Hello My Friends! Welcome to a new week and the many opportunities that await you!

I was having a conversation with my Brother-in-Law about paying attention. As he was talking, I realized how very important it is to pay attention. There are so many things that float across our hearts during the course of a day and many times we are not paying attention to what is being said and we are missing what is being shown to us.

I thought about that conversation for the rest of the day. PAYING ATTENTION. What do we all miss as we are making our journey toward our true selves that can make our journey more comfortable? What is being show to us that we see and yet we don't see? What are we hearing that should be heard at a deeper level? Are we fully PAYING ATTENTION?

Iyanla Vanzant sums up what I wish to communicate to you and to me. This video is short and to the point. If we pay attention there are many blessings that await us and many heartbreaks that could be avoided if we would open our eyes, listen intently with our ears and allow the love from our Creator to flow through our hearts. PAY ATTENTION and see what you discover.

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope you are actually where you want to be and you are HAPPY! At the end of the day, that is so important. When you are are striving towards being your very best as long as you are happy underneath all the gnats of negativity you are certain to be fine. Have a great weekend!

One of the issues that causes all of us problems is thinking too much about the future and for some of us it is lingering too much in the past. All we have is right now. Yes, we must be prudent in taking care of ourselves in the manner of making certain that comfort is always maintained. 

However, what I am speaking of is thinking too much about the future. Our future is NOW. That's all we have is right now. Each second, each minute, each hour and each day is NOW. Yes, we can prepare for the things that will be in place such as a few dollars for a sunny day or saving for an item that will bring pleasure to you or a loved one. That's perfectly fine and quite reasonable. But don't obsess over things that you have absolutely no control and will never have control. 

Our goal is to remained focused on the now so that the now creates the future. All we have is NOW. There is so much we can do NOW. Stay out of the future because in reality the future is actually NOW. STAY OUT OF THE FUTURE AND FOCUS ON NOW!

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope all is well with you as you move through your week and most important as you move through the gnats of negativity that I'm certain have been swarming this week. As I have stated before: Keep walking and keep swatting. They will get out of your way!

If you read my post on Monday, March 24 then you are aware that I was filled with a disappointment that was quite painful. You may recall that I thought I had been contracted to do some work and at the last second it was pulled. I was hurt. I was dismayed. I was disappointed. I also felt that my Creator had pulled a cruel joke on me and had led me to the edge of glory and as I was about to enter the door was shut. The silent voice that guides my life attempted on several occasions to speak with me, however, I flat out decided that I didn't want to hear anything that had to do with having faith regardless of what is being shown. I felt that I had been "forsaken." I WAS WRONG! I will repeat it again I WAS WRONG and I MUST APOLOGIZE TO MY CREATOR.

I received a call asking if I was still interested in making the deal. I was stunned. Of course when that occurs the ego wants to get in the way and attempt to make the other individual suffer. However, because I was awake and fully present I knew better. I knew to work out the details in an honorable manner although my ego wanted to "dust them." However, none of that is really the issue at hand; the real issue is that I owed my Creator an apology. So, in front of my Creator and to you my friends I APOLOGIZE. 

I apologize to you my Creator for the following:

• For not believing that you always have my best interest in mind.
  
• For even considering that you would ever forsake me.
  
• For turning away from you like a spoiled child.
  
• For loving me as I cursed my situation.
  

From the depths of disappointment I learned what you were trying to teach me: If I trust and believe what you have told me, I should never be dismayed, as you are clearing a path for me and at the time I could not see that you had not completed your work. Please accept my apology and I ask for your forgiveness. Because of this lesson I trust you even more and again apologize for even thinking that you had turned your back on me.

I desire to keep this lesson close to my heart and attached to my ego. Thank you my Father. It is a lesson well learned.

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope all is well in your world and the ones you love.

Today I want to share with you a disappointment I experienced Friday which ironically was the first day of Spring. I thought and believed that I had contracted some work and to my disappointment it was pulled at the very last second. I cannot begin to explain the feeling that overtook my senses and rocked my faith. To say the very least for that moment I felt shattered. The only way to describe it is when you have played your heart out and given all that you have and a last second buzzer beater is the reason that you lost. It appears as a soul shattering moment.

For that second in time there is zero visibility as to what is ahead.. There is a feeling of being lost in the wilderness and you cannot see your hands in front of you. There is no light to guide the way as at that moment you feel completely stymied. You are disappointed. 

It took me 24 hours to get past that feeling. I felt my Creator had forsaken me and was playing a very cruel joke. I felt that I could not trust anything I was hearing from my Creator, as I felt I had been brought to the edge of glory, and the door was slammed right before I was about to enter.  I felt devastated. I felt the crush of disappointment as I had never experienced before. This hurt and it hurt deeply. I felt as if the very core of what I had prayed for, prepared for and wanted so badly had been snatched so swiftly and suddenly that mentally I was swirling as if I were a top spinning on its axle. I was totally disappointed. I cried. I wailed. I swore.

