My Joy in the Morning

Surpassing through life’s unexpected interruptions, you will eventually find yourself looking back in your rear view mirror pressing forward from a storm you not only survive but you embraced, learned from, and gain another self claim characteristic about yourself.  There are many stop signs through life, and once you do a complete stop you’ll give it gas and there will be another one around the corner. But guess what Joy cometh in the morning. A wonderful evening I have had, spending an hour with Mekenzie’s on her homework, not interruptions, just pure learning. I found a very enticing recipe online for Bacon-Roasted Chicken with Potatoes. OMG people, absolutely amazing! First time trying it and it was indeed a success. I learn something new all in one night, after cooking a great meal for me and my Mekenzie.

I finish my well written outline on the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, very informative information, a beautiful rainforest trying to survive from the outskirts of hunters, and political views of why they should be saved or not. We go through life complaining about our problems, dealing with finances, and relationships, when there is so much hurt in the world in other countries that we couldn’t even think of, or attempt to experience. There’s a piece of me that wants to embrace every part of the world and give a smile to someone or something. For those people who only think of themselves, look at your fingers, listen to the voices around you, and embrace the color of your skin, and take a moment and see that all is given, and all is done.  The Lord Our God has just begun.

A wonderful evening I have had, spending an hour with Mekenzie’s on her homework, no interruptions, just pure learning, after we finish her math homework, I decided to cook, but wanted to try something new. I found a very enticing recipe online for Bacon-Roasted Chicken with Potatoes.  

VOILA! 

Bacon-wrapped drumsticks and thighs with baby Dutch yellow potatoes, roasted with onions and herbs, a very delicious and simple dinner.

 

OMG people, absolutely amazing! First time trying it and it was indeed a success. I learn something new all in one night, after cooking a great meal for me and my Mekenzie.

I finish my well written outline on the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an unfortunate endanger species, that is living in the afurti rainforest. Very informative information, a beautiful rainforest trying to survive from the outskirts of hunters, and political views of why they should be saved or not.

Okapi 

 

We go through life complaining about our problems, dealing with finances, and relationships, when there is so much hurt in the world in other countries that we couldn’t even think of, or attempt to experience. There’s a piece of me that wants to embrace every part of the world and give a smile to someone or something. For those people who only think of themselves, look at your fingers, listen to the voices around you, and embrace the color of your skin, and take a moment and see that all is given, and all is done. The Lord Our God has just begun.

I just wanted to share one of the many blessed evening of my life with you. I made a new dish, and I'm so proud of myself! ha..ha... This is only the beginning of my growth, I plan to see and do much more in the coming days. Those who are genuine and love me so, will embrace my blessing as if they are they're own. Good Night Readers, and until next time, pass a smile rather if its verbal or "escrito"..that's the word "writing" in spanish... Yay Rosetta Stone!

life's love

What a wonderful weekend! Saturday morning cut my mother’s entire lawn, Mekenzie and I ate some very delicious Hooter Wings! Sunday enjoyed a peaceful morning of pray and rededication, and afterwards me and Mekenzie cleaned the truck, and helped a good friend of mine unpack in her new home.

Joy cometh to those who grasp it with their fingers un-clutched and expecting only the good things the world still offers naturally.

The sun warmth on your skin, The laughter of your child from being sprinkle with the water splashing from the car wash, the beauty of the grass when the wind blows, the smell of the flowers as they bloom, and the sound of the bees and waltz’s journeying on the lawn.

The life love, are the essential moments most of us take for granted. The most heartfelt things in life are those that don’t cost you a tear, or an effort. This is also the endeavor in which you keep stable and focused on God. When in fact you can’t fail at life, or cheat time.

I am keen on the sky when driving home from work, the footsteps of the clouds reminds me of the beauty tomorrow holds from the lessons I learned today.

Remember each day is accountable for itself, so don’t blame tomorrow for its faults.

being in love

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all...  

Through the lives of many young and older women today, love is not found, nor understood, or given. The eyes of a woman should be to fulfill her soul with the existence of a man, who is able to understand her needs before they are express, to completes her sentences, mends her heart, take care to her needs, compliments her efforts within herself to be beautiful for him. And yet, women today are side blinded by an image, career, and financial statement of a man completing her rather than to wait on the person who was made to define her.

God has created a significant being, one who upholds qualities that are meant to suffice, encourage, love, and adore another. Someone once told me, many women today will not experience the love that was meant for her. To define love or either find it, you must endure the characteristics that make up for it. Which is to be patient for it, for it will find you, to be kind to those that may try to love you. Don’t be envious of those that have it before you, nor boastful or arrogant if you find it before another. Don’t tend to have your own way with those that are intrigued by you, nor irritable to those that express their love more than you may have for them. Don’t rejoice when doing wrong onto someone, only rejoice in honesty. When the person God intentionally designed for you make a mistake, please forgive them. Hope for all good bringing's, and endure the possibilities of great memories.

As a woman I am created to be strong minded, I am to love hard, take care of home and bear children. I am supportive, I endure all, I love all, and I want for nothing by the ingredients in my life God provides. The Man that possess a hold onto me, will not even feel he deserves me, but in the eyes of God, he was created for me.

