New Journey

So I am embarking on a NEW JOURNEY in life and I have recently settled myself in another state. For those that truly know me, you know that I have spoken about leaving Cali for many years. The time had finally come. Or I can say that I finally took a chance and stepped out on faith. The timing was now right to make some different LIFE CHOICES. The circumstances of my life that were occurring had now changed. I stepped back and took inventory of my life and where I was at and where I wanted to go. My daughter was off in college and doing well, my grandfather was no longer here so the shared responsibility of caring for him was no longer needed, my mom was doing much better and living life well on her own, and my lil' sister was doing very good. The time had finally come for me to focus on me. Besides, my soul had been yearning for something different for sooo long. It was definitely time for change. I've heard people tell me that I am a very strong individual for taking action and creating something more, something better for myself. It's crazy because it's difficult at times to understand why they see me as such a strong individual. I think it is more about being FEARLESS and stepping out on FAITH. Ultimately, the only one stopping me from having the things I want in life is me. And while taking inventory, I had to take a hard and honest look at the role I was playing and NOT playing in the quality and happiness of my life. It was time to TAKE ACTION and make things happen. DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT so that I could get DIFFERENT RESULTS. I left everything I once knew for something NEW. It was scary and empowering all at the same time.

But, I can honestly say that it was a GREAT DECISION. I'm experiencing something new, learning more and more about myself and the people and world around me. It's definitely a learning experience and has its good days and not so good days,  but ultimately I am STANDING IN MY CHOICE. I know that GOD has my back and my front. HE knows my heart and that is well within my soul.

Well until we meet again my friends..... PEACE AND BLESSINGS....

New Beginnings

In life we all have the chance to make choices. Real, true, and free choices that aren't based on circumstances. Just choices. Just because. Choices and changes seem to go hand in hand with this process. And what a scary and unsettling process it can be. But, the only way to have any POWER in the choices that you make is to STAND IN THEM. Stand in the possibilities of what that choice can mean for you.
I too have recently made some choices and they have been life changing. And in every moment that I feel unsettled or afraid I remember why I made the choice and what it truly means to me and I STAND IN THAT. The POWER that I feel is amazing. I then get down on my knees and I ASK GOD TO JUST GUIDE ME AND SPEAK TO ME AND ALLOW ME TO RECEIVE HIS WORD.
Making choices is not always easy and that is just a part of the process we called life. We just have to learn to not get anxious and allow the process to take place. But most importantly we must ALLOW GOD TO DO HIS WORK AND NOT GET IN THE WAY. We often times have an amazing way of getting in the way of receiving our own blessings. That is something that we must change and in order to do that we must be more present to where we are emotionally and mentally in that very moment. We are soo focused on so many other things that we miss what is happening in the present moment. 

Just remember WHATEVER CHOICE OR CHOICES U MAKE... STAND IN IT OR THEM... BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR U AND IF U SIT STILL LONG ENOUGH ALL WILL REVEAL ITSELF..

PEACE AND BLESSINGS...

SHIFTING YOUR PERCEPTION

You've heard me say many times that perception is everything. Change your perception, Change your life. Context is important in how you view life. The context in which you perceive things in life is ultimately how you perceive life. So change the context. It is important to understand that YOU HAVE THE POWER to create any possibility you want for your life. But, how you perceive life will determine the possibilities you do and don't create for yourself.


The questions you must start asking yourself is, "How do you perceive yourself?" "How do you perceive life and the events that have taken place?" Knowing and understanding who you AUTHENTICALLY are and how life occurs to you is important. In order to have this level of awareness you must become more present to life in the HERE AND NOW!! You can't know who you are if you are not present to who you are in each moment of your life. Most times we are NOT PRESENT to the HERE AND NOW because we are stuck in the past or we are already thinking and planning for tomorrow.


Ask yourself, "When was the last time you LIVED IN THE MOMENT?" When you just stopped and took inventory of everything going on around you. And I don't mean the chaos. I mean the subtleties and the true blessings of life. The very things we often lose sight of while hustling through life. It's so easy to say "We don't have time!!", but time is a man made constraint put on individuals to their limit their abilities to Manifest Destinies.


