James W. Inspirational Thoughts

If someone is expressing themselves to you, don't ignore them just because you do not believe in the things being said to you. Far to often we exercise an ignore mechanism, designed to tune out things we wish not to digest into our system we least desire. Now in saying that, lets get an understanding, don't (force) yourself into mentally accepting things your inner spirit rejects. But you shouldn't allow yourself to get to comfortable ignoring people that open themselves up to you for your listening ears to hear. Because if a person thought enough of you to open up to you, God thought enough of you to send them to you. (Think about it).

Have you ever thought about your life and the race against time? We live our lives each and everyday to the best of our ability, approaching each day with an agenda, often times prioritizing days in advance, monopolizing our lives to suit our needs. But the thing that goes unnoticed, is time, our worst enemy. You never really pay attention to it, until subtle warning signs start tapping you on the shoulder, like seeing people your own age you haven't seen in years, or seeing someone you failed to recognize due to age. It's at that point you have to look yourself in the mirror and wonder how do you appear to others? You've witnessed family, friends, and even pets, leave to live another life stress free. Have you ever thought about (your) race against time?

Raising children is one of the most difficult challenges life has to offer for any parent/parents, giving way to dysfunction, frustrations, stress etc. (ALL families have dysfunction). That being said, why do some people feel compelled to judge others that have family dysfunctions? Just because your dysfunction is not open to the public, doesn't give you the right to pass judgment on others. Truth be told, dysfunctional parenting should never be open to the public, under NO circumstances, its just not a good look. So for future reference, if you see someone with open dysfunction, pray for them, don't judge them.

Have you ever had a person tell you,"I'll trade my problems for yours"? Really? Do they even realize how ridiculous that sounds? It's absolutely preposterous that anyone would want to relief from ones own problems to inherit someone else's problems. Because for one, whether you know it or not, our problems are conducive to our personalities, almost as if its tailored to our strengths and weaknesses. In other words, God wouldn't dare put more on us than we can bear. It's like wishing you were someone other than yourself in order to run away from your problems. So in the future, be careful what you wish for, and understand that exchanging problems doesn't in no way, lesson the sting of what life has awaiting you.

Has it ever occurred to you, that sometimes your worst option is your best option? That's right, sometimes the wrong road, can be the most beneficial, even during life's darkest moments. How so? Because often times we seek convenience in generating our happiness, not realizing that life by no means is Picasso. It's never pretty, never easy, never convenient, never forgiving. You should never live your life using "regret" as a description of past mistakes, because without those mistakes, wisdom eludes you.

Upon looking in the mirror, privately, what do you see? Before answering, keep in mind this is the image YOU created for yourself. This is the exact same image you're displaying for the world to see. This is the image you've worked very hard to create, despite the many setbacks you've incurred in life.This is the image you've created nobody can take away from you, despite your indifferent behavior you so uniquely cover up. This is the image you have only yourself to blame. So the next time you look yourself in the mirror, privately, ask yourself, what do you see?