People Who Leave

How many times I have seen posts that tell us to let go of the people who leave us because if they where supposed to be a part of our lives they would still be there. People will make comments like this, and there is an under current flowing when it is spoken. People are justifying themselves by encouraging the thoughts that support there beliefs. 

I see it every day, people who push others away because while in there presence they are challenged by the other persons behavior, or beliefs. They somehow have convinced themselves that if you cause me stress in any form like I loose my peace because of you, that we are to remove ourselves from this kind of bad influence and environment.

I want to challenge that thinking because it is only thru exposure to the elements and environments that challenge us that we can condition ourselves in order to gain strength and Mastery. 

We are called to be at peace in all things. I have seen Christians avoid anyone who is negative in any way, only surrounding themselves with people who encourage them, and make life comfortable. True comfort, true peace, true joy, true contentment, come when we choose to stand in the midst of adversity and when we can control our thoughts, words and deeds in a way that creates and changes the environment we are in for the better. Those of you who always run, always seek comfort and use the cop-out that if your attitude stinks stay away from me, are self serving and not other people oriented. We first seek the kingdom of God, then we learn to transform our thinking by trusting God's word. How do you think God will bring transformation to you? By exposing you to environments and to people that give you an opportunity to choose the right behavior. This is how Character is built. You can run, but you can not hide. Character is formed and shaped through adversity, struggle, and resistance.

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT ATTITUDE?

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR ATTITUDE-? - ATTITUDE IS AN INWARD FEELING EXPRESSED IN OUR OUTWARD BEHAVIOR. 

IT COMES FROM OUR PERSONALITY, OUR ENVIRONMENT, THE IMPACT OF OTHERS,

 OUR SELF- IMAGE, OUR EXPOSURE TO GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES,

 OUR ASSOCIATION WITH OTHERS, OUR BELIEFS, AND OUR CHOICES .

WHAT YOUR ATTITUDE CAN DO FOR YOU- EXAMPLE- JOSEPH, WHOSE GREAT ATTITUDE KEPT HIM STEADY DESPITE BEING BEAT UP, AND THROWN INTO A PIT BY HIS BROTHERS, SOLD INTO SLAVERY, BLACKMAILED BY POTIPHAR'S WIFE, AND FORGOTTEN BY FELLOW INMATES IN PRISON. WHAT KEPT JOSEPH FROM GIVING UP ON HIS JOURNEY FROM THE PIT TO THE PRISON TO THE PALACE? HE MAINTAINED A POSITIVE, HOPEFUL ATTITUDE, BELIEVING THAT EACH STEP WAS NOT AN END, BUT MERELY A BEND IN THE ROAD..

FACE DISCOURAGEMENT, CHANGE, PROBLEMS, FEAR, AND FAILURE AND YOUR ATTITUDE WILL BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS, AN ENCOURAGEMENT ON HOW TO DO LIFE AND REMAIN POSITIVE.

EACH OF THESE CAN BE AN OBSTACLE OR A STEPPING STONE. iT IS YOUR CHOICE.

Which Ever You Feed The Most Wins

360 Degrees

One thing I know for sure if I were to ask everyone to comment on this picture each one of you would give me a different perspective, you would each see something that someone else missed, you would decide if you liked or disliked, and it would leave some impact on you. 

And so it is with all of Life depending upon your beliefs, experiences, values, agenda, personality, motives you will create a story to tell about everything you experience. 

There is no experience that is wrong, no story that does not have value, in a 360 degree world each angle shows us something we could not see standing in a different place.

Value every perspective for each angle is a part of the Circle of Life.

The Human Spirit

I like to say that Life does not happen to you it happens for you.

Know this my brothers

Attentiveness

ATTENTIVENESS - Showing the worth of another person or task by giving my undivided concentration.

The surest way to make a person feel respected is to look them in the eye while they are speaking, and listen with empathy, ( the intent to understand ), with no unnecessary distractions, like cell phones. 

We are not so important that we cannot turn our cell phones on vibrate and be intentional about caring for the person directly in front of us. 

When I am on the phone with someone and they get another call, and put me on hold or tell me they will call me back, I instantly think you are rude and disrespectful. 

There is no one person more valuable to you than the one God has placed in front of you at the moment. Choose Life today by being Attentive to whom ever God brings your way.

ALERTNESS

ALERTNESS- BEING AWARE OF WHAT IS TAKING PLACE AROUND YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE THE RIGHT RESPONSES.

