This month has started off as a very challenging time for me.  From major car trouble to learning that my place of living is in jeopardy to a new chipped tooth, but i have this feeling.  This purpose somewhere inside of me that is reminding me that i'm supposed to press on.  This feeling isn't alone though.  I've been in dark places recently and one of the few things that has helped me to stay afloat is the love i feel.  The love i've been getting back from the people i care about has been great.  The insightful moments. The moments that encourage reflection.  The moments that seem like they were designed to test me.  I find myself wondering quite often nowadays if any of these moments of adversity are staged, lol.  

Whenever I rise in the morning, I do my best to invest religiously spend time with myself.  Spend time on gratitude, on presence of mind, on smiling, on the now that IS when I rise.  I will it, that for the stretch of this beautiful, and fateful year, that I continue to be my own source of health, and positivity, and excellence.  I will remain focused on the goals at hand and will use each step as a pedestal to elevate me to even higher heights.  Sometimes you can't see how far you've come because you're too high to see where you came from and too deep to see where you're going.  The idea of faith reminds me of the elephants in the wild who must travel across huge plains to get to food and water.  Those elephants who go it alone often don't make it, usually going NO WHERE FAST.  But the unit, the group of elephants, seems to have better chances.  So shout outs to Nature for my wisdom system.

As this is my birth month, I just want to make sure to give thanks for all of the gifts and opportunities and moments that I have encountered.  And because i am in control of so much, I declare that I will bring about more prosperity, leadership, excellence and harmony in my coming days, months and years.  Biggup yaself and remember, you are what you think.