Phew! We made it through the haunted house season! Did you take my advice and go through your house? Did you find the courage to access those dark spaces and rid yourSELF of skeletons and ghosts that have been lurking around? Well good... and if not there’s no time like the present. If you’re like me, you’ve looked up and have realized the year is on a sharp decline. Before you know it, it’ll be 2023. Let’s not carry that ole S&^t into the new year! Promise me... 

I have to admit going into those dark spaces that have been log locked... and dealing with dead things have taken some work, riiiight? Even though some of us are stillll dealing with things and life may not be all that you hoped it would be by this late date... things could always, hear me, always be worse. So there are things you can be, should be... MUST BE thankful for. That’s right we’re heading into the  
Thanksgiving Season. And even if you don’t celebrate... what should be called “Indigenous People’s Day” - ya shouldn’t wait to one day of the year to BE THANKFUL! Since tomorrow is not promised to any of us, every day you’re above dirt should be a thankful one... just saying. But... for the next 30 days, I want to walk with you on a short journey of “being grateful.” And I’m gonna need you to dig deep... Let’s not be thankful for being pretty, in shape, having better hair, car, or clothes than others, or having a cute boyfriend or girlfriend... that’s so … so... shallow. Let's think on... be THINKFUL about things in our world and push to be seriously thankful. And I want you to be verbal... be intentional about speaking it out. I want you to be UNAPOLOGETICALLY great... So, I want to start by saying: I am grateful for POWER. I have the power to bring what was dead back to life, speak those things which are not into existence, to give freedom-keys to those on lock-down, to create beauty from ashes, to bring light into darkness, and to change bad to good ... POWER! It’s a power, everyone could have except for fear... 

Marianne Williamson said this in her book Return to Love (HarperPerreniel, 1992 )  

“Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us we ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant gorgeous, talented, fabulous. Actually, who are you NOT to be? you are a child of God. You're playing small doesn't serve the world.” 

My superpower, and yours, is to be who God has created you to be (your highest, best SELF.) You may not be all that you want to be YET, but honey, if you’ve been walking with me... You've grown. Be thankful that you are no longer the person you used to be... you know, back in the day when ya did something stupid that should’ve taken you out! Look you are still here, be thankful! If you are still in a dark place... PLUG-IN and turn the light on!  

Are you in a place your decisions have brought you, got an addiction, feeling stuck like Chuck, experiencing downtimes or bad luck, were things going good, and then boom... whatever it is (remember: things could always be worse) just PLUG-IN, and get the POWER TO CHANGE – and then bust a move.  

Imma be really honest, things are bad for a lot of people and continue to be so because their “talk is raggedy.” And I’m not just talking about what’s coming out of their mouth. Life and death are literally in the POWER of the tongue (there’s that word POWER again.) What about your SELF-TALK? We do more internal talk than we do speaking out loud. Start paying attention to what’s going on in your head. Wanna change your world... change your talk. Wanna change your talk, change your thoughts.  

How to change your world 

You change your world by renewing your mind. How do you renew your mind? This might sound a little cheesy... but I promise you it works... #1) Read the Bible. There is a reason this book has survived for over 2000 years, it’s supernatural. Start with Proverbs, there are 31, read 1 for each day. And every month something different will pop out at you. And #2 (and this works best when you’re worrying) “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” (Bible) And it will bring light into your world.  

Seems simple, I know... but it’s not. Try this for the next 30 days and watch it not only affect your mind and heart, it’ll change your world too.  

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