DO YOU KNOW #RelationshipsMatters #ItTakesTwo #BeTheChange Tips 28: No Pain, No Gain!

What really matter? If last year’s fumbles and stumbles left you questioning when life didn’t add up; when a relationship turned into a stalemate; when we have done all we know to do and the formula just didn’t work out, it left our heart sick. 

And being indifferent in 2022 is not going to work because indifference will only desensitise you. Whatever season you are in now, you don’t need to sugarcoat your circumstances but you can be brutally honest- What Truly Matter? Really.

Whether we like it or not, pain is inevitable part of life, necessary to mold and shape us, we will learn and grow to be strong and mature. Pain is a good teacher if we give room for learning: 

1. Pain is often a catalyst for change or growth to be better. 
2. Pain is an indicator that something is wrong. 
3. Pain rouses us from deadness.
4. Pain brings us to a reality check.

As the common adage that goes, “No pain, no gain.” Perhaps the struggles through the trenches of your life have pilfered the life out of your life, and you don’t know where to turn—but don’t give in to despair. Don’t give up, for there is too much at stake! Things will get around somehow, sometime, somewhere—It will be beautiful at the right time. Be patient, hold on to hope, never cease seeking and wait for it.

#NoPainNoGain #Freedom2022

DO YOU KNOW #RelationshipsMatters #ItTakesTwo #BeTheChange Tips 27: New Year, New You, New Breakthroughs!

A recent catch up with a treasured friend jolted me “harshly” that many things have changed around us and hard to believe another year passed “so soon”…

The world gets messy, for sure. Any relationships will try us, for sure. Life’s trajectories will always have us caught off-guard, for sure. But, winters do not last forever, and springtime is only a turn of the calendar away.

New beginnings: A new year is often a springboard for new changes, new hope, new dream… But a new chapter will require new perspectives, and get into new actions to have new outcomes. Let’s not just sit and brood, take stock of your life, take a look at your relationships- if there are any sins, habits, or attitudes that might be areas to overcome, to change and set right.

Be the change instead:

Fear can’t stay where faith is. Discouragement can’t stay where hope is.

Bitterness can’t stay where forgiveness is.

Stress can’t stay where peace is.

Overlook the offences—rather than get offended;

Show respect—rather than to dishonour;

Be gentle—rather than be provocative;

Be appreciative—rather than nitpick;

Be thankful—rather than complain;

Adopt a good attitude—rather than be indifferent;

Choose to love—rather than to hate;

Choose to smile—rather Than to frown;

Choose to build—rather than to destroy;

Choose to persevere—rather than to quit;

Choose to compliment—rather than gossip;

Choose to heal—rather than wound;

Choose to give—rather than grasp;

Choose to act—rather than to procrastinate;

Choose to forgive—rather than to curse.

Life is a matter of choice.

#Breakthroughs #new2022