Sweet Nothings

Sweet Nothings

His words were sweet, endearing yet mysterious…

“come over…its not a problem..”

How simple and innocent they sounded.

And yet…

I felt an emptiness there, like a hollow that couldn’t be closed.

Even still, with the feeling held in my heart, I moved further away from the point at which I started..

I forged ahead, to a place where there was

No beginning, no end, just a middle from which nothing emerged…

It shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me that, I would find myself here…again…

And yet…

Here I stand, back in the days of yesteryear, when I was young and dumb, or so I thought…

Back at a place where…sweet nothings whispered in the ear led to a touch here, a caress there…

Back at a place where…you get upset at the littlest comment or seemed lack of

acknowledgement of my presence…

Back at a place where…you try to fill the void only He can fill…

And still I forged ahead…

Through those places, through those feelings, through those thoughts…

To a place where red flashed frequently…

Red at the thought of…random indescretions that allowed me to come into being…

Red at the thought of…the liberties that weren’t quite so decent….

Red at the thought of…the many questions that were asked from time to time to time and time again…

And still I moved…

Moved past the place of yesteryear, past those sweet nothings, past the feeings…

Moved past the nothingness that emerged..

Sweet nothings whispered in the ear…have a big impact

They can move the mountain called…respect, jump over the hurdle called…decency

Move the burden known as...friendship

Till there is nothing left but a shell and what remains…is unrecognizable…

You are left shaking your head and wondering…how?

You are in the midst of the sea, swaying back and forth…

All due to the sweet nothings…whispered in the ear.

Focus on Your Strengths

Work where you’re strongest 80% of the time. Work where you’re learning 15% of the time. Work where you’re weakest 5% of the time. Is that wise? Absolutely! We have been given the ability to do certain things well. What happens to a team when members play ‘out of position?’ First, morale weakens because the team isn’t playing up to its capacity. Those working in an area of weakness resent that their skills are untapped. Soon they become unwilling to work as a team, everyone’s confidence erodes and the situation gets worse. Then the competition takes advantage of their weaknesses, and they never win. When people aren’t doing what they’re supposed to do, things don’t run well.

Are You a Thermometer or a Thermostat?

Are You a Thermometer or a Thermostat?

In any event you undertake, you either have a passive role or an active one. It can be equated as the role of a thermometer and a thermostat. The role of a thermometer is simply to record the temperature. You may walk outside in July, and the thermometer indicates that the temperature is 98 degrees. At that point, the thermometer has done its job. You can ask no more from the thermometer. Its role is passive. However, when you go into your house, the temperature may be set at 72 degrees. The role of the thermostat then is to set the temperature. You can either set the temperature, or climate very high or low.

Equate that to teachers. There are some teachers who will simply talk about a particular issue, and nothing more. These are the thermometers, who take a passive role in educators. Then you have the individuals who will not only talk about an issue, but will do something about it. These are the thermostats—they set the climate or tone of whatever environment they come into. The thermostats are those people who never seem to have issues because they have found ways to resolve them on their own. The thermostats are those people who often think outside the box, they are the ones who hold the power to make changes that have an effect on everyone as a whole.

The question remains, are you a thermometer or a thermostat?

Let It Go....

Came Across this and thought it was worth reposting....

Let it go for 2007
By T. D. Jakes
There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have
continued with us. [1 John 2:19]

People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go. And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.

You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm
faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to...... LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ..... LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth..... LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you ........ LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents ... LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude....... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better...... LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves...... LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed ....... LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to...... LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2007!!!
LET IT GO!!!
Get Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then .... LET IT GO!!!