WOW! Had an event packed weekend! After a few days of Gene and I talking with individuals about talking with individuals about ways to MAKE THE CONNECTION in their relationships... I was EXHAUSTED!
We have been working so diligently to get the word out about our events that I had not realized how little sleep I had gotten over the past few months. From producing Lovers' Rendezvous to publishing Soil Soul and then updating on our class and workshop curriculums, I have found little time for sleeping... Meaningful, deep sleep that is... I have four sons though, so I am no stranger to sleepless nights.
Sometimes, HC feels like a colicky baby. Fussy and temperamental... Crying for hours at a time... Needing a lot of attention... Keeping the mommy and daddy up all times of the night rocking... bouncing... stroking... E.T.C. just to keep it satiated. But commitment to its success seldom seemed to be rewarded in tangible ways.
This past weekend went a long way to calm the baby down. It kinda felt like the baby had a growth spirt or something. It slept through the night. I could hardly believe it. I rolled over in the middle of the night and... nothing! No wimpering. No whining. No NOTHING! And at the end of a full night's sleep... I woke up 10 hours later... FULLY RESTED! Whew... sigh...
What I realize is that there are seasons when we are required to deal with situations that are like 'colicky babies'. The good thing is that usually they are seasons... And by nature, they change. So I am enjoying my season of restoration and replenishment...
Never know when we will need to 'sit up' with another aspect of our amazing vision.
Drea
August 10, 2009
April 22, 2009
THE TRADE OFF
You know, I always knew that there would a price to pay for anything that I really want to accomplish in life. I was prepared to deal with the sweat equity that would be required in order to see a dream or goal manifest and become a reality. What I had not considered was the other costs involved. I did not quite know how to express it until I read an article the other day by John C. Maxwell where he described it as 'the trade off.'
There is a price or a trade off involved in order to receive anything new into your life, and often it will require you to sacrifice something important to you. Only you can decide whether the cost is something you are willing to do without. Only you can decide if you are willing to give up something you cherish to attain a greater prize. Remember, some things (ie. relationships) are irreplaceable.
Ask yourself this...
Is what you are pursuing worth what you are willing to give up? Is it a fair trade?
There is a price or a trade off involved in order to receive anything new into your life, and often it will require you to sacrifice something important to you. Only you can decide whether the cost is something you are willing to do without. Only you can decide if you are willing to give up something you cherish to attain a greater prize. Remember, some things (ie. relationships) are irreplaceable.
Ask yourself this...
Is what you are pursuing worth what you are willing to give up? Is it a fair trade?
February 04, 2009
An 'Inside' Job
I had one of THOSE dreams again...
You know, the kind where you are jarred out of your sleep and the moment you wake up you realize that you have been confronted with something that, if it were true, you would really have no choice but to deal with it. It's the kind where you wake up saying, "Oh God... PLEASE don't let anything like that happen to me..." and you make a decision to eat right and treat the ones you love right and budget your money right and make the most of each day... And, like a New Year's resolution we set out to love those we deem unlovable... we start exercising like crazy... we set new goals to achieve and decide that, this time we are gonna kick that bad habit ... for real.
As I sit on the side of my bed and type this, I am motivated to, once again, commit to do what's right in so many areas of my life. Why?
Because I want to LIVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE, I want to LOVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE, but I want to be HEALTHY!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE and be HEALTHY, I want to be SUCCESSFUL at the things that I have been put on earth to do!
That's a tall order isn't? At least I know that it's possible. God desires me to PROSPER and be HEALTHY as my heart and mind, my soul, get HEALTHY and PROSPER. (3 John 1:2) Wow... another one of those 'inside out' things again... My outside life reflects my 'inner' sides. So if I want to see change on the outside then it's an 'inside job'.
My LIFE and LOVE and HEALTH and SUCCESS will be determined less by decisions I make while under emotional direst, as my heart pounds and adrenaline pumps through my body. Those decisions are often temporary and sometimes regrettable. We change from the inside out. As our minds change about why we are living and our perspectives change about how we are living - WE CHANGE the way we are living and our lives CHANGE... but it's an INSIDE job. No one else can make it happen for you but you. It happens one decision at a time.