¹If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ²If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. (1 Corinthians 13)

un-noticed enemies

Even when you are in a good place, there are times when a person or situation will try to bring you down. Bring you to a place of where they are, and try to haunt, and torment you, to the fullest of their strength, or activate a self gratification of their own, by seeing you act in anger to their punches. Its more than that to life... actually that isn't living at all. Life is being able to look pass those negative mind sets of others and sometimes our own selves. Yes I too get angry at times, but I have chosen to choose my battles, and to fight them fairly. To be in contact of my character I learn everyday that I am not where I want to be just yet. But I can conceitedly say that I’m on the right path, I am always looking for ways to change, not just to claim I'm a better person, but to be at peace and happy with myself. Knowing that each choice I have made, and every word that I speak is on a good conscious and not a negative one.

When we learn to control ourselves and our tongues, those things around us will not affect us, nor be notice. Weapons of envy and hurt will not be notice by you, nor affect you. Sometimes it’s so close in your face you have no choice but to notice it, but you will remain calm about it, maybe hurt or discourage, but it will never break you, for you are grateful that it isn't you.

Other than that, my weekend was wonderful, I had a ball  for one of my friends Birthday in Port Arthur Texas, Great Place! A magnificent time with friends, the road, great talks and food. My sunday I spent enjoying with the love of my life Mekenzie, and some good football, Go Steelers and Texans!!! Until next time readers, make the best of any bad situation for those are the ones that prepare us for the next blessing.

 

remember to always enjoy life, because it will always enjoy you.

A Good Place

Loving life no matter what or whose not there

But smiling everyday as I don't have a care.

Keeping up with the Joneses is not where I seek

But following the Lord who is perparing it all for me.

As I stand with my feet planted through high waters

I know my sunset is above and beyond all the corners.

My sister got teary eyed today as she notice a glow in me

I felt pride and honored for her to say she's proud and love what she sees in me.

I don't wonder where I'm going or where I need to be

For I have found a great place, at a nice pace, and a foundation of peace.

God has guided me and my daughter on our righteous path

We want for nothing or in need of anything that may cause a dash.

I'm at peace, and love everything that I see around me

For there's nothing like holding the prize that has given me the key.

Look and tell me what you see when you look upon my face

You will see and accept Stacey is in a good place'

 

The Good Life

Life is amazing, great actually. Once we learn to get up in the morning and take each day as it is. A Blessing! Don’t worry about yesterday when that person offended you, or when you were cut off in traffic, when you realize you are being treated unfair at work, or when you know how good of a friend, girlfriend, husband, wife, sister or brother you have been and yet you never hear that you are appreciated or a Thank you. Life is still good. Why you ask? Because you had the ability, the self motivation or even yet that peace and happiness in you that allowed you to smile everyday and be kind to someone. Be grateful that you are not that person who seems to always have something going on wrong in their life, or always complaining about something, rather if it’s a pain in their leg, or they didn’t get to sleep last night, or they accidentally bump their toe this morning. Be happy to not be that person.

Despite all that I feel that can come against me, I am always happy, I can always find something to be happy about, or make a joke out of something to make someone smile. I love to make anyone smile or laugh, its’ a dose of peace and happiness for me. I could have gotten a ticket yesterday morning, and yet I received a warning and made a cop smile because of my fault-ness in car maintenance. I poured and entire tube of syrup on my slacks morning before last, and yet I made myself laugh about it the entire time as I cleaned my pants leg in the jobs bathroom. Our days are what we make out of it, if we bring disappointments from yesterday into today we’ll miss out on those happy moments of now. I love my life. I love not knowing what’s next or what’s to come. I have a peace in me that exceed all disappointments, setbacks, and discouragements, for I know everything is going to just fine. The next time you run into a disappointment, or someone offends you, your finances are not where you want them to be, or something just goes wrong all of sudden, remember that God is in control.
Know everything is going to be ok.. Repeat this to yourself “everything is going to be fine” meditate it, but remember to actually believe it. God loves you, he doesn’t want to see you cry for it makes him upset that you don’t trust in him to believe he is and will make everything “just fine”.

he's there always wanting to take care of you

shit happens...

picture by stacey woods

It is amazing how we go through numerous changes within a year, and force to learn from them in order to get pass them. Yet so many months later, we find ourselves retaking the same test again because we forget about the lesson we once learned before. We usually expect something awesome to come out of our struggle, and has yet to do so. Then we eventually fall back into a state of not believing, or forcing a change in what we are dealing with at that time. I just recently went through a struggle I once experienced before, but yet forgotten.

I am a firm believer of God, and I have always thought when something goes wrong in my life, that I needed to reflect on what I may have done that could have possibly caused this emotional set back or hurt. I have lived with this "train of thought" for years. Thinking when something goes wrong, and I couldn’t find anything to reflect on that I could have possibly done. I would start to hard on myself and confuse myself even more. Which would then affect the natural things of my life.

I have now come to understand that SHIT HAPPENS!

Being perfect is what we strive for, and yet we do have our short comings, ....but understand this… life does continue with or without you, and things go on. Realize that you are able to move on and from things, and that "somethings"  just may not have a meaning. Everything does not happen for a reason, only for the knowledge of knowing, and being prepared for your own future, or someone else’s. From my experience to yours, try not to be so hard on yourself, for the things that are ordain to make you a better person is for the glorification of your life.

As I’ve said before and I have no problem saying it again, “Shit Happens”.