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“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary. – Margaret Cousins” found on graciousquotes.com

Today I encourage you to show appreciation to those who are in your life, who cross your path, and who you see today. Appreciation goes a long way. It makes a difference. Go knock on a door with appreciation. Go walk to a desk of someone’s with appreciation. Let’s spread the spirit of appreciation. Taking time to say more than thank you and be specific with your appreciation is heartfelt.

“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.-Anonymous” found on graciousquotes.com

Be thankful for what you are going through while you’re going through because you find your strength you didn’t know you had. Struggles help you to develop greater attributes like patience, endurance, strength and thankfulness.

Take time to encourage someone today. Despite what you are going through, encourage someone. Remember you have been through trails and tribulations before and you have gotten through. So hold on and don’t you fear. Be encouraged to keep holding on.John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Find a reason to smile 😊

The last thing anyone wants to do is get caught off guard. Granted, you cannot be fully or always prepared for the unexpected or unknown. However, you can stay aware and alert . Staying alert 🚨 means you are going to stay focus, but you are going to keep your eyes open for any hindrance, distractions, setups for setbacks, and so on. You will not see it all. You can practice awareness by noticing the people, things, and signs that appear as those setbacks, distractions, hindrance, and pitfalls. Basically, I’m reminding you not to be naïve or get so comfortable where you are that you fail to see the traps 🪤 that those who are not for you lay down before you. You have to stay alert and aware. To reference it in biblical words the enemy(satan) comes to kill, steal, and destroy. With that being said, make sure you stay alert and aware of satan’s tactics, be prepared, don’t crack the door open for him to slip through. Keep watch but not fear. Be aware but not scared. Stay prepared by prayer 🙏🏽, meditation 🧘🏾‍♀️, studying 📖 scriptures, and staying under covenant.

Just because you don’t see something happening doesn’t mean it’s not working out. Soo don’t assume. Don’t go jumping to conclusions when you haven’t fact check. We have to ask questions. We need to get the details. Let’s not jump to a conclusion because of our assumptions. I found myself make assumptions with a friend because I assumed since I didn’t see any work been doing or anything that my friend wasn’t interested in helping any longer. I find out my friend has been working in the background. Now if I would have acted off my assumptions and confronted my friend it would have been a very uncomfortable situation because I assumed. I didn’t ask any more questions. So I encourage you to do fact checks, get details, and don’t assume. Knock down assumptions as soon as you can.

Look at how far you have come. Look at how much progress you have made. Think about how well you been doing this far. Think about how much it took for you to come the decision in your life for a better outcome. Think about how much it took to be on the path you chose to be on for the good of your life. I’m reminding you of all this to keep you focus and going forward. Don’t cave into temptations. Don’t cave into the temporary satisfactions. Don’t cave into the thoughts that are pulling you backwards. Don’t cave y’all. Don’t submit to going back to who you were if it isn’t healthy or good. Don’t cave because you feel just because you fail once or twice you can’t get back up. Don’t cave because you have something greater to keep pushing and looking towards. You are becoming who you are supposed to be and you are doing well so far. Why turn back now? Why attempt to time travel to the past? Don’t cave. Don’t give in. Stay encouraged, stay holding on, stay looking forward, stay focus, stay speaking and writing your goals and dreams down, stay achieving, stay aware, stay woke, stay going. Don’t stop. Remember to 😊 and know you will find your way. Just don’t stop searching and working towards it. Be the best You!