You Knit Me Together

"13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."

Psalms 139: 13-16

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Whether you're White, POC, gay, straight, whatever, God knit you together in the womb.

Because God never says "Oops." I believe that you're exactly how you're supposed to be. What you choose to do with it, well, that's up to you. 

You were given Free Will for a reason -- so what will you choose to do with the life you were blessed with? Will you willingly choose to follow the Path set before you? Or not?

Stop Hesitating!

“If you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are a person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world.

"...And it's going to be really hard to find messages of self-love and support anywhere. Especially women's and gay men's culture. It's all about how you have to look a certain way or else you're worthless. You know when you look in the mirror and you think 'oh, I'm so fat, I'm so old, I'm so ugly', don't you know, that's not your authentic self? But that is billions upon billions of dollars of advertising, magazines, movies, billboards, all geared to make you feel shitty about yourself so that you will take your hard earned money and spend it at the mall on some turn-around creme that doesn't turn around shit.

"When you don't have self-esteem you will hesitate before you do anything in your life. You will hesitate to go for the job you really wanna go for, you will hesitate to ask for a raise, you will hesitate to call yourself an American, you will hesitate to report a rape, you will hesitate to defend yourself when you are discriminated against because of your race, your sexuality, your size, your gender. You will hesitate to vote, you will hesitate to dream. For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution and our revolution is long overdue.”
   

Margaret Cho

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While Margaret is pretty darn blunt, she has a valid point. 

Society's values are not our values and we need to stop allowing them to define our lives. We are all beautiful, we are all valuable, we are all children of God. 

Stop hesitating for fear of what others may think or do. 

 Do what YOU need to do. 

 

Thank You to All Our Veterans

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." John F. Kennedy

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Thank you all for your service. 

May God bless you in your travels, you who have gone on ahead, and those who are still here on this Earth. 

God bless you all. 

A Simple Motivation -- Friday

"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday." 

Noel Coward

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 While not everyone agrees with that philosophy, honestly, some days that's all that can get you through. So put a smile on your face and keep thinking, "I'm getting paid to do it -- and payday is Friday" (or whatever day payday arrives at your job). 

It may be a simple motivation, but it can keep you going through the day-to-day annoyances of dealing with bosses, customers, technical difficulties, co-workers, family and friends. 

There's a good reason for that common saying, "Thank God It's Friday!"

It's not just that the weekend is here, it's also the day that many get paid. Or you submit your unemployment forms so you can get paid next week -- not good to be unemployed, but thank goodness we have an unemployment program so you still have money coming in to help with the bills. 

So take a deep breath and be happy, Friday is here!

Courage and Will

“As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.” 

Andre Norton

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There are always trials in life. 

Either you face them, or you pretend they aren't there and let them mess with you. 

I prefer to face them head on. They only have true power over you when you refuse to acknowledge that you're in a trial and you have things to do so you can pass through the storm and see the rainbow on the other side. 

Pass through the storm my friends.