Sunrise and sunsets...

As I look at the sunrise from the top of Stone Mountain in Georgia I am reminded of the number of opportunities that still lay before me....What comes to mind at this moment is my active duty days in the United States Navy. When I worked a 24 hour shift I would go out on the flight line while everyone was inside and watch the sun come up I use to think that was God saying to me, "Here is another opportunity for you"...No matter what I was experiencing I always knew a sunrise was God's way of telling me embrace the future and a sunset meant let it all go...exactly what we are suppose to do at the end of the day.

As long as I could remember I have always loved sunrise and sunsets, it is the essence of all that we do. You gotta love the awesomeness of nature. God really went all out when he created the world....it's amazing.

Breathe

A breath is all that we need to clear our minds, feel better and let it all go. Sometimes it is better to sit back and not say a word, your silence makes the statement you are unable to articulate. Today I choose to breathe and move on... That's all for now.

Behave Yourself

“You can’t talk yourself out of a problem you’ve behaved yourself into.”
…….Stephen R. Covey…..

We can definitely behave ourself out of it with discipline and constant action....talking can only go so far we need to act.

Attitude is Everything

Some quotes that made my morning:

"Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances." Viktor Frankl

"The pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." Harry S. Truman

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." Winston Churchill

"Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized." Paul Meier

"A loving person lives in a loving world. Ahostile person lives in a hostile world; everyone you meet is your mirror." Ken Keyes Jr

"Because I am in the right standing with God, I am surrounded with favor like a shield." Psalm 5:12

Self

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." Aristotle
Taking time to understand and appreciate oneself is an act of brillance that we should always afford ourselves if growth is the desired outcome.

TGIF

I am just getting a moment since my day started considering the day started around 12:45am for me. I decided yesterday that I would stop and get some Trini food let us just say the doubles didn't like me because boy did it work me. My stomach cried all night and I've been drinking green tea and water all day. I am so happy it's Friday this was a short but eventful week and I am thankful it is coming to an end. Next week will be greater.

It Pours

The saying when it rains it pours manifested itself over the past 5 days. A virus infected my computer, the router got infected (didn't know that was possible) so there was no wireless connection and the weather compromised the source internet connection...lawd have mercy is all I could say. Initially it began looking bad but I spent time laying in bed reading and on the phone with friends and I enjoyed the days without connectivity. These few days reminded me about a mission trip I did to Africa 4 years ago. While on the trip I had to go about 5 days without internet please don't think that there is no internet in Africa because that is so far from the truth it just meant the area where we were doing our outreach did not have internet access. Looking back on that time and the last few days I realized something I use the time to connect with nature, read and do some self evaluation. Alone time without all the distractions from technology can do so much good for the soul. In the beginning I rarely think that because I am so upset that I am not able to connect with the world and complete the tasks at hand but once you step back and analyze the situation you begin to appreciate the good in the situation and your outlook changes and you start smiling and growing because time spent on introspection usually leads to personal growth. It's all good.