President Obama Inauguration Speech

When hope shatters like glass

When your hope has been shattered like pieces of glass
What else is left for you to do?
How?
When?
What?
You will ask yourself.
If you have one thread of hope you could hang
from the highest mountain top and never fall.
The strength of a single thread of hope is more than that of a double-braided rope.

There is still hope, let your soul find hope in God.

The mischievous side of love

Boy meets girl and they right away have a ‘thing’ going for each other.
But wait! Take a look at the picture below:

Picture No. 1
The boy showers her with extra attention, so he pulls at her hair, pinch her and even hit her from time to time.
On different days the range of things he will do to her greatly depends on his creativity.
This is described by some as play, love play or mischievous.


Picture No. 2
The girl responds by deliberately avoiding the boy and whenever he carries out his usual acts she make remarks such as, “I hate you”, “I can’t stand you!”, “Why don’t you leave me alone?”
This is described by some as misleading.

There are some people on the other hand, who are able to look at the two pictures above and right away determine that it is love. These two are really in love…Ooh!

But then why do they paint a total opposite picture to the one they are feeling and experiencing?
Why do they become so brash when dealing with each other?

Perhaps this little ‘game’ is played because:

They don’t want it to be public knowledge that they are fond of each other
They are overly concerned about each other, so they end up squeezing each other too tightly, by continuous annoying one another, which eventually leaves one person running away believing they are not liked.
Or maybe it is that we have been socialized to be bashful about love

Which ever of the reasons given above you do agree with; the fact is this same behaviour grows with many of us and remains with us throughout our lives until we recognize it and correct it. This little ‘love game’ leaves many unhappy, never really receiving who or what they desire and admire.

There are those who are brave enough to confess their love to the other party at the risk of being rejected. But such is life, life is a huge risk.

Who or what is controlling YOU?

Who or what is controlling you?
Who or what has the power to direct and determine your next course of action, your next thought or what determine your valuables?

Are you under the control of someone or something?
All of us are under the control of someone or something, without any exception.

When you are under the influence of someone or something your actions are determined accordingly. I saw this week just how one of my friends held her self captive, take a look at this scenario:

She had some money put away as short term savings. She needed to pay some bills that were now overdue. The entire thing placed her under such severe stress. She was under stress because she had some money tucked away that she did not want to use. It was so amazing to see how much pressure she brought unto her self by refusing to withdraw her own money. She was under the control of this thought and remained under its control until she decided to take back control. The same instant she decided to call the financial institution and requested the check was the very same instant her stress level went all the way down.

One of two things usually happened with control: We either yield control or we lose control. It is only when we realize how much control these things and persons have over us that we can make a change. We can refuse to yield control or lose control any longer, then and only then will we have dominion as designed by God.

Another side is, self-control, it is such an important fruit of the spirit we should not yield it to anyone or anything else. It is certainly worth keeping and never losing.

The next time you come under sever pressure from someone or something, take a conscious decision that you will not yield control and you will be amazed how much more power will reside in your hands. Yielding control to the circumstances around us only warrant us powerless. If you have lost control of your life, you can regain control. Then when you have it, then you can truly live it.

2009 Focus

I want to believe and behave as if:

· Better will not come unless I become better

· Change will not come unless I bring about the change.

I wish for you a blessed year