Category: Life

Keep showing up. Even when your efforts seem pointless, show up. You have been called to fulfill a purpose that only YOU can fulfill. So show up!♥️ ~ Shaun

Wanted to add more context to this morning’s blog as well as share how God works. So this morning’s blog was based on a Facebook memory from last year. On this date last year, I posted “Wait,” but with a different caption. Seeing it this morning was so timely because this week has been about waiting– waiting for phone calls to be returned, emails to be answered and for God to work a few things out.

Now that I’ve written it out, maybe this week wasn’t as much about waiting as it was about patience. Especially patience without becoming anxious or allowing my imagination to run wild with reasons why calls weren’t returned or emails weren’t answered. This week, which was the first time ever, I just allowed things to be. I didn’t worry about the whys; and by earlier this evening, everything was good. All calls, texts and emails had been returned. Whatever I thought needed a response at the time that I expected it actually could’ve waited.

Y’all, I’m still learning to live from a place of rest, a place of peace. I’m so grateful for God’s blessings. I’m so grateful for His love. Y’all, I’m actually allowing Him to lead.

Shaun

If your answer is WAIT, do not lift a finger before God tells you to move. He does not need your help with making things move along faster. Everything that is meant to happen WILL happen according to His plan and timing. So, wait.. with patience.♥️ ~ Shaun

“Doing it afraid should eventually become doing it without fear.” – Dr. Anita Phillips

It’s time to be fearless.♥️ ~ Shaun

“Surround yourself with like minded people.”

I have heard that said more times than I can remember and I am just now grasping its full meaning. Not even sure why it took so long. It is not like I haven’t been in the presence of like minded individuals because I have… I have for years… decades! We have worked together; attended conferences together; eaten together; sat on boards together; had lengthy, in depth conversations; and yet, I never truly felt like I belonged. I always felt like an outsider. How could they possibly relate to me, Shaun, not LaShaundrea?

Or, maybe it was me always trying to separate the two identities.

Maybe I hadn’t fully embraced LaShaundrea. Now, Shaun. I knew who Shaun was and I know who she is. Believe me, she is fully embraced. However, LaShaundrea… I have had a very hard time trying to find where she fit in. I know all of this sounds crazy because I’m talking about myself like I am two different people and in third person; however, it’s how I feel. It is how I have felt since my very first teacher addressed me as LaShaundrea. LaShaundrea was never Shaun. And then when they started addressing me as LaShaun…

Talk about having to play so many roles based on what people expected of me. Or was it what I assumed they expected so I acted accordingly? Interesting, huh? So many “Aha” moments this morning.

Well, something happened around the end of last year. Something that changed the way I felt. Wish I knew what happened. All I know is that I began to feel like LaShaundrea belonged. I was finally embracing her. Shoot, she’s my brand! I better embrace her. Anyway, I, LaShaundrea, no longer feel like an outsider or imposter among my like minded peers and colleagues. I actually feel like I belong.

I’m so grateful God never gave up on me. He’s been placing me in the right places with the right people all of my life and it’s taken this long to finally feel like I belong. Talk about crazy!

Hey y’all! Thanks for reading. Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday and Month of Love. Take Care!♥️

Shaun a.k.a LaShaundrea

You are exactly where you are meant to be in this moment of time. Bloom where you are.♥️ ~ Shaun