All in Love
"We should take a moment to recognize how wealthy we are and how abundant our lives are. We should appreciate what we already have and feel grateful for it, we should never focus on what you don't have but always celebrate what we do have. When you focus on what you have, you always have a reason to be grateful."
"One must never forget the past, we must learn from It. If we don't remember the lesson, if we don't learn from our history, then we've wasted the benefit of the mistakes, and we are doomed to repeat it." Uncle Paul.
"Anytime, is a good time to laugh. May your days be filled with joy and at least one good, gut-wrenching, tears running down your face, belly-laugh." Uncle Paul
"The gifts and talents that we have been given, are not for our own benefit. They are to be used for the benefit of others. The gifts of God, are given to be used, and not to be hoarded nor collected. So, unwrap your gifts and discover God's will, and His purpose for your life. After all, there is a good work that He has prepared in advance, that you must walk in." Uncle Paul
"When life's adversity knocks at your door, answer it. Because whether you know it or not, you already have the strength to overcome them. Open your eyes and look deep within and find that inner strength and courage that you already have, to get through them. It is time for you to show the world what you are an overcomer." Uncle Paul
"Now is the time to forgive the ones that have hurt us and to forgive ourselves. If we continue to hold on to unforgiveness, we will continue to be locked up in our mental prison. You see, forgiveness says to the one that hurt us, I'm beyond your reach now. You no longer control my life. I will no longer allow you to deplete my energy. I choose to unlock the mental prison door that I have been locked behind. I declare and decree that my prison doors are now open, I reclaim my power, and I now give you to God, and I will never look back. If Jesus could forgive the very men nailing him to the cross, I guess, I can forgive you. You are forgiven, and I am now free. I now give myself permission to celebrate, my new-found freedom. Let go, forgive and be free." Uncle Paul
"Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, forgiveness is also a process, an evolution, a journey, that is well worth the fare. So, don't hold a grudge against others and most of all, be liberal with your forgiveness."
Do me a favor, send three people a note and just tell them, thank you. So, to my best friend, thank you for your ear. To the love of my life, thank you for your heart and to my church family, thank you for always loving me. Uncle Paul
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One of the hardest things in life is to find the strength to shine again, in the face of our public failures. We are all a work in progress, and maybe we should change the way we look at our failures. Just maybe we should see them as a life turning point because each of our failures has helped us evolve into the people we are today. So, today I am truly thankful for every one of my failures, and you should be too."
"Every challenge in my life, has become a classroom, that has taught me some of life's most profound lessons. My life's challenges have taught me, that I can endure very difficult challenges with a certain degree of confidence, knowing that I've been tested before, and I passed my test with flying colors. You see, before life's trials, I didn't know my own strength. I now know the I can and will overcome my next life challenge. So, I drop to my knees and thank God for the opportunities that I have been afforded to learn at the feet of life's challenges." Uncle Paul
Day Four: 40-Day Journey of Gratitude
Today, I am thankful for my haters. What I have learned over the years is that having haters in my life is a good thing. They help me understand how blessed I am. They also remind me, that someone cares enough to be watching me, so I must be doing something right. But most of all, it gives me an opportunity to show someone who really needs it, some love.
"God uses all kind of people to help you with your testimony. The very person that's hating on you could be the one God uses to help you. So, treat people like you want to be treated, no matter how they treat you. You never know how God can turn your haters, into your biggest cheerleaders. Use you your haters to build you a testimony." Uncle Paul
"When you wake up early in the morning, take time to focus on what you do have in life and not on what you want in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don't get what you expect. Because when we can be thankful for the little, our little can become much." Uncle Paul
"Life is short, and it is never too late to put aside those things that are robbing us of the life we are capable of living. Things can change for us if we truly want them too. After all, it is up to us to choose to stop existing and to start living the life we were created to live." Uncle Paul
"Never waste an experience. There will come a time, when you will be able to say to the universe, thank you for that experience." Uncle Paul
We are not our past, life created our experiences, but we cannot let our experiences create us. We must break the cycles of the past and let go of the bitterness, anger, and burdens that we are carrying or should I say that have been carrying us.
If we are honest with ourselves, we have all planted tomato seeds that will never grow. At some point in your lives, we decided to get up every morning and go water a job that will never produce. At some point in our lives, we chose to get up every morning and water a relationship that will never grow. If we are to move on, with our lives, we must invest in our own lives. We must let go of the past, past hurts, insecurities, and fears. We must stop confusing imagination with reality. We must challenge our fears and imaginings rather than just accepting them. We must, focuses on our future and how the decisions that we are making today will create our future. Let the past go and begin to flourish.
It is Just a Thought
Uncle Paul (Paul Steven Smith)
www.unclepaulsthoughts.com
One of life’s hard lessons to learn is that sometimes you have to travel your journey alone. We all have to shoulder the burden of our dreams alone. No one can do it for us, it is our walk, and we must walk it. Sometimes alone, sometimes afraid, sometimes with reservations, but in the end, we must just keep walking.
It’s Just A Thought
Paul Steven Smith
Uncle Paul
www.unclepaulsthoughts.com
UNCLE PAUL’S THOUGHT: Remember this, plans are great, but nothing in life will ever move forward, unless you, first put it into action. Just get started.
"But what we know is that at times life can be challenging. But, we also know that life can be beautiful. We know that life often comes with trouble. But, we also know that trouble doesn't last always."
"Sometimes in life, you just have to walk the path that has been appointed to you. It may not be easy, people may not understand, but you must walk that path, even if you have to do it alone. " Uncle Paul
