TGIF Global Villagers:
It's Friday and Father's Day weekend!!
Today's blog topic is short and sweet. While you are honoring and celebrating your natural, foster, adopted, and spiritual fathers, please remember to first honor and celebrate your Heavenly Father.
Why?
Because He is the One that created you with greatness!!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thriving in Transition Thursdays!!
Greetings Global Villagers:
I'm excited to introduce to you my new series titled, Thriving in Transition Thursdays. Every Thursday, I will share golden nuggets to help you successfully transition in life from the book titled, Thriving in Transition: Effective Living in Times of Change by Marcia Perkins-Reed. This book serves as a practical guide to making the changes in your life work for you. Perkins-Reed immediately grabbed my attention in the Introduction when she wrote "transition is occurring all around us and within us" (p. 9). After I read that statement I took a selah moment. It reminded me that we all have inner and outer worlds that are in a constant state of change.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a spiritual teacher who responded to a posted question on Oprah.com, stated that "the inner and outer worlds are deeply connected." We have the power of choice to allow or disallow our inner world or ourselves from experiencing the fullness of life as it constantly transitions. When we choose to disallow our inner world to transition as the outer world is transitioning, then we are stuck at what Perkins-Reed refers to as Old Zero (p. 9). In layman's terms, operating at Old Zero is putting up a front, refusing to take responsibility, or denying our inner worlds when the outer world is transitioning all around us.
For instance, if we do not allow ourselves to experience the feelings associated with and undergo the stages of grief when we lose a loved one, then we are operating at Old Zero. If we blame our boss for disliking us when we are terminated from our job, then we are operating at Old Zero. If we use our children as pawns to control our ex-spouses, then we are operating at Old Zero.
We need to be more aware of what is occurring within our inner worlds when the outer world is transitioning. I frequently share with others, "The true essence of my state of being is not predicated upon what happened to me or what others said or did to me. The true essence of my state of being is predicated upon my perception what happened to me or what others said or did to me. It is always about my chosen responses." Selah.
Why?
Because you have the greatness to thrive in transition!!
I'm excited to introduce to you my new series titled, Thriving in Transition Thursdays. Every Thursday, I will share golden nuggets to help you successfully transition in life from the book titled, Thriving in Transition: Effective Living in Times of Change by Marcia Perkins-Reed. This book serves as a practical guide to making the changes in your life work for you. Perkins-Reed immediately grabbed my attention in the Introduction when she wrote "transition is occurring all around us and within us" (p. 9). After I read that statement I took a selah moment. It reminded me that we all have inner and outer worlds that are in a constant state of change.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a spiritual teacher who responded to a posted question on Oprah.com, stated that "the inner and outer worlds are deeply connected." We have the power of choice to allow or disallow our inner world or ourselves from experiencing the fullness of life as it constantly transitions. When we choose to disallow our inner world to transition as the outer world is transitioning, then we are stuck at what Perkins-Reed refers to as Old Zero (p. 9). In layman's terms, operating at Old Zero is putting up a front, refusing to take responsibility, or denying our inner worlds when the outer world is transitioning all around us.
For instance, if we do not allow ourselves to experience the feelings associated with and undergo the stages of grief when we lose a loved one, then we are operating at Old Zero. If we blame our boss for disliking us when we are terminated from our job, then we are operating at Old Zero. If we use our children as pawns to control our ex-spouses, then we are operating at Old Zero.
We need to be more aware of what is occurring within our inner worlds when the outer world is transitioning. I frequently share with others, "The true essence of my state of being is not predicated upon what happened to me or what others said or did to me. The true essence of my state of being is predicated upon my perception what happened to me or what others said or did to me. It is always about my chosen responses." Selah.
Why?
Because you have the greatness to thrive in transition!!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Creatively Great
Happy Hump Day Global Villagers!!
For me, yesterday was eventful and emotional.
First, I interviewed two awesome women who are in different stages of their entrepreneurial pursuits. Secondly, I reconnected with an old acquaintance who expressed her feelings of lost of my association and her desire to connect with me on a regular basis. Also, she informed me that her brother has Stage IV cancer. Next, I talked to a former participant of my Demystifying Sexuality and Its Impact on Trauma intervention. She expressed to me how her participation in my intervention changed her life. Also, I am finally receiving the professional support, expertise, and assistance on my job that has been missing for 2 years. And those are just a few of the events that occurred.
From joy to excitement to satisfaction to confusion to sadness to shock to relief to gratitude, I experienced a myriad of emotions. The irony to all of this is that I composed a poem titled, End of Conversation, in the midst of everything that occurred on yesterday. Also, composing the poem in the midst of everything revealed unto me that I am creatively great.
You may be wondering what it means to be creatively great. Let's look at it this way. Greatness and creativity go hand-in-hand. Once you discover your greatness and begin to function in it, then and only then do you discover the depth of your greatness. Candidly speaking, most of you discovered your greatness during a crisis, your most painful experience, or your weakest moment. In retrospect, you realized that during those experiences you had to become creative to conquer the giant that was standing in front of you. This is what I mean by being creatively great. You did not succumb to your crisis, emotions, or weaknesses. You tapped into your creativity!!
