1 Move, Get out of your way!!

The characteristics survival dictate you develop to endure and triumph over diversity maybe the same characteristics you may be required to shed to grow, expand and accelerate the development of self. 

There will come a time when your situation has changed where those qualities, habits, and responses as great as they are, must be put away as they are no longer serving you. 

What once was an asset if you are not careful can become a liability. 

You are not in survival mode; thus, those attributes are not required as they do not fit the circumstances. To cleave too tightly to that which does not apply is to create barriers that will undermine your authority and your progress. 

It is not disloyalty to self; it is ensuring the adherence to the integrity of one’s true self by removing all hindrances that may stagnate and prevent one’s true manifestation of excellence. 

D.S.B.S. Rhapsody Phoenix. 
May.12.2022 
2:50 PM | 14:50 PM 

0 Breathe....be in gratitude

Breathe.

Be still.

Sit in gratitude.

Step outside of the noise.

Allow grace to carry you through.

It will be alright.

You are not alone.

D.S.B.S.Rhapsodyphoenix.

2 No comment is at times the best comment.

I received my grocery order today and had to pause in silence. The delivery person (a woman) was friendly but her last comment soured the whole experience and left a really bad taste on my demeanor. As she handed off the last bag to me one of my item almost fell. She caught it quickly and gave it to me with a comment I could have well done without. The item she managed to catch was the package of ground beef. As she handed it over she said with a smile on her face, "Oh, I buy this same one for my dog!" I opened my eyes at her and stared. She look at me with a smile. I did not smile back, I simply watched her silently.  I took a deep breath and thought, 'hmmm mmmm, nope, not today, don't say, a word, not one word.' It is my day off and I refused to let anything or anyone disturb my peace.  I closed my door softly entered my kitchen and unpacked my groceries.

To all delivery persons, when delivering products to clients, simply do so with a friendly hi, hello, how you doing, have a great day. If you have nothing complimentary to say. Please For the Love of Jehovah, say nothing. Thank you.

2 THE CHOICE TO BE SELF-GOVERNING OR NOT

When you choose to surrender your power to another in the false notion that to whom you are surrendering your power is more equipped. Be prepared to be Unhappy, Discontent, Dissatisfied, Depressed and Oppressed because every decision that person makes on your behalf will be essentially  in their best interest purporting to be in your interest. 

Be very careful who you set in the drivers seat of your life. The only driver of YOUR life should be YOU because your happiness IS....YOUR responsibility. Will you falter, yes. Will you make mistakes, yes. Will you from time to time fall short, absolutely. That is call being human, learning and growing from your errs.

Unless you are mentally incapacitated YOU ARE the only one that is equipped to make decisions for your life. Right or wrong, poor or wise it is your right to choose your path to self-governing. If your choice is to give away your power to lead your own life, then it is your choice to be fundamentally unhappy.

10 STOP, THINK AND SILENCE YOUR INNER CRITIC

STOP 🛑✋🏾

Stop and think before you let that inner critic fly. Think about how much others don't know about you. How so few know your story and your struggles. They couldn't tell by looking at you. The same is true for those you see, observe and encounter. So, before you give permission to that inner critic, the one that always has something negative to say, that consistently tears down and laugh at others, remember when you look at them, you don't know their story just as they don't know yours. Practice self-restraint, hold your tongue, hold your thoughts, censor your judgements and humble your opinions because the truth is, you do not know the depth or breath of their struggles.

Be accountable for what comes out of your mouth and how much real estate you surrender to germinating toxic notions about people you don't know. If what you have to share is not with the intention to uplift, inspire, motivate, congratulate, affirm, keep it to yourself.

Be mindful of the energy you put out into the world.