And on that note, I'm gonna stop typing and get off the side of my bed... I feel my shoulders tensing up from looking down at the screen for so long and I have been told by my PT that this neck position is not gonna keep my spine healthy... and of course, I want a SEXY SPINE, too! Oh well, then I guess I better go do my YahwehYoga, too...
Dang it!
You know, the kind where you are jarred out of your sleep and the moment you wake up you realize that you have been confronted with something that, if it were true, you would really have no choice but to deal with it. It's the kind where you wake up saying, "Oh God... PLEASE don't let anything like that happen to me..." and you make a decision to eat right and treat the ones you love right and budget your money right and make the most of each day... And, like a New Year's resolution we set out to love those we deem unlovable... we start exercising like crazy... we set new goals to achieve and decide that, this time we are gonna kick that bad habit ... for real.
As I sit on the side of my bed and type this, I am motivated to, once again, commit to do what's right in so many areas of my life. Why?
Because I want to LIVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE, I want to LOVE!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE, but I want to be HEALTHY!
And not only do I want to LIVE and LOVE and be HEALTHY, I want to be SUCCESSFUL at the things that I have been put on earth to do!
That's a tall order isn't? At least I know that it's possible. God desires me to PROSPER and be HEALTHY as my heart and mind, my soul, get HEALTHY and PROSPER. (3 John 1:2) Wow... another one of those 'inside out' things again... My outside life reflects my 'inner' sides. So if I want to see change on the outside then it's an 'inside job'.
My LIFE and LOVE and HEALTH and SUCCESS will be determined less by decisions I make while under emotional direst, as my heart pounds and adrenaline pumps through my body. Those decisions are often temporary and sometimes regrettable. We change from the inside out. As our minds change about why we are living and our perspectives change about how we are living - WE CHANGE the way we are living and our lives CHANGE... but it's an INSIDE job. No one else can make it happen for you but you. It happens one decision at a time.
And on that note, I'm gonna stop typing and get off the side of my bed... I feel my shoulders tensing up from looking down at the screen for so long and I have been told by my PT that this neck position is not gonna keep my spine healthy... and of course, I want a SEXY SPINE, too! Oh well, then I guess I better go do my YahwehYoga, too...
Dang it!
January 20, 2009
This Moment...
HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!
I can hardly believe that this day has finally arrived. Emotionally, I have been unattached from all of the Transition and Pre-Inauguration events over the past couple of months, but today is different.
Today, my oldest sons are home from school and we will be watching the events via television all day long. I have, personally, never been so focused on politics or world events so much in my thirty-six years. My hope is that as we gather around to view all of the day’s events, this day will be etched into their hearts and minds for the rest of their lives..
A friend and I are trying to envision ‘hair grease’ and ‘hot combs’ in the White House… Braids and ponytails… Those are the types of things that a couple of decades ago some blacks would have just said, “It’s a BLACK thang… you wouldn’t understand.”
Now, on a level greater than mere hair maintenance, we have the opportunity to live in a time when we have people as leaders who do understand on so many different levels.
Enjoy this experience… I am gonna go do the same.
More thoughts later… when they have put the official seals on the motorcade after President Obama has uttered the words, “So help me God.”
I can hardly believe that this day has finally arrived. Emotionally, I have been unattached from all of the Transition and Pre-Inauguration events over the past couple of months, but today is different.
Today, my oldest sons are home from school and we will be watching the events via television all day long. I have, personally, never been so focused on politics or world events so much in my thirty-six years. My hope is that as we gather around to view all of the day’s events, this day will be etched into their hearts and minds for the rest of their lives..
A friend and I are trying to envision ‘hair grease’ and ‘hot combs’ in the White House… Braids and ponytails… Those are the types of things that a couple of decades ago some blacks would have just said, “It’s a BLACK thang… you wouldn’t understand.”
Now, on a level greater than mere hair maintenance, we have the opportunity to live in a time when we have people as leaders who do understand on so many different levels.
Enjoy this experience… I am gonna go do the same.
More thoughts later… when they have put the official seals on the motorcade after President Obama has uttered the words, “So help me God.”
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