Life isn't Difficult

Life isn't difficult. It's the assholes along the way that can make it tough!

Think about it... after a challenging work-out or difficult task you feel accomplished and proud, but after dealing with an asshole you feel drained and exhausted.

Stay away from a-holes and life will be much better!

Time is Money!

Time is money and patience is free!  You've always got time to wait, and it doesn't cost a material form of currency, can you hear me?

However, in those rare instances, when you feel you've got to move quick...Make sure you've got the money, because it usually costs material forms of currency.  Quick certainly isn't free!

The Goodness of Frustration

Frustration is always taught of in a negative light, but this morning I found good use of this lower emotion.

As I was going through my normal morning routine, I found myself becoming frustrated because some of the normalcy of my day was out of whack.  Then I began to think to myself, "self if God gave us the ability to experience this emotion, how can I use frustration for good?"  The answer...It's a signal to self that I'm out of order and possibly doing something wrong.

When this signal goes off I need to stop and figure out how to align myself with harmony.  That might mean I skipped some steps and need to complete something I didn't, ask for help or simply be thankful knowing that my desired goal isn't unattainable, I just need to prepare myself a bit more for its arrival.

I now have the ability to experience frustration and use this emotion for good!

Patience

..."Count it all Joy when you fall into various trails, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing..." (James 2-4 NKJ (New King James Version)).

I memorized this scripture years ago!  I pondered it for hours, wrote about it, spoke to my, at the time pastor about it, repeated it, prayed about it and thought about it from the moment God put these words in my heart and periodically over the years.  This evening God gave me a real understanding of the power of patience. 

Patience is a purifying agent that eliminates the impurities of the soul.  It literally transforms our thinking, movements and realities!  

I can feel a large boulder of weight in my stomach that attempts to continually distract me from my goals, but patience is eating away at the mass and it is slowly diminishing in size. 

I'm thankful that I understand patience is changing my life!

Consistency

I started my first blog Empowered Peace in 2010. When I started this blog I naturally became a part of the blogging world. My first blog entry was on 7/7/2010 and the last (possibly not final), was 1/2/20/12.

I stopped posting because life happened and I allowed the events going on around me to redirect my thinking, behavior and direction. It's quite unfortunate because had I stayed consistent Empowered Peace could of evolved into a talk show or numerous other forms of expression.

When I began blogging it was new and exciting. People such and Kandee Johnson, Scary Mommy, Wanna Be Balanced Mom and SITS were just getting started or in their infancy stages of development.  All of these bloggers have been consistent and now enjoy an immense amount of success. They have gone on to do television shows, do sold out events, establish themselves as millionaires and do many other great demonstrations of consistency.

I'm positive they had obstacles, life and many other hurdles that success brings try to distract them from their paths, yet they managed to stay consistent.

As I  have pondered events that have taken place I discovered a precious relic called consistency. I believe that had I stayed consistent and continued doing what I started I would be enjoying many of the same successes of the bloggers I mentioned above.

So here I am starting new endeavors and consistency is willing to lead me along her diligent path. Her way isn't easy, it doesn't have short cuts and it certainly isn't for the timid. Her rewards are great and concerted effort of will power and right responses to her invitations are what she requires.

Consistency certainly requires a lot, probably more than I realize, even at this critical hour. Yet I am willing to do as much as I understand and let consistency explains the steps along the way.