The Birthing of Your Freedom-what do you need to be BOLD about?

"Freedom Lies in Being Bold" - Robert Frost - Being true to yourself often requires you to go against the grain to what people expect from you. Being true to yourself also requires you to make some people mad at you and possibly de-friend you. Will that be okay with you if that were to happen? Will you be okay with telling your truth of freedom?

As we continue in our journey in "Finding Peace Within, through The Journey of a Smile"- This is the next part of our journey. The Birthing of Your freedom. I have had to tell the truth about some things in this season of my life. Some of that truth required me to be BOLD and Vulnerable. I found myself walking in fear as I opened my freedom to the person that's closes to me. My Love. Freedom frees you from having to hide your pain. The fear of freedom comes when you don't really know how the other person is going to react and or respond to your freedom. Now, I'm not talking about the type of freedom that will cause you to become rebellious or non-submissive. The type of freedom I'm speaking of, is being able to speak your mind in love with the intent releasing those things that causes stress and discomfort in your life.

My freedom moment came when I just had to tell my Love, that I matter and that I will always be the most important person to me. It has nothing to do with who he is and how he treats me but who I am and how I treat myself. Trust me, that took some boldness as I know my Love...It didn't matter how my Love received it, what matter was I said it and now I don't have to feel guilty when I say no.

I also had to be BOLD with someone I met whom I believed wanted to get close to me to plant some negativity in my spirit. The BOLDNESS came when I had to say to her, I am about love, peace, joy and happiness. I don't get involved with anything that doesn't edify or lift a person up. It didn't matter how she received it, what mattered was that I made it known who I am and what I will and will not tolerate. Was I fearful, a little, but, if I wanted to become friends with this young lady, I thought she should know what type of person I am so she can make a decision if she wants to have me as a friend. The jury is still out on that... :)..

My question to you is this, What do you need to be bold about in order to BIRTH YOUR FREEDOM?

Remember to Smile Everyday, Show Up Everyday, and Succeed Everyday
Find Peace Within
Be blessed,

Ms. Lisa

The Birthing of Truth

Last week we talked about being authentic. Being authentic requires TRUTH. Truth to yourself and to those you encounter. Isn't it funny when it's time to tell people who we are, we kinda get stuck on what we've become and not who we are. Discovering who we are requires a spiritual truth walk, which will produce authenticity.

This week I'm talking about birthing the truth of who you are. Sometimes we have to just tell ourselves the truth. So, in my new book, Finding Peace With, the Prayer Journal, The Journey of a Smile, I ask this probing question: "what area in your life do you need to be real about?" As I wrote this question down in my book, it reminded me of when I started my spiritual journey of wholeness and this was a question I had to ask myself; with that, I thought it was befitting to ask my readings the same question. "What are in your life do you need to be real about?" I'll share with you some of the things I had to be real about in my life....

I'll start first, I had to be real about how important I was to myself. In my first book, Smile, Show Up, Succeed Everyday, I say to you my audience, "You are the most single most important person to you." I had to tell myself the truth about being selfish for me. I no longer felt like I was being selfish when I put myself a top priority in my life. Then I had to tell the truth about my demons. There was a time in my life when having an affair was nothing I thought twice about. I was looking for someone to validate me and take care of me.. it didn't matter where it came from. In that truth, I found that I never took time to be alone and the celebrate myself. I had to ask for forgiveness (I did it on paper) for disrespecting the lives of those whom I took no regards to with my actions. Then I had to forgive myself for the sin and wrong I've done to myself. Then it was time to recognize  and realize that I could do this without a man, or with out the validation of a man. I had to tell myself the truth about my relationships and my marriage. I love being married to my husband, I love the relationship we have. But I had to tell myself the truth about how much he can give me and what part he plays in making me happy. He actually doesn't play a part in making me happy or completing me as that has to come from within, something he cannot do for me. I had to get my own life, pursue my own dreams, and life my life outside of us as a couple and he had to be okay with it. I thank God, he was okay with it... :). I had to face the fact that there are just something he doesn't have the capacity to give me and I'm okay with that. I had to tell myself the truth about what I needed and what I allowed to happen in my life. I am still on the journey of telling myself the truth about me as I mature as a woman. That I have embraced.

Today, I'll take a step back and evaluate the situation before I respond. I am focused on my actions and how I deal with situations that causes me to look within.

My question to you today, is "What areas in your life do you need to be real and or tell the truth about?

"It's better to be hated for what you are than love for what you are not." Andre' Gide

Remember to Smile, Show Up, Succeed Everyday
Find Peace Within
Be blessed,
Ms. Lisa :)