Single Mom Heart Lessons Part 1
As a single mom we deal with many single mom heart lessons.
Really everyone deals with heart issues, yet we have our kids watching how [Read more…]
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As a single mom we deal with many single mom heart lessons.
Really everyone deals with heart issues, yet we have our kids watching how [Read more…]
A very interesting experience to go through. See many people often talk about how as long as you have the “Faith of a Mustard Seed”.. and how you have to “have faith till you make it”.. and on and on. Yet lets [Read more…]
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They saying knowing is half the battle.. yet let’s really consider this “saying”
You know many things..
Yet is what [Read more…]
Ever wondered about the saying 3%? I actually did.
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I’m going to be honest..
I don’t have much to say today..
I just have something to share..
Watch the video below.. leave a comment.. and keep smiling!
Hope you enjoyed..
It completely changed my life..
Remember to leave a comment.
Click here when you are ready to discover what hope did for me..
~Shalonda Gordon
First I’m just going to be complete REAL with you and show you a picture that represents the outcome of the situation.
Yes.. this is a lovely picture of my mom, my daughters and myself before we head out to a fabulous dinner in Jamaica this past summer.
Now you probably are not really ready for how all this started.. and why I simply had to confess. But I’m going to throw it all at you anyways.
See being a single mom was never really the plan for me.. well not as far as my Mom and Dad were concerned. I was going to be a Physical chemist that worked for Nasa with several degrees. Maybe get married some day and then have kids.. Being a single mom was simply not in the mix. To say the least it didn’t quite work out that way. And between you and I.. I’m glad about it..
I went down a crazy path in order to get to that picture above.. one that involved lies, stealing, and murder!! Yes you read it right.. murder! Yeah.. as you read this all the way to the end.. you will discover who died in order to create such joy!
See mercy is that stuff you get when you are wrong.. wrong.. wrong.. just wrong all the time!
Mercy comes a long like a net and catches you so that you don’t bust your head when you fall. Look as a single mom we have plenty of others quick to point out our faults.. lets be honest about it.. and you may be in a season in your life where you focus more on blaming others for your current situation.. trust me I know the world we live in makes it really easy.. Let me just tell you a quick story.
I literally blamed my mom for everything wrong in my life prior to having my first daughter 13 years ago.
It was her fault that I didn’t get to go to the college I wanted.. It was her fault that I didn’t have a healthy love life.. It was her fault I didn’t have my dad around.. It was her fault that I didn’t love myself.. It was her fault.. It was her fault.. It was her fault..
Then it was a normal day in December when I became a mom. I looked at my daughter and at that moment.. I would love to tell you I had this revelation.. yet I didn’t.. Now it was my mother’s fault that I didn’t know how to be a good mom..
Oh yeah.. I went there..
I couldn’t see my own mistakes.. for NOTHING! (don’t judge my grammer.. just read)
This went on for quite awhile. Now I should let you know I’m an only child and my mother became a single mom when I was 9 years old, once my parents divorced. And my mother was there for me.. STRONG.. my entire life.. Truth be told she was the only person I could count on in the mist of anything in my life. She was also the main one that received the wrath of my anger, hurt, misunderstanding and inability to accept responsibility for my actions.
All of these were examples of living under mercy! And if I’m really honest with you.. I didn’t give a crap about it.
At least not at the beginning.. not until I looked at my daughter!
No.. I don’t think you understand.. I really looked at her.. I saw the future I wanted for her.. I saw the joy I wanted her to experience.. I felt the pain that I didn’t want her to experience.. I really saw her.. I loved her.. I loved her more then anything I’d ever loved before her.
I remember clear as day that moment when I felt my mercy turn to grace. It was that moment when I actually accepted responsibility. I told you earlier that murder was involved. Well, it was I murdered myself. That old Shalonda simply had to go.. That Shalonda that didn’t accept responsibility for anything.. that one that blamed everyone.. that one that couldn’t see the blessings that surrounded her every single day of her life. That one that would take credit for the good yet blame others for the bad.. That one that acted like somebody owed her something..
