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"My Wish"

I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.

But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big

What I've Learnt

HI SWEETIE, HERE'S WHAT I'VE LEARNT SO FAR:

ego enhancing

v Not to sabotage my strength by engaging in activities that take away from my spirit. Daily I ask: Where am I deriving my sense of strength from? The worst habit I have to disengage in is ego enhancing. By the things I do e.g.: cutting people off in traffic, cursing out other drivers yet it's me that's late, gossiping in order to feel better about myself. Even labeling the weather as good or bad, labeling incidents and people as bad or wrong (which by default brands me as right,) airing unsolicited opinions, etc. 

    Ego correction is a double edged sword. It makes me forget to be humble, puffs out my chest, gives me counterfeit strength but ultimately weakens my spirit.
The danger in ego enhancing is that, in a sense I've deemed myself as a victim of some sort (someone hurt my little ego) and am now getting "rightful" justice. Tracy Mcmillan once said: You get to be a victim and be right (and righteous) but then you're stuck there.

v There is no Fail or Pass grade handed out at anyone’s Eulogy.

v I do not discount anyone I meet.

v There are no meaningless experiences.

v It’s me not paying attention, it’s not the experience. The experience is neither good nor bad, it’s neutral.

v I’ve learnt to open my third eye.

v God has an awesome sense of humor.

 v It’s entirely possible that it’s not them it’s me.

 v The lesson I hold dear above all else and that has saved me countless altercations: The truth in no event needs defense.~Eckhart Tolle

v The way you do anything is the way you'll do everything.

v I’ve learnt to watch my preverbal intention.

v Be humble. Death is the common right of toads and men. Why swagger then? ~Emily Dickinson.
v I've learnt to be willing to revisit my statements and eat humble pie if I have to retract my assertions and proclamations.

“Be humble for you are made of earth.
Be noble for you are made of stars”
― Serbian proverb

v I have learnt that I am not sure of anything. You can never be too sure. The same goes for guaranteeing anything.

v I have learnt to give up self direction and invite God into my life to show me how to live.

v I have learnt to claim progress and not perfection.

I L OVE YOU MY PRECIOUS!!

Sulking

Sulk: to be silent and resentful because of a wrong done to one, especially in order to gain sympathy; brood sullenly or to show anger or resentment by being silent.


Gaceri, words can't explain how I detest this habit. It's the worst of them all. First of all, by sulking you're assuming the others witnessing your sulking know exactly what you're thinking. Mostly people sulk because of wrongs that have been done to them. Instead of talking about it, pointing it out, or defending themselves, they sulk.
It's the dumbest way in the world to resolve a wrong. No one knows what you're thinking about, no one wants to deal with you when you sulk. In any case, sulking is a form of indirect bullying. By refusing to express yourself, you're making others uncomfortable and polluting the atmosphere with negative energy.
You also look silly because you assume the others want to talk to you and maybe unbeknown to you, your silence is just the break they needed. Maybe you're doing them a huge favor by shutting up. And now suddenly, the joke's on you.
Plus it's not lady like. Please don't be that chic? 👀


Instead of sulking, take the time to express why you are displeased. Why are you mad? What specifically are you ticked off about? It is a mark of maturity and respect when you can articulate what has gone wrong and go one step further. Make suggestions as to what corrections can be done to remedy the situation. I can assure you, silence is not golden when you've been wronged. People can't read your mind. When you sulk, you're being part of the problem and not the solution.
I personally don't like sulkers. They sigh, sniff, shrug and refuse to share. Their silence is a sort of transference of anger to you. So instead of them getting mad, it's you getting ticked off. You're left experiencing the negative emotions for them. The way I deal with sulkers is ignore them, completely, until they're ready to verbally express what's wrong. Sometimes, I will tell sulkers in no vague terms (their preferred language is vague) that I am put out by their shenanigans.

You know what, sweetie, no one likes a sulker. In addition, negative thoughts will affect your body and eventually your soul. If there's one thing I know, Sulking is one of those negative activities that contribute to a rotten soul.

Crazy Busy

“I am like a book, with pages that have 
stuck together for want of use:
 my mind needs unpacking and the truths
stored within must be turned over
from time to time, to be ready
when occasion demands” ~Seneca

Hi my darling, at times in life you're going to feel as if your mind is full of to-dos, a never ending list at that. At times you can feel as if life is pulling you in a million different directions. That's when you start to drown in the details and the minuteness of life. Time becomes an enemy instead of a friend. Life begins to become unfriendly. This is when you must step back and take a deep breath. Stepping back does not mean and will never mean that you're being lazy. You have to always take time to regroup.

