Mirrored Perspective

The most important thing for us to pay attention to is the mirrored perspective of ourselves. All too often we point out things that we dislike about others. However, at what moment do we stop and take a look at ourselves, and ask what is it about that person that draws them to us? We connect with people by the energy that draws them to us. Most of our connections throughout life thrive from either who we are, who we used to be, or who we have the potential to be. God allows the universe to align itself by connecting us with people to help us learn things about ourselves. Sometimes, there comes a point in time where we don't see the bigger picture until we step back to look at it from a different perspective. What I mean by this exactly is, we don't sometimes see things until a person makes us aware of it, and when they do, that's when we begin to focus on another perspective. That is what life is all about, understating things from different perspectives. I'm at a season in my life where I like to call it a reflective perspective. God currently is and has been placing people in my life where they are possessing qualities that I do not like. Qualities that allow for me to see much of my older self in these same people who I am currently attracting. Which I have to pay attention to because at times we say that we have grown and changed, but in actuality, God is providing us with multiple tests to see if we have truly overcome adversity.  I believe when things like this begin to occur, it's a perfect time to reflect on gaining a knowledge of your likes and dislikes. When we can point out the things we do not like about others, we can gain a perspective to then begin to verbally manifest the things that we want from a person or people that we choose to surround ourselves with. I believe we should take the time out to understand the dynamics of people and not be judgmental. The best way of doing this is by living a mirrored perspective of life. The type of life to always take a look at yourself first, understand who you are, and make a decision to either be comfortable or uncomfortable in the results. It starts with first understanding ourselves before we can understand others. 

Humbleness in Pain

When power is given to us we can expect pain to come. "Pain is what God gives with power to keep you from arrogance-"TD Jakes. We have the power to live our life abundantly when living in our purpose. However, at times there will be seasons where you are gifted or in a prison. Sometimes you are exemplifying your talent, but being overlooked. There is nothing wrong with being overlooked because you find strength and gain power. When you want to be of high quality,  God makes you wait. You have the knowledge of patience and trusting the process. Life in purpose is always about timing. When others around you are being blessed, we shouldn't look in envy or question. We should continue to have the power to understand that greatness is created in time. Even when we do experience pain, we have to find good in the pain throughout our purposeful lives. Even when living a purposeful life, we have relationships with people, experience love, and live our daily lives to support our purpose. Life is filled with obstacles and circumstances.  So even when it comes to our interactions amongst people when they cause us pain, it's best to not gain hate for them but to find the vulnerability to let it go. We have to be big enough to find the purpose of our pain or we will never be able to let it go. Do not become entrapped in your pain.  Find humbleness knowing that you're supposed to deal with the distraction of the pain in order to experience the power that God has for your purposeful life. 

The Greatness of Believing in Yourself

One of the major factors that play a toll in believing in yourself and reaching your dreams is better yourself. A lot of us spend so much time going through life spreading ourselves thin. We interact in so many things but never do we apply that same amount of time or energy back into ourselves. Ways to better ourselves are thinking of areas of opportunity where we can use improvement. For example, cutting back from technology, social media, or television and devoting at least 1-2 hours to yourself. During this time, you can spend time either reading, finding or mastering a craft or trade, or discovering your creativity. So many of us feel that we don't have any greatness simply because we do not discover or develop the greatness. We have to go through life being passionate about ourselves and giving life our all. That means even when things don't work, that doesn't mean we have to embody the pain or fear to keep us from moving forward to do it in the future. Learning to differentiate from who we are and what we do helps expose us for who we are right at that moment. It doesn't matter what happened in the past. Each day we have to rebirth ourselves with a new state of consciousness so that we don't convict our future self. Holding on to the pain will also trap us from our greatness. When you want to go somewhere in life, never question how you will get there. Just remember to hold the vision. We have to be hungry and also surround ourselves with people who do exactly what we want to do. It's not that you are trying to copy them or steal ideas, but you are controlling the energy around you. Surrounding yourself with these positive energies will help drive your hunger to give the best you can when it's your time to shine. We have to be very persistent to give the best we can when it comes to our dreams. We have to treat our dreams with a sense of urgency. Les Brown said, " if we go through like being casual, we will end up a casualty."All our lives have an end date, so we have to be mindful of taking our greatness to our graves. 

Plant a Seed, Watch it Grow

Like plants, God plants things in us and it is our job to cultivate and maintain the things he instills in us. Sometimes if we don’t visually see the growth, we may feel that we haven’t grown at all. Although we may not be able to see the visual fruit from our growth, it doesn’t mean that we aren’t going through the development. We are prepared and nurtured first. In order for us to be able to maintain the things God has for us, he wants to provide us with all the tools to help develop and prepare us. Sometimes through the preparations, there will be some obstacles you may face. God sustains us to get through these things and not over them. That’s the lesson we miss as human beings; thinking that we need to get over things when God places us through repetition. Repetition occurs when we sometimes miss the mark for the first time. It takes time to harvest a forest. We can’t expect growth to happen overnight or within a rapid timeframe. It’s good to set realistic expectations. At times during growth, we experience discomfort. Accept the discomfort because there is no production with growth and comfort.

Power in Silence

Some of the greatest things have been planned in silence. I believe the best creativity comes to a person when they are silent and able to center each thought or idea. The reason I say to make moves in silence is due to things sometimes not going as planned. When fewer people know, it allows a person to navigate through obstacles without people forming negative opinions. What makes sense to us when it comes to our dreams or goals, may not make sense to someone else. Which is an additional reason why it is best to keep your dreams and aspirations to yourself. It's not because you want to be secretive, but because sometimes as human beings when we don't receive that instant gratification, we feel conflict means we shouldn't partake down a certain path. When in actuality, this conflict is equipping one to develop a strength and courage to both persevere and fight. Through the course of my life, I've had some of the wisest things said to me. One in particular that I will never forget, is a conversation I had with my mom in my younger years. She used to always tell me to write down whatever it is I want to do in life so that I don't forget because telling too many people blocks the blessings from God. Silence is golden and I have always valued moving in silence. God has created and instilled in us all uniquely, what he wants each and everyone one of us to do. Don't make the mistake of sharing what God has for you with someone else.

Preparation

Have you ever paid attention to how you may do things and how someone else may do things? If you have, I’m sure you’ve never seen someone do or think exactly how you do. You may find that they may resemble certain behaviors, but nothing exactly like your own. That’s what makes us all unique, our ability to yes share things in common, but still have stories of our own to make us who we are. Although someone may not think like you, or act like you, it doesn’t mean that they are beneath you or morally incorrect for not mirroring your exact values. It’s important to know that we all grow at different paces and times. So when people come in and out of your life, look at it as their purpose already being fulfilled. The level God is preparing you for, they simply will hinder you because their purpose was served. Move on because greater is coming your way. Sometimes being in a person’s life, you two probably hinder one another. You can’t see the bigger picture if you’re standing right next to it.