Being creatively great is authentic, relative, and individualistic. The poem I wrote yesterday displays that I am creatively great. Not because I profess to be the next Maya Angelou, but because of the circumstances surrounding its composition. I want to encourage you to remember that despite of what you may be experiencing or feeling continue to excavate the depth within you.
Why?
Because you are creatively great!!
For me, yesterday was eventful and emotional.
First, I interviewed two awesome women who are in different stages of their entrepreneurial pursuits. Secondly, I reconnected with an old acquaintance who expressed her feelings of lost of my association and her desire to connect with me on a regular basis. Also, she informed me that her brother has Stage IV cancer. Next, I talked to a former participant of my Demystifying Sexuality and Its Impact on Trauma intervention. She expressed to me how her participation in my intervention changed her life. Also, I am finally receiving the professional support, expertise, and assistance on my job that has been missing for 2 years. And those are just a few of the events that occurred.
From joy to excitement to satisfaction to confusion to sadness to shock to relief to gratitude, I experienced a myriad of emotions. The irony to all of this is that I composed a poem titled, End of Conversation, in the midst of everything that occurred on yesterday. Also, composing the poem in the midst of everything revealed unto me that I am creatively great.
You may be wondering what it means to be creatively great. Let's look at it this way. Greatness and creativity go hand-in-hand. Once you discover your greatness and begin to function in it, then and only then do you discover the depth of your greatness. Candidly speaking, most of you discovered your greatness during a crisis, your most painful experience, or your weakest moment. In retrospect, you realized that during those experiences you had to become creative to conquer the giant that was standing in front of you. This is what I mean by being creatively great. You did not succumb to your crisis, emotions, or weaknesses. You tapped into your creativity!!
Being creatively great is authentic, relative, and individualistic. The poem I wrote yesterday displays that I am creatively great. Not because I profess to be the next Maya Angelou, but because of the circumstances surrounding its composition. I want to encourage you to remember that despite of what you may be experiencing or feeling continue to excavate the depth within you.
Why?
Because you are creatively great!!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Protecting Your Greatness
Happy Tuesday Global Villagers!
Today's topic is about protecting the greatness that lies within you.
You may already know the importance of protecting your greatness, but sometimes a reminder is needed. While you are fulfilling your greatness you will travel to many new places and meet many different types of people, which is always exciting. As you read last week, every person has greatness lying within them. Also as you read a few weeks ago, there are some people in the world and within the global village who choose to be socially deviant. Using deviant and underminding efforts, they will try to mar you, your image, and your greatness. I like to call them greatness marrers. We must be aware of these type of people.
My suggestion for you today is trust your instinct. Regardless of what people say or do, you will know if you have encountered a greatness marrer. If you have encountered one, then reposition yourself accordingly and be great anyway!!
Why?
Because you were created with greatness!!
Today's topic is about protecting the greatness that lies within you.
You may already know the importance of protecting your greatness, but sometimes a reminder is needed. While you are fulfilling your greatness you will travel to many new places and meet many different types of people, which is always exciting. As you read last week, every person has greatness lying within them. Also as you read a few weeks ago, there are some people in the world and within the global village who choose to be socially deviant. Using deviant and underminding efforts, they will try to mar you, your image, and your greatness. I like to call them greatness marrers. We must be aware of these type of people.
My suggestion for you today is trust your instinct. Regardless of what people say or do, you will know if you have encountered a greatness marrer. If you have encountered one, then reposition yourself accordingly and be great anyway!!
Why?
Because you were created with greatness!!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Plan for Greatness
Happy Monday Global Villagers!!
I trust you had a wonderful weekend. As you know, great people need balance. All work and no play dulls your greatness. After enjoying a weekend of socialization, relaxation, and spiritual renewal, you may have a tendency to dread Monday mornings.
Depending on your belief system, you may view either Saturdays, Sundays, or Mondays as the beginning of a new week. Regardless of which day you make this demarcation, the point is that it is a new week!! Whether on Saturdays, Sundays, or Mondays, take the time to plan out your new week.
Here are three practical tips that will assist you in planning for greatness:
Why?
Because you were created with greatness!!
I trust you had a wonderful weekend. As you know, great people need balance. All work and no play dulls your greatness. After enjoying a weekend of socialization, relaxation, and spiritual renewal, you may have a tendency to dread Monday mornings.
Depending on your belief system, you may view either Saturdays, Sundays, or Mondays as the beginning of a new week. Regardless of which day you make this demarcation, the point is that it is a new week!! Whether on Saturdays, Sundays, or Mondays, take the time to plan out your new week.
Here are three practical tips that will assist you in planning for greatness:
- Develop a list of the goals you want to accomplish for the week.
- As you accomplish your weekly goals, scratch them off your list.
- Reward yourself for your accomplishments.
Why?
Because you were created with greatness!!
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