In the midst of the storm....

It is the feeling you get when you are already out and it starts pouring down rain and you have no umbrella.

It is the feeling you get when you are stuck at somebody you loves graduation and its boring but there is 3 more hours to go.

It is the feeling you get when your tank is running on empty but the signs say the gas station is 4 miles away. Desperation......What to do? Wanting to scream....

I think being in the midst of the storm is the best way to identify the spirit that lies within you. You will see what you are really made of when it all starts to come down..crumble right before your eyes. Will you give up on yourself, let your self down..or will you fight and conquer and keep going.

I don't think many of us realize it is the hard times and the rough patches that gives us our stripes. Builds up our character and proves to us every time that our spirit is what sustains us and it is bigger than just what the eye can see.

You can always remember while in the midst of the storm...that it will soon be over and things have no choice but to get better and brighten up.

Nothing is never enough to make you frown everyday, have a bad attitude, not show love and receive it or not smile. NOTHING!

We all are here, as a collective on the same plane trying to achieve one thing...the feeling of LOVE.

If its from a mate, a friend, a career, a hobby, a pet, an idea...we look for LOVE in all that we do, because it is the only pure and whole feeling that makes us feel complete.

Love freely and leave your heart open for it each day!

Have a wonderful LOVE gushed day..and look your battles in the eye for you will LOVE yourself even more!

These shoes were made for walking....

I grew up hearing the phrase "What comes up must come down". Not only is this a known fact in physics, but can be applied all day, everyday in life. We feel like we are at the top for so long, living the life, everything is perfect, and then out the blue something can come and knock us off our throne and tell us "Now deal with this"! Life is full of unexpected events and surprises. Man, if I had a dime donated to me for every time life threw me a curve ball I could start a trust fund with the proceeds.

Of course it can be one of the most devastating and depressing times of your life when you work hard for something, look forward to something and bank on something to be a certain way and it just does not go so. How do you handle that? What do you do?

It is important to know that nothing is the end of the world. I don't care WHAT happens or what appears to be causing you grief. We have the power to change and make things happen the way we truly want and some time our decisions can be the ultimate reason of our demise.

Sometimes when you feel at your lowest point and you cry and you just feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders, just at the next moment a blessing comes through and wipes your tears away and makes everything so much better. You realize that you are not ever ever alone and that you will get what you need and what is for you in the time you can handle it.

I take so much pride in all that I have ever struggled through and gave blood sweat and tears for because it makes me so much stronger and helped me to walk around with an appreciation that you can't easily find. I am grateful for it all, and happy I am who I am. God lives through me and you too and nothing is never TOO much.

XOXOXO