James W. Inspirational Thoughts

  Why do some people feel compelled to create false narratives to make a point? Why not simple make a point, and allow the point itself to stand on it's own merit? If your making a point, believing in what you say, allow your point to carry it's own weight. Life itself doesn't need your help, it speaks for itself. You must allow the Lord to validate you, trusting that he will speak for you as needed. No further confirmation is needed at that point. So stop trying to have the last word as if your word matters, because it doesn't.

  Many people celebrate birthdays, but in actuality, your birthday is the day you were born. After that date it becomes a distant memory you'll never remember because you were only a few seconds old at the time you entered this world, so what are you celebrating?

  It's one thing to desire love and affection, it's another thing to reject love and affection when it's offered to you. Love and affection is not something that grows on trees, so it's not plentiful or widespread. That is not to say you have to go running for it as it presents itself. However, if that is something that has eluded you most of your adult life, one would wonder why would you reject something you may or may not ever see again? Your not doing yourself any favors by being abrasive, it will only harden your heart over time and cement your place in life away from true companionship.

  Sometimes in life you can put your best foot forward without actually putting your best foot forward with someone you care about. You shouldn't have to go all out to prove yourself to a person, that's overkill. Because in doing so means you have to maintain that level of over extending in order to keep that person interest. If the warm affection and attention you give that person isn't enough, that's the very same reason marriage will always elude them. People like that will grow old living life running from the obvious.

  It's no secret that negativity draws the most attention, it's like a magnet, people are drawn to it and can't get enough of it. Positive things seem to draw less attention because it's boring, bland and it's nothing juicy that makes the mouth water. Are you that miserable about your own lives that you need negative energy to feel good about yourself? Negativity has no shelf life, just ask Adam after he bit the apple.

  Group conversations can be very educational, but not in a sense from the topic itself. It's the people engaged in the conversation that teaches you something you overlooked from all the years you knew that person. The less you talk the more you learn. You'll be shocked at what is revealed about a person by remaining silent, focusing only on the inner spirit that person generates.