From Glory to Glory

FINISH STRONG The Countdown is on to the end of this year. So many of us might be at the point of fatigue as we have endured insurmountable challenges and unexpected events that at some point now, it is beginning to take a toll on our  lives. I don't know about you but the last few days of any year seem to be the most difficult to get through. What I've encountered in the last few days, had me considering what is going on in my life. I am expecting Greater to happen but even in my moments of stepping into greater, I am met with challenges, fears, and the sense of loneliness and defeat. Maybe it is just holiday nostalgia but there is a notion that we often become weakened right at the end and this weakness acts as a distraction to hinder our greater beginning. You have to know life is never what it seems, nothing is ever made easy for us to accomplish. There is always some sort of hurdle that we have to overcome and it should not come as surprise but it often doe

No, I am not perfect, although I often claim to be... KISSED BY THE GRACE OF GOD! Perhaps, I am trying to make myself feel good about a life that is less than perfect. You see, I don't have it all together, I don't have all my ducks lined up in a row. I don't make a good, wholesome salary according to "they", who determines the status quo, I don't have the perfect shape, or even do everything right, I sometime fail, sin, quit, walk away, all those things that many people would be ashamed to admit because they don't want to live their truth. Sorry, I don't have it all together... Nope, I am just simply trying to live my life one day at a time, the best way I know how. Quite often, I fail to do that again and again but I am getting better at failing though, I am failing less However, have You ever kept at trying at something and kept on failing, not considering that that something you may need to rest it down and let it go? Somehow, you feel

Why Am I Single? Asked & Answered Is the question apparently on everyone's mind it seems... I enter a store and they ask me, I go out on the scene and they ask me, I am at a party and they asked me, at the bank counter and the young dashing teller dares to ask me... The things I am asked when people from my past meet me, are questions that are most uncomfortable and I am reluctant to answer them on the point that they are quite deliberately nosey or maybe simply overly curious. Here, is the most famous quote of them all, "I thought you would have been married by now," and, I politely say, "it has to be the right kind of guy!" However, when I inquire of their life, they either divorced, recently divorced and or trying to pick me up in their most subtle way! I am sure single women everywhere who have the breeding, the talent, the attractiveness, and all the components that make them more marketable get bombarded by...Why Are You Single? So, let me

Use the gifts you have inside of You! More recently in social media spaces there is an increasing number of dialogue on gifts and an array of displays of many people, showcasing their talent, advertising their businesses and sharing their hobbies. It is quite inspirational to see how even a simple child can start a humanity project that is near and dear to their heart and or a youth less than ten years old ups and start his own bow-tie company.That sort of thing is quite inspirational to know that even a child can lead us and show us that we must be about something, doing something, living, sharing and using our gifts to make some sort of contribution and difference in the world. I thought about why we exist in the earth. I thought about God giving each one of us unique talents and gifts that we can unselfishly share and give back to others. What we have in us is not just for us, it is to serve those who are around us and humanity at large.  Alexander Graham Bell, contribu

The Greatest Loyalty in life is, above all, to thine own self be true."  Charlie Lutes I was willing to come home from school some nine years ago. I was excited about using my new degree and about being engrossed in making a difference in my country. I am not sure everyone thinks about that, after finishing college and being exposed to new ideas, new ways of innovation and creative thinking coupled with a passion to solve problems and provide solutions.  I was full of passion, my passion runneth over. I had passion for my country and passion for the love of a career in technology and had a strong desire to work for education. I could have gone anywhere... Perhaps, I should have returned to the Police Force, which was my first career as young woman, where I gave six years of my life. I learnt more intensely there, a love for country, a strong work ethic, discipline and loyalty. Growing up literally on the Royal Bahamas Police Force, taught me what it means to stand for

IT'S TIME TO BREAKOUT! I stayed too long in that place that I succumbed to paralysis and my own fears I became so caught up in the mundane of being good at that one thing and doing the same thing that was easy for me. However, that one thing is the very thing that is killing me softly. You heard the saying, "Your gifts should make room for you," they do, but only if they are not hindered by barriers and the proverbial box that keeps your ideas, dreams and hopes trapped. I have been in a place in my life, professional and otherwise where I felt trapped. Actually, for sometime now, I feel like I am just going through the motion but not making any meaningful progress. I want to see growth, because growth is a part of life I want to spread my wings and fly and be more creative I want to jump out of the box, break through the barriers that I have set and away from what I have allowed others to hold me as a prisoner. I have read many stories and testimonies where

Many people look at others lives and they want what they have...now! Don't Veer of your own Path...Stay In Your Lane ! However, they fail to consider the process of what someone had to go through to build, grow or have the success and the things that they have. We look from the outside and say, " we can do that!" However, truth be told, we fail to do due diligence, or understand that there is work involved. There is nothing that comes easy for someone. Sometimes our dreams lay dormant for a long while until we wake up or become awaken to them. We have to make a decision to put in the work. I see people chase after other people's dreams, well if they can do that I can do it too. We are immersed in a copycat whirlpool, where everyday someone decides to copycat the other because they feel that they can do it better! Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about people who have legitimate goals, dreams and plans for their lives. I am talking about those who want t

