Today's Inspiration: Living Out Loud

In view of staying connected, I wrote this piece on my whiteboard located in my kitchen. It says: "To stay connected, you have to stay away from the people and things that causes you to not show up in all of your splendor... because "you" should be here". Stay Connected." Although easier said than done, I know that to not make way in this area "of doing" is really time wasted... as we all should be committed to having a better relationship with ourselves and to having better experiences in life. For there is nothing like the feeling of being disconnected from the life that you were sent here to live. Please stay connected and take care.

Below is a collection of my self-reflections, collected over the year.  Enjoy. 'There are times in my life when things go so well that I know (without a doubt) that I was born to do this... But then there are times when things turn out so bad that I begin to question if I ever knew anything to begin with...' 'It's really easy for me to stand behind my gifts and be received in people's hearts... but it is a challenge sometimes to stand in front of them and hope to reach their hearts still...' 'It amazes me how much we can sit and talk about much of what's really  nothing  and very little of what's really  everything  and you barely know the difference... but I wish you did...' 'Sometimes focusing too much on myself can cause me to miss out on people... But focusing too much on people can cause me to miss out on myself ... So I've learned how to just be alone “together"...' 'I believe a...

I've learned to find the patience that enables me to sit back and “ live the questions"... the questions that I have concerning life...And it took me quite the time to start to  love the questions in which I have to live ... But the answers really didn't come my way until I was ready live the answers.. And I'm glad... because living them is a much better experience.

Today I hear this message repeating itself.. Of course the message is for me, but I deeply believe in using my life to help someone else.   So yes... the message... it keeps repeating... and I'm listening... I've been listening for the longest days that have turned into years... But not so close that I cannot hear clearly... But close enough just to simply hear a clear sound that echoes in the distance of what my life is... For like a moving river, flowing beneath a thin sheet of ice, the life that is me is waiting... It's waiting for me to crack open, grab hold, to catch on and to jump in....   For I know that it is only when I jump in, that I will get to reach the end of where it wants to lead me.  Wish me luck. :) Take care

One day it will all make sense... and the person that I know it will make the most sense to is me... For every name and face that once occupied a familiar space will begin to fit into its rightful place... But until then...  I will continue to pick up the pieces in the aftermath... I can't understand what happened or what's going on... but lately, I've been feeling like things aren't quite connecting like before... Or perhaps they are... and it's just taking time for me to see. I've been trying to figure out how I got here... o n this page, on this path ... and in this life experience... It's like I've been in this accident... and this is the part where I recover... not only my memory... but also my sense of self... So from various places, I gather pieces of what was lost, torn, misplaced, broken and fractured... and I try to piece it all together again on paper, in prayers, conversations, memories, feelings,...

Negative self talk is one of the meanest things I've seen and have heard people do to themselves...  For if you are not positively cheering yourself on, then who   is ...? I used to be in the habit of saying negative things to myself under the disguise of "pushing myself" out of complacency.  But the truth is... I was nothing but complacent whenever I was negative so I stopped...   After doing the work, I noticed how the excessive pushing came from me over identifying with things outside of myself for an identity that just wasn't me... because who I am and what I'm worth could never be determined by something outside - but always by what is  inside ... So why all the pushing to begin with? Thank God for the maintenance check.

When you begin to know the way, you may come across people who will not support or encourage you... and I can't be sure of the reason why... Instead, I just find the guidance... As there is a guidance to be found in the "no" of doors closing , relationships ending and things changing ... Trust it... and learn  to trust God... As there is also a guidance to be found in the "yes" of doors opening ... Learn to hear it...  A nd respond with a yes back... As this (in its own way) will show you "the way" that you should go... And when you get to that place that "the way" leads you to... and you discover it's where you've always wanted to be...??? Be sure to say thank you - an d then help somebody else.