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What Do You Want?

Happy April!! …. Do you know what you REALLY want?
This piece I wrote for Kingdom Daughters United might help!
Love,
D

Kingdom Daughters United

It’s  not only a new month,  but also a new quarter!  A new quarter + a new month is a wonderful opportunity for you and I to evaluate our progress so far this year. With 3 more quarters left to make 2018 our best year, this is the perfect time for reflecting on the lessons that we’ve been blessed to encounter in the 1st quarter of this year.

Proper reflection is the pathway that leads to proper application of our learning opportunities. Proper application

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SOBER

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I am entering  2018 joyfully sober.

Today, as I thought about the coming year, the word  SOBER kept ringing in my ears, so much so that I looked up the definition.  Of the many differing definitions, this is what stood out to me,

Quiet in demeanor, Free from exaggeration, showing self control

Going into a new year, we tend to be SO LOUD. There’s so much to prove because no matter how great, or how horrible the current year has been,  the next year must be better,  bigger, and greater.  So we eagerly pop off to our friends, loved ones, and followers, proclaiming all of the many things we are going to accomplish in the coming year.  Yet, today as I pondered my own desires for 2018,  I challenged myself not to be intoxicated by the possibilities of a new year, without being disciplined enough to count up the cost of my goals.  Jesus said,  Continue reading →

Hope for the 4th Quarter

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Welcome to the 4th Quarter of 2017! I don’t know about you, but I have spent a good portion of this year being shocked by its pace. At the beginning of each month, I have found myself stating, “Is it [insert month] already?!” Only to discover the same definitive answer each time,  “Yes it is“!   I can’t count the number of conversations I have had with loved ones, friends, coworkers, and others in passing,  who have not only confirmed by sentiments about the pace of this year, but who have also shared in my anxiety laced fear that,  THERE’S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME!!!!!.

But, What if I told you that  there IS enough time?  Will you accept that? What if I told you that the culprit of your anxiety is something you and I have full control over?  Will you, for the sake of this discussion, entertain the notion that the deficit has not been in seconds, minutes, hours, and days, but instead, that the true deficit, has been in your FOCUS?  Does that encourage or discourage you? Continue reading →

Tuesday’s Transformative Thought By D Ready, Set, Aim Your Focus


Happy Transformation Tuesday! Today, I want to encourage you to take back your FOCUS!

Did you know that your focus is the area of your life that you have the greatest influence ON and control OVER? A common acronym for the word Focus is

F (follow). O (one) . C (course). U (until) . S (successful) ,

yet how many of you can attest that this is easier said than done?  I don’t know about you, but I find myself discouraged when I am following a particular course, and it seems like my desired results are far out of reach.  When this happens I am tempted to give up and start searching for a new “course” to follow that will give me faster results.  The problem with this mindset is,  as soon as I take a detour and start “Recalibrating” my course, I am losing time,  and likely lengthening my path to success! Continue reading →