Remember, nothing is as it was. Learn to JUST BE in the moment. Become PRESENT to the HERE AND NOW and expand your perception. If you do, watch how life unfolds.....


UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN ..... PEACE AND BLESSINGS

A BITTER SWEET MOMENT

So I haven't shared a post that has been really personal lately, but today seems fitting to do just that. My previous entries usually entail stories about my daughter, my mom, and life. I have rarely, if ever spoken about my biological father and the fact that I have an older brother. Well over the last few months my life has transformed dramatically. I have opened myself up to the New Possibilities of life. One of those possibilities was re-connecting with my Brother after 35 years. And really you can say for the first time ever. The possibility was created because I decided to re-establish my Facebook after my AMAZING FRIENDS from my LANDMARK ADVANCED COURSE asked me to be UNREASONABLE and get another account after years of not having one. Sure  enough after about 3 weeks of having my account I get a Facebook Messenger message. Never in a million years would I had thought it would be my brother. Even as the pic and name popped up the idea of it being my brother wasn't even a thought. I looked at the name and figured it was one of my friends from elementary school or high school. I look at the profile and the pic and I'm like "Nope don't know this person." And I clicked off the page. So I go back and re-read the message....Well hello. If this is who it is I have been looking for you for quite some time now and I look forward to seeing you soon....I sat there for a second and responded with....And  who do you think I am?....I waited for a reply and when it came I was blown away.....My sister if you have a father named Michael... I couldn't believe the words I was reading across my screen. Long story short we re-connected and last night was the night when we officially met each other. We met and talked and drank and ate for 4 hours. I couldn't stop staring at him every time he smiled because he looks JUST LIKE OUR DAD!!! We talked about life and family and friends that we both have in common. We laughed and it was just a surreal moment for me. The bitter part came during the conversation when I asked how Dad was doing and he had this look like this wasn't an answer he wanted to give me right here. My dad passed away a year ago and when he told me that I just sat there. After my dad and I stopped speaking again in 2009 after a short lived relationship that was VERY NON-EXISTENT I would regret the fact that I allowed my anger to throw away all of his contact information. I had given up on trying to establish a relationship but, I would wonder if anything ever happened to him how would I know. I didn't have a relationship with anyone on my dad's side. But, no matter how non-existent our relationship was, he was still my father and it did hit me when I was driving home that my father was no longer here and that I wasn't going to get another chance to make amends with him. But, I am ok because I have my brother now and I feel like I can learn so much more from him about my dad. I am GRATEFUL AND SITTING ON A CLOUD NINE. Well until we meet again.
Peace and Blessings.

In The Presence Of Grace

Gratitude and Grace is always available to us and they both exist in the HERE AND NOW. Gratitude shifts our focus from all that occurs to be missing in our lives. It opens up our perspective. Optimism shifts when our perspective changes and Grace begins to renew itself with every breath. Gratitude is NOT Entitlement because if we perceive the positive things in life as what we deserve then we do not show Gratitude. Entitlement is simply a disguise for selfishness.  Being Grateful comes naturally,  but at times stubborn beliefs and or your perspective can get in the way. Gratitude is more than just "counting your blessings" and "feeling fortunate". Gratitude is more than an emotion. Gratitude empowers us to see the possibilities in our lives through FRESH EYES or A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.


Whether we know it or not Gratitude leads us to Grace. And Grace exists in EVERY MOMENT. There is a gift in every moment whether GOOD or BAD. Often times when things go bad we don't feel supported and we feel alone. But, we are not alone. We are supported in many ways. That is why PERSPECTIVE is key. Showing Gratitude opens up and expands your perspective.


Gratitude and Grace can transform any experience for you. And you have the power to transform an experience for someone else. BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE. WE MUST LEARN TO SEE LIFE WITH GRATEFUL EYES. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.... PEACE AND BLESSINGS

The Power Of Being Present

The BEST GIFT you can ever give yourself and others is the ability to be AUTHENTIC. Simply being who you are in every moment you have in life. The present moment is the only REAL constant that we have, so being present to every moment is extremely important. When you are present to every moment, you gain a sense of gratitude that allows you to see life in a NEW WAY. Your perspective shifts to one of Gratitude and that gratitude clears a space for GRACE to take precedence in your life. You are the author of your own story called LIFE. You can start a new chapter at any point and time that you choose. You have the possibility of creating and living a life that no one else can live.


