PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS Why do we remain in unbearable or stagnate situations when we know that we have outgrown it? Is it difficult to leave because you have become comfortable and don't want to rock the boat or are you afraid of the possible persecution of the people that knows about you? Back in 2007, T-Pain released his album "Epiphany" and he provided two defi

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS How often have you found yourself in the deep? The deep could be having $10 in your bank account when you have $2,500 worth of bills laying on the table with a few of them already being past due. Your deep could be that you just found out that your child is pregnant and she hasn't graduated high school yet or it could be that you are in an u

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS How many times have you heard the phrases," "I gotcha you," "don't be a stranger" or the famous "call me if you need me" uttered to you in a time of crisis or just because? When you hear those words, how do you process those words? Do you look at the person who said them and think or know that they are genuine and you can count on them to b

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS I was asked the other day about my circle, if it is getting bigger or smaller, and after thinking about it for a few seconds, I realized it was getting bigger because of all of the connections that I have made but also smaller due to the vision and dreams that I "WILL" attain. As we look to do and be better, we often look to downsize our relat

How often have you had something or have known something, that could have helped someone else out? Well, as we focus on wisdom, we see that is defined as the quality of having experience, knowledge, and ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, insight, and know what is true or right. Some of the attributes includes compassion, self-knowledge, unbiased judgment. Someone can have knowledge and not be wise but that same person can't b

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS It is recommended that you go to the dentist every six months to get your teeth cleaned, as it is essential to keeping your teeth, gums, and mouth healthy. Avoiding these appointments can lead to oral health issues such as cardiovascular disease, dementia, Alzheimer's, respiratory infections, diabetes, pregnancy complications, infertility, e

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS Why does our society value the lives of famous people more than ordinary people, like you and I, and why do we think we have the right to be involved in their lives? I remember when my kids would ask me if I knew some actor or actress and I would respond to them with a “no, and they don't know me so I guess we are even”. When we see or hear abo

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS Isn't is easy to say "I got what it takes, I'm the one you need, I am the man or woman for the job." But are you? We have psyched ourselves up so much to think that we can handle any situation that is in front of us by ourselves. Have you ever noticed in the movies that when someone is getting ready to fight a group of people, they attack

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS I am starting to hear more people use the word transparent to evoke feelings toward others in an effort to show them that they are authentic in their words, actions, feelings, or emotions. When you think about transparency, you think of something that is clear, obvious, easy to see through, and easy to perceive or detect. Going into a relat

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS I consider myself a curious person and although I didn't like to do much research while in school, it did teach me the value of learning and progressing with my knowledge. So my curious mind led me to think about animals and their relationship to people and how people view them. Well, here is what I found out. These 7 religions (The Seventh

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS My mother and I had a conversation a few days ago about finances. We were discussing that when we look back at how much money we have spent over our lifetime, we should be ashamed of ourselves to think about what we have now. It's nothing against our possessions that we have now, nor downplaying any of the decisions that we made in the past a

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS If the question was posed to you, what makes you drop your head, what would you say? I would think some of the possible answers would include financial frustration, divorce, dealing with your baby daddy or mother, the news with all of the murders or COVID, but to make it simple, I would say life. Are you tired from being beaten up by life? I

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS I don't know too many couples that haven't experienced some type of issue within their relationship. If you feel that you haven't, then instead of talking to you, I would like to speak to your other half to see if they would agree. Many times, one person might think that everything is well while the other one isn't feeling the same way. Ther

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS. I know some of my readers (if not all) are regarded as the best leaders at their jobs because of their tenacity to motivate, encouragement of teamwork, and ability to network, which has enabled proper communication throughout the team, tasks completed early and done right the first time. For the others that might not be regarded in such a ma

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS. History is so important to our present and our future. A Representative from Maumelle, Arkansas think that "OUR" history should only be told by certain people that look like him and believe as he believes, but just like in the text below, I will go against him and the people who support his way of thinking and enlighten you on some of the v

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS. If you ask any child and possibly any adult what their favorite holiday is, most would say Christmas and although their birthday is not a state or national holiday, it will usually be the runner up. The indistinguishable facts of both days in most households will include family gatherings, fun, excitement, and most of all, gifts or better yet

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS. We value and treasure many things in our lives such as houses, money, cars, family members, relationships, athleticism, knowledge, and a slew of other things. If we get down to the brass taxes though, whatever we hold dear and cherish, can be taken from us at any time. When the mighty have fallen, when a loved one has passed, when that car

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT LOOK TO CHANGE LIVES, RENEW HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS. You have to love the English language.... With all of its different rules on how to structure a sentence or the spelling of certain words or the meanings of them when used in different ways. The word meat and meet sound the same, but mean something different. What about the words I and eye or dear and deer. What about the rule of "I" before

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN, YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AND SPOKEN TO YOU. I am not sure about you, but when I get up in the morning, I like to know what has happened when I rested my eyes for the night or what is happening in areas outside of my viewing area. So first, I turn on the news and then I go to social media. I know many of you don't watch the news, possibly because it has been stated that one news outlet is biased to one

PREPARE YOUR EARS TO LISTEN AND YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE, AS YOU TAKE IN THE WORDS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AND SPOKEN TO YOU. Congress passed the first military conscription act in 1863 during the Civil War which allowed President Abraham Lincoln to draft men between the ages of 20-45. The second military draft law went into effect in 1917 and gave President Woodrow Wilson the authority to gather men for World War 1. On September 16, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed