. Not everyone is going to get you, not everyone is going to understand where you're coming from or the battles you have fought on your own. The truth is that they do not even care. Learn how to be okay with that. Dont push people to care, push yourself to produce results and they will eventually. The more in love you fall with yourself and who you are, the less acceptance you need from others. Growth is a part ot life and is inevitable but never just accept someone's criticsms without filtering it through your conviction. You'll have to answer to God for the life you lived. Make it honest, genuine, compassionate and REAL.

Prayer of Grace

A role model to me, Sarah Jakes wrote this. 

Dear God,

It feels like life is constantly changing. I’m truly beginning to understand why so many cave in to the pressure of fitting in. Being different takes courage. It requires discipline. It challenges tradition. It’s much easier to blend in with all the others. It’s much safer to never try than to feel the risk of failure. I suppose that’s the beauty of falling in love with your scars. It taught me a valuable lesson. I survived. Survival makes the wise soul resilient, but the pain it requires scares too many from trying again. My life hasn’t been perfect. My past is far from it. I pray each day that my heart never loses the humility to yield to Your conviction. I ask for the strength to protect this heart from prejudice opinions. Curve my desire to be understood and instead give me the strength to love every soul You’ve created, especially my own. Erase my comfort and destroy any loyalty that doesn’t sharpen my vision. I desire nothing more than to serve my life, imperfect as it may be, for Your glory. Hasten me, challenge me, guide me, and I’ll stay close to You. If it hurts me now it’s only so You can heal me later. I’ll till the soil of my heart until it’s completely open to receive Your instruction. I have the faith to trust you and the courage to be still while You transform me.

Signed,
Student of Grace

The new path!

At this point that i am, I can tell you comfortably that you have been searching for love in the wrong places which harmed you. Of course...its alright. You know why? God made you original and you cannot keep making yourself comfortable in the background, in your pain and hurt and bitterness. The journey has not been, is not easy and I cannot guarantee you that it always will be. I can only guarantee you that you will come out of it if you want to. I want you to know that life is a series of the decisions you make and except you accept the responsibility of where you are, there wont be change. I said it earlier that God made you original, he made you perfect so there is absolutely nothing that is wrong with you. You are wrong with yourself. If you have given your personal power and will away, it is definitely time for you to take it back. Stop sharing your story  and pain because of the pity party that you want to get from those who do not mean it. Stop talking about what you dont want but what you want. Ask yourself, what are you saying? Are you saying to yourself things that you know you are right now or things you are going to be which is victorious,amazing, beautiful and not hurt, bruised, battered? What are you saying?
In life there would be moments where you feel lost but those moments are moments to grow you and the next thing you notice is the FOUND moments. There are many ways to win. You can start with getting in the driver's seat of your life and be in control. Do you need to be empowered?
Pray this along with me
"Dear Lord, i am now ready to be prepared for your very own plans of my tommorow. Strengthen me beyond my comfort zone and make me see that your love for me is unconditional and is able to turn me into anything. Amen."
What are you dealing with? You are not going through that for no just cause. I pray that you find the purpose of your situation and more importantly that you find GRACE.

FREE!

There was a time in my life I thought that God had thrown me away. I always knew that God was invisible but I still couldn’t see him, I couldn’t feel him. I had made progress with him before so it was easy for me to quickly realize that I was at a standstill. I no longer had that joy that everyone could see and partake of in my spirit. All through this period, I really did not have any emotion. I felt so empty; I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t sad, I was nothing. My mind was spinning but I couldn’t feel anything. It was like I felt alone with lots of people around me. I could feel myself drowning and I could do just nothing about it. I cried myself to sleep several times. I loved the old me, not this present one I couldn’t even define. What I knew was that I needed love, I craved attention, I needed to be held and be encouraged. Nothing at that point seemed to matter to me. I knew or I can say now that I thought I was alone. I had gone far away from God.

For weeks, I couldn’t find the right person to talk to. And through those days, all I could remember were my wrongs, the negative. All my achievements and happy endings seemed to disappear. Everyone that had ever seemed or was a mentor to me, all of a sudden were unapproachable. And so I kept sinking. I thought about the days that were still ahead of me with so many fears in my heart. How was I going to live sin free? How was I going to keep living right when at this age, I feel like this?

