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Urgent Reminder

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I need to remind myself of a few things this evening ……..

1) Bring the best version of yourself to every situation – there’s no guarantee you’ll be received with open arms but you’ll walk away with no regrets.

2) Don’t hesitate to give up anything or anyone that causes you to question your worth.

3) There are a lot of broken people with good intentions, don’t allow everyone to pour into you.

3.1) The person / place / or thing that leaves you feeling inspired is what / who you should gravitate towards.

3.2) The person / place / or thing that leaves you mentally drained shouldn’t have a permanent position at your table.

4) Your bad days are temporary, don’t exist within those moments long term.

5) you are more than enough! You are more than enough! YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH!

I tend to get inside of my own head when something isn’t going right. I’ve learned that my sanity rests within the narrative of my thoughts – so anytime I’m feeling mentally overwhelmed I recite positive affirmations to encourage myself. In talking with a friend recently I was asked “why not encourage yourself before there’s trouble on the horizon?” – Great idea!

Access Denied

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I caught myself speaking of an individual recently and the comment I made was “I hate him”. Instantly I felt convicted and corrected myself by way of apology and asking the Lord to remove the spirit of hate from within me.

I’m a firm believer that words have power; therefore, speaking hate into the atmosphere gives it strength.

When thinking of why my initial reaction in regards to this individual was less than loving I realized the essence of who he is isn’t loveable. There may be a back story that explains his reason for spreading droplets of misery everywhere he travels, but I’m totally not interested in those details nor his excuses – they should be reserved for his therapist!

My mother tells me regularly that I have to accept people for who they are and deal with them accordingly. I respectfully disagree – I don’t have to deal with levels of ignorance that incite rage within me! There’s not a scripture that says I have to stand as a whipping post for anyone! I will never compromise my peace for the purposes of accepting someone else as being a jerk – and, It is highly unlikely that I’ll intentionally put myself in harm’s way without reason!

My thought for today, I have to do better! The expression of hate is human but doesn’t help in my quest to do better / be better. I know better; therefore, I must have better control of my emotional response and reaction. Failure to achieve such means that I’ll allow someone else governance, and that’s unacceptable!

Revoking access to your life so that peace can be preserved doesn’t make you a bad person, it simply makes way for the emergence of a better version of who you are.

Go Ahead and Be Great

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I’d argue that “Let me be great” is one of the most asinine pronouncements of independence an adult could ever make.

Think about everytime you’ve heard the declaration, was the great one trying to explain away a dumb action on their part? Were they convincing themselves that the wrongdoing they were engaged in was a minor infraction? Were they hoping you’d bow down in submission to their every day average behavior?

Do you ever hear the people that are doing great things boast about their superiority? Dr. Ala Stanford, and the Black Doctor’s Covid-19 Consortium, arguably could be a forerunner for a humanitarian award – her every press conference is focused on the work still left to be done. She is being great!

Stacey Abrams was robbed of an election victory. She turned her defeat into a platform that changed the political climate of Georgia for years to come. We, the people, speak about how bad ass she is – she speaks of the need to not become complacent. She is being great!

Aisha Drayton loss her son because a punk with a gun decided to come to her home and kill him. She poured her grief into creating I’s Visision, a foundation in his memory, and now provides fundamental services to children in need. She is being great!

If you’re out here being great is there a track record / resume that affirms your eminence or is your metric based upon the number of designer items you possess?

I currently reside in a city plagued by violence. Homicide rates are on track to be the highest we’ve ever seen and a huge number of the victims haven’t reached adulthood. I can’t claim greatness while families around me are struggling to cope and I have nothing to offer. Somewhere in the midst of this darkness is a phoenix yet to be realized – that person will be great!

Greatness is within each of us! Let’s put it in action so others will see our works – I dare you to!