LIVE A HAPPY LIFE! Happy Days are here again and they can be there again tomorrow... You can find something everyday to make you happy! I see a lot of my friends on social media posting about 100 Happy Days and they would post pics of all their favorite things that would make them smile. I wonder if we would take a page out of their book and everyday, even the dark and gloomy days, remember just one thing, consider one memory, do one random act of kindness that would make you smile... My current status in life may not be everything that I desire it to be; No...everything does not come up roses for me but I choose to think about one thing that would make me smile and make me happy! I Love Food...that makes me Happy! I Love Shopping...that makes me Happy! I Love Family...that makes me Happy! The list can go on and on beyond 100 Happy Days We can choose to make a decision to think happy thoughts and surround ourselves with happy memories and it beats sad faces, sad tears a

To my sisters... JUST SAY YES! You are Worthy! You are Beautiful Enough, Smart Enough and Are Enough! Stand facing yourself in the mirror and tell yourself that you are worthy to be loved, respected and appreciated. Sometimes you have to remind yourself how truly wonderful and special you are, so that every negative voice or opinion of others would be drowned out with the sound of your own voice speaking loudly words of life, words that excite you and ignite you to become better I know many women that sell themselves short, in fact I was one of them. I suffered from rejection, dejection, constantly looking for approval from colleagues, professional  and personal counterparts in my life and I fought to be noticed by so many people that really did not like me, appreciated me or celebrated my gifts. I learned  the hard lessons, some of them more than once, repeating the same mistakes...looking for love in all the wrong places from all those people that did not how to love me or ch

Take the Plunge...Just Dance! Have you ever been dared to do something that would challenge you or test your limits? Most of the times you either run away from a challenge because it goes beyond your comfort zone. However, do you remember as a child you would take a dare head on. Was it that as kids we just loved adventure, trying new things because it was exciting or is it because we just wanted to go against the odds? What happens when we become grown ups and lose our self in life? Oh, how we quickly forget that we would have dared to be bold and try new and exciting things. I've been making progress in my growth, learning how to appreciate my newly single life. I had to come to grips that I may have lost my sense of adventure  or the will to move...maybe because it was the two of us for so long and now it is just the one...Me! I used to do so much of the planning for date nights or the weekends. I would explore new ideas or opportunities that we can be exposed to. I w

God gave me a word last week about Valley Experiences, I had to come to the understanding that there are periods in life that we would encounter ups and downs. There are seasons in life where we will experience the Mountaintop experiences and in direct opposite to those times, we will go through  valley experiences. I know that those moments are some of the most painful but I also know that everything has a time limit and an expiration date. I pray everyday asking God, in my most annoying child voice, Are we done yet? But I get no response it seems. I cry out wanting my life to be turned right side up again, where everything is well with me and well with the world. Ah, but I am still going through this process...Travelling a path to God knows where. I don't get a preview of my life story or the flight plan for my life. So, I am left to operate in faith and trust blindly. The path though the valley is filled with twists and turns and the path seems neverending but I must go th

I'm almost there but not quite... I know that the Christian thing to do when an offence is committed is to forgive and even better train your mind to forget. I was sure that I could have done the forgiveness thing as usual because I prided myself that I was so quick to forgive because of the many times I did without a problem. But my last test I failed miserably. I would say that I would  be the first who forgave those who hurt me but this last time, I struggled immensely. Someone says you must choose to forgive because it frees you. I am sure that they are right but this go around it was not a textbook quick example, I was living the real thing and I realized it was hard to forgive the offender and forget the nature of the offence. I was served a punishment that I did not deserve and I was confused on why one blow was not enough that I had to receive another blow that definitely nearly caused me to lose my sense of stability. For my reality was, I forgave before and was

Some 17 years ago, I heard these words, You're pregnant! I hung my head down in shame, and my heartbeat increased steadily and then set loose as a horse racing around a track. I know, I heard those words but I was in disbelief, so much so, I wanted it to be a dream. So, at the moment, I was faced with being Single, unmarried at 20 and unprepared to be anyone's mother. I was not ready to bring a child in the world and I was afraid of what would have been ahead for me. I sought every option possible but eventually decided that I would walk this road ahead and alone and so, on August 9, 1996, at about 5:40 am or thereafter, I bought a 6lbs, 4 ounces baby boy into the world! At 21, I became a mother. I had to decide that I had a life to be responsible for, and at first it was not easy but I had no choice. I was determined that I would love my child and be the best mother I could be to him. He was active, he was daring and bold and filled with neverending energy. That was then

Permission Granted...I Choose Me ! Ever since, I knew myself, I always wanted to a part of the team. I wanted to be liked and accepted by my friends and family. I craved approval from my family which I thought would have been easy enough to get, but found it the most difficult. I thought that they would be the ones quickest to love me and accept me totally and completely. However, my life was not that way. I was the poster girl for rejection. I was always the one giving, caring, sharing and putting the blame on me and never getting any returns on my investment. Hmmmm... I wondered why I did that? Did I not love myself enough? If my past would talk, it would say out loud...not clearly enough! I did for most people, what most people would not do for me. I was the friend until the end. I was the one who would be anxious to go all out for them and pick up the tab, by the gifts, and simply show a deep concern about their life problems. But I realized that the more I gave of myself