Keeping It Simple

I've been listening to a lot of mixtapes lately. It's just a phase. I'll probably be on jazz or alternative next week. I heard the new song, Jeremih's I'mma Star (Remix) with Juelz Santana. I was thinking I am a star among stars. We are all stars actually. We are all originals. We are all are one of a kinds, alive to offer a unique and special gift. I realized I am as God created me to be. All of the struggles and tribulations that come my way came because God made me strong enough to deal with all of it. Everything is just temporary. I have to get through it to find the pearl (the lesson), for everything that happens is for my personal growth.

God shows you as much as you're willing to take. Have you ever had an opportunity that you was not prepared for? We all have. If our lives unfolded before we were ready, many times we would be devastated. Our life unfolds as it should. My grandmother spoke wisdom when she said, "You are exactly where you supposed to be." I'm here because I'm still learning and growing. With wisdom, strength, faith and action, I will achieve anything I set out to do. I have to continue to investigate internally and see why I am my own hindrance. Am I truly frightened that I am powerful beyond measure? Still questions linger in my head. I will say that I'm closer to the answers than I was when I started this journey.

I have to continue this journey to self-discovery. This will lead to finding joy in my life. I want to get to the point that I am joyful about life. I find balance between personal life, professional life, maintaining a healthy lifestyle,and my dreams. I can work on all three with such fierceness. Balance requires only that you make a conscious effort to enjoy what you are doing, and that you learn to be present in every aspect of life, for some portion of each day that you are life. Rest. Work. Play. Dream. Make dreams come true. Serve. Work out. Eat right. Pray. Write. Read. Listen to music. Tweet. Blog. And the many more things that I enjoy in my life. One thing I realized that I have to eliminate all the unnecessary bs that clutters your day.

Simplicity. You remember when life was simple. You remember when you didn't care about what others thought. For those of us who went through Katrina many of us shopped at Wal-Mart to just clothe ourselves. We didn't care what others thought because we were going through Katrina's aftermath. We didn't care about our stuff. It was about family, friends and their safety. Nothing else mattered. It's crazy to think we didn't learn from Katrina. This week I'm giving up all of unneccesary bs. I'm de-cluttering my life. I will be on Facebook and cutting down my friends. I'm only keeping the people I talk to on a regular basis. I have to have some kind of connection with them. I'm de-cluttering my life. Anything unneccessary will be GONE! Keeping it simple.