I have heard countless times that we as young people are at the stage where we just want to do a lot of things. Whether wrong or bad, we are prone to yielding completely to our feelings, emotions and desires. As young people, we are at a stage where you would naturally do some things that are not wrong per say and will condemn yourself for it when you realize that it is not the best or when it has put you in almost destroying position. I said they are not wrong because we just always want to be free, not to be told not to do something that we want to so badly or whatever we want to get involved in. Especially when we have a lot of voices in our heads saying; “do this, be this”. There are too many “ought to’s”, “should’s”, “you’d better’s” piled on top of what we want to do or what we want to be. To us, it is that those ahead of us expect us to do far more than we think we can. I knew these but during these moments, I just did not feel right and could not apply all the things I have heard.

I was at home one day when I remembered the exact words of a mentor. He said “create your future from your future not your future from your past”. When I thought about this, I realized that whatever is in the past is not qualified to be in the future. Even the Most High God, our father doesn’t condemn us when we do wrong things. He does not remember our wrongs at all, what a caring and loving father. I decided to drop the memories of all the wrongs I had ever done and how they made me feel. It doesn’t matter how much I do, it has already been forgiven. We have to live a life free of condemnations and criticisms. Your greatest condemner is YOU.

So drop the memories of the past, take the lessons and move forward. Just because the past taps you behind doesn’t mean you should look back. I realized that I was punishing myself for no just cause. I kept piling up my wrongs. But these were the words that brought soothing to my soul. You might not have it in mind to do wrong every time, you just find yourself doing it bot concentrating on the evil things you are doing will never help you do the good things that you desire to do. 

It is okay that we have a lot of desires. Jonathan Martenson once said “feelings are like waves, you can’t control them but you can choose which one to surf”. Feelings are there all the time. We all have emotions and we never know when they will show up or go away but we don’t have to let them rule us. You discover that in a day, you have hundreds of emotions. If you find yourself in a mess, probably you have behaved wrongly or you don’t like the things you do, feeling sorry for yourself is not the way out.

The next time you have a desire, weigh the advantages and disadvantages on a scale in your mind. You might never know. You just discover that it has more disadvantages than advantages. Whenever you have a desire you are not sure about, answer these three questions concerning it.What do you want, why do you want it and how badly do you want it? I believe that these three questions will guide you in a way in determining how good whatever you want to do is or bad it is. If you find yourself doing the wrong thing, you have not been self- conscious, you have not been God conscious. Make a decision today to live your life by decision not emotion; that way you can be rest assured that you remain free. 

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Almost!

These two entirely different words put together define our lives
Our lives are shaped by the outcome of the meanness of this word
ALMOST!!
We almost say the important things
We almost do the important things
The almost life we live moves us to an almost destroying position
Guys, you don't mind dating almost prostitutes
Ladies, you don't mind dating almost gays 
Ladies you do everything with so much casuality
The third time you almost had a baby
We almost tell God we're wiser,
When he offers us water and we say "God, this is such good sand"
We almost act like babies when we do the wrong hings with so much innocence
Some of us are almost christians
Cos we almost love God
Why don't we leave all the "almosts" out and start living life the most
Cos trust me, if it wasn't for Jesus, we would have almost got paid!

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Selfies!

According to my understanding of this strange word that emerged from somewhere into even the English Dictionary, a selfie is simply a personal picture taken by you. No one needs to picture you, you picture yourself. One amazing thing about a selfie is that you can see or decide on how you want it to be. You see how you look like by yourself. Everyone likes to take selfies. Wee I think its cos you are responsible for however it turns out. That means that there wont be enough time for you to blame it on the person that took you the picture.

It is when you see a selfie that you took that you discover some things that you might consider strange. It is then you discover you have a pimple or that your nose is not as big as your best friend said it was. Also, you could see that what you saw in your last selfie was gone. What I am trying to say is that I am sure that no matter how many selfies you take and when you take them, they never look the same, no matter how minimal, which means that you are never at the same spot; something no matter what it is changes about you. The same way you were yesterday is not the same way you are today. You could take a selfie today, all happy because you got a new dress. And you could take another one tomorrow, sad that you did not pass an exam. A selfie never remains the same.

The circumstances may be the same but something has definitely changed about you. Hours were added to your life. It might be hard to see something positive when it is like 99% negative. But just like you always want to see a beautiful selfie, see how beautiful you are, how beautiful things are, how beautiful your future is. You should have a mental image of what you want to see after the last selfie. We all know how we feel when we take a “not so fine” selfie not even a terrible selfie. We are always quick to press delete. We are determined that the next one we take , our heads are going to be positioned this way, we are going to make our cheeks seem fatter than they look and on and on. If the last time you checked yourself, you did not like something, you were satisfied with how you have been acting or how you have made things to be, be quick to press delete and make the next one good. Let me remind us that we are one of our greatest fans. No one can praise or criticize you more than yourself.

