My life. My world. Love, hope, peace, joy & happiness.
Honestly, I don’t have too much to add to last year’s memory. I believe it speaks for itself. It’s harvest season! My question is—Are you ready?
Facebook Memory: May 22, 2023
You have put in the work as well as remained patient. Now it’s time to reap what you’ve sown. Yes, it’s harvest season. Go get your blessings!♥️
Can’t you hear Keith Pringle singing, “Let Us Not Be Weary”? “For in due season we shall reap if we faint not.”
It’s your time!
Be Blessed♥️
Shaun
You keep asking God for signs, for confirmation. But, you already have the answer. God gave you the answer a while ago. Now, it is up to you whether or not you accept the answer and act on it. Meaning, God has done His job now the ball is in your court.♥️ ~Shaun
Sharing two memories today. The first is an image I used when I updated my cover photo on May 19, 2023; and the second is the Facebook memory I shared on May 19, 2022. Both seem to compliment each other. Going to share the oldest first.
Facebook Memory: May 19, 2022
Forever in awe of the power of manifestation. Don’t just think it. Write it down. Verbalize it. See it. Feel it. Walk in it. If you want it, manifest it!
I have discovered from looking back over my life, as well as watching God work in other people’s lives, timing is everything. Manifest it and when it’s time, it will happen. And you won’t even see it coming.
Facebook Cover: May 19, 2023
Praying you have a blessed day!♥️
Shaun
Didn’t really know what to share today. Honestly, I didn’t feel too much like writing nor sharing a Facebook memory. After reading my journal entry from last year, I decided I would share an excerpt from it. This was after my mom had passed and I was thinking about my life going forward. I was thinking about opportunities I had missed and/or felt I was unworthy or unqualified to take. Here’s what I wrote:
Shaun’s Journal Entry: May 18, 2023
One of the scriptures [Matthew 10:9] does reference not taking anything with you but totally and completely depending on God. Heard this [in my spirit] as I was subscribing to the UN career pages. In my mind I kept thinking I needed more experience and needed to make my trip to Geneva happen, all while I kept hearing to leave it in God’s hands. A little while later, I began thinking about Momma and her dreams. I began feeling like maybe God didn’t believe she was worthy enough for good things and perhaps He felt the same about me. This really made me sad and think that if I wanted it, I would just have to take it. Meaning, I was going to once again override God because I felt he cared less about my dreams than He did others. During this time, I also started hearing how Momma had opportunities that she did not take. Her life could have been better but she chose differently. So it wasn’t that God did not believe she was worthy… just heard, SHE did not believe she was worthy. Whew!!!
“Whew!!!” was right! What a revelation because I did not believe I was worthy either. I believed that some opportunities were only meant for people who clearly fit the role. I was and am only someone with a dream who is trusting God while trying to navigate to where I want to be. I keep getting opportunities, but will they get me to my dreams? Hmmm… A question only God can answer.
So, this graphic was also included in the entry. Not sure who originally posted it or where I got it.
Well, I guess I was/am being redirected to something better. As always, my job is to allow God to lead while I trust, obey, and follow. I must continue to believe that my dreams will be fulfilled. I have to believe.
Last night I received an email from a United Nations (UN) careers page I had registered with. Probably the same one I had mentioned in my entry. Unfortunately, I was not able to register for the opportunity I would have liked to have participated in because it had already passed. So, I’m not sure if me receiving the email was just a sign that I am still on the right path or encouragement to not give up on my dreams (because this was the first email I had received in months). Either way, it was a much needed reminder that God hasn’t forgotten about me, and that I am worthy to be there and worthy of all my other dreams as well.
