The richness of beauty is not skin deep, it’s within the person who neither searches for perfection nor seeks its attention. But it’s in the heart of the person who believes that beauty is more than what it looks like but what it is. Surfaced with the intent to reveal itself to a world that is clouded by judgment to gather those who see beyond the physical to gain the attention of the spiritual who resides in us all. Appreciate your physical makeup, because he made you into someone so special that beauty cannot define you.
Duly Noted and Marked
Friday, November 30, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Double Cross
Always establish a line before it gets crossed, so that
there won’t be any double lines stationed. The line is based on where you have
positioned yourself. Too often we are afraid to set one, because we feel that
if a possibility should arise that our limits may not live up to someone else’s
expectation or standard. But the line is for you to establish, rather than someone
else drawing it for you. You keep what you have by making it apparent that if
there is a double cross you have the right to draw a new one and oppose the old. Making the choice to stick with what you have
set, by all mean you’re in control. If you decide to cross the line in exchange
for drawing a new line, it’s your decision to make and yours alone. Always
follow your instinct blindly. The eye will deceive you and have you to double
cross yourself.
Duly Noted and Marked
Monday, November 19, 2012
Dedicated to You
Dear Steven,
From the day that I first saw you, I never thought you and I
would be as close as we are. As a baby I held you tight and as you grew older,
I never wanted to let you go. My heart is as big as you have allowed it to be.
You have had some challenges in the past few years, but you have made it
through the tears. I have prayed for you constantly and with my, “Yes”, came
prayers that became answers. Not only are you my baby brother, but you are so
much more a part of me. I have had a
hand or two in raising you and I know what you have on the inside of you, it’s
beyond your wildest belief. The years
that I was far from you, it was a time that I needed to grow and make decisions
based on the rest of my life, but you were always in my heart. I can’t take back the years and even when I
felt that you were not in a good place in mind and body, I knew that deep
inside it wasn't a place you wanted to stay. From our last conversation a few
days ago, it sent me on a roller coaster so high that I could not see the
ground. You are where you should be and it’s a great place to be. Stay reading “The
Word”, stay praying, believing but most importantly trust in no man but GOD. He
holds the key to your future and so much more. You have fought a great fight
little brother, but now the battle is the Lord’s.
Love you always and forever,
You’re Sister
Duly Noted and Marked
Monday, November 12, 2012
Answer
In life there are no mistakes. For those of us that have
made them, there are. As the year is coming to a complete close, each day I am
expecting it to be better than the day before. Of course I will make a few
mistakes here and there, but learning is a part of the growing process to
increase in knowledge. Knowledge is weighed in weight, not pounds but based on
the volume of situations that have occurred throughout mines and yours
lifetime. We either live to live again, or we simply live to see another day.
Perhaps if tomorrow wasn’t promised we would make better choices. But would you make choices based on what you
would do if tomorrow wasn’t promised or would you make choices based on who you
would rather be. It sounds confusing, but if you take a minute to allow it to
sink in, a light will go off. From my own personal reflection I have to live a
life that is not only for me, but for those who look to me to be an answer. An answer
to how can someone like me, leave all that she had behind to pursue not just a
dream but a vision, a vision to have yet come to pass. I know without a doubt
that I have purpose. And in knowing that I have purpose it surpasses the doubt
that I had within me. You cannot live in doubt wondering what will be, but if
you live in purpose there will be no question as to why, when and how the
vision will come to pass. I wait in anticipation and I will continue to. Not
just for me, but for those in need of the answer.
Duly Noted and Marked
Monday, November 5, 2012
Many Hands
Anyone can give a reason why they don’t want to be accountable
for someone else. Many people have other agendas that don’t necessarily have a
root of its own, and tending to someone else’s affairs would end up killing both
parties involved. No one wants the responsibility and when it time to point the
blame, fingers come from all directions. Then you have those that wait around to
see what will happen and if it’s rewarding, they’ll want ownership. The story about,
“The Little Red Hen”, comes to mind quite often. Little Red Hen went around
asking those who were close to her to help bake a bread that everyone could
partake in. And while she went around asking, everyone gave her a reason as to
why they couldn't help. She eventually got fed up and decided to bake the bread
herself and after it was done, there were many hands waiting. The story is
fictional based but has real life content. How often do we look for others to
help and when it counts there is no one around, but in the end they are all applauding?
No one can see the ending from the
beginning, but it takes those that have keen sense to daylight to recognize
when there’s a breaking in the day. Even if there are a few rough patches down
the road there will eventually be a smooth ride ahead. Those people are known
as “keepers”. They’ll stick it out not based on who you are, but due to the
fact of what it will be. Not only is
this not the day an age to waste time, but it is not the time to waste
opportunity. Cease moments in everyday and one of those moments will sooner or
later pay off.
Duly Noted and Marked
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