By continuing in a frenzied, frantic state, there's a real danger in your life getting away from you. Instead of your life being like a serene open book, it looks like a book that's being read at a high speed where most of the pages are stuck together or blurred and undiscernable. I highly doubt if that's what any one wants their life experience to be like. I know that's not what I'd like for you, my dear.

Compartmentalization is
 a 'divide and conquer' process
 for separating thoughts to
prevent inner conflict.
~changingminds.org

Rather than ignore what is overwhelming you, it's time to begin categorizing and filing away. Compartmentalize, every last detail of your life, every urgent matter, every idea that can wait, etc. Then, when everything is put away in your mind in neat little boxes, it's time to open one compartment at a time. Do only what you can. The idea with compartmentalizing is this: you've already tried multitasking and it's not working out. Act as if your life was a book. Open only the chapter you're willing to give your all. And even in that chapter, open the pages one at a time. If you fail to do this, you will end up doing a lot of things awfully and wonder why you can't get anywhere or worse, can't see in which direction your life is going.

The same advice stands for family, friends and others in your life. Deal with one person at a time. It's okay, in my opinion to shelve a few people who have gotten to be a handful. Put people who are retarding your progress in time out. It's not as if you're discarding them, it's just that they need to take a chill pill somewhere in your mind until you're ready to put up with their shenanigans. It's self preservation and there's nothing wrong with that.

Sweetie, it's happened to me before where I've opened every door in my head, where I've let everybody in my life take center stage all at the same time, where I've tried to run 500 different projects all at the same time. Guess what, love? It didn't work out. I failed miserably. Multitasking has its merits but you have to be wise enough to know when it will fail you wrethcedly. Multitasking cannot be applied to everything. That's a lie the too progressive world likes to tell us. In any case where's this we're rushing to? Death? It's coming anyway, so live, don't die trying.

In one of the many letters he wrote to his son in the 1740s, Lord Chesterfield offered the following advice: “There is time enough for everything in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.” To Chesterfield, singular focus was not merely a practical way to structure one’s time; it was a mark of intelligence. “This steady and undissipated attention to one object, is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.” ~Christine Rosen

CrazyBusy is not just a by-product of high-speed, globalized modern life–it has become its defining feature. BlackBerries, cell phones, and e-mail 24/7. Longer work days, escalating demands, and higher expectations at home. It all adds up to a state of constant frenzy that is sapping us of creativity, humanity, mental well-being, and the ability to focus on what truly matters.~ Attention Deficit Disorder expert and bestselling author Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Do not get lost in busyness my dear. Here's an idea: Sit back, lounge, relax,  do nothing but compartmentalize.

Be Brave



He who is brave is free ~Seneca

Hi Sweetness, Be brave! This is an order, not a request. You have to be bold at all times. Especially when you feel scared and challenged. When you are faced with a tough situation, be brave, even if you don't feel that way. Fake it 'til you make it. I know I keep repeating this one line. Well, it's because this attitude will serve you fantastically throughout your numerous life challenges.

If I hadn't been brave I would never have come to the States. I was young, had never left home, scared, unsure, totally clueless, confused, coming out of personal trauma but I did not let my shaky knees dictate my life path. What's the worst that can happen? I thought. If all else failed, I could always come back home. You need to know that too, you can always go back home to reset, shake the dust off and start again. George S. Patton once said: Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

Walt Disney

In the back of my mind I constantly told myself, failure was not an option. So, armed with a little suitcase, zero life experience and a wildly beating heart, I got on Sabena Airlines. With a great leap of faith, I took a thousands of miles journey into my new life. Exhilirating! Victorious! An adventure I had been dreaming of since I was your age.

I remember leafing through the world atlas, Dad's encyclopedias and librabry books checking out what the world looked like outside of the tiny country of Kenya. I knew almost for certain, that with a world this big, I could not lock myself down into one location. The world was mine, to do with whatever I pleased, to go wherever my heart desired. Just this past year, I vacationed alone for a month in Europe. People tell me am brave. I say, I love life. It's one and the same thing.

Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear, not absence of fear

Gaceri, I need you to be brave. Meet challenges head on. If you have something that your heart desires and there are "obstacles" blocking you from gettting it, DO NOT back down. Do not shelve your dreams because they're "so hard" to achieve. There's no such thing as an unattainable dream... There's only laziness and non dedication. Plus, if you truly loved yourself, you would gift yourself your dreams. Always remember: Anything that you don't attempt will remain impossible, unachievable. They're your dreams, make them come true, FOR YOU!
I will share a trick with you. As you grow up, compile a list of people you admire and why. Choose people who have overcome adversity and made it no matter their dire odds. Personally, I like women heroines, because they're relatable. This list will serve you well when life has licked you and you cannot summon the energy or the mettle to go on. Start with your great grandmother, grandmother and your Mom.

