Tag: Year50

Life

So Long 40s

Shaun Bradford

Hey Y’all! I have finally made it to the last day of my 40s!! When I tell you this past decade has been the MOST EVENTFUL decade of my life. Listen, I could produce three or four movies from this decade alone.

Here’s what I have learned–ALWAYS TRUST GOD. That’s it! Trust God! Trust Him and allow Him to lead. When He says, “Let go,” let go! Release it. When He says, “Be still!” You need to be still. Sit down somewhere. When He says, “I got you!” You best believe He’s got you!! Baby, He will move mountains for you!!! Y’all, I could not have made it without Him. Not at all.

I’m not sure where this next decade or 50+ years will take me. Only God knows. I will say I am more prepared and better equipped to face whatever comes next–good or bad–because God has the reins. I will continue to allow Him to lead, and do whatever He asks of me. Other than that, I am looking forward to more experiences that make me smile and feel all loved. Yeah… that’s one of the benefits of allowing Him to lead.

Y’all, God is soooo good. I am definitely blessed. So long 40s!

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What a ride!
Life

Dedicated to the Process

Shaun Bradford

Two more days until my 50th birthday…

Over the past few weeks, I have been reflecting on the last few decades of my life–the great and not so great moments. One thing I can say for sure is my belief and trust in God has never wavered. Now, my belief and trust in myself was forever wavering; which led me to really think about how I want the next 50 plus years of my life to be–stable and peaceful.

From this day forward, I am declaring that I am dedicated to the process of becoming a more stable and better version of myself… the best version of myself. Yes, dedicated, not committed. As we know, commitments change, which causes a lot of the wavering and instability. So, dedicated I am. My goal is to make God proud by striving to reach my fullest potential.

Dedicated to the process.

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You got this!!!♥️

Shaun

Life

Integrity

Shaun Bradford
It’s not what you do when people are looking, it’s what you do when they aren’t.

I found several definitions for the word “integrity.” Here are a few from Merriam-Webster–

1. A firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values: incorruptibility

2. An unimpaired condition: soundness

3. The quality or state of being complete or undivided: completeness

I have heard that people begin thinking about their legacy around the age of 50. I did not believe it was true until now. Lately, I have been thinking about my legacy and one of the things that came to mind was integrity. I would like to be remembered for my integrity; also for my kindness, my love for humanity, and my love for God and life.

What would you like to be remembered for?

Y’all…

THREE MORE DAYS!!!!

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Shaun

Life

Seven Days to Go!

Shaun Bradford

The countdown for the last seven days has officially begun! As I wrote this morning, I feel so blessed and loved. It’s such an indescribable, yet fascinating feeling. Almost euphoric. Even with my mom passing and life still lifing, I can feel what’s happening around me, but then again, I can’t. It’s like that saying–“Ships don’t sink because of the water that’s around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them.” Yes, that pretty much sums it all up. All kinds of craziness is still happening around me, but none of it is touching me. Y’all, that’s God!

On another note, a couple of days ago, I watched Gabrielle Union-Wade’s documentary, “My Journey to 50.” So much of her experience during the last few days of her 40s resonated with what I am currently experiencing. Y’all, it had me all in my feelings. Although her journey took place in Africa, the spiritual part is what I mostly identified with. Just as I have been writing about these past few weeks–that extra baggage–she spoke about leaving past traumas on this side of 50. She refused to take them into the next half of her life. Again, same with me. I refuse to take any of the traumas, triggers, hurts, heartaches, disappointments, insecurities and self-sabotaging ways into the next half of my life. I absolutely refuse to!

Y’all, life is just so interesting. Never knew 50 would get here so quickly. I keep asking myself where did the time go. Instead of feeling resentful or like a failure for not achieving my goals (because I spent a lot of my 30s and 40s doing just that), I feel like I have been given another opportunity to do anything I want, a reset with no limits!

Anyhoo… I’m going to end here. I know this was pretty random. I decided to write all of this this evening since tomorrow’s Father’s Day. Didn’t want to add all of this to my Father’s Day post. Lol

God is good.♥️

Good Night