A Morning Prayer

My friend, Gemell posted this prayer online and I thought it fitting to post on this blog. Enjoy! and in her own words ... Have a great day everyone!

With boldness, wonder and expectations, I greet this day ... gratefully I look back at all that was good yesterday. Bless this day, Lord and in all my 'busy-ness' help me to always remember that the best time to seek You is always the same - anytime. 
Amen.

A prayer by Gemell Gale

Pleasing Everybody 2.0

So, everybody wants everybody else to please them ... so what's new!  We as human beings love ... no, relish the idea of 'yes' people waiting on us hand and foot ... massaging our egos and telling us 'How great thou art', how pretty you are and that you're the best thing since slice bread.  The funny thing about it is, that we're like ostrich with our heads in the sand, oblivious to the fact that these people are pumping us full of bullshit.

The Agenda

Newsflash!  These people who are pumping us full of bullshit have an agenda, whether good or bad ... oh yes, mostly bad.  They are using us for a means to an end and if they have to kiss our asses to do it ... they will and in the end they would have accomplish their goal and we would be at the brink of suicide wondering 'Why me?'. Why you? ... because you are stupid!

How many times have we heard the tired old story in one form or the other of the Rich, Dumb Manager and the Poor, Devious Subordinate.  Where the poor subordinate did what he or she was told, all the while plotting and putting his/her scheme in place to oust the dumb manager, whose heart is puffed up with vanity and arrogance that he/she have someone to push around and emasculate, not knowing that that seemingly weak subordinate wants that nice managerial job you have, desperately.  We all know how the story goes and how it will end so I don't need to go on.  Ah! Yeah! The Poor, Devious Subordinate had an agenda all along and executed it with precision to the end.

Knowing who you are

There is a saying that goes 'the heart wants what it wants!'  No, ladies and gentlemen, what we want, or rather what we NEED is some SELF-CONTROL and a lot of wisdom.  When we have those two, along with a dash of confidence, then we would be better able to spot the leeches and free-loaders a mile away.

If we know who we are and WHOSE we are ... then we don't need people or their words to validate us, we would've already known that.  All they are doing is confirming what we already know about ourselves.  Wise people know how to say 'Thank you!' at the compliments and move on to the next thing.

All you Ego-Mongers, GET OVER YOURSELF!!  The universe does not center around you.  Try pleasing other people for a change.

Pleasing Everybody

The well-known fable below, outlines perfectly the consequences of pleasing everybody.  Everybody wants everybody else to please them which is impossible.  When we try to please everybody, we are made to look stupid and unprofessional, and worst yet we are torn apart bit by bit until we no longer recognize ourselves.  At the end of the day, there is only one person you should be really pleasing and that is God Almighty and when we seek to please him first, then we in turn please others.

The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey 

A MILLER and his son were driving their donkey to a neighbouring fair to sell him. They had not gone far when they met with a troop of women collected round a well, talking and laughing. "Look there," cried one of them, "did you ever see such fellows, to be trudging along the road on foot when they might ride?' The old man hearing this, quickly made his son mount the donkey, and continued to walk along merrily by his side. Presently they came up to a group of old men in earnest debate. "There," said one of them, "it proves what I was a-saying. What respect is shown to old age in these days? Do you see that idle lad riding while his old father has to walk? Get down, you young scapegrace, and let the old man rest his weary limbs." Upon this the old man made his son dismount, and got up himself. In this manner they had not proceeded far when they met a company of women and children: "Why, you lazy old fellow," cried several tongues at once, "how can you ride upon the beast, while that poor little lad there can hardly keep pace by the side of you?' The good-natured Miller immediately took up his son behind him. They had now almost reached the town. "Pray, honest friend," said a citizen, "is that donkey your own?' "Yes," replied the old man. "O, one would not have thought so," said the other, "by the way you load him. Why, you two fellows are better able to carry the poor beast than he you." "Anything to please you," said the old man; "we can but try." So, alighting with his son, they tied the legs of the donkey together and with the help of a pole endeavoured to carry him on their shoulders over a bridge near the entrance to the town. This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the donkey, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river. Upon this, the old man, vexed and ashamed, made the best of his way home again, convinced that by endeavouring to please everybody he had pleased nobody, and lost his donkey in the bargain.

When Life Doesn't Cooperate

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The Incident

Something happened to me recently that upset me, well, it shook me to the core to be more specific. I am one of those pocket of women who have horrible monthly periods (nausea, excruciating menstrual cramps and heavy flows). I try my very best to deal with it but the worst part is, no monthly period is ever the same and I have to adjust a little every month (my body fiercely reminded me of that in no uncertain terms). I had come to expect the occasional gush of blood along with the flow but this month in particular, I don't know if my hormones went ballistic or what but a mini flash flood came and the sanitary napkin and I were powerless to stop it. Needless to say, I had blood rushing down my legs onto the floor.


When the rubber meets the road

When the clean-up was completed, I lay on my bed and cried.  Then it occurred to me, this thing could happen when I get married and what would my perfect husband say or how would he react. Would he be a gentleman and be understanding to what women go through, or would he think that this woman he’d married is really a girl in a woman’s body who cannot control her periods.

So I said to myself ‘Maybe I shouldn’t get married’ I don’t want to frighten this man or seriously traumatized him for the rest of his natural life.  I can’t do this! I can’t put this huge burden on him. So my first instinct was to run and cower in fear.

'Men (some men) don't want to know our female problems even when we're carrying their child' one may say.  Thank God that just as no two of my monthly periods are alike, no two men are alike either.  At the end of the day, we need to first shed our insecurities and trust issues, then the God-given instincts would kick-in and we would be better able to separate the idiots from the real men.  Men who would not faint or puke at the first sign of blood.

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Skin Care Secrets ... at any age!

Just by the name of this article, you might scoff and say 'What secrets' but truly I have discovered new items about skin care that I only discovered through Fitness Model Skincare Secrets.

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• how to create special occasion skin
• hair and body solutions ... and lots more

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Hot Summer Fashions for the Professional Woman

We are in the heart of summer, and temperatures are soaring but we still have to go to work and play hard ball in the ‘ole boys’ (girls) club and look immaculate doing it but the few pennies left in your purse wouldn’t stretch that far. Well ladies, there are online boutiques out there that something for everybody.

If you are like me ... S A L E is my middle name and one of the most frequently used word in the English language ... my favourite. The ‘Sale’ rack is what I peruse first when I walk in to a clothing store and you do find gold nuggets on the ‘Sale’ rack.  In addition, if you want great designer clothing and accessories for less visit Designer Discount Club.


My Picks

1. If you have to the leave the office to go into the sweltering heat outside then a coloured (I prefer white) cap sleeve top along with a black skirt would be perfect. I know what you’re thinking! That top is too casual for the office but if you dress it up with let’s say a long black beaded necklace and a bold gray or black opal cuff bracelet that would make all the difference in the world ... I dare you to try it!
2. The cream Allison Parris crepe cropped blouse and brown Allison Parris silk wrap skirt is my second choice if you like playing it safe but with a wisp of edginess. For this ensemble, the least jewelry you wear, the better. Just a pair of ear-rings would do.
3. I couldn’t resist it! I have to include the smoking dark gray Gala & Kardi tunic, which would go perfectly with white pants or skirt. Be aware however, this tunic has holes and you would want to avoid the colored bras. For the office or workplace a black or dark gray sleeveless tank (vest) top under this tunic would be more appropriate. To accessorize, a long white or black & white beaded necklace and matching ear-rings would complete the look.

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