Be, Today.

Very interesting observation this morning!! Soooo....my wife has encouraged me to start attending the "men's bible study" at church. I know I should and it'd be good for me but DANG, it's at 6am!! Anyhow, I got up at 5am this morning and attended. She's usually right 100% of the time. The pastor leading it …

Accepting Struggle as Something Good

We are students of life. Period. The sooner you can accept that the sooner you’ll start to be more flexible with the ebb and flow in your daily walk. Lessons to be learned, like opportunity, fly past us each day as we breathe in and breathe out. Probably the most important aspect of learning is …

Seeing the Unseen. Clarity and Vision

I just turned 43 the other day and I realize that’s not old but it’s not young, either. I’m in my prime, right? For the past couple years or so my eyes have been giving me some issues. I’ve got a couple pairs of “cheaters” I wear when I read. I started wearing them more …

Grace, Patience, Understanding

This is personal to me. These 3 words are the foundation upon which I try to walk. People ask me what has changed in my life. The foundational character principles that I walk on is a major player in the transformation I have and am undergoing. See, as a soldier, these are three principles that …

Fear

https://www.instagram.com/p/BR8XZjOBZsU/?taken-by=hoodlm_pathh For those people who are believers in the bible, they know that fear is stemmed from original sin. Fear is not something we should give in to because it is from evil and not good. Giving way to fear, however, is usually easier than fighting it. When we give into fear and let fear …

Reality vs Optimism. What’s the Difference?

Optimism is hoping and reality is controlling. You can control your reality. Control is real movement, choices and action. Hoping for the optimum requires nothing but candy cane and lollipop dreams.

What Gives Me Joy

Yesterday at church, the sermon was about Joy. I’ll stop capitalizing it now. I thought about that sermon all day. I’ve had a rough year with depression and feeling lost due to my injury overseas last year. I've pulled out of that hole but I have my mom