Hearty Portion of Reality

Peace & Blessings My People, Peace & Blessings:

All things happen by divine plan and not by chance or what we often call coincidence... Yeah there's a dose of reality for ya right there... But my bestest gooodest friend came to my office first thing this morning to take me to breakfast..While wasting no time and immediately beginning an intense convo of one topic to the next I begin my vent session of the goings ons in my life both good and bad.. See you know you have a true friend when they listen while you talk then also talk for you to listen. A true friend does both and as I expressed 98% of my thoughts I sat back in my seat and listened... Truth be told, hands down, he told me what I "needed to hear," not necessarily what I might have "wanted to hear" "how" I wanted to hear it but what I needed to hear when I needed to hear it...... I got to thinking about the countless metaphors that pop into the brain on comparing and contrasting ideas and situations to simplistic ie's (examples).. And as I ate traveled from east to west of strawberry jammed biscuit to hot shredded hashbrowns around my plate and watched Pumpkin eat eggs, grits, bacon and pancakes drenched in syrup, I thought to myself while he's digesting several plates of today's morning meal, I'm digesting and ingesting every word he says and how he says it and taking inventory of my own individual perspective of how I approach situations and how I chose to deal and cope with the good, the bad and the ugly. Truth is Pumpkin only sugar coated the first mere minutes of our session, which the middle and fin' concluded with nuthin but the hardcore truth. Therefore, I'm back at the drawing board to re-evaluate "me". He reminded me of the simplistic nature of it all,, we spend countless minutes, hours, days, weeks, and years even of trying to figure things out, trying to make things happen, conclude and originate things ourselves.. Seek approval from some and value the opinions of the ones closest to us, but we get so caught up... and as he swiveled yet another pancake in some drowning waves of syrup he asked me have you talked to yo daddy yet? I knew instantly he spoke not of my natural father, but my heavenly father, the daddy of us all.. And all I could do was stare into some land not totally far away but no quite a few miles away either. I told him, "no I haven't". He said see that's' whats wrong with us. We forget who really matter and who makes it all happen. As he begin to refer and mention several scriptures I knew it was at this moment, that this was my angel simply keepin it real and that the most high hasn't forgot about me... And he gives us reminders, places people in our paths for a reason, occurrences occur when you least expect them. BUT, it depends solely on how we as the individual accept it and apply the wisdom and reassurance that he will never leave us or forsake us. Here I was thinking this was just another average day at work and I admit I was in a lil blazae- blah mode, but a hearty portion of reality was served to me from all aspects that fed my mind, my spirit and my heart. I admit during our convo I weighed hearing vs. listening but I chose the option to allow my listening component to overpower my hearing.
Until my next post peace, prosperity and infinite blessings.
1Luv,
Monique "1MOpoeticSoul" D.

Are You Driven For The Ultimate Pursuits of Happiness?

Peace & Blessings People:
This blog entry I thought I would post differently this time around….. I found some notes I jotted down these thoughts and truth be told I can’t remember if there my own or something I heard and had to jot down to refer back to but the point is they reappeared on my desk at work.. I took it simply as a sign from the most high.. Therefore after receiving a few text messages from my dear friend and brother Spiryt and having a convo with my sis, Dawn, the SEQ I thought I would script this blog and with some fresh thoughts on the brain… SO here are the thoughts:
Ø There is much success in the progress of your pursuits
Ø Reward is the journey of success

Then I got to thinking about words that will constantly remind of what my goals are and what I want and what it takes to put dreams and plans into actual action… I usually try to post a photo with my blogs that somehow illustrate the gist of the blog topic… And as I began to search for the photo for this blog I saw two that jumped out at me.,. Not so much the photo initially, but the title of the portrait.. One was “Determination” the other was “Perseverance” and you know these are essentials that must be present in order for accomplishments to take place…. You know just as I think… you know the song’s lyrics of “Nobody told me that the road would be easy, BUT, I don’t believe he brought me this far to leave me”.. I think the song title is “I Don’t Feel N Ways Tired”…Then, I’m reminded of that song Encourage Yourself by Donald Lawrence… We all encounter ups and downs on this path called life and sometimes we can be assured that we have someone to be by our side, a phone call away, a rise away or a plane away, THEN, there’s sometimes when you simply need to and gotta rely on your OWN faith and that’s when you simply gotta know how to Encourage Yourself……

Dictionary.com defines the two words as such:
Ø Determination - the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose; the quality of being resolute; firmness of purpose;
Ø Perseverance - steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement; continuance in a state of grace to the end, leading to eternal salvation.

So it depends solely on you how you interpret the two terms and more importantly how you apply them but to inhabit them and be able to identify them is awesome and in these days quite imperative….

So my people, be encouraged, encourage someone, be blessed, bless someone, love yourself and tell someone that they are loved….
1Luv, Monique “1MopoeticSoul” D.