Bumping Into Destiny

There I was, walking along, minding my own business when I tripped on an inconspicuous speck of destiny. So, I brushed myself off, looked it square in the eye and introduced myself. "Hello Destiny" I said boldly, "To what do I owe the honor of making your acquaintance? I am usually more careful, and I must not have been watching where I was going." Destiny replied "The honor is all mine, and you could not have avoided me if you tried."
This response struck me as odd, so I said "What do you mean by that?" "Well, you see," Destiny went on, "ours was a preappointed meeting of sorts, but I am only one fragment of your journey."
Even more confused, I scratched my head and began to walk away though I could hear Destiny's voice trailing behind me. "When you meet the other specks, you will understand that we are the only way that you can ever be introduced to Purpose!"
I didn't know what that speck of Destiny meant by that, but as I walked along, pondering the meaning, I stumped my toe on a talking rock named Fate and it all made a little more sense.
---BLJ

Lead The Way

When was the last time you took a moment to look in your rear view mirror? Sometimes, we get so focused on the road before us that we fail to see who is following our lead. Whether we are aware of it or not, there are lives that will be forever changed by the detours and turns we choose to take. So, before you stop abrubtly or make a u-turn prior to reaching an expected end, consider those who are depending on you to lead them out of their own neck of the woods, into the luminous direction of opportunity. So, don't forget to look in the rear view while traveling life's road, because the objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. ---BLJ

Your Enemies Need You

Hatred is simply love turned inside out. Don't waste your precious energy hating your enemies.  For, they merely love some intangible quality about you that they themselves don't posess. Look closer into the creases of your foe's seemingly glaring eyes, and you will find that those eyes are simply smiling in awe of your divinity.

So, love your enemy like both of your lives depended upon it. You need each other more than you'll ever understand. Smile at them today. It may be the only glimpse of God they see. ---BLJ

Get The Lesson

There is a lesson that comes with each rising sun. So, make sure you are prepared for class today.--Ready to listen carefully to The Master Teacher with a pencil and paper handy to take meticulous notes. The beauty of the school of life is you cannot be retained, only promoted to a new day with its' own innate lessons. However, if you have not truly learned the skill the Master Teacher was trying to teach you yesterday, you may find yourself repeating the course until you ace the test. So study hard, all of the experiences placed before you, and when you come across a person, place, or thing you don't understand-let discernment be your dictionary. There is a lesson to be learned today, and it is imperative that you get it, because the lesson is not really intended for you. You are only being schooled to be the teacher!--Baria Leshea Jennings

A Dream Fulfilled

When the thought of a dream manifested scares you out of your socks, walk barefoot in the direction of your vision. When your feet get blisters from the rocky road you must travel to get to your destiny, soak them in a salty pool of prayer and meditation and then go on! If a dream deferred "festers up like a raisin in the sun," then let's not talk of deferred dreams. Instead, let us ponder the potential of a dream fulfilled. When you have exhausted every avenue of a dream until the very mention of it makes you ill, don't give up!!-That's when you know you're close! You can never give up on a dream that has your DNA all over it, and it could never be birth through anyone else quite the way it was intended to be birth through you. So, hold fast to your dreams, and when you're at the end of your rope-tie a loop, sit in it, and swing-Wheee!!! When you want to cry, cry until you laugh so hard it makes you cry again! Whatever you do, don't give up on you,--- barefoot, blisters and all! You too can press on towards a dream fulfilled. Rest assured somebody, somewhere is waiting on the fulfillment of your dream.

Legacy

Do not spend your limited time in this Earthly realm focusing upon making a name for yourself. Instead, work towards being worthy of the value your name has to The Creator and conscious of the potential the mere utter of your name has to cause The Enemy to quiver. It is then that you will find your name will no longer be simply a composition of letters but the origin of an impenetrable legacy.Tomorrow is not promised, what will you do today that outlives you?
---Baria Leshea Jennings

The Best of You

Your best you is not found in the eyes glaring back at you in the mirror each day. Instead, the you that matters most, is found in the corners of each smile gracing faces you may never know. Or, in the remnants of light, writing your firefly name in the atmosphere long after you've left the room.

The best of you is in the selfless laughter of your last dime hitting the bottom of a tin can  in the hand of a beggar others pass each day. It is in the thank you's that shall come your way without you ever knowing why.

My friends, the best of you, of us, will never be found staring back at us in the looking glass, but instead in the rhythmic symphony of heartbeats that beat stronger because we were here!

The best of you, beloved, has yet to show her unforgettable face!

Trust the Process

Along the path least traveled, the walkway is not straight but the focus must remain infinitely linear. Though your feet may trip amongst themselves, they too will find grace. Although your hands may tremble for fear of their own power, they will be still long enough to create the masterpieces that only they can.
One can not let the mind linger in the desolate dungeon of doubt for destruction will surely surmount. Instead, be one with your own breath until you recognize its familiar touch in the wind. Find solace in  your palpatating heart until you realize its rhythm in the roaring applause of thunder.

Oh yes, there will be brambles, ditches, confidantes turned conquistadors, and unforeseen rabbit holes on the way to Wonderland-(Just ask Alice!), but you must trust the process.

For, there is always a process on the road to an expected end. If you can endure the process, the end will only be the beginning.  
--Baria Leshea Jennings

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