Anyhoo, I think this is it for today. It’s still raining. Think I will do what I wanted to do yesterday, lay around and watch old murder/mystery shows. However, if the sun chooses to shine, I am getting out of this house! Praying you have a lovely day.♥️
Shaun
If more kindness, love, light, peace, humility, compassion, empathy, hope and so forth is what I seek, I must be intentional about putting it into the atmosphere. I have to do more to make sure it is seen and shared, whether I am the one creating the content or sharing someone else’s. I know I won’t always get it right. However, I am willing to try. I refuse to believe there are more bad things happening in the world than good. The good just are not being highlighted enough.
Here is a quote from another fav of mine, President Barack Obama.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
President Barack Obama
I have to be intentional about promoting the change I am seeking.
Wishing you a lovely week!♥️
Be Blessed,
Shaun
God always gives us a glimpse of what destiny spaces may look like—the people, the places, the mindsets, the atmosphere. Sometimes He even allows a test run just to see if it is something we are sure we want, or to get a feel of the environment. As I wrote yesterday, it’s our “yes” that actually sets things in motion.
I am 12 days shy of entering the final month of my Jubilee year. Thanking God for the test run. So grateful He didn’t let me give up. So grateful He kept pushing me forward. I’m blessed.♥️ ~Shaun
Facebook Memories: May 12, 2022
Can you see it?
Can you feel it?
Are you already living it even though you’re nowhere near it?
You can believe until you’re blue in the face. If you can’t see it, you’ll never have it. Just sharing God’s message to me. Thought you could use it too.🤷🏽♀️
In my previous post, I mentioned receiving an invite to a media training that awakened so many dreams. Well, here’s what I wrote afterwards:
Shaun’s Journal Entry: June 3, 2014
New Orleans was definitely a great professional experience. I came back with a sense of worth. I felt like I could actually accomplish my goals. I now have a different outlook on life & my role in this universe. I am destined for greatness & there’s nothing wrong with it. Thank you God for helping me realize my potential. Please give me the knowledge, strength, courage, and intelligence to do things the correct way. I thank you so much for the favor!
Y’all, there are so many key elements in that entry that I had no idea I would struggle with over the years that followed. Didn’t see any of it coming. When I tell you my life was disrupted for real! Whew!! But I made it!!!
One of my biggest struggles, which I believe is the reasoning behind the self-sabotage, is this one statement: “I am destined for greatness…”
Y’all, that was a very bold statement. I saw it. I felt it. And over the years whenever I felt it creeping up again, I would shut it down. Every. Single. Time.
Very interesting revelation, isn’t it? Had no idea I was even doing it.
Moving forward, I am going to keep the same prayer in mind—
God, please give me the knowledge, strength, courage, and intelligence to do things the correct way. Amen
I believe if I make this prayer the center of all future endeavors, I will be okay.
Here’s to 10 years!🎉🎉
Yes… this is Year50…♥️
Shaun
Here are a few pictures from my trip and the invite from this day ten years ago. Still can’t believe it’s been ten years.
Whew!!! These past few weeks have been very interesting. There has been this struggle between remaining comfortable and leaving this cozy space of mine. Some days I feel bold and empowered, while others I just want to leave my ambitions and dreams for the next generation to achieve, or for another lifetime. Then, one small thing will happen, a comment, an ask, a show of appreciation or love, or that still small voice, that lets me know that I have so much more to do. That I am not meant to settle here. And THIS particular Facebook memory I am sharing is the ultimate of confirmations.
When I tell you God’s timing is impeccable! Y’all, He is so strategic!
Facebook Memory: May 7, 2019
Good Morning! Here’s today’s social media find. It confirms what God has been telling me- I need to let go of my comfort zone and start fulfilling His purpose. Story time. I’ll try to make it short.😁
On this exact date, five years ago [May 7, 2014], something awaken in me that I haven’t been able to shake. It was the day that I knew I was destined for more. That God had a purpose for my life. I know all of this sounds crazy. That’s why I keep “receipts.” Lol! So a friend invited me to a two day media training in New Orleans where Chef John Folse was the host and Teri Goudie, famous media trainer, was the coach. That trip was miraculous. It awaken all kinds of dreams that I had put to rest because I thought my time had passed. Those dreams were for the Shaun who hadn’t made any mistakes. Those dreams were for teenage Shaun. They weren’t for the grown, well seasoned Shaun. So I thought.
