Back To The Basics

For those of you who don’t already know my major is media production; and one of the tasks that I slightly despise as a production student is editing.

Recently, I have had a project that required more than 16 hours of editing time.

Each time that I thought that I was completely done with the project, something would show up as being wrong.

I couldn’t figure out what the problem was until I directed my attention back to the very beginning.

I discovered one problem that had thrown off the entire timeline of the project.

Although, this project caused much frustration for me, it helped me realize that sometimes when people experience errors in life we need to take it back to the basics.

Sometimes when things are going really well for people and they hit rock bottom, many are left clueless on how to get back up again.

Many are left clueless because they Back To The Basics forget to go back to the basics.

People forget to revert back to the time when they didn’t have much.

Some get so wrapped up in their accomplishments that they lose the capability to remember when they experienced a rough beginning.

A majority of individuals also forget that once you are so far up, there is only one direction to go and that is right back down.

A friend of mine shared with me that valuable advice of remaining humble, no matter what your status is.

By staying humble, people recognize that they are capable of making mistakes no matter what there status may be.

This is a good thing because instead of continuing to make the same mistakes, people can adventure back to the beginning and fix mistakes before they have the chance to grow into bigger problems.

One for the week: "My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope." Job 7:6

Cupid’s Arrow Is Broken

Over my years of evolving as a young adult, I have experienced good relationships, bad relationships, and relationships that were destined to fail upon their beginnings.

All of these relationships are what I identify as results of Cupid’s broken arrow.

Although, my relations from the past with other women didn’t work out, I am thankful for Cupid’s broken arrow.

This arrow helped me grow and construct the being that I am today.

This arrow helped me develop discernment.

This arrow gave me the tools I needed to find the one — my soul mate, my everything, and Mrs. Right.

None of us are perfect; we live and we learn. This is exactly what Cupid’s broken arrow did for me and helped me learn a valuable lesson — everything isn’t always what it seems to be and our plans that we have for our lives are in God’s hands.

My advice to everyone who is currently dating others is to not force relationships that aren’t meant to be because what’s not meant to be is done by Cupids broken arrow and what’s meant to be is done by the hands of God.

It took me a while to learn this lesson, but now that I am married with the love of my life I realize that it is real talk.

So many people force themselves into broken relationships and forget that there is a reason for everything, which could be that God has something better for you down the line.

I’ve known people to cry over relationships ending, and even go as far as harming themselves over relationships that don’t work out. I believe it’s because they forget that it’s not up to us to decide who we share our lives with.

I usually don’t play Dr. Love, but this week I had a good reason to.

God blessed me with a beautiful wife, and I have come to realize that he blesses everyone with somebody.

Don’t be discouraged by cupid’s broken arrow just wait for Gods hands.

One for the week: But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. Psalm 13:5

Captivity or Freedom

The truth will set you free is something that took me a while to understand.

Life isn’t easy when a person finds him or herself constantly living behind a lie.

When people that live behind a lie are choosing to incarcerate themselves.

When I was living behind lies, the advice that I received from others around me was to get out of captivity; this is the same advice that I would like to share with some individuals that may be facing this same problem.

People living a lifestyle that they aren’t proud should take the first step – to acknowledge that he or she is making some mistakes.

The truth will set you free.

We are all human and none of us are perfect.

If we acknowledge that we make mistakes, we can’t worry about what our families and friends may think because the longer we live behind our lies the longer the time that we stay incarcerated.

As my personal testimony, I recently got out of captivity and I want you all out with me.

If you slang drugs and you’re tired of the risky occupation, then quit living behind your lie and get some help.

If you need a lie from drugs to get through your daily routines and you want to experience a natural high then get from behind your lie and seek some help.

If you have been using your body as an attraction device to get members of the opposite sex to display love and affection to you, it’s not too late to get out of captivity.

God blessed us all with many features that exceed beyond our physical appearances.

We all have to be real with ourselves.

If we are aware that we aren’t happy with our lifestyles, then we have to stand up and get help when we are tired of living behind lies.

This article is for everyone, but I want to direct it towards my younger people because it’s going to be a hot summer this year.

As young people, we all have decisions to make –stay in captivity and witness our friends fall to bullets and drugs, or we change ourselves to encourage others to change.

One for the week: “Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”(1 Kings 17:24).

Rewind

I’m sure that we all ponder about memories that we would like to hold onto forever – times that we wish we could relive.

Some of us forget that these times are memories for a reason, and they are meant to stay in the past.

If we don’t let go of the past, we aren’t able to thank God for present and future blessings.

The past is good, but we have to let go to make the future better.

This applies to good and bad memories.

For example, if a person made choices in his or her previous years that he or she isn’t proud of, he or she shouldn’t allow the past to past to hinder them from accomplishing goals in the future.

If in the past I choose to only obtained my high school diploma and now in the present I want to further my education I’m not going to create endless excuses as to why I am not capable of doing so.

If in the past I made choices to participate in illegal activity and now I have the desire to be an activist leader for troubled youth, I’m not going to allow my past to hinder me from doing so.

The past is the past for a reason and we all have to remember that.

This applies to good memories as well.

We all can’t harp on the past because the future filled with opportunities will pass us by.

God blesses us all, and sometimes the past stops us from realizing this.

We think about how we didn’t have sufficient income in the past.

We think about how we were hurt by a past significant other.

We ponder about things we could have done instead of changing things now.

To be successful, many of us have to stop rewinding to the what ifs and could have beens.

We should all strive to make to best out of our current situations.

One for the week: Moses said to the LORD, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” Exodus 4:10