365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY 13TH MAKE UP!!!

Often before I go to bed I find myself thinking, "I can't wait to go to sleep and WAKE UP so I can have my cup of coffee." How a wonderful would it be if I went to bed thinking of how I can't wait to wake up and see what God has in store for me today. Who can I help. who can I pray for, what doors will God open, etc. When I WAKE UP I always say a prayer but that is but a small drop in a very large bucket. I will do my very best when I WAKE UP, on the days I am going out, to include a prayer that I may help someone. I have when I am out but I know there is always more that I can do.

This is my very last May post...tomorrow its off to a brand new month...another branch of my one word journey! Lord willing...I will see you all tomorrow!

A cute little reminder to pray when we wake up...smiles

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY 14TH MAKE UP!

Life may not be a COMPETITION but it sure feels like it! Everyone seems to try and outdo each other in every aspect. I have never been very competitive I will admit. I am not sure if that is good or bad. I do believe that God made me unique...I am fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14) COMPETITION can be a great thing but with everyone sharing their lives on social media we can often feel like we are in a COMPETITION. As someone once pointed out to me...how do you know they are not making all that up? Hmmm you don't but I know I don't feel like trying to figure it out. I simply don't read it. Why? Because the enemy knows exactly what changes your mood. I am learning to stop him at the onset!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY...LAST DAY!!!

It is hard to believe today is the very last day of May already. Time sure flies when you are having fun! Smiles. After last nights "flood" incident, today was an exercise in PATIENCE. No one came to soak up all the water. Thank God I had collected enough store adds to lay on the soaked carpet so I didn't have to slosh around in it like I was outside playing in puddles. Technically my PATIENCE is gone. I would like to think someone who owned property would not want it ruined. If I see one drop of mold anywhere they will have to do way more than sucking up some water. Things like this are not the only thing we need PATIENCE for. I had a customer issue today that worked out in my favor...praise God for that. I also praise God that even before I did some research and found out it was not my error, that I was kind and my PATIENCE was shinning before and even after. Talking to a family member who is throwing away money that could feed a small village also took PATIENCE. PATIENCE is definitely a virtue! It is also a learning process.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY...ALMOST GONE!

Just when you think you are having a wonderful day...everything starts heading south. I am being stable to a degree or at least after I had my vent talking to my mother smiles. I had bad news and then my neighbors flooded my apartment again! This is the second time they have done that. Between that and them keeping me awake I am ready to complain. In a kind way of course. I am off schedule and typing late again. Only because I was waiting for them to come extract all the water. It took me all this time to figure out they really are not coming...at this hour they would have to be paid more money and we all know how property owners feel about that! I believe all of this is for a reason...even if its to add to my list of 101 ways to learn to love thy neighbor...smiles.

Bet you thought today's word was in there didn't you? Smiles. Today I was doing things that I didn't even know why I was doing them...actually the past few days I was praying for someone because they were on my mind heavy...turns out they needed and still need that prayer. I learned a valuable lesson...that even the tiniest things that we do...when we are not aware or knowing why they are doing them...can lead to KNOWING or finding out something God wants you to be know. The old saying goes...you can run, but you can't hide...is so true! When God directs your path...He gives you a KNOWING...you don't know how you know, you may not even know why you are doing certain things but God gives us all discernment...what the world calls a sixth sense. That KNOWING not only shows you things you need to know...but it also keeps you safe. I am able to place something somewhere and in my mind see it fall and later it does. I have learned most of the time to move it, push it back, or make some adjustment. Is it me? Not even! It is God! When you have a KNOWING and/or hear God's still small voice...listen to it...always. Just remember that God's voice will never...ever...tell you to do anything wrong that will hurt you or anyone else...if you hear that...its the wrong voice...God is Love!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY...WINDING DOWN!

Everyday I complete a Daily Challenge on  meyouhealth.com/. I have only forgotten twice since I started in 2012. I should say that I remembered too late for it to count...smiles. For today's challenge I had to set an alarm so that I will wind down 1 hour before bedtime, and bedtime has to allow me to have 8 hours of sleep according to when I wake up. I consider this to be a significant aspect of my Mind, BODY, and Spirit...one word journey. We are tri-fold beings, and if one part is off kilter, it affects the whole lot. I need my mind (my emotions and thoughts), BODY (my flesh), and my spirit ( where Gods holiness dwells) to all line up. This is not always easy for me...I tend to be led by my mind way more than I care to be but i am learning. We all know not to live in the flesh. I was taught that in church at a young age although the flesh and spirit do occasionally battle as it does in all of us. This was a rather lengthy explanation of why I am writing early today. Often lately I am up late and I still have not typed about my daily journey. From now on I will try and structure my day (24 hrs) from afternoon to afternoon. Definitely better for my well being and for my BODY.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY...WINDING DOWN!

MAYA ANGELOU passed away today. What a wonderful woman she was. She was inspirational to so many, especially women. I did not know much about MAYA ANGELOU until I heard Janet Jackson recite Phenomenal Woman in the film she was starring in with Tupac Shakur. I was mesmerized by that poem. So much so that I had to find out who wrote it...after I found out that Janet didn't. I quickly added her to my short list (at that time) of favorite poets. Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes and then MAYA ANGELOU. I also loved reading Kahil Gibran. It seems even then, I was always searching for something even though I had God at a very young age. Its funny how you can have something but if you don't go deep within and connect with it...you will not know you have the greatest treasure already. MAYA ANGELOU leaves behind a legacy...but we all leave something...some of us just leave a smaller footprint than others, but we are all equally important and treasured by God.

MAYA ANGELOU...Rest In Peace and thank you for being a woman of integrity, love, and peace. Most of all we thank you for being a Phenomenal Woman indeed!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY...WINDING DOWN!

Tonight was very AGGRAVATING! Between interruptions and my laptop issues, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Last night I laughed so hard when I was supposed to be serious and I just couldn't help myself...I really did try...and when you are on the phone having a serious conversation...maybe I shouldn't have been laughing myself silly. It was a symptom of the stress I was feeling at the time, which repeated itself today. Tomorrow will not be AGGRAVATING in the evening. My day will stay peaceful and if it doesn't I will stay stable. I will not let people disturb my peace...in Jesus Name I Pray not anyway...smiles. 

Keeping it short...laptop issues.