Two years later [May 7, 2016], I was introduced to Cheryl Wood! By that time I had become the president of our state’s Dietetics association, and I was still trying to recover from my marriage ending. I was a mess! It was the worst time to be president. However, Cheryl’s encouraging messages helped me make it through. She would always post things like, “You belong there,” “No one has your unique fingerprint,” and “Your story isn’t for you, but for someone else.” All confirmed what Teri Goudie had instilled in me two years earlier. The only problem was, I did not want to be noticed, not even as president.
So here we are five years later! WHEW!!! It really doesn’t seem like it’s been that long. I’ve been to three of Cheryl’s presentations, actually had a conversation with her (that’s a powerful story for another day), and attended a year-long, virtual speakers boot camp. I think it’s time for me to come out of this shell! I love being behind the scenes. I’m so comfortable helping others pursue their dreams. I’m that cheerleader, that hype girl!😁 Now it’s time for me to shine. I have work to do! Amen
HA! I shared this five years ago, and that self-sabotage I always refer to, happened over and over again. I allowed my feelings of unworthiness, not being enough, fears of failure and fears of success, stop me from being totally committed to the dream, promise, and purpose. As I promised myself almost a year ago, this side of 50 would be different because I was going to intentionally make it different. Which has meant pushing beyond my feelings and the desire to remain comfortable and coast through the rest of my life. I’m laughing because no matter how many times I have tried to settle, God has said, “Not so!” Y’all, He won’t let me.
Tomorrow, I will explain why today was so significant. Just needed to document this moment, today. It’s a moment I didn’t even realize was happening. This is ten years later…
This is the other side of 50!♥️
Shaun
Here’s today’s Facebook memory from two years ago.
Facebook Memory: May 3, 2022
How often have you become so distracted by the hows and whens that you lose sight of the promise? Even though you can’t clearly see the outcome, keep believing. Eventually, the promise will come to fruition.♥️
This was two years ago and I still have to remind myself to stay focused on the promise. Unlike then, when I was focused on the how and when, I am now faced with my hesitancy to become uncomfortable. On this side of fifty, I have found myself asking if the promise—my goals, dreams and aspirations—is worth giving up this nice, comfortable space I have created. Believe me, it has been a struggle because the how and when are actually happening now.
I am slowly but surely letting this comfortable space go because I want the promise more than my comfort. Y’all, there is no way God has brought me to the door of the promise and I not walk through it. Nope! Not this time.♥️
This is Year50…
Shaun
Settling for life as it is is much easier than putting in effort to change. Settling is what you eventually look back on thinking, “I should’ve,” “I could’ve,” or “I wish I would’ve.” But… you didn’t!
Facebook Memory: May 2, 2022
Settling is easy. Going after your dream takes time, patience, confidence and courage. Please don’t shortchange yourself because you’re too impatient or too discouraged to wait. You owe it to yourself to become and have everything you’ve ever dreamed.♥️
Yes, settling is easy. It’s easy because it gives you momentary satisfaction. It allows you to sit comfortably and cozy while life and time passes by. But, guess what? That desire for what you truly want, never leaves. Nope. It just lies dormant waiting for the craziest moment to reappear. You know, that moment when you have finally come to terms with this is my life. Then BAM! It’s back!
My advice, do not settle. Yes, the journey may be more difficult than you imagined. However, if there is a dream that continuously nags at you, keep pursuing it. Listen, rest if and when you must, then get back to it. I don’t know about you, but I would rather spend my life chasing my dreams than get to the end and wish that I would have kept trying.
That’s all for now. Wishing you a beautifully blessed day.♥️
Love you,
Shaun
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