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Dear Help,

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January 20, 2020 @ 2:48p   

Asking for help for me was always a last resort. I wanted to do everything myself. It was a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing because I was able to learn how to do things that I previously couldn’t do. It was a curse because I was teaching people that I didn’t need anyone. When in reality, we all need someone, regardless of how strong we think we are. Having weaknesses or a moment of weakness is perfectly normal. It doesn’t make you less human. The more you tell people “I don’t need anything, I am fine. No thank you, I can do it. I am okay. I can handle it.” They begin to take what you have shown and apply it. So when they no longer ask you if you are okay or if you need help, just know that they learned that behavior from you. I recently watched a sermon on YouTube by Pastor Mike Todd called “Winning in Your Weakness”, check it out if you have a moment.

  I am getting better at speaking up and saying yes more often. In the end, I am the one that will be affected by pushing everyone away. We were not meant to carry the burdens that we carry all by ourselves and sometime, just venting to someone can lift burdens. It’s okay not to be okay. Feel your feelings, just don’t stay there forever. Learn to acknowledge the feelings, accept the feelings, address the feelings and activate the growth that the feelings produced. 

  I’ve mentioned before how I was stressed out on a job and didn’t realize it until years later. Well, due to working 70+ hours a week since August 2019, I felt myself waking up and not wanting to get out of bed for work. This was the first red flag and the only red flag that I needed. I went to my part time job and made a change in my schedule that would help me to have more time to take care of me. I also took a 3 day mini vacay this weekend for some much needed rest and relaxation. I was able to get about 9 hours of rest each day and I made sure all of my alarms were deactivated. I ate good and didn’t think about working or jobs at any point during this time. I was also able to do a good bit of reading and writing. This was necessary and right on time. I am refreshed and recharged. I can take on the world! I am also still on my social media fast and I am sure I got a lot done because of that.  

I talk more about help on this weeks podcast episode. Listen here!

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Dear Time,

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January 13, 2020 @ 11:47a

Time is usually always associated with numbers. On the Dear Signs, podcast episode, I spoke on how I continuously have been seeing double, triple and quadruple numbers. For example, 111, 222, 333 or 1111. Then I randomly wrote on my dry erase board on the fridge, “Your Time is Coming” without giving it much thought. It didn’t dawn on me until weeks later that it was possibly the reason that I keep seeing the numbers, because my time was coming. There is a time and place for everything. Everything also happens right when it’s supposed to.

Recently, I called my cousin to check on her and towards the end of our conversation, she mentioned that the money market account that she opened, wasn’t performing as well as she thought that it should, for the amount of money she had in the account. I told her that I would pass over and check out the account. I went to her house and she logged into her account and we figured out the problem. In the midst of her trying to figure it out, I signed into my account and checked my interest rate and noticed that a few months ago, it started to decline. Now, a few months ago, I noticed, that after a large deposit, my interest was staying about the same. So I looked deeper into it and saw that I was only a few months into the decline. My banking institution no longer offers the type of money market account that I have and they were advertising a new type of account with a higher interest rate. So I created a new account and moved my money. Timing is everything because, had I allowed my busy life to keep me from looking into my finances, it would have been a costly mistake for me. Instead, it took a call from my cousin to make me look into my own account.

When we think or hear about time, it’s due to looking at a clock or counting weeks, days, months and years.  Time is associated with words like, life time, timeless, time sensitive, on time, time/date, overtime, in due time, timely, summer time, dinner time, bed time or timeline, just to name a few but the list goes on and on. My point is, trust the timing of your life. You are where you are supposed to be at this time. What you are experiencing now is the benefit of something, days, weeks, months or years ago and/or the benefit of something in the future. Embrace the moment in time that you are in and trust your journey.

Listen to Dear Time podcast episode here. 

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Dear 2020 Vision,

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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” -Helen Keller

January 6, 2020 @ 4:49p

There are many cliche’ quotes that relate to vision but the one mentioned above is a favorite of mine. I don’t walk around quoting it aloud but I think about it often. Usually just in my head when I am listening to someone talk about what they can’t do and using verbiage that was passed down from decades ago. In my mind, I’m trying to not be that person who does not know or care about their situation and obliviously dismiss the fact that our situations are different. I’m just thinking, YES YOU CAN! YES YOU CAN! YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! To me this quote basically means you can’t see the forest for the trees. You can’t see past your own limitations. You see something but have no idea how to get to it and you aren’t willing to try because of it. They say that the richest place is the graveyard due to all of the ideas, dreams and creativity that died with those people. 

I was once that person who didn’t believe in a lot, I knew things were possible, just not for me. Not because I thought that I was undeserving, but because I was fearful and didn’t see much influence around me. Then, by opening myself up to learning from others outside of those closest to me, it allowed me to be able to grow and see the world from so many perspectives. When you start to see people who are entrepreneurs, who go back to college late in life, who move to a new city and flourish and the list goes on, you can’t help but to start to look at life differently. You will start to look at you differently. 

Possibilities seem much more attainable when you see someone who looks like you winning at life. Granted we don’t know what has been done to get there but the reward is there nonetheless. And seeing it or witnessing it is all the fuel that some of us need. You’ll notice that the people who are where you aspire to be,  speak differently. They speak confidently and positively. They are so sure of what they want and they are determined to get it. 

For some people, the vision for their life is so clear. If they could open their brain, pull their vision out and place it in front of you, it would be so detailed. For others, their vision is blurry, cloudy, too broad or too vague. I believe the major difference is that one set of people have faith and believe that what they imagine, dream or think of, is possible. The other set doesn’t believe and doubts that it’s even possible even if it’s been done before. They don’t believe that it’s possible for them and in turn they project that onto others and that creates a vicious cycle. 

It took me time to train and renew my mind (“..but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind..” Romans 12:2) and once I did, all I needed was to think (”…Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think…” Ephesians 3:20) it and from there I had to put in the work (”…For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:26). My way of looking at it is that if you can think it, envision it, dream it or want it, IT’S POSSIBLE! (”…But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26) (”… Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth.” Mark 9:23)

1. Have vision! (Think of what you want, need or desire.)

2. Write it down in great detail. (Be specific.)

3. Fast or meditate on the vision! (Pray, sacrifice and spend time on that thing.)

4. Be disciplined (Don’t allow anything to get in the way of you or your vision.)

5. Work diligently towards the vision. (Do what’s necessary to get you to the vision.)

6. Be consistent. (Don’t slack off if the vision isn’t manifesting in the time frame that you thought it would.)

7. DO NOT SPEAK NEGATIVELY. (If you have a vision, it is possible. No other explanation is necessary.)

8. Change your mindset. (Do the opposite of what has NOT worked for you in the past. Don’t limit yourself.)

Listen to the Dear Vision podcast episode here!

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