THE SUREST WAY OF BECOMING A VICTIM IN LIFE IS TO NOT PAY ATTENTION AND NOT BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

IF WE ARE TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS AND LIVE AS OUR HIGHEST SELF THEN WE NEED TO BECOME WATCHFUL, SO WHEN WE RESPOND IT IS IN A WAY THAT ADDS VALUE. KNOWING AHEAD OF TIME THE KIND OF RESPONSES YOU WANT TO HAVE WILL KEEP YOU FROM RE-ACTING TO WHATEVER MAY TAKE PLACE AROUND YOU. 

IF YOU ARE ALERT YOU CAN RIDE THE WAVES OF LIFE IF YOU ARE NOT ALERT THE WAVES WILL TAKE YOU UNDER.

Letting Go, Preparation and Appreciation

Letting Go, Preparation, and Appreciation. 

When the beauty of the fall season is in the air, we can see that the tree has come full circle in a cycle of it's life, and after creating such beauty it is now ready to gently release what no longer serves the purpose of it's life.

 One thing we can do is examine our agendas and remove what no longer serves in a way that leads to the fullness of our lives  .Letting Go

As we watch diligently around us we can see the animals preparing for the season ahead, there is much taking place in the tree for the new season coming and we to can settle in and start to prepare for the next season of our lives. Seasons serve as transition time where we reflect upon the past, learning lessons, and we prepare for the future. Preparation

Appreciation, the one thing we all love is the beauty of the season, the vibrant color, the crisp air, and the sweet smell of the air. Our hearts become focused on the bounty and the fruit that the harvest provides. In our lives the season of fall is a time to take account of all that we have to be thankful for. Be intentional and speak out to others what they mean to you. 

Over all the season of fall is a great representation of the cycle of life. We can relax and let go and go with the flow.

I have learned to be content

Not that everything will be perfect, that you will never be stretched , or in pain. Our lives are full of opportunity to be down right miserable if we choose to be, but the gift of contentment is a gift that teaches the art of letting go off the need for everything to be just as we would like it to be. 

To be satisfied and grateful for the moment we are in. To lift our hands and heart before God and say it is well with my soul.

Circumstances are opportunities to adjust our thoughts, words, deeds, attitudes and emotions in a way that will add to the value of life

Even Paul had to learn contentment, it is a choice we choose not something we put on.Inside prison walls He was able to be thankful and find good in God..

Beautiful Things

Promise yourself, keep your promise

Humanity Rush

Humanity Rush, those are the words I heard in my sleep last night. People rushing around from here to there not really accomplishing anything.

 Or people running around in a crisis mode , stressing, and out of control because they did not take the time to plan. 

People are addicted to the adrenaline rush. They reach a high when flying by the seat of their pants,and often will tell you they like the way it feels.

It is hard to convince those caught up in the daily living of the Humanity Rush that they are wasting precious, time and resources, because the idea that they are moving at fast paces going from here to there gives them a false sense of reality. Only when they take the time to measure what they are actually accomplishing will they see how living by the emotional state of adrenaline is keeping them from reaching a goal where every resource whether it is time, or money, or physical energy, is being used at it's optimal levels where nothing is wasted .

Today I Choose Life by removing myself from the Humanity Rush, and prioritize life so everything is congruent , everything is synergistically in balance, adding to life . 

Bubbles

I could look through each bubble and see something different about life, A different perspective and a different emotion. And when all is said and done I close my eyes and choose to let it all go, observing without judgement, just allowing things to be whatever they are in the moment.

Some days it is best to stand back  and make no decisions about anything . 

Some days it is ok to let go and let life unfold before you without ever making a choice to act on anything, to be still in your heart, mind, and spirit, and remember that this to will pass.

The Urgent

Reacting- is not leading; When you loose control you are no longer acting as a leader, but instead reacting to the urgent. If you forget the ultimate, you will become a slave to the immediate.

Jonh Maxwell

A Love Letter To You

I wonder how many precious daughters have grown up without the love of a Father.

For if your earthly father was not able to be what you needed our Heavenly Father loves us unconditionally. He is always there for us and He will be with you always even to the end of the ages.

Tears

I was speaking of nine eleven today and spoke about the two- Million bikers driving to Washington and I just started to cry. It isn't just the great loss of people, but I cannot grasp why we can gather in unity after a tragedy, but not before where we plan and do what is right together, all across our Nation. 

Today is sad for many reasons, and I do not know when, or how this will ever change. Our world as we know it needs a paradigm shift.

