New Year; New Place ~ Tiphanie W. | January 2024
A came across a video piece from a poet that I love. She speaks so eloquently and boldly. I think I may have listened to the clip two or three times before also resharing it on IG, SC & TT. Generally, my blogs are my own thoughts and feelings, but this one is too good not to place here - of course with credit to her originality. I resonate with this. I entered into this year with a fresh wind, one that only ^He^ can provide! Despite a little carryover, I felt good, fresh, and hopeful. I brought in the new year doing exactly what I plan to continue doing all year and that was reading my word and writing in my prayer journal with my husband right by my side. I also ended the year exactly the way I wanted to which was back to worshiping more, traveling more, pouring into myself more, and loving on life’s little/big blessings all while reflecting on life’s lessons. Reflection is a great tool because - Life is lived forwards, but only understood backwards!
I’ve been traveling every other weekend since late October. On a recent solo beach trip, I had some time to just sit with myself and with God and think about some things I wanted and needed to just be different. In case you haven’t heard me say, God is my business partner. He is all up in the midst of all of my affairs and endeavors. I hate not giving Him this level of authority previously but this also is just a part of spiritual maturity. The following weekend after that beach trip, I spent pretty much all weekend at home, resting both physically and mentally. The ease I felt in that time is what I plan to embrace and radiate all year long. With that….. things just have to be different.
Poem: “You know what’s beautiful is I’m at this place in my life where I speak over myself differently. I’m empowered by the things I’ve learned and the places I’ve been that gives me a better appreciation of who I am and what the future holds for me. I’m at a place in my life where I don’t care about trivial things. I’m not interested in sideways conversations, empty dialog, people who show up when it’s only convenient for them, and people who are just not good for me period. At this place in my life, I want things differently but I also take the initiative to do the things that I want differently. My actions will coincide with me, to deliver the expectations that I have set for myself. And at my big old age, I am accountable for me - not what others think or how others feel but what I can do for myself. Any obstacle that is in my path provides me another opportunity to learn. I no longer implant the feeling of woe is me…. but yes, it’s mine and I have the tools to overcome and be delivered from it. And because I look at myself differently, I treat myself differently and no one will ever run me over or insert their personal issues or deficiencies on me. Your issues are yours and not for me to handle. When you honor yourself in a space that allows you to see the beautiful change, you don’t let anyone or anything knock you off the position you work so hard to obtain. I’m at this place where I speak life over me. Where are you? And what would you change for you to see yourself in this beautiful light? -Lisa (Seasoned Dialogue)
