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When You Are Out Of The Game…

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

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ImageI have to learn from my life lessons every day. So it’s things that I go through that makes it easier to write about.  Do you know how hard it is to be a Champion?  To be a champ, you have to practice, practice, practice, and more practice.  Then after you do all that practice, you have to play the game. Sometimes you win the game, and sometimes you lose.  But when you play a game, and you are losing, how do you keep face, and make a come back to win?  Almost like a football game, and in the 4th quarter your team is losing 28-0. But the Quarterback, the leader of the team keeps the Faith.  He knows that if everyone on the team does what they are supposed to do, that they can still win.  The team has to have FAITH in their leader, and when they do, they score 4 touchdowns and a field goal!  They win!!

With that being said, in life we sometimes feel we are out of the game.  Sometimes you can’t find your way out of that rut, that hole, that situation, those surroundings. But then you have to always talk to your Captain in silence. He will whisper to you what you need to do, then HE will send a representative to reiterate what HE told you.  What you will find is that, you have to put your head back in the game if you want to win.  And to win, you have to have a goal, an acheivement, and something to look forward to at the end of the game. If there’s no reason to win, why play?  Once you get that goal in order you are playing for, then put your helment on, wipe your face with your prayer cloth, and get in the game!  Game on!  Play to win, and win to play! 

Life beats us up so bad sometimes and we have to think about all that we went through to get where you are today.  We are not the only ones that go through it.  All of us go through situations that can make or break us.  We go through times when we want to throw in the towel and say, forget it!  But times like those, think about that FAITH of a mustard seed that the QB has, just when everyone thinks you’ve lost, and you’re out of the game.. BAM!!! Touchdown!!  So never think you can’t, because YOU CAN!  Not only do you get back in the game, you get in the game with your game face on, and you WIN!!

Now I gotta go play!

Hugs & Kisses

The “Real” Mommie Teresa

Weather The Storm Today

21 Friday Feb 2014

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I seem to always talk about storms of life. I guess because I’ve been through so many of them, I am a true testimony. Webster says the definition of storm is: a disturbance of the atmosphere. Now think about that. When you have a disturbance in your life, here comes the storm. Let’s say there is a financial crisis. You have no money..storm, You lose your job..storm.. You lose a family member.. storm, you lose your husband/wife/child..storm, you lose you car..storm. I’m sure you get the point. The only time there isn’t a storm, is if you lose your life! So that means that through EVERY storm, there is a blue sky. What’s worse than going through a storm, is not surviving a storm. If you don’t survive the storm, then your storms are over!

To break all this down, God puts us through turmoil in our lives to make us stronger. Just like he makes it rain, to clean up the world, make the grass greener, and a host of other things. Without rain, just think how the the world will be. The same reason we have storms in our life.. to clean us up. To take us through a cleansing so we can be a little bit better. Just think.. every storm you go through, makes you a little bit stronger. I thank God every day for storms of life. It’s not the storms that I appreciate, it’s the calmness after the storm.

Think about your storms. If you write them down, then look at where you are now compared to where you were then, you’d realize how that storm actually saved you. Life is not complicated. Sometimes we wonder too much on what shoulda, coulda, woulda been, when in reality, everything that ever happened to you was pre-destined. It was supposed to happen. You were supposed to go through what you went through to get to where you are today.

This morning before I woke, I heard the birds chirping loud! I guess they were telling me to get ready and beat that storm! lol

So today in the midst of this storm, Thank God for being able to see you through it. In a few hours, the sun will be so bright and so will your life. Just weather this storm, and the sun will also shine on you!
Have an awesome and blessed day!
Hug and Kisses
The “Real” Mommie Teresa

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“Your Bling Comes From Your Blessing”

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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Tyler Perry posted a video yesterday of him stopping at a red light, and a school bus stopped beside him. Being from Atlanta, I know that Tyler was probably in his Bentley. He was recording the kids on the school bus as they were hanging out the window yelling and screaming, and they were also taking pictures of him. That had to be a good feeling for all those kids to know him, and want to have a picture of him. But what those kids saw was the outside, blinging successful image of Tyler.  How many of those kids do you think, know Tyler Perry’s story?  The problem today is, so many people see you with the fame and fortune, but they don’t understand what it takes to get to that point in life.

Tyler Perry has a magnificent story about how he obtained his glory. His life was hard, he struggled, he lost everything he had. He was broke and was almost homeless. But Tyler had a dream and a desire.  He overcame obstacles, he didn’t take no for an answer, and he never gave up! When Tyler Perry got to the point that he thought nothing was going to happen, and he was at his lowest point in his life, that’s when God stepped in and showed him his worth. Tyler had dreams that he would make it and be successful, but he never knew the magnitude of what God had in store for him. And people wonder why Tyler Perry is blessed? Tyler Perry is blessed because he gives back! He’s blessed because he takes his blessings, to bless others! God knew when Tyler Perry was born, what he was going to become in life. Tyler didn’t even know what God and store for him! So people may wonder why did Tyler had to go through all of the things he went through, to get to where he is today? The reason he went through it, is because he needed a story to magnify and appreciate  his glory! If God had given Tyler Perry all of those blessings when he first started in business, he would not have been such a blessing to everyone else, because he wouldn’t understand how people struggle.

