EVOLUTION OF A PURPOSE DRIVEN WARRIOR

November 11, 2013

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

NUMINOUS

It has been a month since my life changed in a cruel twist I never saw coming but that my soul sensed months before it happened – a twist that destroyed the world I had been building and the future I had started planning. Cruel, perhaps, because the pain was senseless and could have been diminished considerably had it occurred well before it did. But inevitable and ultimately necessary for my eyes to be opened – to bring me to my knees and cause me to see what I had let happen to myself: How far I had drifted from His embrace and the woman I had been becoming, when my soul had glowed so brightly that others noticed and I had peace in knowing I was on the right path.

It has been 10 days since I left the home I lived in – the home that had felt like a home, but then I just a stranger on the outskirts of the family I had been blessed with. 10 days since I stepped out on my own – moved into my own place, an empty house, a skeleton with so much potential. There were times when my soul was saturated with unbelievable sorrow at what I was leaving behind – love and family, before it was reminded that it was all an illusion that had taken me from the path my life was purposed for, albeit teaching me several very valuable lessons and giving me the ultimate happiness for moments that will now only ever be memories of what a fairy-tale feels like.

It has been mere hours since this once bare place truly became a “home” – lovingly setting up each room, the unlimited freedom to infuse my personality into it, creating harmony and knowing in my soul that I finally had my sanctuary. Smiling as hours passed in the doing – an open and easy smile accompanying spontaneous dancing and that hum that lets you know when a woman is truly happy. For the “wandering soul” desiring to set down roots and create a home is a “scary” experience – having a “home base” and not leaving with the wind or on a whim can feel like a cage to the soul who never lingers long anywhere, but I am excited, knowing I am now in His will.

So comes one “circle” to a “close” – one chapter of my life ended, the brief interlude passed, and a fresh page waiting for the next stage of my journey to start. Once again I am living on faith – not knowing but trusting, because now my soul is back in “alignment”. It is a freeing feeling and I feel like I have “come into my own” again - the creature I was has reemerged, the same but different: The love and carefree delight of life and happiness of a spirit at peace that was once loved has returned, but the sparkle is brighter, the light a more mature hue for the pain that has purified it, the smile and laughter holding nothing back for this soul has truly realized the power of inspiration.

Everything that has led me to this moment has not been without reason - it took time to see what was for what it was, but now my eyes are clear. There is a weightlessness in my soul I have experienced rare times in my life – the complete peace I feel allows me undeniable acceptance of where I am, understanding that sometimes indescribable pain is required for us to break so much that in the moment of our deepest despair, when we are stripped of almost everything we have held so precious, we cry out to Him, reminded that He is the cornerstone on which everything in our life is built, surrendering so that our soul might be healed and renewed, empowered like the phoenix to rise and become all we are meant to.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

Favourite Quotes

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

"TRUST in HIM, who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think." - Ephesians 3:20

"Look back and thank God. Look forward and trust God. Look within and find God! God closes doors no man can open and God opens doors no man can close!" - Unknown

"'For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'" - Jeremiah 29:11-13

"Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. IMPOSSIBLE is nothing. How are you going to live your life?" - U.S. Army

"I succeed because I am willing to do the things you are not. I will fight against the odds. I will sacrifice. I am not shacked by fear, insecurity or doubt. I feel those emotions but I drink them in and swallow them away to the blackness of hell. I am motivated by accomplishment, not pride. Pride consumes the weak and kills their heart from inside. If I fall... I will get up. If I am beaten... I will return. I will never give up... EVER." - Nike

"The biggest risk in life is to risk nothing at all." - Anonymous

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others." - Marianne Williamson

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

"It’s not about what you’ve got; it’s about what you DO with what you’ve got.” – Andie West, Step Up 2: The Streets

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." – Steve Prefontaine

"Never, never, never, never give up." - Winston Churchill

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!...until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life...Cause if you're willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who's got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something...and you're told no, even after you paid your dues? Who's got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It's your right to listen to your gut, it ain't nobody's right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!...You know, the older I get the more things I gotta leave behind, that's life. The only thing I'm asking you guys to leave on the table...is what's right." - Rocky Balboa

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." - Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Nothing in the world is permanent and we are foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we are still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it." – William Somerset Maughan

"There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you." - Stacey Charter

EVOLUTION OF A PURPOSE DRIVEN WARRIOR

November 11, 2013

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