Life of Receptiveness

In life, it’s easy to take the good things that occur. However when it’s time to experience difficult situations we normally can’t handle going through them. We have to remember that with the life we are supposed to take the good and the bad. Being receptive of our situations we experience to build character. Right now I’m currently in the stage of my life where I’m experiencing many different obstacles where at times it slows down me getting to my end result. At times when we plan, we never really think about what could go on in between the process of reaching our goal. It can be a little discouraging at times when things don’t go as planned. We shouldn’t let adversity keep us from pursuing our dreams. Adversity builds persistency and ignites the fire for a person to want to keep trying until they achieve. Our process through life and our experiences hold value with our accomplishments. It’s not one thing in life I don’t appreciate going through. We may think that at the time when we are going through difficulty that we can’t get through it. It’s easy to think that when you’re actually in the situation and see no way out. How we think will always play a factor in how we get out of situations. Thinking positively will help us maneuver through life. 

I Am Not My Wounds

I’m a firm believer of one understanding where they have come from and what they have been through. Simply because it allows them to know where they want to go and what they want to do. It’s important to remember that we are are not products of our past. We overcome adversity every day we wake up and continue to push through in life making choices that best fit us. Although some choices may not be the best in the end, it’s the lessons we take from these mistakes that build character. We must not wear what we have been through or what we are currently going through. As individuals, we are not what we have been through. Why? Because we have gotten through whatever it was we thought we couldn’t get through. STRENGTH. That’s what we obtain when we get through life’s obstacles. Strength is the greatest gift we can possess through our pain because it gives hope to others. We can share our stories with people to encourage the next person. However, when we wear what we have been through, we give people the ammunition to judge us by how we are coming off physically when it comes to our emotions without giving them the background behind why we are the way we are. By giving people the background it allows them to understand us and not judge. People are normally judgmental because of lack of knowledge. I encourage everyone to wake up everyday positive with a clean slate eager and ready to show the world who we are and what we are capable of doing. “Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.”-Bil Keane

The Appreciation of Valuing Yourself

I feel as though too many live their life fighting for others to stay in it, and when these people decide to leave they spend time questioning their worth. We have to remember the importance of not allowing another person’s actions to question the value of what we are. When we lose people we treat them as lessons and times of reflection. However, we should never begin to look down on ourselves. There will be times where we are the reasons why people may not want to deal with us. Never confuse these moments with feeling like you’re missing something because that person no longer sees fit to serve existence in your life. Some new beginnings will last a lifetime, while others will come to an end and that is okay. We weren’t created to convince people to see our worth. We are here to show people who we are, and if they miss seeing your value, you have at least done your job in introducing yourself. Treat yourself like a prize humbly in every situation your life presents to you. Only spread love and nourishment to those who are deserving of you. We have been created to spread love and learn from one another while being able to live our lives and flourish in growth. People who are deserving of you will make you feel appreciated, anything less isn’t and shouldn’t be deserving of you.

Seasons of Success

As human beings, we experience seasons of when we are very fruitful and other seasons where we may not experience as much growth or success. Those seasons where we are down, we should never become discouraged. We must find gratitude amongst those cultivating seasons. When we are at our lowest, it is very easy to pay attention to the people around you and their seasons of success. Do not become envious or question as to why it may not be you. Embrace the success of others in order to obtain the success of your own. Although it is easier said than done, I feel that we should appreciate those we have around and embrace their accomplishments. Nothing good will come of you or to you holding negative feelings toward the next person. What we feel towards the next person plays a major role in the energy of the things that will come to us. We miss out on good things that potentially can be for us harboring negative feelings. That’s why it’s always good to find the gratitude in every stage of our life that we go through. We cannot embrace true success if we aren’t able to understand and appreciate our failures. True character is being able to appreciate when you may be low in life. How you respond during these moments is what will determine your success and the results for what comes out of your process. In the words of former 76ers manager Sam Hinkie, “Trust the process.”