I've heard that experience is the best teacher. If that is the case, then all of my years of experience should be able to account for and provide me with the BRIGHTEST "Spotlight to My Insight" giving me untapped visibility, unheard of perspective and a plethora of things to talk about as well as be a living example for.
By holding fast in my belief that I'm barely scratching the surface with specific regards to my hearts desires in the form of accomplishments, my appetite remains in starvation mode and the Love within my heart is as real as the same heart that pumps the blood throughout my body, giving me life with every breath that I take.
My insight is not fed through a feeding tube, but a banquet of information that rests at my fingertips awaiting the temptation of my curiosity to sit down and feast upon its wealth of knowledge.
That DIM light that used to represent my SPOTLIGHT, that unfortunately provided me no sight, inadvertently gave me the insight, to ALL that I needed to SEE.
For had it not been for the darkness, I would not know how to be a staunch supporter and appreciate the light that now surrounds me, constantly.
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
"Happiness Within the Happiness"
That glow that surrounds US is undeniable and it translates to others as sheer "Happiness." Since misery loves company, our "Happiness" has to be our second line of defense, to secure it without delay and to readily preserve the "Happiness WITHIN the Happiness" to make sure that it remains unchanged in our hearts, in our minds and in our daily actions of both the verbal and physical nature.
Some do not think that they can afford "Happiness" because it remains on their "list," failing to realize that this is not a purchaseable/"to do" item. "Happy" is what you BECOME! "Happiness" is what you OBTAIN through your sheer determination to become "Happy!"
Our first line of defense is our mutual LOVE for our Redeemer. Growth has facilitated the process, but being Yoked gave birth to the inevitable.
That undeniable glow will be tested before it stops mediocrity at the door, dead in its tracks, sending it on its way to someone/something else that was not prepared for its shameless attacks, unlike US.
That "Happiness Within the Happiness" keeps a SMILE upon my face, a MARCH in my step, a NAME to a face, a CLEANSE to my soul, extra SWAG in my swagger, more MEANING to my purpose, some FUNDS to my Spiritual account, a FOUNDATION for Love to stand upon, some SPOTLIGHT to my insight, my WORDS to my Prayers and a FATHER, within the daddy in me!
"Happiness Within the Happiness" is all purpose with a meaning that is here to serve as a constant, perpetual reminder that although nothing is guaranteed, our efforts to lift ourselves up higher should be fueled by our search to find that "Happiness Within the Happiness" and to finally BE and BECOME "Happy."
So here's to "Happiness" and all of our efforts before, during and after. That destinationless journey, forever travelling down that road with Smiles upon our faces, the wind to our backs, all the while being covered by HIS Grace and Mercy, the latter of which is enough to sustain "Happiness" all by itself.
HE is my "Happiness" and HE gave me YOU, that "Happiness Within the Happiness."
GOD is Good and all the reason enough for your "Happiness Within the Happiness."
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Some do not think that they can afford "Happiness" because it remains on their "list," failing to realize that this is not a purchaseable/"to do" item. "Happy" is what you BECOME! "Happiness" is what you OBTAIN through your sheer determination to become "Happy!"
Our first line of defense is our mutual LOVE for our Redeemer. Growth has facilitated the process, but being Yoked gave birth to the inevitable.
That undeniable glow will be tested before it stops mediocrity at the door, dead in its tracks, sending it on its way to someone/something else that was not prepared for its shameless attacks, unlike US.
That "Happiness Within the Happiness" keeps a SMILE upon my face, a MARCH in my step, a NAME to a face, a CLEANSE to my soul, extra SWAG in my swagger, more MEANING to my purpose, some FUNDS to my Spiritual account, a FOUNDATION for Love to stand upon, some SPOTLIGHT to my insight, my WORDS to my Prayers and a FATHER, within the daddy in me!
"Happiness Within the Happiness" is all purpose with a meaning that is here to serve as a constant, perpetual reminder that although nothing is guaranteed, our efforts to lift ourselves up higher should be fueled by our search to find that "Happiness Within the Happiness" and to finally BE and BECOME "Happy."
