Good morning,
Along with breast cancer, October is domestic violence awareness. So the tool that I share with you is to help be more enlightened about the signs and symptoms of domestic violence.
www.thehotline.org
And as always remember to... live Blessed
Good morning,
Make sure you this all. It will bless you.
Positive Thinking
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!”
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.”
Yeah, right, it’s not that easy,” I protested.
“Yes it is,” Jerry said. “Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live life.”
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body. I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, “If I were any better, I’d be twins. Wanna see my scars?”
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. “The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,” Jerry replied. “Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.”
“Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?” I asked. Jerry continued, “The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take action.”
“What did you do?” I asked.
“Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply… I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.”
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz
Let this really sink in-then choose how you start your day tomorrow.
And as always remember to... live Blessed
Good morning,
I pray all is well. Breast Cancer Fact
In 2016, an estimated 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed, along with 61,000 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer (also known as carcinoma in situ). About 40,450 women are expected to die in 2016 from breast cancer, though there has been a decrease in death rates since 1989, with larger decreases in women under 50. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advancements, earlier detection through screening, and increased awareness.
Had a mammogram lately?
And as always remember to...live Blessed
Good morning,
Something that encouraged me this morning.
Sometimes, all you need is an encouraging word from a fellow sister who has already achieved success. It helps to hear wisdom from black women who have been through the fire and come out on the other side, especially in the face of challenges and failures and disappointments. That’s why I get so inspired by reading and sharing positive quotes from black women I admire!
Here is my latest compilation of 27 brilliant quotes by successful black women, from actresses to writers to entertainers to business leaders to social activists. Please use them as motivation for your own journey and share this post with as many people as you can on Twitter and Facebook!
http://happyblackwoman.com/27-brilliant-quotes-successful-black-women-failure-haters-value-hard-work/
And as always remember to...live Blessed
Wow, what a night.
Got news that a former student was killed by her ex boyfriend, went to a meeting and forgot to close the windows so kitchen and living flooded, and one of my favorite people is fighting for her life. Oh yeah and computer got wet so who knows if I have anything.
Life is filled with swift transitions. None on earth unmoved can stand. Build your hope on thing eternal. Hold to God's unchanging hand. In times like these we need a savior. In times like these we need an anchor. Be very sure, be very sure your anchor holds and grips that solid rock.
It's so amazing to me that in tough times those old spirituals are what speak peace to your storm. This is truly the season of storms but we're going to make it through.
Let this song bless you
https://youtu.be/RfDj7dJMaxE
And as always remember to... live Blessed
Good morning,
I was this saying, You won't be on the sideline forever, but while your over there cheer for someone else. Sisters why is this so difficult?
We have been fed the hateraid and we have drank of its sweet elixir. That hateraid has made us inadvertently teach our children these same patterns and then wonder why they don't have friends.
Sistahs we have got to do better. Cheer your sister. That little voice talking crazy is your insecurity. Tell it to shut up. There is a blessing in encouraging others. Be blessed.
Remember, karma is a beast and what you put out is what comes back to you. Be the blessing to someone else that you want to receive.
And as always remember to...live Blessed
Good morning,
Today as we move into October I want to share a getting your credit together tip below. Check it out
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/genymoney/how-to-build-a-good-credit-rating/article32203745/
And as always remember to... live Blessed