Be determined to make your next selfie better than the last one. It could only get better if you want it to though. No matter what, make sure you never stop taking selfies!.

Some just need help!

      A friend of mine said to himself that that was the sixteenth time he was going to see that same attendant in that same shop with that same face! It became very annoying to him and he couldn't help it one day, he decided walked up to  her. As he approached her, he couldn't explain why he began to change his mind. A lot of ideas on how to start the conversation with this woman ran through his mind at the same time and amazingly, he found himself sweating. He walked to her anyways and said hello. The usual attendant in the mall's uniform, blue and orange, would have said, "hello, what can I do for you? Right? But she didn't. According to him, she stared at him continuously and by that time, his palms were dripping. I really hope you are laughing cos I did a lot of that. The next thing my friend said was "can I have a bottle of coke please?" LOL. (at this point, I think I was on the floor).
      He decided to check the other stores for what his kid brother had been pestering him for. He passed by one of the empty rooms and whoa! he saw that same attendant, using his words, soaked in tears. After watching her for a while, he summoned courage and walked up to her. After a long talk, a non- fairy tale had been narrated to him. Let me not bore you with the issues!
      All I am trying to say is that some people just need a shoulder to cry on, some just need help. Some just need someone to smile. People have different needs, it is not until you hear cars or my children's school fees before you are convinced that people need help. Therefore, YOU have a great role to play in this. Instead of just judging, think, what could be wrong? What can I do? I know that some people have retreated to not helping people because they are usually not recognized or something. Just do it anyways. Be the different one that should go the extra mile to make sure someone is fine. I guarantee you that you will not always get rewarded but at least you did something. Every ungrateful person still has a memory, right? Remember, we are trying to get the heart right here. And these are just steps.

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They are compliments!

Wow! It's been a while. Am back....please forgive me..lol..
          I was talking to someone few days ago and I got this illustration in my head. I convinced myself that a lot of us actually struggle on how to make sure that we keep some people in our lives. We struggle in being happy just because of some happenings. I really hope that this will help a little if not so much....
Let's compare our lives to a tree. That's right! A tree. You would agree with me that there are major parts on a tree. We have the leaves, branches and roots.
            Now, some people in our lives are like leaves. No matter how beautiful a leaf might seem or how great it looks with the tree, it is there just for a moment. After a while, it could just take rain or breeze or even someone to take them off. Whether we like it or not, there are people in our lives that are not meant to last longer than their usual life- span which is just for a moment. In times of situations or life's troubles, they fall off. It's quite unfortunate that some of these people are the one we hold so dear in our hearts. There are also branches. It seems like these particular people will be in our lives all through but then, still a matter of time for them to be gone. But then, there are roots.They are there from the very foundation and they remain with you despite any tragic story. They are there strong for us.
            Which do you pay attention to in your life? We might be asking that how am I meant to know which the person is? I really don't know. What I know is I think its high time we start giving or rather making even our very own selves priorities for us. We cannot let human beings determine when we are joyful and when its the other way round. What I am very sure of is that there are always these three categories and we should actually let them perform their functions in our lives. People are not the reasons we live, they are just compliments.

The Difference!

Have you ever seen a really attractive person -- someone people can't help but turn and stare at as they walk by? People with great God-given beauty may make a great impression, but it will be forgotten when the next beautiful person comes along. It takes something better for what you think was awesome to be forgotten.
We are all beautiful but are our actions beautiful? Your actions are what distinguish you, what makes the difference apart from the pretty face.
Ask yourself this question. Am I beautiful inside? Everyone falls for your outer beauty but do they also fall for your inner beauty?I think that the next time you want to call yourself beautiful or handsome, you should think twice. What are those things you do that you know are not pleasing? Ask yourself! How do I treat people around me? How do I make someone's day better? What is that one remarkable attitude that people know me for? These are the kind of questions that should be going through our minds every single time we are about to praise ourselves.
Let us always try our best to leave a lasting impact that will differentiate you from others. Do something differently. One thing I know that keeps one happy is helping people. Just change someone's life and be happy!

God matters a whole lot!

I am a great lover of Sarah Jakes and she encourages me every single time I decide to keep myself updated with what she is doing again. She wrote this on her facebook page and I decided to share this with you. #beblessed.
           I keep thinking that sharing my story will become easier. I've made so many detours in my life that being open about them makes me so vulnerable to people and their opinions. I just wanted to say that no matter how many pictures you see me taking, interviews I'm doing, or blogs I've written the nerves and fear remain. I think we spend a lifetime waiting to pursue our heart's desires because we want to be accepted. When people can't grow with us we often choose to be stuck. We allow our lives to be dictated by what we "think" people will believe about us... Foolishly, we convince ourselves that because we've done X we no longer deserve Y. When really it comes down to what we will believe about ourselves. Critics whisper when you get it right and yell when you get it wrong. None of their voices combined can match God's. Will you tune Him out to check in with "them"? I don't mind the nerves. The fear won't stop me.. And I'll no longer be on the sidelines of my own life being coached by my insecurities or opinions. I'll stand in my truth. I'll do it afraid. Because growth is just that necessary for me and I see so much grace shining in my vulnerability. Each breath we take is permission from God to not just exist, but to live. Don't waste your breath....
            I believe so much in the saying that everyone has a past and no matter how negative it is, it is that past that launches you into your future. The fact that your life has not been taken at this point, no matter what you have done, should assure you of God's love for you. I can tell you that you are never going to get everything right. We spend too much time convincing others to see our intentions through our eyes and not nearly long enough seeing our actions through theirs. Your life is yours! Everyone has an individual race. However you decide to live it, you owe no one any explanations but God. After all, its still God that never fails right?
           Anything you feel you need or want, you deserve it and no one can deny you of it. Your past should not dictate what your future is but should guide you as to what and what not to do. Live everyday with one assurance, God loves you and is full of faith in you. Whether you believe in him or not, he's there and is the only one that is ever going to be your greatest fan! God's love...

The heart made right!

          A lot of us have self made and self built walls all around us. Walls that cannot be put down by anyone except us. These walls are usually unforgiveness, hurt, pain, bitterness, all minimal emotions. Trust me, they are pretty strong walls.
          Just imagine that you have a disease and you know the particular drug or the one doctor that will cure you from it and yet you deny yourself perfect health, insisting on not doing those things because of reasons best known to you. That is what a lot of us do to our hearts unconsciously. You deny your heart love, joy, peace amongst all because you don't want to give it its medicine. What will cure your heart from that long term disease, that long term pain and hurt? What will give you the perfect wholeness that you have been waiting for? I'm sure you know the drug. I'm sure you know that one thing you need to do. For me it was forgiveness. I needed to let go of that hurt that disease was making me go through because I was fed up. I was. I was tired of being in pains every single day. I have a conviction in my heart that you feel that way too but there are a lot of fears. Will my life be normal again? You would agree with me that a particular disease makes us used to a somethings in a defined way. You might be used to your mood swings and your anger at every singe thing. but I can assure that there is a far way better life waiting for you only if u let go. Only if you break that wall yourself. Let go of that person, of that situation because that wall just keeps you from getting somewhere, from achieving the next victory, from loving and we need these things in our lives. We really do!
          We continue to be slaves to our emotions once we refuse to acknowledge that some things are in the past and we should just let them remain where they belong. There is really no need for you to go into your future so blessed, so glorious with whatever you know is holding you back. you might not see now how bright that future is now. Control that disease so it doesn't control you. 
          This is just me telling you that your heart needs to be made right. Break your self built walls.

The only best friend!

          God wants to be your best friend! I think the reason why a lot of us are not close to God is because we have not realized that he is our God. God is your God, he belongs to you. I don't know maybe you are just like me, tired of not being able to identify who really is a friend. When I got tired, I ran to God. God is not a distant person that you cannot reach or talk to anytime. He lives in you. Have you ever tried to imagine how a big God that we cannot fathom his size could live inside of you? That should assure you that he is the best thing that can ever happen to you.
         I want to tell you today one way you can become best friends with God. Now you will never know how close you are to a person until you keep talking and getting familiar with one another. First is by sharing all your life experiences with God1 ALL! Keep talking to him, tell him everything. Now, it might look like you are out of your mind but all you are doing is building a friendship with a strong foundation. You should be talking to God while shopping, driving, working, reading or anything at all.
        I know one thing! God is the best friend you can ever have. The one that will wait for you if you stray, the one that will love you no matter what you do! The one that can give you anything you want...If I were you, I won't think about this twice. I don't know of any friend that is better! He loves you! It doesn't matter what you ave been through, who has hurt you, who has turned their backs on you. I know God is waiting for you. Be blessed!