Everything begins inside of your awareness. Having awareness allows you to take control of your life and the reality that you create for yourself. It is important that you know and understand that you are the SOUL SOURCE of every quality that establishes who you are. Once you accept and become complete with that reality than you will realize that only you can be the author of your life. Each of us as HUMAN BEINGS are unique in who we are. We are unique in how we see the world, and in how we experience the world. For example two people can get up and go outside to pick up the morning paper from the yard and have two totally separate experiences. What I mean by that is this......  One individual will go outside and pick up the paper, walk back in the house and think nothing else about the experience. While the other individual will go outside to pick up the paper and be much more present to the entire experience. They will feel the morning breeze and hear the chirping of the birds, the neighbors next door and anything else that they may be present to. So, as you can see two people can experience the same situation in two totally different realities. Ultimately, LIFE BROADENS when you EXPAND your AWARENESS. These privileged moments are BEAUTIFUL and cannot be replaced.


No one like you has ever been created and you cannot be replaced. Through inner growth and awareness you can see and accept this truth and OWN IT. Expanded awareness has the ability to enhance your well-being on all levels. When you become present to the HERE AND NOW it all begins to make sense. You become complete and whole. Living in this state of awareness is the greatest level of Freedom and opens the soul to so much more. 


Be at peace and Be complete with who you authentically are. It will be the difference between living a life filled with PEACE AND FREEDOM and a life where you are constantly searching and yearning for more being unfulfilled. It is YOUR CHOICE. However, living a life of HAPPINESS, PEACE, FREEDOM and LOVE is a life we all are DESERVING of.


PEACE AND BLESSINGS.....

BREAKING FREE

Hey beautiful people!! It's been awhile since my last entry, but soo much has been going on. And BOY HAS IT BEEN QUITE AMAZING!! But tonight I want to talk about something that we all have a desire to do, but often struggle doing it... And that one thing is BREAKING FREE..


Whether we realize it or not the POWER of LANGUAGE keeps us bound in a box of limitations that we have created for ourselves and we don't even realize it. It's a linguistic box filled with all of the doubt, fear, judgments, failures, the should and the should not, and so forth and so on. We limit our selves and the possibilities of our lives by what we SPEAK INTO EXISTENCE. This invisible box is the box that shapes the world we live in.


Unfortunately, the language that has built this box that we live in is primarily based on the past. Everything in life exists in language. What I mean by that is you GIVE POWER AND LIFE to the things that you DECLARE WITH YOUR WORDS. We as human beings have the tendency to get in our own way and block our own blessings with the limited view we have of the life that we are living. But, in order to BREAK FREE and step outside of this box that we ourselves have created, we must first remove the past from the current life we are living. We must become PRESENT to the HERE AND NOW. The past is the past and cannot be changed. And constantly living in that past leaves no room for what exists in the PRESENT MOMENT. You must clear a space so that you can receive the new blessings awaiting you. It's just like a closet filled with clothes and shoes. Every few months you have to throw things out and make room for the new clothes. Or maybe just get rid of some of the things that you just no longer use. Well life is the same way in that we too must clean out the past junk that is crowding our box and keeping us from a place of PEACE AND BALANCE.


Being a HOARDER does not only apply to material things. We can also be HOARDERS emotionally and that can be even more detrimental  because the repercussions of that HOARDING can MANIFEST through the body and that is NOT a good thing. BREAKING FREE comes when you learn to LET GO. I've talked about the ART OF LETTING GO in a previous post and how important that is to our individual existence. Holding on to what you CANNOT change is counterproductive and defeats the true purpose of why we exist. If we could learn to let go of the past and instead of living in the experience and the story we have created associated with the experience learn to live and be PRESENT with what is standing right in front of us, then the CHOICES that we make in life would be much different.


But hey who am I? These are just my thoughts as I experience this JOURNEY we call LIFE..


PEACE AND BLESSINGS