Change...It's Time

Everyone has one in their house or office. Everyone dreads when they have to go there. Everyone knows the day will come when they have to clean out their "JUNK" closet/drawer. You know the one you throw stuff in all the time. The old stuff you really don't need or use anymore but just refuse to give it up because you feel one day I'll need that. Clothes you can't fit. Broken objects. Pairs with no partner in sight. Twisted and tangled metals. Faded love letters of the past. The musky stench of oldness and dusk surrounding every inch. Yet, you lack the determination or motivation to clean out that space until....you have to move then you really have to deal with the contents of YOUR junk space. Moving has never been easy but having to sort through the disaster zone that awaits you is tedious and treacherous. This space is usually the very last area you tackle. Though it's hard, it is needed in every way before you make the move to your next destination. Time to clean out those childhood pains, hurts, and wounds. Those misfortunes and defeats. Erroneous words spoken over your life. Failed ventures and relationships. Change. It's hard. It's daunting. It's scary. It's challenging....but it's needed for Growth.

As I begin, the process of opening my closet door to clear this last space before my destiny, I pray you will begin your own cleaning process as well.

P.I.N.G!!!

I Dream in Color

I will be musing on some of my recent thoughts of things I see around me. Please take what you will from it.

*Convo of me telling a friend about a dream I had*

me: and he had on a blue shirt with...

friend: how do you know the shirt was blue? do you dream in color?

me: yeah, don't you?

friend: no.

me: hmm...I've always dreamed in color and assumed everyone else did as well.

Stay with me I'm going somewhere with this...


My daily observations on my commute into the "big" city for work:

There's this man who has a cage on the back of his truck who goes to the local atm each day at the same time without fail. (I often wonder if he is getting money or checking his account because he doesn't trust someone in his camp but I digress...). He then goes down the main street to get on the highway when there is a quicker turn that could easily get him on the highway. I suppose he sees the logic in his actions though I don't get it. Odd to me but makes perfect sense to him.

There's the man who walks the length of the main highway into the city each day rain or shine, hot or cold. He yells and points at people as they pass by him. Sometimes, I wonder if he comes out for "show" or if he actually walks each morning for the exercise and his health. Does he long for attention? Is he fulfilled by his actions?

Then, there's the red Metro with rims at the local Bell that sells tacos (you do the math,no advertising here...lol). Always there without fail each morning before 7:30am. I've never worked in fast food (quite frankly never really had a desire to do so) but I've always been under the assumption schedules changed on a regular basis but here this person always has the same schedule. How long have they worked here? Will they ever leave?

Then, there's me who leaves home about the same time each day headed to the same place wondering if this will be my routine and for how long? I squarely believe I'm not suppose to have a schedule (probably why I savor sleeping in on weekends..lol). Someday, I'm suppose to create my own schedule because I'll have my own. I believe it is God's will for my life.

And that's the routine of it all...but not for long because I dream in color. Do you?

Enjoy...P.I.N.G!!!

The Expansion

Ever merged onto the interstate from a two lane highway? Ever moved from a small town to a big city? Ever go from an apartment to a single-family home? All of these things have one thing in common--expansion. In expanding, the vision can seem lost and sometimes blurry. Expanding can seem hard and stressful. You cannot take everything and everyone from the old place to the new place. That's where I am in life. I was getting blurry and stressed as I continued the process. Now, I understand my frustration and irritation is not with my surroundings but it is the expansion of my vision and me trying to take old things into the new place. I can't do it. I won't do it. If that means cutting off some things and people, I have to act accordingly. The manifestation of the vision is so close, I can't afford for anything to hinder its fruition(act of bearing fruit). I must be intentional and purposeful in all my actions. Some will understand (especially if they are going after vision as well) and some will not understand (those not dreaming). I now understand as the vision expands, I have to do the same in my mind, heart, and spirit. Someone once told me in biblical times, they never put new wine in old wine skins. My vision is upon the horizon and it is ever expanding as a walk toward it. What has He prompted you to walk towards? Will you know it when you see it?

