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  • A Prayer for 2020

    A Prayer for 2020

    Dear God, 

    It has taken me months to write this prayer to you, for fear that it wouldn’t be articulate enough. It wouldn’t be powerful enough. Or it wouldn’t be perfect enough to honor you the way I want it to. I give you this fear, the anxiety, the self doubt because in you, I am enough. You know my heart. There is no perfect prayer. However, there is a perfect God. So I come to you, as humbly as I know how. I thank you for another year I have been blessed to see. I do not take this for granted.

    2019 was full of lessons in love, joy, and abundance. I dared to believe in you, when I turned my back on you. Thinking I could do it on my own. I admitted that I could not do life on my own. A huge revelation in a time where claiming to be a believer in God can be a hard thing to admit. You invited me to lean on you, to trust you, and find my freedom in you. Because you are a reliable source of all I need. You revealed yourself in others, extending your grace and kindness, even when I didn’t deserve it. For this, I thank you.

    In 2020, I surrender to you. Fully. Entirely. I’m not sure I even know all of what that may entail. I surrender to the vision you have for my life. Put me in position. I don’t want to be restricted based on what I think I should be doing. I take the limits off who you are. I expect miracles.

    May it be a year of unspeakable and undeniable joy through my surrender to your will for my life. I trust you. I have hopes, dreams, and prayers for my future, but I am no longer attached to the outcome. I only intend to trust that you have the power to multiply, expand, and do far exceeding any box I have fenced or boxed you or my dreams into. I take these limits off.

    This surrender does not absolve any responsibility from taking inspired action for myself. I wake up every day with intention. I wake up every day with purpose. Inspired by your love and light. May I be a light in the world. One who brings warmth, joy, and passion to all who I encounter. I pray that when people see and meet me, they see you. May I be a reflection of your love for me. I invite an overwhelming amount of love into my life. This love permeates through me. Have your way in my relationships, in my business, and in my healing. I give it all to you because you are in control.

    It’s the middle of February, but it’s never too late to pray over your year, your life. And here is that prayer. May it cover the year, allow me to truly trust you to move supernaturally. My name is Miracle after all. Thank you for your continued unconditional love, grace and mercy. It’s a blessing to experience you and know you for myself.

    I thank you, and praise you in advance. There is nothing you cannot do.

    Miracle

  • Permission to Feel & Be

    Permission to Feel & Be

    If I did not begin this post by sharing honestly that these last two months I have spent in a fog, I am not as real as I claim to be. A sort of auto-pilot that I can barely describe. I made a continued effort to show up, even through the mental haze I am experiencing. I attended graduations, went on a vacation to Jamaica, went on a wellness retreat, went to baby showers, visited with friends and family. I still didn’t feel much like myself. It takes a lot for me to admit that. It’s not one event or thing causing these feelings. At least I can’t pinpoint it if there is. Yet, this is different then I have handled similar feelings in the past. I chose not to isolate myself.

    As I take a step out of the cloud, I look back with a sense of gratitude and peace. Grateful I can look back and say “I may not be out entirely, and still I fight to see beauty anyway.” I have peace knowing there is strength in feeling what we feel. The understanding to know that it takes courage to dust yourself off and move forward with a smile on your face. I celebrate the lessons gained in the darkness. I would like to share them with you.

    Just because you take a break, does not mean you are broken. 

    The hustle is real. Yet, productivity does not determine your worth. Breaks in activity can help restore your passion and fine-tune your purpose. Take the break. But…keep going!

    Rejection is the universe’s way of protecting you, sometimes from yourself. 

    I have dreams and ambitions that far exceed the moments I allow myself to shrink and play small. The universe is requiring you to level-up. Step into your calling. Get in alignment. There is something out there that has your name on it. Stop changing your vision to fit into your current reality. Change your current reality to reflect your vision.

    See God and the good in others. 

    I received blessings from others. I shared my thoughts and feelings with God and others. It takes a lot for me to do this. When I say I am the definition of I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T, I am. They listened and allowed me to just BE and FEEL what I felt. Choosing to listen to the wisdom of others around me, I continued going to community events and celebrations. I could not have done it without them.

    Thank you for taking the time to read my brief lessons from this time. A majority of my time is spent speaking love and light into the lives of others, especially the students I get to work with. I find great joy in doing this. Inspiring them to know they can do anything. They are enough. They are worthy. WE ALL ARE. This positivity and power I speak into my life. Even when you don’t believe it, I do, for you! I hope you receive this today. Give yourself permission to be! Just how you are, with hope tomorrow is a better and brighter day!

  • May I Heal? : May Affirmations & Intentions

    May I Heal? : May Affirmations & Intentions

    The month of May has been a difficult month for me for as long as I can remember. Tracing back to 2011, 8 years ago, when my mom passed away in May, I have always associated May with gloom and doom. Not just that, but I work in higher education. That time of the year happens to be one of the busiest, as college students tend to be struggling the most as the school year ends. Oh yeah, and Mother’s Day is in May. Then last year, one of my aunts, with whom I was extremely close to passed away. Her birthday also happens to be in May.

    Needless to say, I tend to go into May with a ton of optimism, only to be met with overwhelming sadness, dread, and anxiety OR I go into the month trying to distract and numb by overworking and overindulging in my spending habits, mostly in expectation and anticipation of feeling every/any emotion possible. This May, I have felt myself feeling all kinds of emotions. In response, I am doing a combination of these named behaviors.

    As I do with all months, I began setting goals and intentions for May. I have decided to share some of my intentions, as I hope to navigate with healing energy and peace in the form of a letter.

