Filter Out the Past and Keep Moving Onward to the Future

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Doesn’t it feel good to know

that while playing a balancing act

of juggling the world and our passions

on our paths

we are living champions of life?

We are strong. We are fierce.

We are warriors

And our feet are spears.

Life has challenges.

It deals some cards

 that might force us to renig

and it goes to the heart
while we are looking back

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because we envisioned a hand

that we didn’t really have.

Some things we were able to move on from

and some that we never get past.

And here we are in the present moment,

with all this knowledge of how strong we are

as people, thriving to fight

for what is in our hearts.

And so, all those things that held us prisoners to the past,

let them go like passing gas

And all those things that keep us bothered by our yesters

Shit them out and become a quality ply of toilet tissue invester

And all those things that no longer satisfy

Regurgitate them out of your life.

Tell the sorrows goodbye and let the sunshine in

Don’t allow the small shit to keep you dim.

It’s okay to live. It’s okay to love.

It’s okay to trust. Know that you are enough.

And eff all those who don’t believe in who you are.

If you believe in yourself, you are half way there.

As you look onward to the future.  

When Change Comes, Make the Big Bold Decision to Believe in Yourself No Matter What

"While writing the story of your life,

don't let anyone else hold the writing utensil.

Know the fact that you are enough,

you are worth it and you can achieve

what your heart desires."

- Unknown

 

And remember the truth that we become a little better every day as we go through remarkable changes based on our experiences and that we have a harvest of kingdom fruit awaiting us which we are perfectly suitable to dwell in.

 

“Storms make trees take deeper roots”

– Sharon Lechter

 

A tidal wave of change takes place based on the vibration of thoughts we have about our own selves. While other people’s negative thoughts can become contagious, make sure to make the big, bold decisions to stay firmly rooted in believing in yourself.

“Depression is destructive

while self-confidence and faith are constructive.”

– Sharon Lechter

When your faith is spilling over, there is nothing that can knock you out of the soil. You still stand tall and face the brightness of God’s unmatchable sun. Sparks of possibility seem to never leave us because we are driven by the flames of achievement of being blessed by another day.  

Only God knows what the next leg of the journey will bring but while we are headed there, travel along your path with complete confidence that you have everything it takes to move forward to what is ahead.

I invite you to check out a flashback of a performance I was so blessed to be a part of at Jacob Javitz Convention Center with the Medgar Evers Jazz Ensemble at the graduation ceremony for the 2013 college graduating class. I was experiencing a bunch of anxieties that day having lost my aunt to cancer the day before who left behind five kids under 18 years old. I was so sad about the situation because we were really close and I couldn't belive my little cousins were left without their mother and my uncle had to do whatever he could to handle it. 

After singing before the crowd of 5500 people, I went home, cut all my hair off and started a whole different way of thinking about my life. Change I guess is a real thing when death plays a part. At a funeral about a week back, for a beautiful family who lost their hero, their father, I was asked to sing Sam Cook's "A Change is Gonna Come." A few days later, I lost a dear friend and his family's and friend's lives were changed forever. The whole point is to never lose faith. 

The song I sang at the graduation, which is also a point of change from experiencing education to experiencing the field and having to deal with maybe not landing the job we want with so much competition for the same work,  was "I Am Changing" originally performed by Dreamgirl Jennifer Holiday and it can be found on youtube at: https://youtu.be/lIyQEJgnWuE

Have a beautiful, faith-driven day everybody!