I’m so excited to share the news that I can drive now!
I enrolled in a driving school last week and it was the most rewarding experience ever. For sure, Jesus never left my side and my prayers were answered with a big YES.
I hope you’re having a great day and a fulfilling life!
You can achieve whatever you want as long as you have a positive attitude, a teachable spirit and perseverance!
Read about my experience last year, I was so scared but everything’s different now. I’m so glad I didn’t give up.
Believe in yourself but most importantly, believe that God will help you.
(1) Deal wit unaccustomed bursts of energy and sharp peaks of anger, joy and grief.
(2) Consciously experiment with spiritual open-mindedness.
Favorite quotes:
Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.
Brenda Ueland
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost.
Martha Graham
Verses of the week:
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
James 4 : 8
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you
Matthew 7 : 7
Lessons Learned:
Anger is not an enemy.
I really dislike anger as an emotion because it is unpleasant. But this week, I have learned a very crucial fact. Anger is our friend. It is meant to be listened to because it serves as a guide on what is wrong. It reveals our boundaries. We should use anger as a redirection to the core issue. It’s not to be acted out but acted upon.
Always have a prepared mind. Watch out for God.
We pray that we could hear God or that He’d answer our prayers. But how often do we do this then go out in our day without even thinking of Him for a second. It’s important to be prepared or to be aware that God is working in every moment.
Don’t tell yourself it doesn’t matter.
When events occur or words are uttered and our feelings are hurt, it may be our first instinct to protect ourselves by either denying our sorrow or pretending everything is okay. This week, I have learned to acknowledge my emotions and honor what I am going through. Instead of telling myself it doesn’t matter, I say, “You will heal.“
How to identify constructive criticism.
Constructive criticism is like a missing piece to your puzzle. It gives you an “Aha!” moment. You learn something from it.
Reflection
This week is more focused on dealing with emotions such as anger and shame. It also tackled topics such as growth and “synchronicity” which I have never heard before. To me, power is being able to handle your emotions and use them in the correct manner. Power is not found in having a stone heart but in having a heart that can feel. It’s experiencing a whirlwind of emotions such as anger, shame, grief, joy, rejection, emptiness, etc. and yet believing that you will heal. That all of these experiences will only bring good to your creativity. It will give you a story to tell through your art in whatever form that may be.
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A bit amusing and annoying when someone’s bitterness just keeps flowing.
The trend now it seems is for single people to be bitter about those who are in a relationship. It can be seen in jokes, memes, etc.
At first, it was a bit funny. But the more I see that type of content, I just can’t help but wonder how they could accumulate such bitterness in their hearts.
It’s hard for them to be happy for others because their heart is filled with sorrow.
Now they might just play it off as a joke but really it’s evident what is going on in their lives.
In general, this trait extends to a lot of areas in life. It may be contagious sometimes but I hope we won’t be poisoned by their bitterness.
If you are being bitter, why not use that as a fuel to do something productive?
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
(1) Address self-definition as a major component of creative recovery.
(2) Move into your personal identity, a self-defined you.
Favorite quotes:
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-you also miss the scenery of where you are going and why.
Eddie Cantor
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Henry Miller
Verse of the week:
For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
Lessons Learned:
Self-doubts are symptoms of recovery.
When we give ourselves permission to recover that’s when the doubts will hit you like a ton of bricks. They will sprout like beans poking every corner of your brain ’til you get exhausted in dealing with them. But! This is not the time to give up! This is the time to fight back with affirmations.
Learn to identity crazy-makers (toxic people).
In the path to self-recovery we need to identify our toxic habits, perspectives, and most importantly the toxic people in our lives. Toxic people drain your energy.
“The capacity of delight is the gift of paying attention.”
One of the most important lessons I have learned this week is the gift of paying attention. And for everyday of this week I kept reminding myself to pay attention especially to nature. There is so much beauty in the world that when we truly open our hearts and eyes, we will know that we will be okay. Even in this moment right now, we are okay.
**I really loved this chapter, it’s beautifully written and emotionally evoking.
I had to think deep before I came up with an answer.
I am at my happiest when I forget myself and get caught up in the moment.
When for a moment I forget who I am. I forget my mistakes, my failures and imperfections. In a glimpse of time, I allow my self to laugh out loud without a care in the world.
I am also happy when I am alone. With no one to worry about. No casting glances, no seizing up, no one to look at me up and down like I’m a piece of meat.
I am at my happiest when I look at the sky or the stars at night and feel God’s comforting presence.
… That is what I gained from my 3 day fast from Facebook and Twitter.
One thing I’ve noticed these days is that people are very opionated. (not that there’s anything wrong with having your own standpoint in life,) BUT sometimes it goes to the extent where everything is overanalyzed and criticized. And the worst part is… they get easily offended if someone disagrees with what they said.
I think I am still growing as a person. I still don’t have my own stance at some major issues of society. Therefore, seeing everybody’s opinion on social media, messes with my head.
I want to have peace and learn on my own.
I want to view life from my own perspective first, in order to know what I really believe in.
Staying away from social media for awhile gives me the serenity to reflect on life. It reminds me of what my beliefs are regardless of what people may say.
On the brighter side, I’m really happy that the youth are expressing themselves and standing up for what they believe in. I also learn to be aware of other people’s point of view.
It’s just, I have to be selective of the words I consume. Because not everything on the internet is true.
I’ll just leave it here…
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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