Happy Labor Day!
Wow, I can't believe the summer is over already. Although, officially I have not been on vacation for the whole summer my mind and my body has been.
I have been trying really hard to get back to work with my writing and it seems like almost everyone has been asking about my next book. At first, I felt really pressured to get the next book out and I started writing the outline for the next one and doing some research on another. And as you all know, I have really been working hard to embrace speaking in public and learning everything I can about marketing my book....whew! With working a full-time job, trying to be a good wife and all the ministry work that God has been blessing me with, I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed. I started doubting what God was showing me. That's when I knew I had to slow down. I knew I had to re-focus and re-define what I considered success was to me.
Wow, I can't believe the summer is over already. Although, officially I have not been on vacation for the whole summer my mind and my body has been.
I have been trying really hard to get back to work with my writing and it seems like almost everyone has been asking about my next book. At first, I felt really pressured to get the next book out and I started writing the outline for the next one and doing some research on another. And as you all know, I have really been working hard to embrace speaking in public and learning everything I can about marketing my book....whew! With working a full-time job, trying to be a good wife and all the ministry work that God has been blessing me with, I was starting to feel a little overwhelmed. I started doubting what God was showing me. That's when I knew I had to slow down. I knew I had to re-focus and re-define what I considered success was to me.
One day, I was talking to God about it and trying to straighten up my workspace when God showed me something I wrote when I was in college. At the time, it helped me to put things in perspective and although I wasn't saved at the time, I could see God's hand in my life even then.
Success is...
Success is being alone with you and enjoying it.
Success is...
Success is being alone with you and enjoying it.
Success is not having all the answers and not trying to pretend you do.
Success is being proud of your accomplishments and being happy for the accomplishments of others.
Success is the art of knowing who you are and accepting yourself just as you are.
Success is being proud of your accomplishments and being happy for the accomplishments of others.
Success is the art of knowing who you are and accepting yourself just as you are.
Success is growing old gracefully and loving every minute of just being alive.
Success is being able to say no and not feel guilty.
Success is eating anything you want and not worrying about what you are going to look like afterwards.
And finally, success is learning to be present in this moment, at this time, with this life and being unafraid of what will be.
Success is eating anything you want and not worrying about what you are going to look like afterwards.
And finally, success is learning to be present in this moment, at this time, with this life and being unafraid of what will be.
I pray that each one of you will learn what success means to you and that you will seek God's will in everything you do, because when you listen for His voice, He will speak to your heart.
Be blessed!
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