    Dear May,

    I let go of hesitance and lethargy as I move into this month. I acknowledge the necessary healing you force me to confront head-on. Mostly, because I know it is important to feel what I feel – be it anger, sadness, fear, numbness, grief, or any pain.

    I accept support from my loved ones. I am self-compassionate. I am gentle with myself and others.

    You hold celebrations of motherhood and womanhood. May you remind me I come from a lineage of powerful Black queens, who moved mountains and achieved great feats. I am surrounded by many other amazing women who deserve celebration, also. I shower them with gratitude for the nurturing they do to so many. Often times, myself included.

    I am the torch bearer of a legacy set before me. A foundation has been laid. I must build.

    The rain of April, I hope is in the past. Your nods to summer nights, flowers in bloom, and warm ocean breezes make me wait in anticipation of abundant blessings preparing to enter this month. This year has been a consistent strategy to experience my life intentionally. The life I seek to build is in my grasp. It comes to me with ease. Your beauty allows me to enjoy all it holds.

    I am real with myself. I express myself creatively. I channel my emotions in healthy ways.

    My mom wanted me to live a full and happy life, spent loving on God’s people and especially my loved ones. She wanted me to spend joy and BE a miracle. Not just be Miracle. (Though, I plan to do BOTH!) Fear and doubt do not live in May. Only adventure and courageous actions inspired by purpose.

    Thank you for your warmth, in advance. I am a child of the sun and positivity pours from me. While I expect feelings of grief to complicate my efforts to exude my best possible self, I experience joy, productivity, love, adventure, creativity, and above all else…healing.

    With Love,

    Miracle

  • Note to Self

    Note to Self

    NOTE TO SELF: April 21, 2019: A set of 7 reminders as learned from the previous week, offering some inspiration as I head into a new week. 

    Your anger and frustrations are valid AND Forgiveness is an act of self-love. Feel it, and move forward.

    There is no one who can take your joy, power, confidence or love from you.

    Sometimes DONE is better than PERFECT. Trying to be perfect is an excuse to procrastinate. Do it!

    Trust yourself! You are intuitive and wise. You know the way!                         

    Be careful what you say about and to yourself, you are listening.

    There is a difference between struggling and figuring things out. Extend yourself some grace!

    2019 is about freedom. You are worthy of the freedom you seek.

    ♥

    Best wishes for having an amazing week! You deserve it!

     

  • Miracle Morning

    Miracle Morning

    This year started with me wanting to create discipline around many of the goals I wanted to accomplish. When I looked back on 2019, I didn’t want to regret not putting systems and energy around those goals. We have to set ourselves up for success. My holistic wellness is my number one goal in 2019. So, I decided to attack my goals head on and set an intention for my days, I would wake up at 5am. When I told my friends I wanted to begin waking up at 5am, they looked at me like I had three heads. Understandably so. I will swear that my morning routine is the reason I am more productive and have more energy. I have decided to share what that routine looks like.

    My routine is broken up by a few important elements: affirmations/review, silent reflection, physical movement, intellectual stimulation, mindful eat/drinking. I find this to give me maximum productivity to my day. There is no certain order I have noticed works more than others. I decided to use the order that helped me get out of the bed the slowest. That may not work for other people. When you see the order I have chosen, you’ll see what I mean.

    Miracle’s Miracle Morning!

    5:00am – 6:00am – Intellectual Stimulation

    I read at least 20 pages from the books I am reading that month. This typically looks like 10 pages in one book, and 10 in the other. If I read faster, I may head to my next phase of the morning. Other times, I will read until my alarm goes off at 6:00am. Depends on how I’m feeling.

    6:00am – 6:30am – Affirmations/Review

    I think about what lies ahead for me in the day. Do I have meetings that will require me to show up differently than I normally do? Do I anticipate certain challenges or characters? Are there events I’m excited about? What are my goals for the day, as I try to look ahead and see how I need to show up? I name my Top 3 Personal Goals for the day. As I visualize this day, I express gratitude for the opportunity to live a new day. I ask for what I need for it to be the day I need it to be. I remind myself that I am able to handle whatever the day brings my way. I reaffirm who I am, my strengths, and who depends on me showing up as my best self. Seems easy enough.

    6:30am – 6:40am – Silent Reflection

    This portion is a combination of silent prayer and meditation. As someone who has no real idea of how to meditate. I typically start with 10 deep breaths, trying not to think of anything, focusing solely on the breaths I am taking, with my eyes clothes, as I sit cross-legged on my bed. I pray for energy, peace, clarity, productivity, much of what I journaled about, but sometimes I pray for other people who I am worried about or people/places/things I am thankful for.

    6:40am – 7:00am – Physical Activity & Mindful Eat/Drink

    After turning 30, I have found that I have to take much more time to stretch before doing any physical activity. I stretch my legs mostly, but try to be thorough. After feeling warmed up, I take a run around the block in my neighborhood. It’s not a marathon, but it gets my heart rate up. Once I get back, I stretch quickly while I drink a glass of water, before heading to the shower.

    7:00am – 7:30pm – Shower/Dress

    In the shower, I either listen to music or a podcast. This podcast tends to be something short, but mostly around personal development. I would listen to audiobooks, but I love physical books. I don’t ever see myself switching over to audiobooks. I won’t knock other people’s preference. So, that’s that.

    7:30am – 8:00am – Travel to Work

    During this time, I try not to force myself to complete any task. I merely decide to walk to work. Sometimes I listen to gospel music or listen to a podcast episode, I might keep reading. Other times, I may just take deep breaths and take in the interesting Berkeley views. There is much to experience.

    May this be helpful as we are all trying to be our best self and live our best lives. I know I am trying to develop better habits to help me be a better more mindful person! 

    Do you have a morning routine you love? I’d love to hear!