Christmas – My Journey to Me

Christmas and #lovechallenge2017

December 25, 2017 My Journey to Me-The Discovery

2017 was a year full of events in our lives. Some events we loved, some we just liked and some we could have lived without. We lost some people dear to us and we welcomed new people into our lives.

As a result of these events, we are each a different person than who we were on January 1, 2017. How so? Because all the events we experienced changed us into the person who is reading this message.

Hopefully, the events made you stronger, more courageous, wiser than you were before they happened. If they did, you experienced personal growth. If they didn’t, I invite you to revisit event and reassess them and their effect on you. Now that time has passed, I bet you see them in a different light.

We are all busy running here and there doing holiday stuff. Continue reading “Christmas and #lovechallenge2017” →

Encouragement, Inspiration

The Gift of You

December 7, 2015November 30, 2015 My Journey to Me-The Discovery

I’m old-school. The Christmas season doesn’t officially begin until after Santa Claus appears at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Thanksgiving has passed so the Christmas season is now officially here! You may now put up your Christmas decorations and play Christmas music.

This is the season when we take our focus off ourselves and focus on other people. Our thoughts turn to giving and thinking of others, especially those who are close to us. Feelings of joy fill the air. However, some of us fall into the trap of letting the season turn us into stressed-out, guilt-ridden and debt-accumulating individuals; we lose the feelings of joy. Don’t fall into the trap this year. Continue reading “The Gift of You” →

Encouragement

Thanking and Giving

November 4, 2011October 25, 2015 My Journey to Me-The Discovery

Each year, between November 1st and December 31, people focus on thanking and giving…… just in time for the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. Thinking of others is good, but thanking and giving are not relegated to a season. Thanking and giving are for everyday.

The Bible says:

“[i]n everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1Thessalonians 5:18

Think you have no one to thank or no reason to thank everyday? Well, for a moment, sit back and see yourself standing on a street corner with nothing but the clothes you have on right now. Imagine you have no home, no possessions, no job, no money, no family and no friends. Continue reading “Thanking and Giving” →