Despite what I was feeling on Saturday I got up and got back on the horse. I started searching for another deal even though my heart was heavy and my eyes were puffy from the tears that had flowed the previous day. I got up and I started again. I got up and I resumed. I got up and I began to see more clearly. My heart and my legs were still shaking; however, I sought out a new contract.

On Sunday when I awoke I felt completely different. The disappointment had seemed to have lifted and the crushing weight of sorrow had dissipated. I felt different. I felt alive and the fog that had been distracting my view had disappeared. I also within that moment was able to say THANK YOU to the individual that stopped the deal. I thanked him for freeing me as I began to realize that my Creator at the last minute and the very last second knew this wasn't the deal for me. I then THANKED my Creator for saving me from whatever I was not able to see and I apologized.

My moral to this post is the following: Disappointment hurts. Disappointment is painful. Disappointment can shake your foundation. However, what disappointment cannot do UNLESS you ALLOW it is to keep you from moving ahead. Keep moving!

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope you and your loved ones are well! I hope the week was good for you and if it wasn't you always have another opportunity until the last breath for this state of being is taken. There is always another breath, another second, another minute, another hour and another day. Remember that!

Today is the first day of Spring! The day of new beginnings and new ways of thinking. We have been dormant all winter fighting battles within and without. Well, today is your new beginning. This is the day that all that you have put into place will begin to reveal. Today is the day that your spirit is dancing with joy as you recognize the change in season within your soul. Today is your new beginning!

It has been noted that Spring comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb. Don't you feel that sometimes within your spirit? You huff and puff and try to blow everything away within your path that doesn't agree with you. Then you realize that huffing and puffing won't garner better results than if you were to relax and huff on what needs to be huffed and allow the universe to do the rest.

I always enjoy the first day of Spring. It's a time of reflection and appreciation. I appreciate that within my soul I have the chance to clean out the debris of winter and begin to see the beauty of all that has been created within me that will soon show its face. I eagerly await all the good work that I have done within my heart and spirit during the months of winter and with full expectation that all will be delivered to me. 

Today is the first day of your NEW SEASON! Today you await with great anticipation for your flowers to bloom. Today you wait with patience as you know fully within your heart that you have done what you were supposed to do and you will be rewarded. TODAY IS YOUR DAY! 

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Keep moving forward.That is so important! Keep up the good work!

Today I want you to BE YOU! Just be you. The good and the not so good. The great and the not so great. Just BE YOU today. We're going to start off by keeping it simple. I want you to think of ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER without allowing the GNATS OF NEGATIVITY to interfere. Remember: THEY HAVE ONE SOLE PURPOSE and that is to KEEP YOU AWAY FROM YOUR GREATNESS.  I want you to push them aside with the swiftness of a howling wind and keep them away. Today, I want you to BE YOU!

What does that mean to you? First, who are you? Are you the LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD or are you THE CABOOSE that is being dragged along? Who are you? You have a choice today. You can continue to wallow in your self imposed limitations or you can bring forth the greatness that was given to you as it has been given to all who have acted upon it. What is your choice today? It's up to you. Right now at this moment you have the choice to decide what it is you want to do. There may be physical limitations, financial limitations, health limitations and a host of  other considerations. However, your THOUGHTS ARE FREE and within this moment you have FREEDOM OF CHOICE. You have the choice to BE GREAT RIGHT NOW. Ask yourself: What can I do RIGHT NOW that will help me move my life forward? What can I do RIGHT NOW?

DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW that will begin to unlock your door of greatness. If I may offer a suggestion that will seem so small and yet I promise so profound : CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE! Start thinking of yourself as great. Forget the images that may be showing limitation. FORGET IT! Yes, right now, they may be the worst possible images, however, give yourself a chance and for a few minutes today: BE YOU and BELIEVE THAT THE REAL YOU is WAITING TO BE RELEASED.

Enjoy this short video by Nick Dufton. Hopefully you will be inspired.

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope this day finds you well and for those of you who are Irish ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Today is Saint Patrick's Day. Celebrated throughout the world and even on the International Space Station; St. Patrick's Day is a day of celebration. It celebrates the life of a man that accomplished much in his lifetime and gave to so many. There is one thing about Saint Patrick that is so interesting to me that I wanted to share it with you. Did you know the Green Shamrock plant that is so closely associated with Saint Patrick's Day was a teaching tool?

The shamrock plant is three-leaved and Saint Patrick decided to explain the Holy Trinity by using the shamrock as an example. Wow! A simple teaching tool has become a world wide symbol. I wonder wherever he is today in the mansions of the universe does he smile knowing that a simple teaching tool has become a bedrock of pride. Whenever I see the shamrock I see the Holy Trinity!

I've included a short simple bio video that will give a quick history on Saint Patrick. Enjoy your day, be safe and keep an eye out for those who may celebrate a little too much!