Lord strike the heart of man, open his eyes to see what you see, feel what you feel and then act accordingly.

Happy Soul

Healthy eating Affirmations

Be Of The Same Mind.

2 Corinthians 13: 11 - Be of the same  ( agreeable ) mind one with another, live in peace, and the God of love who is the source of affection, goodwill, love, and benevolence toward men and the author and promoter of peace will be with you.

AMERICAS PROVIDENTIAL HISTORY

THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF  A NATION IS A REFLECTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE HEARTS OF IT'S PEOPLE.

HISTORIAN- 

CHARLES ROLLINS REFLECTS THE VIEW OF MOST EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WRITERS IN STATING THAT

 GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER HISTORY, BUT DEALS WITH NATIONS DEPENDANT UPON THE HEARTS AND ACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE .

HE WROTE- NOTHING GIVES HISTORY A GREATER SUPERIORITY TO MANY BRANCHES OF LITERATURE, THAN TO SEE IN A MANNER IMPRINTED, IN ALMOST EVERY PAGE OF IT, THE PRECIOUS FOOTSTEPS AND SHINNING PROOFS OF THIS GREAT TRUTH,

THAT GOD DISPOSES ALL EVENTS AS SUPREME LORD AND SOVEREIGN ; THAT HE ALONE DETERMINES THE FATE OF KINGS AND THE DURATION OF EMPIRES; AND THAT HE TRANSFERS THE GOVERNMENT OF KINGDOMS FROM ONE NATION TO ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS DEALINGS AND WICKEDNESS COMMITTED THEREIN. 

WHEN WE ARE FULL OF EXCUSES

When we are full of excuses we have formed a habit of thinking that believes in limitations. We have formed mental barriers that serve a purpose in our lives. There is a pay-off for holding on to our excuses.

The Bible teaches us that in order for us to walk in the fulness of Christ we must cast off old limiting ways of thinking and renew our mind sets. ( we will move away from  the limiting thinking that says I can't -  to I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.).

1) THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF CHANGE IS TO BECOME AWARE OF OUR CURRENT STATE.

2)  THE SECOND PRINCIPLE IS TO ALIGN OUR THOUGHTS WITH THE CORRECT BELEIFS.

3) THE THIRD PRINCIPLE IS TO LIVE IN THE NOW MOMENT, NOT THE PAST, OR THE FUTURE.

4)THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE CONCENTRATE , FOCUS, ON WHAT YOU WISH TO ATTRACT INTO YOUR LIFE. CREATE IT.

5) THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE IS THE WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF.

TODAY I CHOOSE LIFE BY ALIGNING MYSELF WITH LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLES

Green Revolution

Thank You God For The World So Sweet.

And that includes all children of all ages, everywhere. Thank you that our children are protected and safe, thank you Lord for mercy and grace.

The Heavens Declare The Glory Of God

YOU ASK ME HOW I KNOW IT'S TRUE THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD. A GOD WHO RULES THE UNIVERSE- THE SKY, THE SEA, THE SOD- A GOD WHO HOLDS ALL CREATURES IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND. A GOD WHO PUT INFINITY IN ONE TINY GRAIN OF SAND, A GOD WHO MADE THE SEASONS- WINTER, SUMMER, FALL AND SPRING-AND PUT HIS FLAWLESS RHYTHM INTO EACH CREATED THING, A GOD WHO HANGS THE SUN OUT SLOWLY WITH THE BREAK OF DAY AND GENTLY TAKES THE STARS IN AND PUTS THE NIGHT AWAY, A GOD WHOSE MIGHTY HANDIWORK DEFIES THE SKILL OF MAN, FOR NO ARCHITECT CAN ALTER GODS PERFECT MASTER PLAN. WHAT BETTER ANSWERS ARE THERE TO PROVE HIS HOLY BEING THAN THE WONDERS ALL AROUND US THAT ARE OURS JUST FOR THE SEEING. HELEN STEINER RICE.

AS YET, NO SHORT CUT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.

THE ROAD TO SUCCESS LEADS THROUGH THE VALLEY OF HUMILITY, AND THE PATH IS UP THE LADDER OF PATIENCE AND ACROSS THE WIDE BARREN PLAINS OF PERSEVERANCE. 

AS YET , NO SHORT CUT HAS EVER BEEN DISCOVERED.

Nothing required and nothing gained.

The simple life of loving acceptance. Nothing required, and nothing gained.