So here's to "Happiness" and all of our efforts before, during and after. That destinationless journey, forever travelling down that road with Smiles upon our faces, the wind to our backs, all the while being covered by HIS Grace and Mercy, the latter of which is enough to sustain "Happiness" all by itself.
HE is my "Happiness" and HE gave me YOU, that "Happiness Within the Happiness."
GOD is Good and all the reason enough for your "Happiness Within the Happiness."
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Monday, August 25, 2008
"Legs to Those Words"
In order to emphatically stress the importance and relevance to the words that fall off of your lips, eventually you will have to put "Legs to Those Words" and illustrate to them the "one foot in front of the other" method. In other words, don't TALK about it, BE about it!
The words of some have the same meaningless value as that lottery ticket that did not hit, yet you still hold on to it as though they got the drawing wrong and will redo it for YOUR sole benefit!
Well, the sole benefit of others is in desperate need of YOU putting some "Legs to Those Words" and walk a marathon in Nike's new shoes called "The Truth!"
By the time people find out what is being done, they just as quickly realize that it has ALREADY been done! I waste no time in "Making it Happen;" my life depends on it!
My Mother once told me that "nothing comes to a sleeper but dreams." I'm wide awake Momma and in lieu of any sleep, I'm taking my words for a walk around the block until I'm tired of accomplishing my goals, until I'm tired of succeeding, until I cannot achieve anymore and until I'm reunited with YOU, my sweetest Mother!
I don't tell my kids we're going someplace or doing something in particular. They look up and we're already THERE or about to get our fun on. If you have nothing else in this world, you have your word, which by your actions alone carry a boatload of worth that will allow you to demonstrate for everyone that subscribes to your word that your word is worth the sticker price of its subscription.
If HE can do it and the foundation of HIS Words can be stood UPON, I can at least stand BY the words that continuously fall off of my lips. You can hold HIM to HIS word because the only thing that HE cannot do is fail. With that said, I promise to always put "Legs to Those Words," have legs ON my words and am readily prepared to walk every syllable that composes every word, that composes every sentence, that falls off of my lips.
Written in cement, not etched in sand, it's time to exercise my words today!
Be Blessed Forevermore.
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
The words of some have the same meaningless value as that lottery ticket that did not hit, yet you still hold on to it as though they got the drawing wrong and will redo it for YOUR sole benefit!
Well, the sole benefit of others is in desperate need of YOU putting some "Legs to Those Words" and walk a marathon in Nike's new shoes called "The Truth!"
By the time people find out what is being done, they just as quickly realize that it has ALREADY been done! I waste no time in "Making it Happen;" my life depends on it!
My Mother once told me that "nothing comes to a sleeper but dreams." I'm wide awake Momma and in lieu of any sleep, I'm taking my words for a walk around the block until I'm tired of accomplishing my goals, until I'm tired of succeeding, until I cannot achieve anymore and until I'm reunited with YOU, my sweetest Mother!
I don't tell my kids we're going someplace or doing something in particular. They look up and we're already THERE or about to get our fun on. If you have nothing else in this world, you have your word, which by your actions alone carry a boatload of worth that will allow you to demonstrate for everyone that subscribes to your word that your word is worth the sticker price of its subscription.
If HE can do it and the foundation of HIS Words can be stood UPON, I can at least stand BY the words that continuously fall off of my lips. You can hold HIM to HIS word because the only thing that HE cannot do is fail. With that said, I promise to always put "Legs to Those Words," have legs ON my words and am readily prepared to walk every syllable that composes every word, that composes every sentence, that falls off of my lips.
Written in cement, not etched in sand, it's time to exercise my words today!
Be Blessed Forevermore.
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Friday, August 22, 2008
"Precision Narrows Your Focus"
Have you ever known PRECISELY what you were supposed to do and WHEN you were supposed to do it with ZERO ambiguity?
Precision is a beautiful thing, for it allows you to narrow your focus and concentrate all of your energy and efforts on PRECISELY what it is that you are supposed to be doing and exactly WHEN you are supposed to be doing it.
"Precision Narrows Your Focus" and forbids distractions from entering into and diluting your thought process with things that are strictly of the trivial nature, whose sole purpose is to deter you from accomplishing your goals.
