It's tempting to lie, especially when we want to impress others (be more than who we are), prove a point, get resources, or avoid doing something we said we would do. It takes courage to express the truth. More than likely, you've experienced someone not telling you the truth and experienced betrayal, confusion, and resentment. But let your experiences make you better instead of bitter. Seek the truth in all you do and pass this legacy on to your children.

We have enough to keep our lives focused. For example, we have our divine purpose and often a generation to guide. When we seek the truth, we seek the right actions, words, environments, and relationships with food, energy, money, people, and time. We see possibilities instead of limitations.

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Timika

The cycle of pain didn't start overnight. But, we all, at some point, have our introduction to this darkness. In addition, the virtue of trust is often lacking in families, healthcare, organizations, and in all areas of our lives. We have so much to distrust, but within us is the ability to regrow trust. Trust is one of the infallible seeds that lie within our hearts and minds.

Therefore, we have the ability to transform how we think and approach life. We must remember the spiritual being that we are to revitalize our hearts and minds.

As always, make this lifetime great because you still can!

Timika

Often, we are told to trust ourselves, or others encourage us to trust them. But our trust must be in a Higher Power to do the work we are here to do. We must have faith in something that knows all, sees all, and is everywhere. This power sees the heart of humans and knows what's best for us to achieve the Oneness of Spirit. Humans sometimes get swept by their emotions and feelings. Therefore, we don't put our faith in people or inanimate objects but in our Creator to show us the way along our earthly journey. We obtain stillness in matters via our trust in our Creator.

In addition, we must encourage our children to seek a relationship with our Creator to help them remember who they are and to carry out the work they are here to do.

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Timika

Tolerating our experiences and humanity doesn't have to be hard. When you see another person, you see a reflection of truth and the energy, love, and power that created everything. In this episode, I share my thoughts on the virtue, tolerance, and how it can help you break the cycle of pain and create a generational love cycle.

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Timika

One of the greatest factors guiding the generational cycle of pain is our belief systems. Every day we come in contact with data from all walks of life. And our perception of the experience starts the ripple effect of self-destruction or self-illumination of the light inside us. Whatever we do to ourselves, we often do to others. We must intentionally use the time to pick the weeds (anger, fear, hate, and the like) out of our internal garden daily. Make an effort to take the trash out every Friday so that you can enjoy your weekends with family, friends, and yourself. Mondays do not have to be known for the day most cardiac events occur.

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Timika Chambers

In this episode, Cameron Chambers, my son, joins me to share his thoughts on thankfulness. Our children learn so much in the world. Many of which take them further from the truth. We must conversate with our children about principles and virtues that remind them they always have a choice. Gratitude brings contentment and can shine the light in dark places of our lives. Gratitude has been the two-way street of preserving my inner fruit and keeping unwanted visitors at bay. In addition, thankfulness plays a major role in being present with our children so we can break the cycle of pain by creating a generational love cycle.

As always, let me know your thoughts.

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Timika

Forgiveness is a natural ability that all of us have. And, you are in your natural spiritual state when you no longer think about forgiving someone or have strong emotions and feelings such as anger, jealousy, resentment, and the like tied to them. Anytime we hold a grudge against others, we give this energy of pain more of our power. As you know, the more we think about someone, what they did or didn't do, the more we can attract similar life experiences. Then, we wonder why every man or woman treats me the same way he or she did. How come I keep experiencing the same things?

Therefore, we need more consciousness and light in the world, and when we see beyond our experiences to a greater calling of our spiritual selves, we shine more awareness into the world. We don't need to self-destruct because of what someone did, didn't do, said, or didn't say. Instead, we need to remember that our lives have meaning and purpose. When we remind ourselves that experiences don't define us, we remind others. When we take off the excess weight, we stand firmer and taller in who we are.

As always, make this lifetime great because you still can!

Timika

Aim to make gratitude a way of being. Thankfulness, like other virtues, can help you heal from the inside out by focusing on the bigger picture. Gratitude, like any action, can become a habit by daily implementation through words, written and spoken. With gratitude, you help keep your rightful programming and increase your quality of life because the more grateful you are for something, the more likely you will take care of it.

As always, make this lifetime great because you still can!

Timika

Our words reflect our inner state and tell us what to work on. Our words can either help build or destroy humanity. In addition, we must remember that children look to their parents and others to show them how to respond to life events When we create a generational love cycle through tactfulness, we remind our children that they don't have to say everything that comes to mind, and by role modeling, we can help them choose their words wisely.

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Timika

Every experience is an opportunity to confirm who you are, not to lessen your identity. We must choose a perspective that prevents us from falling into the potholes of life or one that can quickly minimize our stay in the potholes. Then, when we come out of the dark wilderness of misuse and abuse, we can lead a life with strong principles and a foundation that withstands life's storms. By having a student perspective on life, labels don't stick, and we see the experiences for what they are.

You must know the pain projected on you, in whatever form, is not your fault. Instead, we must face our emotions and feelings and see the experience for what it is (someone's way of projecting their emotions and feelings). Then, we can move forward and do the work we are here to do.

As always, let me know your thoughts.

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Timika