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope your week was as you hoped. Take 5 MINUTES this weekend and say THANK YOU. Be thankful that you still have all of your faculties and they are working. Be thankful that your eyes can see this screen and your ears will hear the video. Be grateful that your hands and fingers are working which allowed you to open your computer. Take a look around your room and be grateful that you have a room regardless of size or contents. BE GRATEFUL!

Many of us get so caught up on whom we serve. Whether you serve God, Buddha, Allah or Jehovah or whatever the name may be, it doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter. Because if you are serving then you realize that the message is the same across all beliefs and that is to love one another.

As you give yourself 5 minutes to be grateful this weekend, I also would like you to do me a favor and that is to say to your Creator: HOW GREAT THOU ART. Feel the words as you say them. How great thou art. How great thou art. How great thou art. Pay close attention to how you begin to feel as you repeat those four words. Something happens within your soul and your spirit. You are making a connection to your Creator and your Creator feels your gratitude. Give 5 minutes to your Creator this weekend and I guarantee things will look and feel different afterwards.

Until the next time
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Hope all is well as we navigate our weeks. As I continue to say to you and me: We always have something to be grateful for and the inconveniences we experience are merely tests of our character. So keep at it regardless of what appears in the road.

Today I want to pay homage to Elmon Myers, my uncle, who turns 100 years old today.  

To My Dear Uncle Elmon,

Happy Birthday! 100 years. You are a walking and talking history book on what it means to be a MAN!!! And not just any man…A BLACK MAN!

You came through the times when you were referred to as: boy, coon, darkie, nigga, colored, Negro, Black and African American. Your eyes have seen more than we will ever know; your ears have heard more than we will ever hear and within the depth of your heart, there are still murmurs of the racism you endured and yet because you were a MAN you kept moving forward and continued to walk with the Father.

I remember you as a young girl. Throwing me over your shoulder as you walked my Mother and I home to make certain we were safe. I recall the gloves in the back of your pants and your work clothes that were a symbol of success as you were the OWNER of your OWN Company AND YOU WERE A SUCCESS. You were a MAN and you kept moving forward and continued to have faith.

I recall having dinner at you and Aunt Lois’ home many times on Sunday and you smoking that cigar, leaned back in your favorite chair as you watched your ball games. Until one matures, you don’t realize what a wonderful time that was and how fortunate I was to be surrounded by strong BLACK MEN. I grew up assuming that all black men were like my Father, Mr. Chaney and you. The men I knew took care of their families, made sure the community was safe, helped out if they saw you were trying to help yourself and the most important of all, had a strong connection to their church.

I thank you for your contribution to me. I thank you for looking out for my Mother; Hazel Marie Duff Reed. I thank you for being the 100 years of representation from the days of Jim Crow to the first Black President. While President Obama may not know you, it is because of the man you were and the man you are that allows him to sit in a chair that a hundred years ago would have been UNTHINKABLE. When you see the President, you are seeing the image of yourself. A BLACK MAN that kept moving forward. President Obama is you Uncle Elmon. He is the President of a country and you were the President of your company.

Actually, you stand HIGHER than President Obama as you were the OWNER of your OWN COMPANY during very hard times and there wasn’t a government or a social media process to help you become a success. Through your faith and work ethic, you did it AND KEPT MOVING FORWARD.

Thank you Uncle Elmon and as I stated at my Mother’s Home Going Service: You have a HUGE DEPOSIT in the BANK OF GOOD and because of all that you have contributed throughout these first 100 years your INHERITANCE IS DEFINATELY GUARANTEED.

I love you. I thank you. I appreciate you.

Happy 100th Birthday!

Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea

Hello My Friends! Welcome to a new week of opportunity for yourself. This is YOUR WEEK! This is YOUR TIME! Your SHIP is CLOSER THAN YOU BELIEVE! However, the question is: Do you believe in yourself? Do you really believe in yourself?

Believing in yourself is the one thing that no one can give you but you. Others believe in you and they fill you with inspirational messages to help you cement that feeling of belief. Yet, do you really believe in yourself?

If you don't believe in yourself then you MUST dissect why? Is it a remnant from childhood? Is it a remark that was made to you years ago and you have held on to that throughout the years? Do you feel worthy? You must peel the layers back and find the reason you do not believe in yourself. There is no REASON that you should not believe in yourself. Why? Because belief in yourself is a choice. You are in control of your thoughts, feelings and beliefs when it comes to you. YOU ARE IN CONTROL!

The Creator gave us ONE THING that levels the playing field and that is FREE WILL! With free will you have dominion over you. You make your choices. You guide your ship. You are the Captain. Your belief in you is entirely up to you! It's all up to you!

I hope and pray that today you start believing in yourself. It's no easy task, however, it can be accomplished. You control your thoughts. You control your actions. You control your feelings. Your belief in you is all that is required and the more you believe in you, others will appear who share the same belief about you. Start your belief journey TODAY!


Until the next time,
Peaceful thoughts,
-Dorothea