Take A Timeout

To Men

There is so much going on around us that it is hard to get a moments peace. The job(if you still have one), wife (if you still have one), the kids( if they have not made you crazy enough to run away from home, along with the wife bugging you all day). I just want to tell you that it is time for you to take a timeout for yourself. To go somewhere alone to think, to pray, to meditate, to shout(cry/curse), and get your head together. Not for the family's sack, but for your own. You may have a family depending on you, but unless you get time to just to release that stress and tension it will kill you. You may not know this but stress can kill. It can lead to stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, and many other problems. We as men always think that we can handle anything. It may be true to a point but we always go above that limit. We get ourselves in trouble then by arguing with the wife, kicking the dog and yelling at the kids, when deep down inside , we know that it is not there fault. It is the stress of dealing with problems that have gotten out of hand. The mortgage is past due, the car is about to get repo'd, and all the bills are past due. You have nowhere to turn because everyone else is in the same boat. Right?
The thing I suggest is to tell your family that you love them and you are not truly mad or upset with them. That times are hard and they may be hard for awhile, but we will be o.k. As long as we do what we can do to stay together. What I'm saying is tell the family the truth about what is going on. If need be, work it out as a family by having a family meeting every month over dinner. Do what you can to find work even if you have to do handyman/ odd jobs to make ends meet.
If you are out of work, how about just starting with the things that you can handle first. Like doing those repairs around the house that cost little or nothing. Doing the repairs that you know how to do for your family, friends and neighbors to make a little pocket money. Think about starting your own business in relation to the repairs you have been doing for the people you know. They can network for you to people they know to get you work. If you know about computers or can tutor kids. You have talent, use what you know to help others. Even think about doing some volunteer work at your church, community center and/or hospital. You never know who you may meet that can lead to a job that pays.
If this is not for you, just get out of the house everyday, even if it is to take a walk around the block. Look up at the sky, not down at your feet, you already feel crappy. So, stop looking down at your problems and start looking up for a solution from on high.
There are many things that you can do to get your mind off your problems. I have come to understand that when you start helping others with their issues and problems, your situation doesn't seem so bad. We all are going to have to change the way we have been doing things because the old ways don't work anymore. This country will never be the same , but it can be better and greater than ever. It is time for all of us to start thinking and acting different. What I means is living on what you actually make, instead of on credit. Buy only what you need and save for what you want. Plant a garden in part of your back yard. Ride the bus and train to work, or even a bike.
I know that you can handle anything. You didn't get this far to quit! Use what God has given you! You have talent(s) that you have not even tapped into yet! We are MEN! Start being it! You can do anything! Just believe, don't try, DO! Take no excuses and don't give any! God will bless you and your household 🙏 pray with your family and for your community. Most of all pray for yourself. Your heart/spirit will lead your mind if you allow it. Combined you will obtain inner peace and prosperity. 

God Bless

It seems that people have forgotten that life is to be experienced, not viewed on TV, the Internet, or spending hours playing video games. You can't get anything out of life until you put something into it. I know because I am guilty of all the above. We are not living life because we prefer to live life via a game or the internet. Both have there place and time, but how many hours,or days have gone by without you seeing or speaking to another human being face-to-face? When was the last time you took a walk just to look at the stars or clouds rolling by? It's time.. yesterday is gone. You only have right know. Do something with that, so it will benefit you and someone else! Hug someone that you love! Take a trip to see some you have been thinking about and you would love to see. GO! Get out of that depressed state of mind! RUN! Jump! Play with your kids or little sister or brother. Do what you dreamed about. Don't let F.E.A.R(False Evidence Appearing Rear) run your life ,you are in control. Live for today and dream for tomorrow to be better. God gave you life to experience all that was created for you to see and do. It was for you that our Heavenly Father created all of this. Why waste what God has made? However, if I am wrong, may God forgive me and you keep on doing what you are doing........LOVE, PEACE, HEALTH, PROSPERITY AND GOD BLESS!!!

Lost: Families

I don't seem to understand why it is so hard for our families to come together or to forgive each other. I notice that we can more easily forgive a friend or stranger than a brother , sister, uncle, aunt or parent. What must we do to be able to forgive the ones we are suppose to love as family, over those that we know friend or neighbor? I mean, we more often will forgive and forget what was done by a friend than what your sister or brother did or said.

Love is suppose to be the glue that binds families together, but we let guilt, envy, jealousies, money, property and anger divide families for generations. The family sometimes never recovers the lose love, respect and joy that once was shared when growing up and living under one household. We have allowed the family to die due to the pride of the individual to have more weight than the love of family. We have allowed the outside influences to have more sway in our lives than love of family.

We need to find whatever will work to bring us together as a family, a community, a city , a nation and the entire world. What will stop the destruction of the family? God is waiting for all of us to realize that we are all one family. We live together, we die together. Let us start by praying as a family. Praying changes things. I've tested it. It brought my daughter off the streets and she is starting school in September. Thank God!