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Courage

Good Morning!☀️

Being different takes courage. Are you courageous enough to be different?

You weren’t created to blend in. You were created to be different.

I hope your new year is off to a great start. Mine is going quite well.

Wishing you a wonderful Thursday. Please, please, please stay vigilant and in prayer.🙏🏽♥️

Love you,

Shaun

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God’s Got A Blessing

Singing Norman Hutchins’ song “God’s Got A Blessing (With Your Name On It).” The song says—

It makes no difference
What you’re going through
You’re going to make it
God’s going to see you thru
Hold your head up
Put a smile on your face
This is another test
It won’t last always

Get ready for your blessing
Get ready for your miracle
Get ready for your blessing
Get ready for your miracle


Smile and hold your head up! God’s got a blessing with YOUR name on it. That’s right! He sure does. And that blessing is called life, and it has your name all over it.

I know 2024 is coming to an end and you may not have achieved everything you wanted to, but this is not THEE end. Tomorrow’s a new day and a new year, and it’s filled with all kinds of blessings with your name on them. Listen, God’s got you!♥️

Love you,

Shaun

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Allow God to Lead

As we enter 2025, remember to allow God to lead. Only He knows what lies ahead. You don’t have to see or understand His plan to trust Him.♥️

Love you,

Shaun

He’s got you.

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Stay Covered

Good Morning!☀️

I shared the same image (Stay Humble) for two years with the same caption— “2023/2024 is loading… Stay Humble.”

Well, this year I have decided to switch it up. This year’s caption will read—

2025 is loading…
Stay Covered.

Listen, 2025 is not the year to venture out without God covering your every move—from your words to your relationships to new endeavors. God knows and sees everything, including the thoughts, intentions, and hearts of others. So, please stay covered. Use your discernment. If it doesn’t feel right, it’s not right. Period. With that said, when God places an opportunity before you, and He says, “Take it, it’s yours,” don’t ask a million questions—take it!

I don’t know about you, but I can already tell that 2025 is going to be one eventful year—the roller coaster ride is loading. My plans are to follow the advice I gave above. I’m staying covered, using my discernment, seizing opportunities, and allowing God to lead.


Thank you for reading. I pray you have a wonderfully blessed day!♥️

Love you,

Shaun

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Hello 2024

Hello 2024:
Please be good to us!♥️
~Shaun

Speaking love, peace, joy, great health, blessings, and success over our lives. May we remain under God’s covering at all times. Amen

Life

Happy New Year!

Easing into 2024 with love, peace, joy and gratitude. Thankful for all that I currently have while looking forward to the blessings this new year will bring. I pray that your 2024 is filled with unconditional love, peace, joy and blessings. Love you always!♥️ Shaun

🙏🏽♥️
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Hello Sunday: Happy New Year

It’s a New Day
a New Week
a New Month
and a New Year

Ahhh… Can we say, New Beginnings!

Today is literally the perfect day to hit reset. It’s the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. Today, we have the opportunity to start with a clean slate and create anything imaginable.

As you can see, I am really feeling this day. Smile

Year 50 loading……

God is good.

Happy New Year!♥️

Shaun

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Happy New Year’s Eve: 2022

Y’all, 2022 was one eventful year! I’m so grateful God was with me every step of the way. So grateful for His guidance, grace and unconditional love.

Each year, instead of a setting a New Year’s resolution, I set a theme for the year. This year’s theme for 2022 was “Unapologetically Me.” I loved and lived up to it. I didn’t set it for others to see, or even notice. It was personal. It was for me to feel and embrace, and I did. Let’s just say it’s how I needed to end this decade of my 40s. Smiling

This coming year I’m entering a new decade of life, my 50s, and want to do things a little differently. Nothing bold. Nothing deep. The energy I’m taking into 2023 is humbleness and gratitude. It’s the energy I would like to have as I usher in the next half of my life. Gotta leave the negative energy on this side of my century. Smiling. Honestly, I’m looking forward to turning 50. God is good.

Okay.. so here is the ultra-condensed, yet very significant version of my accomplishments in 2022:

• I conquered a few fears.
• I found myself again.
• I released control.

I just wanted to add, releasing control was probably the most rewarding. This year, so many things happened that were beyond my control. I had no choice but to give in and go with the flow. Then, there were the things I could control. Well, I found out they weren’t worth the headache or heartache, so I let them go. Y’all, I never knew releasing control could be so freeing. This is a whole-nother level of freedom I never knew existed and I’m loving it!

As I mentioned earlier, I am focusing on humbleness and gratitude in 2023. Not expecting much. Not asking for much. Just grateful for what I already have. If God decides to bless me with more, I will be just as grateful.

Here’s a snippet of how I entered 2022, and how I’m leaving it as I enter 2023.

Wishing all of you much love, peace, happiness and blessings in 2023. May your new year be full of light, laughter and joy. I love y’all!😘

Shaun

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Hello Sunday

Something NEW for 2022!✨

So, around 2:00 AM this morning, I got this idea to create a TikTok account to document my adventures. Basically, to document my travels, food and fun (actually selfies – smile). As usual, once I get a creative idea in my head, I have to act on it no matter how tired I am. And that’s exactly what I did! And y’all, I’m tired!

At 2:00 AM, I decided to create a new TikTok account for It’s Shaun’s World and rename the current one, Shaun’s Daily Inspiration. The NEW It’s Shaun’s World will now house documentaries of my adventures.

For years I have watched and followed culinarians like Marcus Samuelsson, Guy Fieri, Adrian E. Miller and the late Anthony Bourdain travel the world and document their culinary experiences. Secretly, I always wished I could do the same. Well… I can! Imagine that! I have everything I need to get started. One thing this pandemic has taught me is that life is too short to continue sitting on the sidelines waiting for the “right” time to get started, when the “right” time is NOW! Here’s my introductory video.

Welcome to It’s Shaun’s World

Before I end, at the beginning of every new year I choose a word or phrase for the year. This year’s phrase is, “Unapologetically Me.” Last year, on November 14, 2021, Bishop T.D. Jakes told us to mark the date on our calendars as the last time we would apologize for being who we were. Since I have always considered myself quirky, when he used the term quirkiness, I knew the message was for me. Immediately, I began separating myself from people and situations that made me want to apologize for being myself. Since making those changes, I can honestly say it feels good to be me! I no longer feel intimidated or less than. Now I feel free to create.

Okay.. let me end this and take a nap. If you didn’t see my previous blog, I would like to wish you Happy New Year! Enjoy 2022!!

Shaun