Be Your Change

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of ~ Jim Rohn 


Your life can change. The love you seek, a healthier body, better job, richer relationships are all within your reach. But that change first starts at home; with you. Stop being passive, thinking that things just happen to you. No, you can't control the fact that it rains, but it's your fault if you're not prepared with an umbrella! Start the course, so you can stay the course. Change your reaction to change ~V

Living Life

”I'm an average girl, and sometimes I wish I could be more than that; to exceed excellence. As the days seem to go on endlessly, I await the 'someday' I've always been promised. That ' someday' when things are supposed to be perfect...the 'someday' when I find my place in this unforgiving world" ~Unknown ~ Truth: I don’t wait and watch my life pass me by. I face the toughest battle first – that God blessed me yet another day to open my eyes – and then I do my best to work my dreams. I don’t always aim high enough or do my best, but I get there many days. On those days that I miss the mark, I don’t beat myself up, yet I know it’s frustrating that I wasted a day. I’ve watched so many people, famous and not, leave this earth lately, and I know time is precious and we don’t consciously know our end, our spirits do. And I have to honor my spirit by WORKING each day I’m here. Get to work my people ~V

Thoughts of You

I thought of you today 
One of the millions of times it seems that you've intruded my thoughts 
Wait, what did you say?
I can't seem to think - numbers fade
Nothing but thoughts of you seem to flood me through and through 
Crazy isn't it, what love can do 
Makes you dizzy, giddy, thinking of silliness 
Like how it might be to be with you forever
As your Mrs 
It's sad I don't recall these things, when I'm mad 
Instead, I focus on the bad 
The forgotten toilet seat up yet again 
Things you don't understand 
That's all in the future
When love is not so fresh and new 
I don't see those things right now 
I only think of loving you 
And how good your lips feel pressed against mine 
And how I long to hear your voice....
Thinking and daydreaming, not focused on the day at hand 
Yes, I thought of you today... 

The Perfect Plan

Truth: In the middle of a storm, with chaos and darkness all around me, the one thing that I can always count on, is a tiny voice whispering in the deepest part of my soul - my mother's voice telling me, It's going to be okay...something she always said, even when there seemed to be no way out; no end in sight. She always found a way to make it right. When she was about to die, the minister who spoke to us said that sometimes, the perfect plan isn't the one we want, but that doesn't make it the perfect plan. Our prayer he said, should be for my mother's perfect peace. She died that night. The lesson? The plans you seek may not always turn out the way you want, but God gives the design we need always, perfectly. It's going to be okay... 


Thank you Mom ~V

Self Reflection

I had a friend slap me one night, in the middle of a drunken pity party I was having, lamenting about whether or not I would ever have someone who loved me, and that maybe even I didn't deserve love in my life. He asked me if the slap represented how I wanted to be treated, and feeling the sting of that slap on my face, I meekly replied no. He then quite simply told me that if I stopped abusing myself, others would also do so. What a revelation.  This is the place where this poem comes from....


Before you jump 
Into the vast sea that is love
Take some time to repair you
And all your damaged insides
Do a good job, scrubbing away all the infected parts
Spring clean your emotional soul
Replace it with good feelings all around
Why?
Because while you may find someone who truly loves you
How they treat you in the long run
Is based on a simple premise buried down deep in your insides
That place where pure honesty resides
How YOU feel about YOU
So don't finger point
Don't get mad at love
Instead, take your time and do an honest assessment
See, because honestly
The love you receive is the mirror
Your mirror
Self-reflected
Truth hurts....

Self Love

Love Truth: A door mat is something to be used to stop dirt and debris from being tracked into the home - to clean your shoes. It is a thing.  You are a living, breathing human being; not a door mat.  Waiting on someone to see you differently when you can't does you no good.  


Get on the floor only to pray, play or clean. Stand on your own two feet. Don't expect him to change his thinking - change requires your changed thinking about you. There is nothing more powerful than you loving you! ~V