Tag: led

June 24, 2022

milestones

Graduation season…transition, endings, change, new beginnings…I was invited to a few ceremonies and parties…always a reminder (for me) that life is zooming by faster than we realize, at times.

Attending the grad ceremonies and parties had me wondering…are we only focused on external accomplishments? Ambition, goals and all the external achievements are good; however, are we also prioritizing emotional/spiritual inner healing and growth?

Are we taking time to focus on inner healing, create emotional/spiritual goals and count internal health and growth among our achievements and celebrate those milestones?

Consider clocking these as milestones:

Making it one day, one week, one month, one year without calling/texting/sexting/emailing/hanging out with/hookingUP with someone who is unhealthy/damaging/disrespectful

Not being manipulated, gaslit, controlled, run over/by others (regardless of whether theyS blood)

Not allowing our energy or time to be robbed in any way by those who don’t show value for us

No longer needing to “prove” anything to ANYone (being and doing only what’s on our hearts)

Responding versus reacting (recently someone said some unkind things intended to cut/hurt me; I remained silent. I knew there was no need for words with someone hell-bent on having the last word).

Remaining silent rather than wasting our energy on those who don’t care for us

Living fully/freely from the heart (not from fear or societal, familial obligations/expectations or other unhealthy places and patterns)

AND re: all the above – redirecting ourselves as often as we need and keeping ourselves accountable to trustworthy/safe individuals

How can we prioritize our emotional/spiritual/mental health today?

Which emotional/spiritual/mental growth and milestones can we celebrate this week?

Grace upon grace to you dear ones; I’m here on the journey with you and always cheering for you!

Common Day Hero: You are respectful, funny, gorgeous and kind. May you always be Led (in every facet of life) by the impressions/dreams/visions on your heart.  Your heart counts! Madelyn, grateful for you, here for you always and today, I dedicate this post to you.

February 4, 2022

double

Double portion…I can’t even begin to accurately express ALL the emotions…the magnitude of the gratefulness I feel, typing those words.

In verse nine of Chapter two of the Book of II Kings in the Holy Bible, it says, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”

In February 2020, I saw a vision of my dad leaning over the rails of heaven (not here to debate if heaven has rails!). He was beaming and as he smiled, I saw his mantle/anointing fall on me; symbolized by a royal blue shawl that I saw float down from him to me.

I followed the Voice of The Divine and took the month of January away from all social media. In the first week of January, I received a call from a friend I hadn’t seen in two years. She told me that she thought of me when a friend of hers (a church women’s group leader) mentioned needing a female speaker!

I called the women’s leader and was under the impression that I’d be speaking to the women’s group. Then, I got the official letter and read that I AM the main speaker scheduled for the Sunday service! I was overwhelmed with emotion.

I prepared as best I could. I was so nervous and just as excited and on Sunday, 30 January 2022, I spoke at a church in Dallas (my first paid speaking engagement!)…I believe forty people were present.  Despite my mess-ups, I felt like I was in my element.

The church had already told me they’d give me a check (an offering of love). I didn’t know the amount, but I told my kids that I’d give away a hundred percent. They said, what?! So, I explained that my dad practiced giving away one-hundred percent of the first check from a new job/contract.

They weren’t convinced about this practice and I reminded them that they’re free to believe/practice what they choose, as they are led. Only my kids knew that I’d committed to give away one hundred percent. So, imagine the look on their faces when after I received the check and after the announcements, a member stood up and said, I feel the Holy Spirit leading me to give more to this woman of God!

He didn’t ask anyone else to give, but others started reaching for their wallets and purses! Such kindness. So overwhelmed by the generosity of this small church.

The church collected over six hundred percent more than the check! The church women’s group also gave me gift cards to two different restaurants! Many tears of joy and gratitude. My children will continue to see the Love and Power of The Divine in our lives.

So grateful for this experience and the open door into all that Heaven has for me and my kids!

Common Day Hero: You are such a kind and fun person. You are an admirable wife and daughter/in-law as well as a phenomenal mom. Glad to share this journey with you. JenniferH, I dedicate this post to you.

November 12, 2021

driven

I’ve blogged about this before, but it keeps coming up so I’m “talkiN” about it again!

Driven…relentless.  X…Y and Z must happen at any cost. For me, the word ‘driven’ brings up an image of not taking care of one’s self because what’s priority is m-a-k-i-n-g things happen.

I choose to be Led.

Led, for me personally, is moving forward from a place of worship…rest…Peace.

As I AM led, I move into spaces that I know in my core are best.

Any work completed from here is always most fruitful/productive and truly beneficial for me and those around me.

I don’t hustle or grind. I move forward according to the impressions of Heaven on my heart…as I AM led.

I remind myself to stay here, in this calm space…in my heart because so many external factors…voices/noise say otherwise, but I know I’m the healthiest and favorite version of myself when I AM Led.

My fellow humans, friends, Warriors ~ in a world (religious world included) that is loud…a world that is screaming for something, at every turn, despite the fact that you’re already exhausted beyond expression, running on fumes and many times on the floor, bleeding out…may I encourage you to pause? To…

Be still.

Hear the Whisper.

Choose to be Led.

Together, may we be Led so that we can then lead and bring others along, from this healthy space.

Being Led has brought so much Freedom, Peace and Joy to me.

As you consider all this, what is one item that need not take up space on your plate any longer – in your personal, professional or spiritual circle, emotionally, mentally?

Common Day Hero: LuMaN, I felt your presence this past weekend and saw you even though you were physically nowhere near me…tears came rolling down my face at the thought of you. I really wanted to hug you; felt so strongly that you just needed to be held. I sent/send you love. Hope you are comforted and reassured every time Love and Light is sent your way. You are so dear to me. Today, I dedicate this post to you.

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