Don't reduce your energy to lesser than because of those around you.

Don’t shrink your hopes and dreams for those around you that don’t understand.

Don’t lower your bar or your standard to fit the “norm”.

Don't put yourself into a box.

Be YOU! Be unapologetic YOU! Be who God created YOU to be.

We should be teaching and setting an example for our daughters of this!

Everyone is made and created differently. Some of us are extra and some are quiet.

I have come to accept and love the fact that I’m extra, energetic, and vocal. Believe me, there are times that I’m like “why God, why?!

Accept those traits, talents, passions about yourself that make you “different”. How boring would it be if we were all the same?!

But we get in our own heads and convince ourselves we need to just be sit down and be quiet. Then we start to step back into our box instead of stepping out in faith. We take our talents and bottle it up because who wants to be different from everyone else? Gosh! What will they think of me?

Our energy reduces to less, our hopes fade, and we continue living in chaos, exhaustion, searching for more— when God has called us to step up, step out. Set the bar high friends ❤️

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If I can do it, so can you!

I was sitting in church… Well singing and I started looking around thinking, wow, it’s great to see this building fill up again.

And then I had a moment of “oh, this is a time to be excessively grateful for who is here this morning and excited for what Gods doing.” I’m working to my more thankful and grateful in 2023 from the biggest to the smallest, to the seen and the overlooked things I take for granted. It requires being conscious of your thoughts and sometimes my brain struggles to even hold a thought.

AND THEN… I got to thinking, if everyone sitting there looked around and thought “wow, thank you God for the people that were here” I’ll bet you every seat, every pew would be full, kid city would be full!

AND THEN! The pastor started preaching. He said we have to visualize and expect God to move.

Could you imagine what every church would look like if we took a moment to be conscious of our thoughts. Become excessively grateful for those around us and then visualize a full church?

The message was about revival reaffirming my thoughts were from God and aligned! How amazing are God winks!

It all begins when we grow where we are planted and visualize, anticipate, and expect God to show up in a big way, He will!

It was an incredible sermon! Im going to share the link on my wall and in the comments!

Self-Love isn’t a new term. Every season, a new set of influencers influence us on how we should be loving ourselves. I am by no means an 'influencer', but I hope and pray that today that influence you in some way with my version of self-love.

So let me let you in on a little secret! Self love does not come from the outside in... In fact, you can change everything about you and still find something to grumble about. Self-love comes from the inside out.

Until you learn to truly love those things about yourself that make you cringe and cry and throw your clothes out of the closet a rage, you will always be wanting something more. You will never feel like you are enough.

Self-affirmation ✅

Mottos ✅

Writing on my mirror ✅

Manifesting ✅

All of it worked just enough to give me a boost, but there was still something missing. In fact, the absolute most important piece.

EXCESSIVE GRATITUDE TO THE *ONE* THAT CREATED ME.

And realize, He makes no mistakes!

Then I became grateful for who I am, how I am, and where I’m at, and how God created me. I found contentment, joy, and ultimately began to truly love me in a non-egotistical (is that EVEN a word?!) manner.

I started writing daily Thank you God for…. I learned to thank Him for the things I hated about myself. I thanked Him for the traits I possessed like-- relentlessness, tenacity, etc.

When I started to become excessively grateful, my world changed. To whom much is given, much is expected. And He has given me so much! He made me... and YOU unique and beautiful all in our own way. He gave us characteristics and talents nobody else possesses in the same sequence. How AMAZING is that! Let that sink in-- BILLIONS of people in the world and we were created "fearfully and wonderfully" unique. Most of the time we hate those things that are unique or we try to fix it to fit into the norm. We treat them like a plague and we complain about those things. When I changed my mindset to thank God for the things that weren't the norm, the trend, or characteristic traits deemed negative, I learned to love those things AND even use them in a positive way.

Learn to love yourself how you are and then the extras are just bonus!

I am content in my journey.

I’m okay with growing where I am planted.

It's easier to work on myself because I love what I'm working with.

When people compliment me, I say thank you.

I laugh at my failures.

I appreciate my flaws.

And I love myself!

Life is so much more enjoyable for me and everyone around me! When you love the way God created YOU, the world can tell!

There are 28 days in February! I dare you to try it and see just how differently you glow come March 1st!

Just because someone else is doing the same thing, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t purpose your talents! Make your thing 100% unapologetically you! That’s what makes it different!

How to set yourself up for success each and every single day!

4 things I do that have led me to a life that is content, happy, and growing where I’m planted peacefully

Making sure our pantries is stocked with healthy snacks, organized, and ready for the week!