Oh.. yes.. that Shalonda DIED!! A bloody death.. and knowing what I know now.. I would kill her again to get here.
See moving in grace as a single mom is a precious thing.. the favor that comes with grace overtakes my children. It allows me to show them instead of telling them.
Don’t miss what I just said..
It allowed me to show them instead of tell them..
My mother and I are good.. we are real good.. did I have to apologize for a few things..
Ummmm Yes.. WAIT.. let me just tell it how it is.. I’m still apologizing.. lol.. smile
Recognize the difference between Mercy and Grace in your life. (As you read.. I’m sure you see the difference)
Below you will find 3 questions to ask yourself. If you answer yes to all of them.. then your assignment is to share your truth with another Single Mom. We must help each other.. because we understand what we go through.
The Questions:
If you answered NO to any of these questions.. then you may be operating in mercy. If the questions make you feel some kind of way.. you may be operating in mercy. And guess what that is OK.. we all start some place. There are days when I’m operating in mercy and I know it.
Leave a comment giving one example of when you’ve experienced mercy and one example of when you experienced grace!
What’s really the truth about endurance for success?
Have you ever really thought much about it??
Before I found out the truth about endurance for success.. whenever I heard the word endurance I would think of track!!
I mean track is a sport that takes lots of endurance.. yet we get into business for some reason we just act like endurance doesn’t matter.
Well.. it does.. smile
There will be those days when everything pretty much SUCKS!!
And the only way to make it through is with that mindset that leads with endurance for success.
I remember when I ran track back in high school.. truth be told I only ran track so that I could get a varsity letter as a freshman. I still remember how everyday we had to run a mile just to warm up. See it was kind of crazy that I actually even decided to run track.. as I actually hate running. Yet I wanted that varsity letter more then I hated to run.
There was still a catch.. see I actually had to run in too meets in order to varsity. I didn’t have to place.. I just had to run..
But let’s be honest.. with the entire school watching.. you kind of want to place.
I found that the 200 was my race. I ran the 200 open, and the 200 leg in the sprint medley. I was alright.. yet I found my gift was in Discus throwing.. took it all the way to championships.
Now after all that running I ended up getting my varsity letter my freshman year in track because I could throw a disc.. lol.. It’s cool. I accomplished my goal.
Listen to my Keep Smiling Podcast and hear another amazing story about endurance for success.
Keep in mind that it’s a call I do.. so the beginning will go through a playbook of how I make money doing this.. telling crazy stories about Endurance.. lol..
After you listen simply scroll down and follow the directions to start your journey to success today!
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Trust me I know the felling.
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How many times have you started something just to give up. You felt all alone, like no one really understood your pain? You looked up through your business to see if there was one hand you could grab. Yet then you realize it’s the end of the year and every one is focused on the holiday. Yeah, I know way to much about that experience. Yet I would find myself simply giving up on business until the beginning of the year and get caught up in the holidays myself. See times are different now! Instead of slowing down, we pick up the pace. The Dream Team Giveaway is all about giving you that extra push into the new year!
Look, I’m not here to convince you of anything you don’t already know. Look around your life.. if everything is exactly the way you want it.. then why are you still reading??? RIGHT!! See I know what it is like when things are quite the way you want them and resting simply is not an option. Which is why we created the Dream Team Giveaway. It gets everyone on track. See as a TEAM we realize that if we are all focused on taking our business to the next level that we are more apt to succeed. See there is no I in team. Let me put it this way… you know how at the JOB you have to request time off?? Well that is because everyone can not take off at the same time and the CEO still get to play his or her standing appointment on the 9th green of the golf course.. smile.
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I’m not sure who YOU are.. at least not yet.. smile. Yet as you are still reading.. it’s pretty obvious that you are ready to push into a new life. See many are not strong enough to step into their destiny by taking the step themselves, vs. being pushed into it. Which are you?
Just realize that if you snooze you lose!!
So let’s go!
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