Moving Forward...

I'm so excited right now...God has blessed me with such a wonderful and exciting life.  I am sitting in the louge at a hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico...the DJ has put on a nice mixture of jazz...and the rendition playing now...is "Because of who You are I give You, Glory.   Lord, I worship you because of who you are!"....That's the a true testament on what I am feeling..Lord I worship you in all I do..I am so thank for the opportunities and guts/nerves to live life as I desire....I am so thankful that I am on the road to accomplishing one of my childhood dreams.....

Moving forward in life is both rewarding and healthy.  It's rewarding in the fact that you have something to look forward to and gives purpose, raises self esteem and self awareness.  It's healthy because we are meant to move, take action, and LIVE... It is imperative that our bodies remain in motion via excercise, walking, etc.  It is imperative that our minds remain active, learning new things and using our problem solving abilities keeps our brain synapses actively functioning.  Or we will begin to regress or become stagnant.  We will experience atrophy.  Atrophy is a wasting away.  So, Moving forward is imperative.  Keep it Moving!

Moving forward to new things is so overwhelmingly exciting, I can not wait to get there.  I'm looking forward to a great semester, as I begin my 2nd year of medical school on Monday.  I'm looking forward to doing great things with all the new information I will learn.  Moving forward feels good...

Not only academically, but, personally, I have a sense of great anticipation in true love presenting itself soon.  It's been almost three years now, since the passing of my beloved husband and it is healthy to move forward in all areas of my being and my existence.  Therefore, I'm moving forward....Thank you Jesus..I'm alive. I'm happy.  I'm healthy...I'm moving forward...

Just as I have decided to move forward..So, can you!  Make a decision TODAY to move closer to what you desire.  Make a decision and then take action and before you know it...You will discover...It was all worth the fight, the struggle, the sweat and tears.....Being who you were destined to be is WORTH IT!

Now, go live your dreams...
Life is GREAT!

It is Possible...

Yesterday, was my comprehensive final exam.  I was totally blown out of the water.  As I was sitting there taking my exam...tears began to fill my eyes.  Oh my gosh, Am I in the twight zone?  It seemed my mind went completely blank.  I was so detached from what was in front of me.  This was scary.  I had to get a grip and I mean quickly. 

It was 3hr and 54min exam with no scheduled breaks and 183 questions and anything from the semester is open game.  For some reason going into this final I felt a whole lot of pressure.  I had such an emotional week leading to it..that I thought I cried out all my fears and frustrations and that I was going to be ready come exam day. 

I can't understand why the professors test the most obscure things on the final exams.  It just seems so crazy to me.  How are we suppose to memorize approx 320 hrs of lectures?  I know the answer to this question already.  It's called repetition.  I know we had a lecture on it this semester..LOL...In times like these is when I must put my faith into action and say and believe, "I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me."  If others have done it before me...It is POSSIBLE...

It's possible to do the unthinkable.  It's possible to stretch yourself one to two more hours of studying. It's possible to develop your recall techniques to obtain the answers to crazy exam questions.  It's possible to dream a BIG dream and obtain it.  It's Possible.....

It the midst of seemingly defeat, it's possible to win....If I can push a little harder, studying one more lecture, answer one more question, push and keep pushing, because there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is another side to this story.  There is VICTORY waiting for me...Keep pushing..My  Dreams are right in front of me.  I'm closer than I think.  It's possible...PUSH...This is what I had to keep telling myself  and it helped me complete this semester.  Selah...

Lord give me strength...
Phil 3: 12-15 (Amplified Bible)

   ^"12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. ¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

 ¹⁵ Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you."

BE READY....

My mom always told me, "Be ready in season and out of season, because you never know when your time will come."  Well, that rang true for me yesterday.  As I was wrapping up my studying on Monday night/Tuesday morning about 1:30am, I decided to check my Ross email account to see when we were having the debrief from our pretend anatomy practical.  I had a lot of emails to go through.  I hadn't check the inbox in about a week...Well, thumbing through all the emails, I noticed an invitation.  I opened it and it read, "You have been selected to present your Service Learning journal at the Ross University's Service Learning Symposium carded for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 12:00 pm."  and it stated that I needed to RSVP by last Thursday. Well, I completely missed the response date.  I regretfully replied to the email and apologized for not responding early.  I chalked this experience up as, I missed an opportunity, but there will be more...I pray.. 

Fast forward to 11:30 am, Im just waking up because I didnt get to sleep until 4:30 am or so.  And I decide to check my email..and I get a response from the coordinator that, Im on the schedule for 12 noon.  OH MY GOSH...I quickly got dressed and rushed to campus.  I made it just in time.  As I walked through the doors, Im handed a program, and guess what? My name was listed as a selected speaker.  Then once the program began, they even had my picture up on the screen with all the rest of the presenters....I thought to myself, "how embarrassing this would have been to not to have shown up."

That was a close call...I've always said I live a life outside the box and with a lot of excitement and thrills.  Well, that was sure exciting...Most of yesterday I was on a nice high.  I was overjoyed that I didn't miss my date with destiny and that I was chosen to present my paper.  I was chosen for a task even before I knew that there was a task.  My name was written on a program that I had no knowledge of 24hrs prior.  My date with destiny was confirmed even without me confirming it.  The real question here is was I prepared?  Was I prepared to fulfill the task?  I'm happy to say, "YES! Yes I was prepared!"

I'm sure you've heard that success is when preparation meets opportunity.  That is so true in life.  You have to prepare for what you want in life. During the process of getting "there", preparation is part of the process.  All the good you want in life or out of life, ALREADY has your name on it.  The goals you want to achieve already have a predestined and an appointed time.  As you focus and prepare for your goals, believe that provision has already been made.  However, will YOU be ready?   

Be prepared...Be Ready..Because your date with Destiny is closer than you think...

""Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jerm 1:5

Now, Go live your dreams...