“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
-Winston Churchill
I know that some of you are wondering why I am posting so much...
well...I'm sharing my secret to how I get over life punching me in the face, and get over it rather quickly...
See...My life has not been a crystal stair. I have had WAY more failures than successes. (One recent big one- being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome as an adult-seems like everybody knew...but me.) But, I'm a dreamer...a fearless visionary...the one that everyone looks at and shakes their heads and calls me a nutjob because I tend to see things on the horizon that everyone collectively agrees is not there. I admit, sometimes I take off running towards that pie in the sky, and I'm right on the money...others...the journey itself is the only prize to be won. When that happens...My eye tends to swell up, my lip bursts, and welts and bruises begin to show...life has once again handed me a royal beat down...today...was one of those days...I'm holding an ice pack to my third eye now...
However, due to me having the best father in the world (Pastor Joe Butts) who taught me at a very young age (and still tells me almost everyday- even at 34 years old) that "you can do anything that you put your mind to" and "If you can dream it, you can believe it, you can see it, you can achieve it"...and "Do not cast away your confidence"...I learned how to #encouragemyself in the dark times, and to pray and keep believing until the sun shines again.
As You can see earlier... I was having a hard time...(scroll down my timeline to the next picture of me looking all forlorn and puppyless) I posted that blurb after I had already experienced my complete snot bubble-nosed, silent wide open mouth, slob dripping, sitting on the floor, temper tantrum breakdown, and had begun to put myself back together...I spared ya'll that heart-wenching "why me Lawd???!!" soliloquy. It was pathetic.
Anyhoo...once I got pass the initial shock of disappointment (being suckerpunched via text message) and wanting to kick over somebody's bike...I prayed...and started to read about all the other successful people in the world, and the trials that they overcame to get to where they are...(many of which I shared with you), looked through pictures of my two boys (my motivation) and then I got still.
And the answer began to come...the light bulbs began to shine...and the clouds began to clear...I read autobiographies and biographies non-stop...like my daddy says..."there's nothing new under the sun" if you are going through it...somebody else already has...nothing is impossible to them that believe. And while reading the biography of Henry Ford...a peace came over my heart. There was my answer!
I am a strong believer in the "Law of Recognition" that states..." Everything that you need is already in your life merely awaiting your recognition of it." it goes on to state that "Anything unrecognized remains uncelebrated by you..." and "Anything you refuse to celebrate eventually exits your life...a gift, a miracle or a person."
When I looked around me...I realized that although things didn't go the way they were planned today...they are going the way that they need to go...and the answer was right in front of my face...merely waiting for me to recognize it...everything is going to work out....certainly, its all going to work out. Cause for a celebration, indeed.
#OnlyBelieve #PeopleAreInYourLifeForAReason
#SomeForASeason #IfOnlyToTeachALesson#WhenYouFeelInYourHeartToR
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