James W. Inspirational Thoughts

 God created us all different, as we all have our own distinct uniqueness about ourselves. On that note, it's rare that you come across a person in life with good insight. So when you come across individuals like that, don't undermine them by minimizing their gifts, as if to say you are equal to that person, when in fact you aren't. It's called staying in your lane and giving a person respect, plain and simple. 

 Mental illness has (quietly) become a very serious epidemic across the world, and it's only getting worse. And please, do not attempt to connect mental illness with people of abnormal behavior. Most everyone has been linked with some form of a mental illness at some point in their lives. It effects everyone, from doctors, nurses, teachers, police officers, children, or just your everyday common person we see on a daily basis. Mental illness has morphed into an exclusive group of people, not visible to the naked eye. The only difference between you and the next person, is that some people illnesses are visible for everyone to see, whether that be someone committing crimes, or simply doing things uncommon that draws a lot of attention. But even then, it doesn't make you any better than them, it just means their illnesses are open for the world to see, nothing more. 

 You can only go so far in life without a safety net to cushion your fall without Jesus in your life. It's in your best interest, that you should at some point reach out to Jesus for help, and understand that it is HE that is your biggest safety net in life.

 In relationships, or even your interactions with people in general, is all about sacrifice. If your incapable of compromising for the betterment of good, you truly have some deep rooted issues within yourself. Sometimes you have to improvise in order to navigate through life with success. Life is like a maze, filled with twist and turns that will take you places you've never been. So rather than back track and go back to where you were in order to pacifier your comfort zone, be willing to take on the unknown and enjoy life during the process. 

 One of God's great specialties, is specializing in things that don't make sense. You know, those things that leave you wondering, thinking, why me? Those things. He continues to bless us over and over again, even when we feel we don't deserve it. Fortunately for us, it's not our decision to make, it's his. 

 If you believe in what you believe in, why would you allow someone to indoctrinate you into something that contradicts your beliefs? You are being studied more than you know, because you see, once a person finds a weakness, they will use that as an opportunity to slip through the cracks and disrupt that place of peace you coveted so much.

 It's amazing how we as people, take the smallest things for granted in life. For example, if you have something in place that's already working for you, why change/remove it? Is it because you feel it's something better that awaits you? What if your long wait doesn't come into fruition, then what? Because once you remove what you already have in place, more times than not, cannot be restablished, which means your left with nothing. Is it worth the risk? Lesson learned, enjoy what you already have in place, God gave it to you. If it wasn't meant to be, he wouldn't have placed it on your doorstep to enjoy it.

 It's not everyday you come across someone that genuinely cares about you. However, the moment you become insensitive to the feelings of others, that will be the moment life will become challenging for you. Rejecting, ignoring, dismissing, and exhibiting abrasive behavior towards a person that genuinely cares about you, is plain arrogant, and that's not cute. Remember this, if God placed an individual in your life, he strategically did it for a reason, it wasn't an accident.