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Life School is in Session Y’all! Float like a butterfly…

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Well just as I suspected 2017 has already started to give me what I’ve asked of it; an opportunity to develop a well of internal joy despite external circumstance. Of course I know that you can’t develop a virtue or practice without being exposed to learning opportunities and some planned simulations. I just did not realize that I’d be dropped right into some real life sh#$ to expose just how much work is needed to maintain a steady state of joy. Have no fear, God is with me and I know that there is no test he won’t help me to turn into a testimony. So, if you started this year with the gloves up and you need a little encouragement to face your giants, let’s get our game plan laid out.

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Take some time to really understand the challenge in front of you. Sometimes we misjudge what the experience is coming to teach and we bring a gun to a knife fight or vice versa. Spend time connecting with the Divine. In the quietness seek direction on how to fully engage the experience so that you can make timely adjustments to successfully overcome.

Let your inner circle know what support you need from them during this time. Don’t be afraid to leverage their support. So many times we underestimate just how willing and able our inner circle is to help us make it through challenges. I think it was Tony Evans who said, “Don’t deprive others of their need to give.” If you don’t have an inner circle use this situation to help you develop one. After all, “No man is an island…”, John Donne.

On a daily basis only make the decisions you have the data to make successfully. Or, the ones you must make to avoid a crisis. In other words, don’t become overwhelmed trying to plan next year or the year after when just getting out of bed today is a challenge. Work on rising with joy and counting the blessings in front of you. Pray for the ability to have a sound mind ready to meet this challenge flat footed. Oftentimes when we can put our challenge in context we understand that the there are countless others who have successfully faced this challenge. Somehow learning that we are not alone helps us to get some perspective.

If you are facing a challenge that no one before you has faced (e.g. first African American President, First Man on the Moon, etc.) know that you have been Divinely ordained for this hero’s journey and the road to success is already written within your DNA. You just need to stay connected to the Divine and walk by faith not by sight to accomplish the task set before you. You will be successful.

This week’s sound track is “Superheroes” by The Script because this training we are in is teaching us to fly and to turn pain into power!

And when your training is over, The Script believes you just might find yourself in “The Hall of Fame.”  Go get’em Champ!

 

Until next week,

Pernà

Gratitude: I’m Thankful for the good, the bad, and the ugly; it made me who I am!

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This morning when I opened my eyes, I was overcome with gratitude

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for an opportunity to continue my own personal evolution on this great journey. I was also reminded that I am accompanied daily by amazing people who love and are loved by me. Although I spent the day running errands and preparing meals for the week, I approached each chore with an attitude of thanksgiving. When I’m most frazzled and feeling off my game, I sense an overwhelming need to stop and reflect on all of the things in my life that I am grateful for. I’m grateful for the good

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and the bad. The good has given me moments of peace and great joy. The bad has helped me to overcome challenges and become a better me. I’m deeply grateful for the mountains and the valleys; they’ve made me who I am.

 

Today’s soundtrack, Grateful, song by Rita Ora was featured in the movie Beyond the Lights. It is such a beautiful testament to how we can view the challenges we must overcome to keep our hearts open and our life moving forward. Sing along…

 

Grateful

There were a lot of tears I had to cry through

A lot of battles left me battered and bruised

And I was shattered, had my heart ripped in two

I was broken, I was broken

There were a lot of times I stumbled and crashed

When I was on the edge, down to my last chance

So many times when I was so convinced that

I was over, I was over

But I had to fall yeah

To rise above it all

I’m grateful for the storm

Made me appreciate the sun

I’m grateful for the wrong ones

Made me appreciate the right ones

I’m grateful for the pain

For everything that made me break

I’m thankful for all my scars

‘Cause they only make my heart

Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful

Grateful

I was sinking, I was drowning in doubt

The weight all of the pain was weighing me down

Pulled it together and I pulled myself out

Learned a lesson, learned a lesson

That there’s a lot you gotta go through, hell yes

But that’s what got me strong, I got no regrets

And I’ve got only love, got no bitterness

Count my blessings, count my blessings, yeah

I’m proud of every tear, yeah

‘Cause they got me here

I’m grateful for the storm

Made me appreciate the sun

I’m grateful for the wrong ones

Made me appreciate the right ones

I’m grateful for the pain

For everything that made me break

I’m thankful for all my scars

‘Cause they only make my heart

Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful

Grateful

There is nothing I would change

That even one mistake I made

I got lost, found myself, found my way

I’m grateful for the storm

Made me appreciate the sun

I’m grateful for the wrong ones

Made me appreciate the right ones

I’m grateful for the pain

For everything that made me break

I’m thankful for all my scars

‘Cause they only make my heart

Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful, oh

Grateful

You know that I’m grateful

You know that I care

No time for the wrong ones

I’ll always be there

Grateful

Woah (Grateful, grateful, grateful)

I’m grateful, oh yeah (Grateful, grateful)

Oh, I’m grateful, yeah

 

Until next week,

Pernà