Enjoy the Process ❤

Stop spending so much time trying to forget who you were that you miss who you are.

Life comes at you fast. Friends leave. Family leaves. Circumstances change. Everything that happens, though, is a part of the process.

Think about this series of events ...
If you wouldn't have fallen in love, you wouldn't have gotten married. If you wouldn't have gotten married, you wouldn't have gotten divorced. But, if you would've never gotten divorced, you never have found your strength.

You see, the beauty in that brokenness is that you literally are a rose that grew from the concrete. The concrete cracked but you still submerged from it. You still have thorns that can help protect you in your vulnerability. But the strength it took to sprout in such a closed space, my God.

Don't spend so much time thinking about the crack in the concrete. Spend more time relishing in the strength that created your new beauty.

Another day, another #garnetism.
Happy Monday folks. 😘

Quotes from TV

"You don't leave because you have somewhere to go. You leave because there's nothing keeping you where you are."

Be.

Be kind. Be patient. Be alert. And, after you've assessed the situation, ask for exactly what you want. 

You'd be surprised the things you can receive by being kind and simply asking. 

G. 💕

Labor and Delivery

It takes 10 months to birth a human baby.

Look at your life and examine your storm. Having a bad day? Having a bad week? Having a bad month? If it takes 10 months of discomfort to birth a human baby, how long do you think you'll need to be uncomfortable to birth your empire? 

You see, we are living in an instantaneous society. We want to wake up a millionaire. We want to wake up with a degree. We want to wake up with a tv show. But, if we don't go through the discomfort, what will we have? 

Let's look at this differently ... how is a diamond made? Under pressure? 

Understand your victory is already defined. There's healing in your brokenness. There's a diamond coming from this pressure. There's a human life being birthed from this discomfort. 

At the end of this darkness, a new day is rising. It will be the beginning of something new and amazing. 

Love, you, all ways, always.
It may be rough now, but joy comes in the morning.
Don't you dare give up now.
Don't you dare abort this baby. 

G. 💕

Take Care of Yourself

Take Care of Yourself. 

Take yourself on dates. Journal about how much you love yourself and your life. Go to the gym. Eat right. Get manicures. Get pedicures. Go to the chiropractor. Brush and floss, only the teeth you want to keep, of course. Go to the dentist. Go outside for 30 minutes a day. Do yoga. Get a passport. Use said passport. Get an older friend and a younger friend. Mentor someone. Get a mentor. Say no, a lot. Do not feel obligated to give a reason for said no. Love unconditionally. Love with boundaries. Be kind to everyone. Even when giving constructive criticism, do so with love. Help someone. Hug someone daily. Pray often. Never be the smartest person in the room. If you are, find another room. Stop allowing others poor planning to become your emergencies. Charity begins at home, remember that and practice that. Make a budget. Stick to the budget. Review the budget every three months. Save money. Save your change. Take care of yourself! 

Stay healthy. Stay flexible. Stay joyful. Stay you. 

Love, you, all ways, always.
G. 💕

Oh yes, almost forgot ... DRINK WATER. I don't care if you don't like it. You need it. Do it! Enhance it if you must. But, do it. 

Go Get Your Happy!

"Go get your happy! 

So what if it's not the perfect package. If it's _____ don't let misinterpretations and misunderstandings get in your way. Stop chasing some 'leave it to Beaver' dream that doesn't really work. Stop chasing goals that you really don't want. Focus on the [goals] that you do and move towards them with gusto. Don't worry about ____. Don't tether yourself to _____. Worry about you and what you want."

Take care or yourself!
Worry about yourself! 

You're welcome.
G. 💕

Prayers and Love

"Lord, dear Lord, above, God almighty, God of love; please look down and see my people through."

Thank you for waking us up on this spring like Monday morning. We appreciate your will and passion for us. We appreciate the blessings that you continue to fill our lives with. We thank you for our faculties that allow us to enjoy this life that you have blessed us with. Thank you for continuing to surround us by people who love and care for us: safe people, functional people, supportive people, listening people, fun people, intelligent people, mindful people, loving people, helpful people, good people. We thank you for removing the wool from our eyes so that we can see exactly what we need to see. Thank you for removing the cotton from our ears, so that we can hear you clearly. Thank you for speaking to us, when we are broken and we are whole. thank you for speaking to us, when we are weak and we are strong. Thank you for speaking to us, when we are giving and when we are selfish. Thank you for loving us and standing for, by and next to us all the days of our lives. 

We pray today, father God, for health. We pray for strength. We pray for wholeness. We pray for support. We pray for guidance. We pray to be able to hear you and see you. We pray to be able to know that you are speaking to us and notice when the angels are here for us to guide us and to keep us. Though we don't necessarily understand our path, we thank you for it. We thank you for creating us to be strong enough to fight the battles that enter our lives. Though, we don't think we have the strength, we know you have not given us the spirit of fear but of a sound mind. We know that whatever we put our mind and heart to we can accomplish. Thank you for allowing me personally to be the walking testimony of this exact statement. 

I pray today for the motherless, that they may find love in the people you have placed in their paths. We pray for the fatherless that they may find guidance in the angels you have hand selected for them. We pray for those that have had to bury a loved one that they may find peace. We pray for the parents, that they may be graced with patience and understanding, help and guidance, while rearing their kings and queens. We pray for those that may be looking for a new job or direction on their career but ask that they are blessed with gratefulness for their current position. We pray for the business owners that their businesses continue to thrive and that you have your hand in every decision that the owners are led to make and you cover them from those that are corrupt and trying to overturn their empire. We pray for traveling mercies for those that may be heading somewhere soon. We pray for the ability to take a vacation for those that need it. We pray for love, to manifest, to mature and to become everything you have designed for our lives. 

Thank you father God for allowing me to use my platform for good, no matter how small it may be. Thank you for allowing anyone that reads these words to be blessed exceedingly, abundantly and above all things. Father God, thank you for answering the prayers that I have not asked publicly but are in the hearts of those that requested prayer. Thank you for continuing to order our steps and guide our paths. 

We appreciate you. We love you. We thank you. We trust you.
In your matchless and heavenly name we pray... 

Amen.