Quote expressing the ever expanding vision:
"No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you." --Zora Neale Hurston

My MOTIVATION RIGHT NOW...ENJOY!!!

Turning...

As I was just sitting here waiting to go into a meeting, I noticed a butterfly had landed near me. I marveled at its wings which were beautifully crafted and designed. It gracefully landed and ascended in the same effortless manner. I begin to think about the caterpillar it once used took the appearance of at some stage in its life. In this form, no one saw it as it walked the ground going fairly unnoticed by many. Then it was time for the cocoon. The place it had to toil with dread and isolate to grow and develop to its creative manifestation of a butterfly. We all start out as the caterpillar. Some of us (myself included) have entered into the cocoon. It is a place where grow with it rough demands must cut, purge, and transform our whole makeup to get us to our true nature. The thing we were created to be before the beginning of times. It's uncomfortable, stressful, tiring, and sometimes downright dismal. Take heart today, because when we arrive at the set time of our manifestation, we can boldly fly with our beautiful captivating wings as the butterfly we were created to be all along.

PING....Enjoy!!!

Peace & Love

Trick Play on the Field

I HEART FOOTBALL!!!! That being said, some of the best games I've ever seen were games when the underdog is down, it's the 4th quarter, and they have the ball in the redzone. Time is ticking and it's all on the line. The defense is set up to defend a standard play and out of left field comes a TRICK PLAY. Presto chango at the line and the defense was not prepared. Sometimes in life, we are focused on our destiny. All geared for the finishing minute of victory, when out of nowhere we are hit with a trick play. Who saw it coming? What happens next? How do I recover? I was hit with a trick play recently. So focused on the promises on the horizon, I forgot to pay attention to the road just in front of me causing a major blind sided hit to my journey. Though we know the promises lie just ahead, we must also be aware and deal with those small foxes near us. If we fail to empty our proverbial trunks of the small issues of our life, we could very well suffer a setback by a trick play being thrown our way to cut off the vision of the horizons just ahead. I'm on my way to a victory that will catapult me to my next level and so are YOU...Just keep the Faith. He knows your hopes and dreams.

Enjoy....PING!!!

River Rise

"Since you were little, I always knew you were destined to be great at something." Words from my Dad after asking me what I planned to do beyond my current job. At first his words kind of cut me a little, almost to say that I wasn't living up to his expectations for my life....Funny how those same words mean so much more a year later. You ever hear something and not hear it at the same time. Sometimes our circumstances, situations, or in my case, complacency can cloud our view so much so that we can not even hear. My dad spoke those words to me when my life was at a stalled place. I really did not feel like life was going anywhere. You know the place not really moving forward or backwards just still, yet my father saw something in me that I could not anymore (Back story: I was the All-American girl most of my life). My SEED of destiny!!! You see everyone has one because God planted it before our conception; but, it's a matter of tapping into yours to get it watered to produce its fruit filled potential. Hence the river rising (frustration) to water my seed (destiny). As I lay awake the other night like a little kid the night before Christmas, I once again got excited for what the future holds for me. I remembered my dad's words and guess what Pops...now I can see it too. I'm Destined for Greatness.

THANKS DAD FOR BELIEVING IN ME WHEN AT TIMES I STOP BELIEVING IN MYSELF. I LOVE YOU POPPA Happy Father's Day

This quote(slightly paraphrased) sums up my thoughts at this time:
"At the point of commitment, all the universe conspires to help you accomplish your purpose." --Goethe



PING...ENJOY

Two Words to Live/Love By...

Two Words to live and love by...

SPEAK LIFE!!!

Understand that our words shape our worlds. So the next time you find yourself complaining and thinking "woe is me", stop and listen to what is coming out of your mouth.

PING!!!!!


ENJOY!!!!