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Taste of Hope

May30

The Taste of Hope is having its 2nd annual dinner on August 16, 2015.  This event supports The Enitan Story with its work of restoring lives and empowering survivors of human trafficking and domestic abuse.  If you are looking for a summer event to attend or support, please consider joining us.

For ticket sales you can contact me. The ticket cost is $25 per person and $160 for a group of 8.  If you are unable to attend we kindly accept donations as well.  For more information on The Enitan Story, please visit http://enitan.org/

Thank you!

This entry was posted on May 30, 2015.

Patience ain’t pretty

May23
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How do you practice patience? I have decided to go on a sabbatical for a while. It was an easy choice to step away from things for a while because as an introvert, I spend most of my days like this anyway. However, the challenge in it is to understand the test of patience and the lesson to learn this time round. It is not a pretty sight. I have become a grumbler. Uggh! This is truly a thorn in my flesh. A very painful one indeed. So if you call me and you get the voicemail and text not returned, you know why.

I have been becoming easily agitated and annoyed with so many things lately and reduced to whining and complaining which is not where I want to be. I have heard the words “be patient” almost daily over the last few weeks and I take note that there is something I should learn from that. The message has been screaming LOUDLY and I can’t ignore it any longer.

I want off the treadmill of do more, see more, be more at breakneck speed caught up in the web of consumerism and meeting imposed expectations subconsciously. My adrenal glands, mind, spirit and emotions need to recover/heal from the demands I have placed on them. Nothing is that important when compared with my mental, physical and spiritual health.

I’m mostly unplugged except for blog posts and journaling which is a form of therapy for me. I do apologize if it took some of you by surprise, but most of you know me well enough by now to know that I do this from time to time. It is necessary so that I remain the loving and generous person you know me to be. The grumbler you would not enjoy having around lol.

Prayers needed and accepted. Thank you.

Healing from abuse and enslavement

May22

If you thought slavery was over in the late 1800’s, think again.  Enslavement still happens today.  This writer and friend was a victim of human trafficking and survived to tell her story.  Her story will bring tears to your eyes.  Read about her journey. http://goo.gl/hZMst7

photo source: enitan.org

photo source: enitan.org

This entry was posted on May 22, 2015.

The healing power of love

May22
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photo source: www.amazon.com

Love is a healing force.  And this friend and author lays it out so eloquently in her book.  The lessons learned are subtle, captivating and come to us in this very creative work.  If you are looking for a new genre that has elements of fiction, non-fiction, culture, and spirituality all rolled into one, look no further.  http://goo.gl/FUk2k8

 

This entry was posted on May 22, 2015.

A book on healing from cancer

May22

This book is written by a long time friend of mine. I have walked with her through her illness and healing. It is my great pleasure to invite you to check out the book she wrote on healing. http://goo.gl/Krd1f0

 

This entry was posted on May 22, 2015.

Healing from disappointment

May21
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How do you move forward from disappointment?  Is it possible? Today I was very angry about an issue.  After whining, complaining, venting, and feeling more anger, I realized I did not have a word for this issue for a very long time.  For years.  Twenty years. I could list the other areas of my life this issue triggered again and again.  The word is disappointment.  On the flip side of it is acceptance.  Getting angry and going into a tailspin about issues have not helped me to heal, only further delayed it.  So today I accept and own up to expectation I placed in an outcome, person, situation and circumstance.  I have been carrying this around way too long. (Hmm, might be the reason for the excess weight too). Being angry was a natural response to the pain and I felt entitled.  Today I got vulnerable and just simply expressed I was disappointed.  It was a huge burden lifted. I didn’t even know it was gonna come out of my mouth because I had not been able to articulate what it was for all these years. Today, I released it.  Today I am no longer chained.  Today I accepted that the disappointment happened.  Today I move forward… I am free.

This entry was posted on May 21, 2015.

The gift of laughter

May13
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Today I had the great pleasure of sitting with a friend after work, which is something rare for me. Midweek socializing is far and few in between. However, this visit was just what the doctor ordered.  We laughed and laughed some more. We drank Coca-Cola and snacked on puff puff. We talked everything from a to z.  The initial purpose of our visit was put aside intuitively as we found time to just be.  Laughter is good medicine.  I am rejuvenated to finish the week in high spirits.

Say yes!

May7
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Have you ever been at a place in life where you just get in a slump and say no to every invitation?  Invitations to parties?  Invitations to hang out with friends?  Invitations to a new career? Invitations to go on a date? You get where I am headed.  I too, have been guilty of saying no to invitations to have fun.  Having fun lets us put our cares and concerns of life in a box for an brief time and enjoy the moment.  I challenge you to feel better by saying yes to one invitation or one new thing per day.  Ok, I know I am pushing, perhaps one new thing per month.  Here(below) is me saying yes and I filmed the video just for you (excuse the cough drop I am eating).  Vid at Twins game

 



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This entry was posted on May 7, 2015 and tagged .

Scar tissue

Apr30

We’ve all fallen down as children and maybe scraped our knee or elbow.  The healing process varies in duration.  Along the way it stops bleeding, itches, is coated with a scab.  Sometimes we pick at it, other times we just let nature run its course.  At first sight the wound more than likely looked like it would never heal… but it did.  How do we know? Because the scar tissue is a reminder of where we’ve been and also what event left us with interesting body art.

Today I experienced something in a conversation that could have potentially wounded me, but I have “fallen” down on this same place emotionally several times in the past.  I’ve grown emotional scar tissue so thick that that event does not open the wound for me anymore. I recognized it and stayed focused on what I was there to do, it was to teach and not fall down.

I want to encourage you today to not fall down.  If you do, hopefully you have emotional scar tissue to buffer you.  If not, know that it will itch, scab over, and eventually heal. Each time you fall down on that same “spot”, you start to recognize that the impact of the fall is not as damaging.

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Hidden for a season

Apr18
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Tonight I was having a conversation with a friend.  She was talking about Jesus being a bright star but hidden away from danger until the appointed time.  That got me to thinking about the gifts and talents that we know we have and are ready to showcase but somehow the time to reveal has not yet come.  Timing is essential.  If revealed too early, the dangers in the form of dream killers will tread on it before it has a chance to grow and mature.  So while you may think you are being passed over, ignored, or some other setback, perhaps you are being hidden until the appointed time.  Keep shining, your debut is around the corner.