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Life

Quick Testimony

Shaun Bradford

About an hour ago, I found myself in a dilemma. I could either respond the way I would typically or handle things differently. I believed handling it as usual would have been easiest, not the best move, but easiest. Well, I chose the more difficult and best way to handle the problem. Y’all, it was actually easier than I thought.

Sometimes we make things more difficult than they are. Before I settled on my decision, someone liked a post that I shared last night, “We repeat what we don’t repair.” Her liking that post was the nudge I needed to change my habit. See, I don’t always receive my messages from YouTube. Smile

I’m so proud of myself for handling things differently. I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to do it. Could have been doing it all this time.

My takeaway–Acknowledge what needs to be fixed, then work on repairing it. You will never successfully move forward until you do. You might move forward; however, eventually, you will find yourself back in the same predicament if it’s not fixed.♥️

A new era is dawning.

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Life

Wednesday Writings

Shaun Bradford
Writing my story.

Last week I experienced another major life shift. Unlike nine years ago, I felt the shift and didn’t panic. I felt it and actually smiled.

You see, when I turned 40, my life began to change. Actually.. it began to unravel. I can even tell you when the shift happened. It was on my 40th birthday. I was disappointed because my birthday was not what I had always imagined– wasn’t even close. I know it sounds shallow but it was a big deal, a very big deal. Honestly, I tried to convince myself that I could live with the disappointment, but I couldn’t. All I could think about was a life of being asked to be content with disappointments. This prompted me to ask myself, “Shaun, where do you see yourself in ten years?”. I also asked my ex the same. Well.. guess what?! We are both exactly where we said we saw ourselves being. Hmm… life is interesting.

I didn’t see it then, but I see it now, that was when my marriage actually ended.

So that was a major shift.

Well, last week, after returning home, I felt another shift. I thought I was returning home to the babies I had left. Yeah.. I know, they are not babies but they will always be my babies. Anyhoo.. I returned home to two young adults. Adults who had been doing their own thing while I was gone. I’m not going to lie, it took me a minute to adjust to the change, but only a minute. When I finally accepted that things had changed, I was like, “I like this.”

Listen, I’m smiling as I write because I spent the last year wondering how I would survive being an empty nester. Wondering what life would be like with only myself to care for. Well, I can happily and confidently say, I’m gonna be alright. I’m so looking forward to this next chapter.

Thanks for reading! Wishing you a wonderful day.

Shaun