The Call of the Wild

 GOOOOD MORNING!!

Disclaimer: This post was originally written 3/10/2022 at 7:48am and today is 12/22/2023. It has been almost three years since I've written a post or even read my own blog posts. 

Someone actually reminded me about this blog, so I logged back in and I spotted this one in my "drafts" and almost deleted it,  but after reading this post, I felt like it was still relevant, today.

During my time away, I've learned several valuable lessons that I plan to share with you soon enough! 

Today's lesson: Give, but don't let it empty you!

Enjoy!

Is it me or are we all proceeding with cautious, this year? I don't know about anybody else, but I am definitely walking on eggshells; prayers are more detailed and my moves and words have greater intent and purpose behind them.

2021 was a big year for me, so the pressure to measure up to or exceed beyond is at an all-time high.

There's a quote that comes to my frontal lobe by Oliver Wendell Holmes that I'm going to tweak just a bit, but not much! "(Wo)man's mind, stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimension." Which to me means that elevation requires separation!

There are Human Beings who are going to be angry with you because you are no longer who they knew you to be and they no longer have access to you in a certain way any longer.

They will deceive others. They will attempt to throw dirt on your name. And that's ok because who knew that from the concrete a rose would grow? Or that stomped grapes would produce wine? Or that pressured coal created diamonds?

I beg you, please, stop fitting into places that you've outgrown!!

Thankfully I am not measuring my own success with somebody else's ruler! 

Some of us never found time to be happy because we were too busy trying to be strong. 

Success is not allowing discouraging thoughts to set it. Don’t you dare say, “I guess it was God’s will...” because God’s will is NEVER for you to fail or to be unhappy. Your moment of uncertainty was just a mere test; keep. The. Faith. 

It isn’t the moment for me, it’s the memories and the recollections that got me to this point.

The peace I have right now is worth everything I’ve lost back then. 

Fight off discouragement. Think about the outcomes; dwell on God never leaving nor forsaking you. You gotta talk yourself into hanging in there. 

When you don’t have anything left in you, just hope; for hope is the beginning of faith. After a while, you stop hoping and you begin to believe. 

Don’t you dare blame God for something you may have not done to get what you wanted. 

You wanna know how I got here? It’s not a secret! I’m not stingy with MY knowledge because what I have can be easily taken away and it’s free game out here. It’s yours for the taking if you want it!

But can you endure MY trials and tribulations? I don’t want to endure anybody’s stuff but my own!

And that was thee greatest lesson of all! I can’t carry your stuff in my wagon. I don’t want to make your problems mine!

It took me a while to get here!

I cried a lot.

I was angry at others for what was happening to me when all along these were self-inflicted wounds.

I stayed too long in the wrong situations.

I was cappin for years. (You gotta fake it ‘til you make it, sometimes.)

I may have hit rock bottom a time or two, and when you’re that low, only place to go is up!

A little bit of light in darkness makes a great impact! (Ponder that!)

So, for as low as you go, ask God to take you THAT high! (Tyler Perry taught me that one!)

I am accountable for MYSELF and MY life. 

When you want something different for yourself, you have to start thinking differently. 

Without further adieu...


… it IS a pleasure to meet you!