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Am not ready!!!

I wrote this on behalf of me and a friend of mine. I just remembered how much we both turned God down individually several times and we hope that it will help you to make that very hard but rewarding decision to follow God today.

Am not ready... am not ready
That has always been my attitude
Towards God and everything that comes with him
Time after time, day after day,
I longed for sin, and made them best friends
I played with them, danced with them
But each time, when I turned around,
Jesus was always there, waiting. Patiently.
My friend's mother- in- law's mama warned me
But all I did was turn away again
One day, as usual, by one a.m, I was staggering back
My belly filled with liquor and breaths from the lips of guys
A lot of them went into me and out, into me and out
And now am incomplete!
At first I thought, "what kind of God will want me"
I clean up everyday cos it covers my filthiness, my dirt, my mess
What kind of God will want someone like me?
To me, God was like Josh
That always waited to give me ice cream
Every time,and gosh! I didn't like him
But he did! He did!
I became convinced that God was still there when mama dint die
Cos I ran to God
I had heard that miracles fall from heaven
Though I could not understand cos the skies seemed closed to me and selfish too
Like everyone I had known in my life
When I let Josh in finally and he failed me
When everyone judged me and all God did was love me
All he did was wash me and save me and hold me
And then I realized!
God was like a man marrying a woman he knows will constantly cheat
Ever since I let him in, I think ive left him a hundred times
But my hero! He's always waiting for me
I don't want to leave him waiting no more
Cos I love him too much now
He never gave up on me and he never will!. 
Whenever you think you are ready to let God in, Fine! Take all the time you want. But think, how long do you want him to wait for you? He's always going to be there anyways. He's always going to be the best for you. In him, you have all the answers you want. He's your peace. I think you should let him in.

DON'T GIVE UP!!!

Picture in the world of your mind right now a dark room, a very dark one. Then, when you get into that room, nothing seems visible. How large is this room? Is there anyone here? These are the questions and many more that have impossible as their answers. “Is there anyone here?” that seems like a very difficult question for you to ask. And then you see something far off, blinking, a very dim light. There is relief, finally. At least you have an idea how large the room is. I know that whatever is there, no matter how dim the light is, someone put there or it’s there for a reason.

            That dark room could be somebody’s life. It just seems like there is no way out, we can’t just figure out what is happening. You can’t place your hands on who has really been there for you. It’s just you and your problems and your hurt, your pain, your disappointments. Yes! They are yours but for how long do you want to remain the person outside the door of the dark room that is too scared to get into that room? For how long do you want to keep wondering how long that darkness is going to last? For how long are you going to keep being afraid of seeing everything negative? Locate something positive..

            Can you still identify love in your life? Can you recall that it is love that has made you want to wake up every morning despite all? I mean, it is love that makes you wait at the road signal for that old woman that gets down from the bus between 6 and 6:15 that cannot cross the road alone. It is love that makes you forgive your friends the 20^th time they failed you. That’s just a guess of course, it’s more than that. It is love that gives you hope that someone, someday will show you that kind of love; that faithful, kind and selfless love, the kind that Jesus loved us with. Don’t give up on tour life. Please. Don’t give up.

Not right now!

Do you feel like giving up? Do you feel that there are many obstacles already and that you've been crying a lot? Do you like how you feel every single day you wake up and just wish everything will be dull around you like your heart so you can at least be sure that's nothing is working?
         But just like the way you see that every morning, there has to be light from somewhere, you have to believe that you have a bright future. You have to believe that where you are right now is not where you will be in the next 10 years. Is it so hard to believe? I choose to answer my own question. I know it is! I really need you to start believing in yourself. Believe in what you say, what you do. I want you to be so sure that you are a great person going somewhere to happen. But this would not happen until you let some things go. The fear of not being wanted by anyone. You might think that no one recognizes you or that who cares? Do you know that someone, somewhere thinks about you? Someone likes something about you! Someone can't wait to see you. It really doesn't matter if it seems that way or not but you are special.
Get the fear of what people think out of your mind. What they think is not what or who you are. What you are is who you allow yourself to be. Do you allow yourself to be too emotional that people get to you easily, do you allow yourself to remain low- esteemed? I think it is time for someone to start believing, to start trusting. Because you are worth more than precious stones. Now is not the time to doubt or be downcast. No! Not right now.

I do!

