Tag Archives: Life

Day 3075: Ceasing to Cajole

For those who want to there’s always a way while for those who don’t there’s always an excuse– that’s what I’ve realized

It’s 12: 41 PM on day 3075 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Recently I learned that it’s never a good idea to try to cajole people into doing something because those who truly want to do it won’t need to be cajoled into it and those who don’t won’t be cajoled into it…all in all attempting to cajole people into things is a waste of effort those who don’t want to help you don’t deserve the opportunity to do so.

Day 3073: The Evolution of my Definition of Success

Our definition of success changes over time – that’s what I have realized

It’s 12: 49 PM on day 3073 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work

Today I was thinking of my definition of success and how it has evolved over time before my success was all about me and only about me now in order for me to consider myself truly successful I have to help others reach their dreams and goals while simultaneously reaching my own

Day 3071: Life’s Hard For Everyone

Everybody’s life is hard just in different ways – that’s what I remind myself of when I have hard days

It’s 2: 55 PM on day 3071 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse and do some work

Today as I found myself thinking surely life can’t be this hard I remembered that life is hard for everyone just in different ways

Day 3068: Celebrate Life in All Its Complexities

Life is to be celebrated – that’s my message to the world

It’s 1: 03 PM on day 3068 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today as I was headed back inside from my hours outside I raised both my arms and screamed repeatedly at the top of my lungs I AM ALIVE, I AM ALIVE my life is hard and heartbreaking and yes sometimes oh sometimes I feel so cheated that I may never have some things but I do love life and love being I love seeing aeroplanes and blue-sky days, I love birds and trees, I love knowing that I will form part of the history of humanity, I love knowing that there will never again be another me

Day 3067: God Sees All, I KNOW IT!

God can be found in the unglamorous, mundane deeds of every day  – that’s what I was reminded of today

It’s 1: 30 PM on day 3067 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today as I was working doing what I needed to do I remembered the words what you have done for the least of these you do for me too I know that in every moment God is with me, God sees me, God knows me and God loves me some days it’s one of the few things I have.

Day 3066: Be Consistently Excellent

Everything you do, do with all your heart – that’s my message to the world

It’s 2: 13 PM on day 3066 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today I reminded that when you do all you do with all your heart excellence becomes your signature and in a world where mediocrity has become the norm if you choose to be  consistently excellent the world will eventually be your oyster

Day 3065: Who is a good friend?

Sometimes the duty of a friend is to help lift one out of sorrow even by unorthodox means – that’s what I was reminded of today

It’s 11: 54 AM on day 3065 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today I was thinking about what it means to be a good friend friends are not just people who show up to your parties and take pretty pictures with you friends are people who show up and stay when you need them most – sometimes the duty of a friend is to help lift one out of sorrow even by unorthodox means.

Day 3061: Be a Blessing

There is no greater blessing than that of being a blessing– that’s what I’ve realized

It’s 2: 46 PM on day 3061 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today I was reminded that there is no greater blessing than that of being a blessing truly we are defined by our deeds not our worldly possessions.

Day 3059: Embrace Rejection

“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

It’s 11: 20 AM on day 3059 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside and do some work

Today I realized every day (literally every single day) people reject my requests, suggestions and ideas and yet every day I move from one rejection to another without loss of enthusiasm because I know that as long as I keep asking somebody is bound to say yes eventually – sometimes courage is not jumping off cliffs sometimes courage is asking for something knowing people could very well say no.

Day 3058: Love and Unrequited Love

The love you feel nobody can take away from you it is yours even when it’s not reciprocated – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 10: 57 AM on day 3058 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, spend time outside – it’s such a beautiful day so grateful to be part of it –  and do some work

Yesterday I was watching The Bounceback   and in it was a scene where a father was consoling his daughter after a boy broke her heart he said (I’m paraphrasing) the love you feel nobody can take away from you it is yours even when it’s not reciprocated I had chills hearing that I thought those words were directed straight at me because when people don’t receive my love the way I expected them to I feel like it doesn’t count and that it’s wasted but now I realize that how people receive  my feelings for them is none of my business