Here's a little essay for you:
“I have realized; it is during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most. That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe! But it's only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the unknown.

Illuminate your life

Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken, that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower. But I'm not going to die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming back.”
― C. JoyBell C.

Self Talk

Dearheart, I love you!


Today I wish to talk about: Self talk. How are you talking to yourself? What do you say to you about you?
You have more power over your life than anybody else has. ~Joyce Meyer

Compliment yourself more often. Especially when you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror. Do not listen to, or read articles in magazines that define what you "should" look like. No one should look like anyone else. How is that even possible? We are created as individuals with our own special peculiarities for a reason. We are not designed differently so that we can criticize ourselves and each other. Perhaps the only reason is so that we, as humans, can learn to appreciate the beauty, the wonderment  and genius of creation.


Do not judge yourself. There is a huge difference between judgment and discernment. At first it looks like the same thing, but it's not. Judgment concentrates on the past. It's a woulda-shoulda-coulda concept. It helps no one, especially yourself. Discernment has to do with self care. It's going over the blunder you've made and making a commitment that in the future you will do better, because now you know. Judgment is heavy, regretful, rife with self-loathing. Discernment is light, all encompassing, warm, hopeful.

Don't give in to self-loathing. I don't think we realize how hateful we can get to ourselves. We are our own worst critic. Some of the things we say to ourself, even our worst enemy wouldn't go there. Self-loathing doesn't give you room to heal, to improve. Self-laothing stifles love for self. Love for self is muy importante. It is the juice of life.




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You are created of God. Therefore, any evil thing you say of yourself is an insult to the Creator. You are made of the image of God. God is complete and beautiful and so are you Gace, so are you!Encourage your effort. Be your own cheering force. Truly believe that at any one time you are doing the best that you can with what you have been afforded. Do away with negative self-talk about laziness. Just because things don't work out doesn't mean that your efffort is faulty, it just means life does not resolve on your timetable. So, give time, time.

Ways To Relieve Stress

Hi Sweetie,
As you've noticed, living has a way of producing stress. Most of it you can manage and bear. However, sometimes it all gets to be too much and you will need to take a time out or else you'll lose your sanity. You don't want to go there. Auntie's been there and that's no place for a human being. It's a good thing though, because now when I see crazy coming down the street I recognize it and avoid it like the plague.
Take a few minutes and do one or a few of the following activities:

Reflect on what's going right, your positives.

Blow bubbles

Watch a sunrise or a sunset

Meditate

"Meditation is acceptance.
It is the acceptance of life within us,
without us and all around us"
Sri Chinmoy

Do deep breathing exercises

Take a long bath or shower.

Listen to a relaxation tape.

Give of yourself, volunteer.



Fix yourself a cup of hot tea.

Write a letter to a friend

See a movie.

Window shop



Go to the park, sit under a shady tree or just lie back and
watch clouds

Take a cat nap.

Take a walk in the rain.

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Take a long ride to nowhere in particular.

Weed your garden.

Begin a new hobby.

Catch up with a family member.

Have a good laugh.

Go for a swim.

Sing or whistle your favorite songs.

Work on a puzzle, write creatively, draw or paint a picture

Do something, just for you e.g put flowers in your space. Go for tulips or orchids.

Remove Self-imposed Ceilings

Hello my love,                          

A ceiling,  according to some, is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limit of a room. It is generally not a structural element but a finished surface concealing the roof structure above.

• You can tear it down without threatening the structure of the house.
• You can change it's height. Lower it or take it up higher.
• You can decorate it to suit your taste.
• Better yet, it doesn't have to be there!!

The same goes with life, darling. Many times you will find yourself facing imposing ceilings. Think of life as your own personal room. You put the ceiling there. You chose the color, the shape, the height, etc. Therefore, you can choose to remove it, redecorate it, reshape it, lower it, take it up higher, take it off all together, whatever you fancy.
Look at the ceiling as your own personal goals or even something that is blocking you from achieving your best or moving forward in your life.

Most people have self-imposed ceilings. People are stuck because they forget that they are the architects of these ceilings. They are the master designers of these ceilings. They, therefore, have the power to tear them down and build new ones.


You, my darling, have the strength to tear down ceilings and climb ever higher. Do not stand in your own way to success. Always be dreaming. When you achieve one dream, well, it's time to dream up a new one. Build yourself a new ceiling. C'mon, raise the roof, why don't ya?!! Why not, huh?