Hey everyone. I want to introduce you to someone. Chidi Ashimole a.k.a Lex Ash. Extremely God- fearing, Great photographer and an awesome writer. He inspires me and I want to share one of his writings with you. Enjoy!

I speak with from a heart that's bleeding
bleeding from a soul that's weeping
Weeping from eyes that only see beauty
Beauty that you are, you portray, that is you

You've been through a lot. I know
know how much you wish they had listened
listened to your true tales of woe
woe to them now that hurt you then
Then when you were young, and fragile
fragile in body, heart and soul
soul, now hurt from the pains that was meted on you
you probably saw no hope around all that

That is why God sent me at this time
Time when my heart has clung to yours
yours ever so previously wounded and torn
torn but to be mended once more
More than you've ever known before
Before now, love unlike never before shown
Shown in the way I now do
do to you unlike it's never been before Done
Done i will never be with these words
Words i will forever so feel
Feel a love that has been so Heavenly wrought
Wrought by Holy Hands, same as this form
Form that is you, ever so beautiful
Beautiful beyond words that even speak I
I do hope that you never ever tire
Tire from the words, I do Love you

Be Inspired.

I shared something with my Mentor yesterday and he made me value my relationship with him more. This is what he told me and I just wanted to share it with you. So,.........

There is a popular inspirational story of a cow that was thrown in a deep pit. People threw dirt and all sorts of rubbish on the cow. Instead of lamenting and feeling distraught, or useless, the cow made the determination to see each dirt and rubbish as an opportunity to be supported and raised upwards little by little. So it always shook off the dirt and this became a stepping up platform. This continued for a while and gradually, little by little, after a long while, the cow was raised up to a level where it was able to get out of the pit by itself.

The morale of this story is that people will throw a lot of rubbish at us, obviously designed to make us feel worthless and miserable, even up to the point of giving up on life. However, we can decide to use these dirt and rubbish as opportunities rather than threats. Keep in mind that the way we feel is a decision that we have in our hands. Every day that we are alive to see gives us two opportunities. We can either decide from the moment we get up from the bed that day whether we are going to be happy or take the only other alternative which is to feel miserable. The choice is ours. This reminds me of what a colleague told me recently. She said that she always carries her happiness with her and doesn’t leave it in the hands of others. That’s a very useful thought. So if we allow what people say, or their attitudes to discourage us, we certainly give off ourselves to them and those people take over and become the remote control of our lives. Each time we see them or hear their ridicule, they figuratively press a remote control button that sets us ablaze internally. Is that what you really want? I am sure not. 

I am sure this is for someone reading this. I think its for you!

                                                                                                         

Best Seller!

Everybody in life has a story to tell. Everyone wants to be heard everywhere. What you should do is make yours the best seller. What makes your own story a best seller? The things you do differently, the things you say differently either to yourself or to people around you. The people you love. The people you try to love. The way you keep being strong in life's toughest situations, the way you keep smiling to the toughest people. The way you love and treat your family, the way you love your God. Yes, he is your God. He belongs to you. The way your heart's beauty is, beyond words, that is. The way you keep all hurt and pain behind you no matter what or who it is from. The way you change the World by who you are and who your past circumstances have helped you to be. The way you never blame God for anything that has happened to you or will ever happen but trust Him and promise yourself that it is all part of God's great plan for your life. The way you say to yourself "Yes, I went through this but I know God still has my back". Shalom!

The Dreamer's World!

                Many of us are afraid to dream. We are scared of letting our mind wander and picture the things we want to see, the things we want in life. Even though we finally let ourselves dream, we toss them off immediately cos we sat "it can't happen". But whether we like it or not, we have a mind that naturally wants to go beyond the now. Our minds want to see all things as beautiful even in the toughest times. And what we do is stop our minds, keep them from dreaming. 

                Your dream is anything you hope for, long for or you are ambitious for. You are not meant to bother yourself whether your dream is attainable or not. Just dream. Look beyond your present hurt, pain or tears. Look into your future that is so promising and so great.

                Any dream I have is my world and then anything I want to have, I see them in the eyes of my many ‘worlds’. I feel that once you have seen it happen in your world, then it will happen. This is not limited however to only the Positive.  It applies to the Negative also. Do not see yourself in an unpleasant situation but see yourself always winning. See yourself always at the top, see yourself getting your dream girl, (Laughs). 

                Your dream is your world. Your presently unattainable world. That doesn't mean is ever going to remain that way. You are preparing yourself for when you are going to be living large.....