I’ve been rejected. So! It wasn’t mines.

I’ve been turned down. Something better came along.

I’ve been talked about. Who hasn’t? We all must have our turn. What else you got?

I’ve had friends and family to leave me. Ole well, their loss.

I’ve been discounted. I know the worth of my walk and it shall speak for me.

At the end of the day, these things happen to us all. That’s a fact. They’ve happened to me. I can’t wish it away. I can’t act like it never happened but what I can do is, I can control its magnitude in my life. I can properly manage my attitude towards it. And I can choose the way I feel about it.

I have the right to be upset. I can be pissed. Sad. Depressed. Withdrawn. I can decide to fight back with my words or my actions. I can choose revenge. I can decide to be unfair and unruly. I can turn my back on those that betrayed me. I can hold a grudge. All of which are valid emotions you see.

But instead, I can decide not to do what is expected or desired. I can speak to haters when I see them. I can smile as they approach. I can give warm hugs. I can assist them when my help is needed. I can rejoice. I can dislodge the thoughts and act like it never happened. I can choose to simple go on about life.

I can simply remember. I can remember all the bad; but I’d rather recall how the ‘good’ stepped in right on time and showed out. Yep!!! Believe me when I say, nothing has ever happened to me that hasn’t turned around for my betterment! Not ONE single thing!

Do you know when your winter season is? If you don’t, I suggest you look over your life and see if you can determine some patterns. Winter is the season of colloquial storms, trials, and tribulations in one’s life. For me, my winter is usually in the last quarter of the year. And it usually happens right before a positive shift in my life.

Those last few months should be joyous due to big holidays embedded within that short timeframe. But you all would not believe the trouble I’ve experienced and the things I’ve seen (the incredulous actions of others) in my winter season. There’s even been times when it piled on during those months as well.

I’m a real transparent person but I don’t like to incriminate those that cross me. I just won’t do it. Not in a public forum that is. On a local level, at that time, I may vent to a couple people here and there but that’s about it. And after that season, I put it behind me. Shit that happened in November 2017 is NOT the source of my discussions in November 2018. I’m over it. On to the battle the next season.

Which is now. You’d never believe how the real characters have been exposed to me lately. As you see from the date, my season is now. And in it, I’m finding out just whose for me and whose against me. HA! And they all are alright with me. (Wink)

So, you want to know what I’m doing in this season? How do I get through? Or how I’m getting through? How my timeline/posts don’t resemble any trouble going on? How I’m able to retain a smile despite the circumstances?

I FIGHT BACK! Oh yeah honey! I don’t take it laying down! No ma’am! No sir! I ball my fist up real tight and I throw blows baby! I have a mean right hook y’all! I hit them with the right hook to their jaw in prayer! I pop them with the left in their eye when I speak life over my situation and not death! I do a quick one-two combo with a few choice words like “I can do all things…” or “this too shall past”…or “JOY cometh in the morning!” I take them down when I get up in that morning and WASH MY FACE!

And this is exactly what I recommend you do! Take a stand! Don’t let the trials in your life to get you down! Speak over your situation and pray about everything. Pray about it all! They give someone else the promotion…pray that person does well and wait for the one with your name on it. They talking bad about you, pray peace over their life. No peaceful person spends time ridiculing others. They trip you up…pray that their feet are ok! Because they just tripped up the “right” one baby!

Know this! Write it down! Take a picture! You may lean for awhile but you won’t fall!

Thanks for your attention. Remember you are your own competition.

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