As I am reading this book Mastery by Robert Greene, he mentions some interesting points and perspectives about failure that I have surely heard before, but not quite like this. It impacted it me and encouraged me. Immediately after I felt conviction to share it on this platform. “Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you can never learn from, and such timidity will destroy you. The second kind comes from a bold venturesome spirit. “ The second shows you : - With absolute clarity how things must be done - It is a “curse” to have everything go right on your first attempt - You must act on your ideas as early as possible, exposing them to the public, a part of you even hoping that you’ll fail. - You have everything to gain I hope this helped you, as it has for me 😊 Happy Tuesday yall! See ya tomorrow! 💪🏼

Friendly reminder that WINNING is not just something that you want, it’s who you become. Walk into every room ready, a warrior, like God sent you to put some light and salt in there, because He did. Your future self called, and they are saying to keep it up, keep going, and keep moving forward. God is for you, He is in you, nothing can stand against you! 💪🏼 Win the Day!!! So how can you win the day? What is He calling you to do today?

Last Thursday I woke up and God said “stay home from work” I was like “wait what??…. There’s literally no good reason to use my sick time…. I don’t want to… I don’t like this, etc” So sitting at home I was like “well can I at least clean?” He’s like “no. Rest.” I’m like “cool… cool… well I don’t think that means lay in bed all day and watch reels on insta… so what is rest?” I Pinterest “state of rest” some stuff comes up, it wasn’t super clear but okay. THIS THURSDAY… everything that could’ve gone wrong for me to get to work on time happened. Rumy kept waking me up throughout the night and wouldn’t let me go back to sleep. Woke up exhausted, after like 10 mins of waking up God said “how do you feel?” Checking I replied “oh I’m actually feeling pretty okay, not perfect but better than expected and could’ve hoped for” so I’m running late for work, like 10-15 mins late and I’m like “well if it’s Gods will, he’ll make a way for me to get there on time”. There’s extra traffic and people on the road are not paying attention. The line entering the military base is looong. I’m reaching the gate trying to find my work ID to get in the base… and I CANT FIND IT!! remembering it’s in my other jacket at home. I conceded, I told the guard at the gate that I I forgot it and he told me okay I’d have to turn around but had to wait for the other guy to escort me. I was about to text my boss “I’m not coming in today” and God said then “I didnt tell you to stay home today”. The cop that came asked me “ you don’t have anything on you? Nothing we can scan?” I grabbed my License and to much of my surprise (and the guard’s) I showed up in their system and they let me in… Totally not allowed… I got there 4 mins early btw I’m shook and responded at Gods flex (I mean faithfulness) “wow… You made a way that only You could’ve made. You never cease to amaze me. Thank You Father! “ I hope this encourages you to keep pushing and listen to your Father because he HAS prepared the way for you. Oh and it’s never too late or too early to run back to Him! 💖 Love yall!

Good afternoon everybody! ☀️ I’ve had it in my heart to share a couple of testimonials with y’all! I’ll try to make them brief but still honoring God’s details 🫡 For weeks I have felt on fire with the Holy Spirit, just so encouraged and grateful, constantly moving forward past any challenges. Tuesday, traffic was horrible but I tried to keep a good attitude and focus on God on the way to Recovery graduation. When I arrived it was extremely crowded, everyone was trying the best they could to roll with punches and the unexpected details of the event. At this point I was just trying to hold on to dear life and not get overstimulated, however my class was sitting all the way at the front and the volume of the amps was turned on louder than usual. After 3 minutes I ran to the bathroom, hoping I could just hide out there for a little bit, but it was so loud it reached to the bathroom so I left, I went home. My phone was dying. Had no distractions or vices or nothing on me. I just headed home. I was crying and talking to God, driving to the other end of town. I’m 2 minutes down the road from my house, accepted defeat, and my small group leader dms me saying “Come back, the devil is a liar, it’s just starting” I text her back while the song “God, turn this around” comes on shuffle” “I’m 20 mins away” I quickly make the decision to turn around, and God just makes a way. Traffic is getting out of the way now, the music is on point. I’m RUNNING back to God 🏃‍♀️ I didnt feel 100% being back in the room, but it was manageable, God never gives more than we can handle. I honestly did not know what had really happened… until Wednesday’s Coaching Call ☎️ when Lupe had said that your ego will make a last ditch effort in order to survive if you’re starving and killing off your ego… I was like wow… that’s what happened…

I've done many challenges, programs, and routines to grow in all areas of my life for the last 5 years. From atomic habits to 75 Hard, I've sought out and have done my best to implement all things to help me grow. Although each program can work and help you succeed, the one thing that these challenges & programs didn't teach me was how to embrace restarting. I've had to restart many things over and over again, and at first I had a very negative association towards it. I used to think that restarting was a very bad thing and it meant that I lacked commitment or consistency. I also used to think that restarting meant I'm back where I started and I made absolutely no progress. Out of fear of starting over I would avoid failure at all cost to the point of paralysis by analysis. Worst of all, if I ever did mess up I would say "what's the use?" and self sabotage so bad to the point that I did the polar opposite of what I was trying to accomplish in the first place. However, what I realized is that restarting does not mean starting over from 0. As a matter of fact, once you start making even a small amount of progress it's impossible to start from 0. The reason is that you now have EXPERIENCE. The truth is, every experience is valuable and important for growth no matter how it makes you feel. Since there are always two sides to everything there can always be something good taken out of even the most negative experiences. The reason this is important to know is because there will be times when you fall short, fail, or compromise (because we're human), and we need to know how to bounce back from a loss quickly and hit the reset button. The way we do that is by understanding that restarting is a part of the process. It's not bad to start over because you're starting from experience, just take whatever lesson is in the mess and evolve from it. It’s okay if you mess up, but what’s not okay is sitting there and doing nothing... So shake it off, get back up, hit the reset, and get back to it. You got this, I believe in you!