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11/17/2020 0 Comments

A Sinner's Prayer

"A Sinner's Prayer" is one of the first pieces I penned when I began writing in my mid 20's. It still rings true today. I can sum it up in a sign that I read just the other day: “If you only pray to God only when you're in trouble, then you're in trouble.”
At the time I wrote this poem, I was just learning how to not allow the unhealthy or unlikeable things about myself to define who I was. That didn't mean that I could ignore those things or traits. It meant and still means dealing with myself truthfully. I am a sinner. I don't always do good, yet God loves me anyway. There is beauty and there is power in knowing that.
I haven't always done good and I haven't always listened to God. Sometimes, I listened to voices of instant gratification instead of those that advocated faith for the long haul. I catch myself still making that same mistake to lesser degrees. I don't beat myself up over it anymore. Instead, I thank God for the lesson and His illumination: that I at least do better than I did before.

A Sinner’s Prayer

God save me from myself-
that is my constant prayer
as I dive deeper into myself
into the unaware.

Into the sea of those
who don’t know You,
not because they can’t
but because they won’t.

God, save me from myself
as I dive deeper into myself…

Into this comforting sea of sin
that eagerly awaits me,
that deceitfully soothes me
as I loom impatiently-
Waiting for you to answer me.

Did I miss your call-
for me to come back home,
because I was so busy trying
to make it on my own?

I know that you will spare me
once again in this time of need
that I have created
out of my own human errors
and own evil ways.

You are ALL merciful!
It is You who holds tomorrow.
So it is with the deepest of faith
and the saddest of all sorrow.
that I call on You Lord, God
to save me from myself...
as I sin impatiently.

"A Sinner's Prayer" is an excerpt from Candidreams: I Remember the Beginning.

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11/10/2020 0 Comments

Regret, None

No one is perfect, not a single solitary one of us. We all make mistakes. It's up to us what we do with that mistake. Do we negatively internalize that mistake leading us to give up or become angry or bitter? Do we learn from that mistake so that we can become wiser and stronger instead?
The choice lies within the individual. Acknowledge your mistakes so that the lesson you learn from them can serve as the building blocks for a better life. Don't beat yourself up because that will do you no good. Confront your mistake and take its valuable lesson with you.

Regret, None

Regret during troubling times
does no one good
except the devil.

Punishing self doubt figures prominently on all new decisions.

Can’t think with a heavy mind.
You’re at your best
when you leave
the mistake behind.

Just take the lesson with you.

You may have been warned,
maybe severely scorned.
You may have been bad,
would retract what you said.
You may have seen it coming
but couldn't react
to the warning.

There may have been,could have been
many things
that went down different.

Can’t question it now
because you know
deep down inside...

You made your choices for a reason.

"Regret, None" is an excerpt from Role Reversal: Turn Pain into Power

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10/27/2020 0 Comments

Infinite Possibilities (The Failure to Define Me)

About This Poem

One of my favorite expressions is "Do You Boo!" I tell folks that all of the time and I mean it. As long as you're not hurting anyone else or impeding their life progress, then, by all means, DO YOU! Be true to yourself even when others don't get you.
I could have used more palatable words or phrases like “unique”, “different”, or “dance to the beat of my own drum”. I chose the word “crazy” because it is often assigned to people or ideas that others don't understand. It's easier for some to diminish other people's individuality rather than exploring or embracing their own.
You are the only YOU that God has ever created! You are the only one who is capable of living your life and pursuing your hopes and dreams. Everyone doesn't have to understand who or what you are. There are times when you may not even understand yourself and that's OK. We aren't meant to be static. It's natural that we grow and change.
So, do YOU and enjoy it!

“Infinite Possibilities: The Failure to Define Me” is an excerpt from Role Reversal: Turn Pain Into Power.

Click the pic to be EMPOWERED by Janelle Monae's "I Like That".

Artwork by Ran H.

Infinite Possibilities (The Failure to Define Me)

There is a failure to define me.

Let them call me crazy
if crazy allows me to be everything
that my faith qualifies.
I seek places beyond my brief imagination.
Open your mind to gather God’s wonders.

Let them call me crazy
if crazy leads me to find happiness
where others fail to look.
The weak seed cannot grow to potential
without a different way to love it.
Experience God’s boundless wisdom and mercy.

Let them call me crazy
if I get a little angry sometimes
that my goals are reachable
yet I have not attained them,
that I don’t measure up to my own worth,
and I would rather die trying
than to live settling
for the world’s offer.
Understand the absoluteness of God.

Let them call me crazy
when they cannot comprehend this place
that I have actualized-
my own world,
centered around God

Thirsty I searched.
Undeniably, I found.
Fathom my testimony.

Let them call me crazy
if crazy allows me to call on God
endlessly and without shame,
now more often to praise Him
when I call His name.

God is the same
In trouble and in joy.
And I am justified.
Because of Him,
explore my infinite possibilities.

"Infinite Possibilites (The Failure to Define Me)" is an excerpt from Candidreams: I Remember the Beginning

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I want to help uplift, inspire and empower others and to help leave the world a little better than I found it. I am an author, deep thinker & optimist. I know God is love. I am the author of "Candidreams: I Remember the Beginning" and "Role Reversal: Turn Pain Into Power".
It is never my intent to push my spiritual views on others. I'm just sharing some of my own story in hopes that you or someone else will gain from it and can find some strength and hope in it. As I am fond of saying: I'm just giving you a little personal information and insight. What you do with it is completely up to you!

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