Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Footprints in the Sand

It is 5:35 in the morning and im sitting at work exhausted and just ready to get home for some sleep, but had some downtime to do a posting. I saw this pamphlet sitting on the counter by the nurses station that just caught my eye. I found it reassuring and should help the ones who are not yet believers that God is truly here to lean on, to guide us, and to help us through time of need.

"I dreamed that I had died. The Lord and I walked side by side, leaving two sets of footprints in the sand. Ahead in the distance, I could see the pearly gate of heaven. I took one last glance behind me, wanting to remeber all the footsteps I had taken through life. Behind me, over the smooth and easy paths of my life's journey, there were two sets of footprints in the sand. But whre the road was steep and difficult to travel, there appeared only one set of footprints. I asked the Lord this question: "Lord, I believed that you would walk by my side through my life, during easy times and difficult times. But during the hard journeys, I see only one set of footprints, Why?" The Lord answered, "My child, I was with you all through your travels, but along the most difficult paths, I carried you."

We are never alone not now and not ever. It took me a bit to realize that no matter if i ever feel alone and I have the feeling that nobody is listening, I look up to my side and I know God is right there holding my hand and telling me everything will be ok. That is the best feeling finally to know that I will never be alone not now and not even the day I take my last breath on this earth. He is here, I am a child of God. 

Monday, March 28, 2011

Waiting On the World to Change

People continue to wait and hope that one day the world will change around them. Who are they trying to kid? They think that the world will just mold around them like playdoh or cling wrap. None of us can see the difference between what is reality and what is unrealistic. Whoever said that the world will change to better suit a person's life was seriously wrong. We are the ones who have to break and bend to suit the world not the other way around. I was one of these people who honestly believed that the world had to figure me out and just go my pace, but I have learned this has and never will be the case.
I spent too many years waiting on everybodyelse to change for me to figure out my combination to my lock to figure me all out. I'm one of the most closed off people that anybody will ever meet. Some girl that I just met not too long ago honestly told me that I was like a brick wall and that I show no emotions whatsoever. It goes to show you don't have to be friends with me for years to figure out that I'm not very open person. No matter what the case may have been I just could never express how I was feeling face to face except for a select few of my close friends and even to some of them I held back. But this is the moment...the now...this is where it all changes. This is where I break down all the walls to my inner castle. This is where I continue to change myself to become a better friend, aunt, sister, daughter, role model, and a child of God.  This is where I stop sitting waiting on the world to change because this is where I start changing for the World...My World.