Have there been moments when you’ve wished you had full say over the timeline of your life…and the lives around you?<\/p>\n
Many moments have been spent analyzing and mulling over the happenings of my life, those of my friends, acquaintances…and even some people whom I haven’t ever met, just heard their stories.<\/p>\n
My personal belief is that when situations beyond human control occur, The Loving, Sovereign, Divine One is ever-moving and unfolding a plan…sometimes, beyond comprehension.<\/p>\n
I don’t have to like or understand it. It is alright for me to ponder and question. I know I’m safe to express all my thoughts and feelings. Humans may not always be able to handle it. Heaven can.<\/p>\n
I always recommend intensives\/seminars\/workshops designed for emotional\/mental\/spiritual healing and self-improvement. I recommend professional help\/therapy. I recommend support groups. I recommend nights out with friends. I recommend prayer.<\/p>\n
I’ve benefited (and still do) from all of the aforementioned and hope it benefits others as well.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, in quiet moments…alone, I fill the air with crying, cussing, calling on Angels, Saints and all of Heaven to cradle, console and rescue me.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, I call or text friends who are emotionally\/mentally\/spiritually safe for me.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, I read, dance, meditate, draw, pray, write, play with my cats…ok, let’s stop that long list here!<\/p>\n
Maybe one more…sometimes, I scream, sing, say all the Scriptures and Truth statements I can recall.<\/p>\n
A few Truth statements are:<\/p>\n
I AM cared for, by Heaven…always.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n My best is always at the core of Heaven’s plan for me. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What if this situation is not the death of me, but a reBirth? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What if pure joy can be found in the midst of allowing myself to fully<\/em> face and feel deep sadness? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Greater is The One within me than the one in the world. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I will lie down and sleep in Peace because the Lord keeps me safe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I AM a miracle!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What helps you in moments of disappointment, exhaustion, anger or feeling overwhelmed?<\/p>\n What helps you to release the weight\/stress that life brings (sometimes, unexpectedly)?<\/p>\n What helps you in moments of sadness or grief on your timeline?<\/p>\n Common Day Hero<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: You are a compassionate daughter, thoughtful sibling, fun aunt, dedicated wife and an incredibly attentive and phenomenal Mom. Glad to know you! Rasheeda, I dedicate this post to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have there been moments when you’ve wished you had full say over the timeline of your life…and the lives around you? Many moments have been spent analyzing and mulling over the happenings of my life, those of my friends, acquaintances…and even some people whom I haven’t ever met, just heard their stories. My personal belief…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,414,412,413,411],"class_list":["post-4143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breathe","tag-difficultmoments","tag-plans","tag-thoughts","tag-timeline"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/milan-popovic-YjN1l87BUOk-unsplash.jpg?fit=1920%2C2400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4198,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions\/4198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}