Mantle

A mantle passes when the person who had come before has now gone on. The mantle is imparted to the person either through inheritance or through companionship meaning teacher to pupil. Maturity doesn’t come through age but through time spent in this instance. Not everyone is capable to take on the load, but to those who are called only a few seem to relatively take part. Often times replacing someone else's footsteps is usually a hard path to follow. Unknowingly the path that you follow is usually a path that steers through rough patches and ditches. But necessary adjustments are always additivites to the solutions. In order to fulfill what destiny has lain at our feet, it is up to the persons to carry on the mantle of those who have labored before us, to change the course of the present, to reflect the goal of the past. This dealing permits another chance toward a predestine future and another opportunity for our present endeavors.

Duly Noted and Marked 

Another Part of Me Take 2: Graceful Beauty

I often wonder why people are so hesitant to tell their age and why some relinquish details when age is a factor. Within these last few days I tried to reason with myself to understand the actuality of hiding a number which represents only a number. I just recently celebrated my grandmother’s birthday, she turned 90 years old. And I became aware of the fact that her age bestowed grace and beneath it all was her beauty. Her age unfolded decades upon decades of monumental history. Not from what the storybooks told me, but what she actually lived. Through her misfortunes she was able to turn them into fortunes and in yet there was grace once again and beneath it all was her beauty. At times I wish I could possess the gifts and skills she acquired. Her spunky no tolerance demeanor, but it was accompanied by a gentle laugh and smile. Grandmother was physically beautiful yes, but it was grace that held her hand and turned her beauty into beautiful. She was created for a time before her own, an heiress that was simply a gem to behold. All that she taught me I will never forget, to hold my own and never allow no one to take it from me. She prepared me for what was to become of me, she saw me before I knew me and I will be indebted to her forever. Her presence alone was refined and poised, quiet but confident. I remember her favorite thing to say before we would end our conversations was/is, “Take the Lord along with you” and my reply would be, “everywhere I go Grandma”.  Behind her wall she loved me unconditionally, in a way that she knew how and beneath it all there was still a grace that beheld her beauty. A grandmother’s love doesn’t go unnoticed, even when a love is sometimes hard to find. You can see it if you look hard enough and it will lead you down a pathway to where their heart is. She taught me more than the basics, she taught me survival and gave kits to prepare me for the road ahead. Grandma if you ever get a chance to hear this message I want you to know that I love you forever and ever, and your grace will always hold a beauty unlike any other.

I’m going to make you proud of me........living out your legacy

Duly Noted and Marked

Another Part of Me

Every precious moment is a signal to start life a new from beginning to end…….

In lieu of the chain of events that are occurring around us. I often wonder how am I of all people able to change my errors to be light to someone’s darkest day. Enduring through past trials I tried not to entreat past failures with present day accomplishments. Time has given me ample room to figure out what I have to do. The picture has not always been clear. But the more I appreciate my life the more I feel that a new day has settled and I am re-focused. I for one have allowed a day to be wasted upon indecisive decision which had left me bitter and blaming those around me, when the cause was initiated by my inaccurate decision. In worst case situations I thought I would never come out from being lost, but instead I was able to profit off of my recovery. Not with money but with my life. Me of all people learned that by chance you can fall into a trance of commonality. Wanting to be liked and adored had me to not like what I saw about myself. I've learned that it wasn't by luck nor chance that took me from common ground to a place of safety it was my Faith. Everything about the old me had to turn around and do an about face. I said, “fair well to lack”, I said, “good day to bad relationships” and I said hello world to a new understanding of me. Was it an uncomfortable process, “yes”, was I unsure some days, “yes”, but what I stood on could no (wo)man take from me, “The Word of Truth". It holds no one's faults, it speaks well of all situation and it bears fruit of prosperity in every area of my life. What you hold as the truth will be what determines your fate. Rely not on mere words but rely on the truth which makes one free and holds no one captivate. The details that have went into my life makes me out to believe that I am on display. When it looks like potential don’t ever play anyone for cheap, because you will end up loosing out. Seize every opportunity. You are created for more and I believe in each and every one of you. For the next remaining months of this year “Fresh New Direction” will be implanted.

Duly Noted and Marked

Focus Man

I’ve searched high and low only to find that there is only one man that I can speak highly of…………….

One of the most frustrating obstacles in life is staying on task. There are many factors in life that tend to draw away from our initial plans. It seems as if the more time you spend on one, the less time you will spend on the other. For some apparent reason we tend to find ourselves in the same state of being, upset by the things that feel displaced. Not knowing were to go and how to reorganize our lives to meet-up with preparation and planning.  It's a proven notion that unsatisfied people reckon unsatisfactory results. We can’t keep going back and forth if we do then our focus will be diluted. We need the strength of our future plans to draw from and if you can’t see what is ahead of you, keep someone near that sees what you can’t see clearly. Changing your lifestyle to align with you’re priorities is an objective and not an assessment. Maintaining and handling hectic scheduling is apart of a routine that you have to adapt too there is no way around it. Anyone who dares to be revolutionary has to stay focus with there plan in mind, the difference between the “us” and “them” is that were unpredictable.

                                                                                        

Duly Noted and Marked