Acceptance of myself is like climbing a mountain in all ways. I have never climbed a mountain before and finding those skills that enable me to tackle the task of mountain climbing is a necessary tool. Each day my life is presented with the tools that will help me learn how to accept who I am. It is with these tools in hand that I hope to become a better person.
As I grow on a daily basis, it is my solemn hope and prayer that changing for the better will also enable me to treat and love others in a greater capacity.
Acceptance, it is about loving yourself enough to love others greatly.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Change
At any point in time I have the ability to change. That change can always be for the better when I understand the mistakes of my past. Moving forward to become a better person at any point in time in my life, I see
that I am blessed to have this time to pursue these changes for the better.
that I am blessed to have this time to pursue these changes for the better.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
One foot in front of the other
The idea of speaking in public has never really bothered me. I am one of those kinds of people that well let's just say I love to talk. Talking is a great form of exchanging who you are in a very personal way. One the other hand, sharing your most personal failures is a terrifying thing to think about. However, for me understanding that I can share the mistakes I've made with others is learning to put one foot in front of the other.
Taking that giant step forward, standing up and dusting yourself off is a soul reviving feeling. I have come through my life with more challenges that most folks, yet I now know that sharing those moments is healing. Trusting that I have come a long way from the alcoholic that I once was to a person of healing is a grand thing. How many of you know someone that has had a heart attack? How about a person that flat lined, died, yes actually dies thirteen times is less than three hours. Did they live to tell the story? Well, now you've met me and I was that person who died thirteen times.
How in the world can a person pick themselves up from death's door, put one foot in front of the other and prove their doctors wrong when all was suppose to be lost?
Rising up to everyday challenges and negative events can ask a lot out of you, but believing that you have the faith to take your life back is awesome. We are meant to take steps forward, to move in a way that says we know where we have and we believe in where we are going. I believe that God himself, for whatever reason kept me here to do something incredible.
Sharing my failures, learning how to accept the good that I have been blessed with and talking about who I really am is my task. That's knowing how to have enough faith when all seems lost, put one foot in front of the other and move forward into the next moment. I have no idea where my life will take me in the next few minutes, hours or days. However, I do know that I travel this wonderful journey not alone, but with God's help and love.
Believe me when I say I'm really not the preaching type, I'm more the sharing kind of person. No holds bar about who I am and what my life has been like, and what it is like now. Defying the odds, how I love the thought of that and it motivates me everyday.
One way or the other, one foot in front of the other, for better or worse, I'll take the trip. After all what do I have lose, certainly not much.
Like I always say, when heaven and hell both kicked you out on your death day, how bad can life really be?
Believe me, putting one foot in front of the other has its' upside in comparison to where I've been.
Take the plunge. Get up, get started, your life is too important to miss out on.
Taking that giant step forward, standing up and dusting yourself off is a soul reviving feeling. I have come through my life with more challenges that most folks, yet I now know that sharing those moments is healing. Trusting that I have come a long way from the alcoholic that I once was to a person of healing is a grand thing. How many of you know someone that has had a heart attack? How about a person that flat lined, died, yes actually dies thirteen times is less than three hours. Did they live to tell the story? Well, now you've met me and I was that person who died thirteen times.
How in the world can a person pick themselves up from death's door, put one foot in front of the other and prove their doctors wrong when all was suppose to be lost?
Rising up to everyday challenges and negative events can ask a lot out of you, but believing that you have the faith to take your life back is awesome. We are meant to take steps forward, to move in a way that says we know where we have and we believe in where we are going. I believe that God himself, for whatever reason kept me here to do something incredible.
Sharing my failures, learning how to accept the good that I have been blessed with and talking about who I really am is my task. That's knowing how to have enough faith when all seems lost, put one foot in front of the other and move forward into the next moment. I have no idea where my life will take me in the next few minutes, hours or days. However, I do know that I travel this wonderful journey not alone, but with God's help and love.
Believe me when I say I'm really not the preaching type, I'm more the sharing kind of person. No holds bar about who I am and what my life has been like, and what it is like now. Defying the odds, how I love the thought of that and it motivates me everyday.
One way or the other, one foot in front of the other, for better or worse, I'll take the trip. After all what do I have lose, certainly not much.
Like I always say, when heaven and hell both kicked you out on your death day, how bad can life really be?
Believe me, putting one foot in front of the other has its' upside in comparison to where I've been.
Take the plunge. Get up, get started, your life is too important to miss out on.
Friday, September 6, 2013
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