Tag: life

Relationships

As I get older I realize the importance of the relationships we build in life. Not necessarily about the relationship you have with your future spouse, but relationships with friends, even family.We were created to live in community and every person we meet plays a crucial role in our life. Unfortunately, some of those relationships end up breaking us in some sort of way but we grow from it. While the majority of the relationships we keep are the ones that contribute to the person we continue to grow into.

There will be people we meet who are meant to walk with us in life for only short periods of time and there are others who need to be part of our life until this life is over. Regardless of what category a person falls in, we need to cherish and appreciate the opportunity God has given us to encounter this person. We can easily be here today and minutes later we can be taking our last breath on this earth.

Think about your relationships and ask yourself, “why am I in this persons life? Why is this person in my life?” It’s time for us to appreciate one another, to build each other up and encourage one another. The better the relationships we build, the better this world becomes. Without relationships and without that care for one another, everything in the world turns to chaos.

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A Quiet Journey

There are so many things I have tried to do in life. I have accomplished little goals in life that I haven’t shared with anyone just because I like to keep those accomplishments to myself. I am not one to post and share to the whole world everything that I’m doing every minute of my life, although it does get tempting to do so, I hold back.

The biggest journey I have been vocal about has been my weight loss journey which is still going on but it has been up and down for the past few months. I haven’t given up but I also haven’t pushed myself like I have in the past, so I started to take on this journey on a more quiet pace.

I put 2020 in the backburner already and now I am just pondering what I have done these past two months of this year and I can be completely honest and tell you that I am not satisfied. There are so many things I have let slide and have stopped committing myself to but I’m glad I’m catching this now. I’m starting a quiet journey, I’m getting back up and moving slowly.

This quiet journey I am now taking is personal, it is a journey that will challenge me mentally, physically and spiritually. There are many things that God has placed in my heart to do and I am keeping God as my priority. My quiet journey will require a lot of time in prayer to make sure I stay on track. Once I am ready, you will know what this quiet journey was about.

Don’t be discouraged if these past two months have been a drag for you as well, don’t get upset if the goals and resolutions you set up for yourself haven’t gone the way you intended, instead keep going and if you must, do so quietly. Focus on what God has for your life without being vocal to everyone in your life, do this for you and for God. You got this.

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Contentment

There are milestones in life that people either look forward to or they dread. Milestones such as graduation, turning a certain age, getting married, having children, landing the dream job and so many other things. For some people, these are things they look forward to with a passion but to some it just brings a sense of failure.

I recently turned 30 years old, Lord willing I am blessed with many more years. Society might expect a 30 year old to be married with kids and with a set career, but I have none of those three yet I am content. I can easily say I have failed according to what people have expected of me but I know that God has me right where I need to be.

I am blessed with family and friends, I am blessed with a good job, I am blessed with an incredible church. Overall, I am blessed and content with life. Do I still have goals? Of course I do, some that I have said out loud and some that I’m still hesitant to go after but I know God is by my side through it all.

Wherever you are in life, be content. Regardless of what people have expected out of you, regardless of what your family wanted for your life, regardless of the failures you have encountered, know that you are in your own path and your own journey. Contentment is satisfaction, if you are not satisfied then keep striving for where you will feel content. If you have reached it don’t stand still but look at what is next in life.

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Slow Down Mode

As Gwen Stefani once said, “This…is bananas!”

It seems like this whole situation was taken out of a movie scene from an end of times movie and applied to real life. What an incredible time we are living in! Many of us have had to pause our typical routines and are learning to either adapt working from home or looking for our next side gig while this situation dies down.

I don’t know or even understand your situation but take a breather and a step back. You’re used to running 100mph with every day life but it’s time to gain some perspective. As crazy as life may be, look at something you can gain from your current situation. You can rise your way to social media fame or read that book that has been collecting dust and spiderwebs in your room.

I know it’s easy to point out the negative parts of having to slow down, but look for that ONE win and let it be your motivation to take advantage of this crazy time. I hope you’ve been able to manage, and if it’s been crazy, let me know. Send me a message of your crazy time, I just wanna know I’m not the only one trying to gain understanding in this season of life.

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Your Personal Journey

Every single day that we are blessed to wake up, we begin a journey. Whatever that journey may be, however we begin our day can literally motivate us or bring us down to act like sadness from the movie Inside Out. That is definite the last place we want to be. I honestly just want to encourage you in your journey, keep going. If you’re going to school and you have that last stretch to finish, get it done, you got it. If you’re trying to get to the work week, get to work and do your best possible and if you’re tired of working where you are, then maybe it’s time to start exploring what other available positions are out there. Put that resume out, network and get your butt moving forward, don’t be stagnant at a job that you hate. If you’re on a weight-loss journey (for some of you a weight-gain journey), don’t get upset when you mess up on one meal. It’s going to happen! Just put in a bit of extra work and bounce back from that hiccup.

Your personal journey matters, YOU matter! I honestly want to know what journey you are on, however silly or serious it may be. Let me know your journey, I might have some tips or I might be completely clueless but I still want to know what you are doing. The contact button is right there and it’ll come directly to my personal email, let’s encourage each other and see the places God will take us.

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