Struggle equates to survival.  When you struggle, you learn to survive! You learn to endure obstacles, and you understand what people go through when they have nothing. For those people who don’t even realize how much Tyler Perry gives back, you should research Tyler, and what he does for his community!  With all of that being said the objective to this is, you have to know someone’s story, to appreciate their glory! God will put you through an obstacle course in life. He has to make sure you can run, walk, crawl, climb, kneel and pray!  He lifts you up, then drops you!  He’s  preparing you for the finish line in life! But in order to get the prize, you give up all you have, to get all you deserve! So the next time you see a person who is doing great, realize they have a story behind all of that glory!  One day you’ll have a story, behind your glory! But you have to go through that obstacle course of life. Even though it will get hard, don’t give up, don’t give in,  and don’t give out! Never lose faith because one day, that may be you in that car, at a red light, in your Bentley those kids see! And you’ll be their hero too!  Just don’t quit, you are closer to your blessing than you think!!

Hugs and Love

from The “Real” Mommie Teresa

Who is “They” and who cares about what “They” Say!!!

14 Thursday Nov 2013

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This topic came to me last night.  It really kills me when someone says, “Well THEY said”.  Who is “They”?  Well personally “they” make me sick!!  You know “they” are the reason for bringing you down, and lifting you up.  One thing in life we all do is make mistakes. Yes, we all make mistakes and no, you aren’t perfect.  I haven’t met a perfect person yet.  But when anyone makes a mistake, the first thing “they” say is. I knew it.. I told you.. That’s what I expected… Y’all know how they are..   The nay-sayers like to see you down and want you to stay down.  But you know how to shut them up? By taking their comments to make you better!  Instead of us lifting each other up.. we constantly put each other down.  I’m saying we, because as I said, I’m not perfect either.

When I thought about this topic, the 1st thing came to my mind is when I was criticized by the “they’s”.  I can remember when I went to the Army, “they” said I wouldn’t make it through Basic Training.. Laugh at you “they’s!”  Then I went to Cosmetology School, and “they” said I couldn’t be the 1st black working in an all-white salon in Eatonton GA.  Thanks to Bonita Long for giving me a job, when a lot of her white clients said, “they “wouldn’t come back because a “black girl” was working there.  And guess what? Those same “theys” ended up being MY clients!!! Laugh at you “they’s”.  I moved to Atlanta with my 3 children, and “they” said, she’ll be back!! She can’t make it in Atlanta with 3 kids on her own. Well after being in Atlanta for 20 years, AND running, yes I said “running” multi-million dollar corporations.. Laugh at you “they’s!” And a double laugh to know that not only did I live there and work there, I got a Bachelor and a Master Degree while working AND raising 3 children on my own!! Triple laugh at you “they’s!”  I could go on and on, but I’m sure you all get the point by now. “They” have really helped me, and not hurt me, because I had a point to prove to “they”!

So to the young people today, don’t let “they say” make or break you!  Yes, you made a mistake, yes you dropped out of school, yes you have a baby, yes you screwed up and had to backtrack, yes you may have been to jail, but guess what?  Those mistakes will make you do even better in life.  You had a baby? So now there’s the motivation you didn’t have to get you to the next level. You have created  life, who now depends on you, and no one can tell ME that you don’t change when you have children. All of a sudden, we have that Lioness instinct.  We have that new-found hunt and hustle that comes from within, with survival in mind.  You have a reason to be great! God didn’t put you in a position to fail!  And that’s what will make you better.  You will have setbacks and challenges, but don’t ever fret over those.  Just keep doing the best that you can!

People want to see you fail, and that’s what “they” will say! I’m sure so many of us, who have struggled and done pretty good in life have a lot of “they” stories.   But young people laugh at the “theys!” Every time you hear gossip about what “they” say.. you say to yourself, or out loud.. LAUGH AT THE “THEYS”.. because when you do the greatness that is within you, “they” won’t even congratulate you! Because that’s not what “they” thought you would do!

I hope someone needs this and it helps you.  I wish I had someone to tell me about the “theys” when I was younger.  But I had to learn it on my own.  I worried about what “they” said, and little did I know, that God used “they” as my weapon of Mass Destruction. Every time I got a “they said”, it was giving me more ammunition on life! After a few years, I had enough ammo to fight a war, and win! So let this be ammo to some of you all!  Store the “theys” in your mind, and wait until you have success.  Then go back and you don’t have to say a thing… just LAUGH AT THE “THEYS”! LOL, LOL, LOL..

Now have a wonderful day!!!

Love and Hugs, from the “Real” Mommie Teresa