Step up and be brave... The fear subsides when you face it. Don't feed it, and you can't ignore it either. Stand firm and then Walk through it. God will strengthen you with His presence and give you the courage you need for the situation at hand. I am a living witness of His presence and fortitude at work. Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the ability to face fear and do what has to be done regardless. I am stepping up and it is sometimes terrifying... what if I fail? What if I lose what took me so long to gain? You bet, I've asked that. Well so what?! And so what if I fail... Then I move on and get up and go again. The real failure is if I give up too soon... If I give up, I have already failed myself. So don't fail yourself. Press on. Face the challenge or fear that's been holding you back from becoming your better self. You will never know who you are and how great you are until you build that muscle called courage. I don't feel brave --- but I am courageous and face my fears time and time again. I want to not have to always be the strong one. God knows my weaknesses and sends me help in a present time of need. He is my rock, my fortress. In God I place my faith, for He is my All. Mankind can let you down, betray you, deceive you, and abandon you... We all have faults and can heal these with love. God will never leave you. God is Love in its purest form. Ask God to give you Courage, and get ready for the best to be revealed in you.
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Because it's not enough to have been fingerprinted twice in the last four months...? Third time is the charm with a new gig, and this time I got to do it at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Here a person held my fingers on the scanner, something I was not prepared for, because last time I was here - about six years ago - no one touched my hands that I remember. "Nice deep prints," she says. "Don't ever commit a crime," she laughs. "Your prints will be easy to lift!" And then we both laugh. If she only knew just how crime-a-phobic I am. I tell her about a personality quiz I took and how I have an equal amount of loops and circles on my fingerprints; so I have dual personalities. Because, well, that's what you want the FDLE to know when you are being finger printed, right? Yuppers, I am so witty... Ummm, and thankfully not suspicious looking. But I digress... What really gave me pause to think was how Surprised I was when she touched my hand to ensure my fingers had accurate pressure on the scanner, to get a good print. I mean, I flinched. It's not that I was weirded out. It was just not expected... And then I was like "Oh this is what a hand feels like!" And I realized then that it's been a while since someone touched my hand... So long that it felt almost foreign. And that time before was kinda fleeting. And I had also been surprised. It would be so nice to hold a hand again... Like kids on a playground just happy to walk together and skip along to a favorite song. Perhaps I want to hold someone's hand again for longer than a fleeting moment. Healing touch... peace and love. Not to possess but to share warmth. Because let's face it, the world can be cold and cruel. And it's the best feeling to cross the street holding the hand of someone you love. They have some nice abstract art on the walls here, too, by the way... 🌹
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