 

Here's the funny thing, if you temporarily give up your power and find somebody has redesigned your ceiling, you still have the power to wake up! And remove or remodel that ceiling. You have the power. Don't forget that.

Your life is glorious, your life is beautiful. Have total Faith, my dear and do your very best always. 


Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain. ~Sharon Salzberg.

Live Your Strongest Life

Little Jennifer,

In life, we find our strengths in the smallest details of everyday life. Allow your strengths to show up, to come through. Every day, get up, suit up and show up for your life. Be in attendance in your own life journey. If you're not in the driver's seat, who's driving? Why are you being led?

"A lesson from Suzane L. Taylor:

I WILL: CLAIMING OUR POWER TO CHOOSE.

We must refuse to see ourselves as victims, no matter what challenges we face. We are not limited by racism, sexism, ageism or any abuse that may have occurred in our lives. No challenge can diminish our spirit, nothing is more powerful than a mind made up.

The simple declaration, "I Will," is the beginning of all our triumphs."

Develop your life such that even your everyday actions infuse you with energy rather than drain you. Susan Choi once said: We should patiently tease apart the many strands of our daily existence, distinguishing those that actually make us happy.. from those that we have to eliminate as soon as we can.

Refuse to have a bad day, ever. Your strongest life consists of making a clear, BOLD strategy for your future. Do not half step in this area. Don't be afraid to envision your best life ever. Promise and plan out a beautiful, magnificent, prosperous life for you and your family. You deserve it. Yes you do.

Do the best you can and leave the rest to the universe. Trust in the process which you cannot control or ordain. As long as you have the best of intentions for your life, God and the whole universe will conspire to see that you flourish.

Always do the best you can with what life has dispensed to you, for now. And now is all you have. At each phase of your life you must emerge victorious and ready for the next cycle. Don’t hang on to your life phases. Let go and see what happens. Allow the future to come into your life. Bid it a full-sized, loving Bienvenue!

Always be learning or teaching. Be of some service, no matter how simple, to humanity, to a group, to someone. Your own life should offer you great life lessons. However, you have to be willing to deeply examine yourself. Harbor no regrets; instead, love your mistakes. Be willing to value your bloopers, this in turn helps you understand and appreciate yourself. Syphon the lessons out of your faults or blunders, then keep on stepping audaciously... brave, solid, gallant steps, head held up high, big confident smile.

Living a strong life may sometimes mean putting on a brave face. It may mean faking it ‘til you make it. There's nothing wrong with that.

Courage, like Fear is a habit. ~Tony Robbins

Living a strong life has a lot to do with how you perceive yourself, how you define yourself. You cannot let anyone determine or regulate who you are. That's a cheap cop out. It's a defeated way of saying to yourself, "Oh well! I can't help it. I am this way because of what so and so did to me, because they said I was a ....."

Listen to me Kadudu, Not your parents, not your mentors, not your therapist, not your peers, not society, not your partner.....nobody determines your character. You have to be self-made. The danger in relying on others to design you is that your life turns at their every whim.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces; we’ve become the powerful force ourselves. ∞ Leo Buscaglia.

What you can do, is derive from life’s best exemplars. Look around you for every day heroes. Look in the papers and magazines for ordinary people doing extra-ordinary stuff. Look at your own family members who are striving and thriving. What are they doing right? Believe in yourself and know in your heart that every day gets you closer and closer to your dream life. Funny, if you think about it: If you’re headed towards the life you’ve dreamed of, if everything you’re doing right now is a means to an end (dream life), then, aren’t you living the dream already?

LIVE STRONG MY DARLING!

Letting Go

Hi my love, In life you are going to have to let go of a lot of stuff. That's right, stuff! 'Coz that's what it is in the long run. Holding things in your heart is guaranteed suffering. Anything that happened in the past has no control over you. Let go of old hurts, old pains, old loves, old experiences, old relationships, old behaviors... let them go. Please believe  an even brighter future awaits you, if only you let go....and let God.

"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness."

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Letting Go --Author Anon

When you try to control what you are powerless over, you lose control over even what you can manage.

— To“Let go” does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.

— To“Let go” is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization I can’t control consequences.

— To“Let go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.

—To“Let go” is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself.

Allow God to be as unique
with others as He is with you.
~Joyce Meyer.

— To“Let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive.

— To“Let go” is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

— To“Let go” is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

— To“Let go” is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality.

— To“Let go” is not to deny, but to accept. Yield!

— To“Let go” is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

— To“Let go” is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.

— To“Let go” is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

— To“Let go” is to fear less and love more.


No matter where I am in the world I will carry you in my heart. Auntie loves you!!!