Wyld Creativity: Making Everyday Friday Count

Monday, April 9, 2012

Making Everyday Friday Count

While visiting Target this past weekend I noticed a bright book that caught my eye written by preacher Joel Osteen. It is called "Every Day A Friday" I wanted to buy it but as it was not on sale waited until Monday (Today) to go to Chapters and check it out and read a little. It is a good book so far, I am only on chapter 5 but am really encouraged so far.

It is interesting how much happier we are on Friday's, we know the weekend is here and we are anticipating and looking forward to what is about to happen and the challenge is to start each and everyday with the same approach as Friday. Live everyday full of joy and excpecting great things to happen. That isn't exactly how the point was worded but it was something along those lines.

Some notes that I took while reading today were to start the day by setting your mind in the right direction.

*If we make the mistake of being negative, discouraged, grumpy or sour we will have wasted the day.

*Something else that stood out was to stop looking at what was wrong but rather what is right.

*On the other side of every set back is an opportunity and we need to continue to remind ourselves that even though this situation is hard, even though I don't understand it all, even through it's not fair I will keep a good attitude and stay full of joy knowing that this is not setting me back, It is setting me up for God to bring me through to the other side of this in a better position.

*Take off the coat of heaviness and put on the coat of happiness!!!

Remember you have not seen your best days yet!!

*This point rang especially true to me "Stop waiting to feel better in order to cheer up!"

*I need to BLOOM wherever I am planted. This means being strong and having a good attitude knowing that God is directing my life, and is in complete control! What is happening right now is all part of God's Divine plan for my life.

* I need to do my part to BLOOM, this is all about developing my gifts and talents and doing my best.

*When we do what we can, God will show up and do what we can't.

All of this information is a lot of what I already know to be true in my heart but reading it today was an incredible encouragement to me. I have let so many of my current circumstances direct and take over my life and it has led me into all of the places I never wanted to be! It is a tough challenge to face everyday with Joy in spite of the surrounding circumstances but I am challenged to ask myself if I have done everything I can to change my situation and -I haven't and as a result God hasn't been able to show up and do the rest. I have been waiting for things to turn around and have felt too discouraged to be joyful and I have also felt defensive and hurt that I was expected to keep proving myself and this subconsciously has held me back but I am trying desperately to let go of all of those emotions and take control back in my life.

One day at a time..

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The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Making Everyday Friday Count

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