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Just a Thought: Life’s New Path

April 24th, 2012

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“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” ~Alexander Graham Bell

I know I have been a victim of that, but I try my best not to. Sometimes we get so caught up with what didn’t happen, we can’t see what could happen.

This quote reminds me of the time I first started my internship, at my current employer. I went on quite a few interviews and the one interview where I nailed it, but didn’t get that job, for other reasons, I was so sad. I really wanted that job, but at the time I kept wondering why I didn’t get it. I did not understand what God had in store for me. I was so upset I couldn’t understand how they couldn’t give me this job.

Looking back, that job wouldn’t have been a good fit for me. The job I have now gives me set hours and it goes great with my mini’s schedule; which means I can pick her up and drop her off with no problem. The people at my job truly care about me and I love my job.

I believe if I sat there looking at the closed door too long and allowed it to discourage me more, I wouldn’t have stayed where I am and would have never gotten hired. I’m glad the Lord saw fit for me to see this now and appreciate it.

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Look in the Mirror

February 7th, 2012

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“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.”

Ladies, I want you to look in the mirror and say out loud “I Love You”. Don’t just say it to say it, mean it! For some of us this may be a hard task, but I dare you to try it. It may be hard, but I’m telling you ladies if you start doing this every morning you will feel that much better about yourself.

So many of us are willing to love others, more than we love ourselves, but we fail to realize that we need to love ourselves first. In relationships this tends to happen. We focus more on our significant other than we do ourselves. We have to learn and understand that we need to come first in our relationships. In order to make him happy, we need to be happy first.

Also, many of us ladies tend to settle because we don’t think we deserve better. We need to understand that we deserve the best! We should never settle; it’s okay to have a list of what we want in our mate. I’m not saying have this ridiculous list of expectations that no man can meet, but have the important deal breakers and must haves.

Love yourself enough to know what is healthy and what isn’t healthy for you in your ideal relationship. I know too many of us get stuck in these abusive relationships because we don’t love ourselves enough to leave the person who is causing us this pain and hurt. We don’t realize that we deserve better, and no matter what our friends say we don’t get it. Why do we have to wait until we are broken to start loving ourselves?

So this is something I want all of us ladies to do each morning, while we are “putting our faces on” or doing our hair. Look in the mirror and say something nice about yourself and mean it. It could be anything from “I Love You” to “You’re Beautiful” and tell me that doesn’t lift up your spirits.