"Precision Narrows Your Focus" and grants you the operating space that is both needed and required in order for you to be as precise as precision guarantees, provided that you are focused and your objective is clearly outlined as well as stated.
"Precision Narrows Your Focus" and gives you the utmost clarity, even in microscopic granularity, with nothing left to do, but the task that has your name scribed on it.
To know PRECISELY what needs to be done and the liberty in which to do it eliminates any excuses as to why it cannot or should not be done by the scribed name.
So, do you know PRECISELY what YOU are supposed to be doing? If so, Blessed you are to have that knowledge and Blessed will someone else be when you share it with them. You are now in the position to illustrate to them EXACTLY how "Precision Narrows Your Focus."
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Precision is a beautiful thing, for it allows you to narrow your focus and concentrate all of your energy and efforts on PRECISELY what it is that you are supposed to be doing and exactly WHEN you are supposed to be doing it.
"Precision Narrows Your Focus" and forbids distractions from entering into and diluting your thought process with things that are strictly of the trivial nature, whose sole purpose is to deter you from accomplishing your goals.
"Precision Narrows Your Focus" and grants you the operating space that is both needed and required in order for you to be as precise as precision guarantees, provided that you are focused and your objective is clearly outlined as well as stated.
"Precision Narrows Your Focus" and gives you the utmost clarity, even in microscopic granularity, with nothing left to do, but the task that has your name scribed on it.
To know PRECISELY what needs to be done and the liberty in which to do it eliminates any excuses as to why it cannot or should not be done by the scribed name.
So, do you know PRECISELY what YOU are supposed to be doing? If so, Blessed you are to have that knowledge and Blessed will someone else be when you share it with them. You are now in the position to illustrate to them EXACTLY how "Precision Narrows Your Focus."
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
"The Pleasure Is Mine"
Whether you LIKE it or not, REALIZE it or not or even BELIEVE it or not, people always have and will continue to talk and from time to time or just sometimes, it WILL indeed be about YOU.
This simple fact used to "irritate me to no end," knowing that people are somewhere talking to someone, with YOUR name in THEIR mouth. I used to ponder the "who, what, where and why" until one day I realized that no matter what I did or said, NOTHING was going to EVER change what people said or spoke about during the course of their conversation, even if it WAS about me.
So, I did a complete "about-face" when dealing with what "used to irritate me to no end." Since people are going to talk about you ANYWAY, I chose to give them something "GOOD" to talk about! No not the gossip and rumors that fuels their conversations, thus drawing a correlation from what they think or heard, connecting it to your name, but the "GOOD" deeds that can be directly attributed to Corey's name.
"The Pleasure Is Mine." Feel free to talk about me because what I do represents who I am and I will not give your conversation "Tabloid Topics" but instead insist upon moderating the conversation that I am not even a part of, let alone present during, yet still and all the while controlling what is being said about me.
My deeds and works will continuously outshine any innuendo perceived or otherwise that would dare speak to the contrary of the positivity that permeates the being commonly referred to as Corey.
"The Pleasure Is Mine." When you speak about me, represent me WELL because the truth is the only belief system that is reflective of everything that I am now.
"The Pleasure Is Mine." Should you so desire the naysayers to NOT utter a single word about you, then do something "GOOD."
"The Pleasure Is Mine." Should the naysayers so desire to utter a single word about you, it shall ONLY be "GOOD."
ALWAYS, GOD is "GOOD," hence "The Pleasure Is Mine."
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
This simple fact used to "irritate me to no end," knowing that people are somewhere talking to someone, with YOUR name in THEIR mouth. I used to ponder the "who, what, where and why" until one day I realized that no matter what I did or said, NOTHING was going to EVER change what people said or spoke about during the course of their conversation, even if it WAS about me.
So, I did a complete "about-face" when dealing with what "used to irritate me to no end." Since people are going to talk about you ANYWAY, I chose to give them something "GOOD" to talk about! No not the gossip and rumors that fuels their conversations, thus drawing a correlation from what they think or heard, connecting it to your name, but the "GOOD" deeds that can be directly attributed to Corey's name.
"The Pleasure Is Mine." Feel free to talk about me because what I do represents who I am and I will not give your conversation "Tabloid Topics" but instead insist upon moderating the conversation that I am not even a part of, let alone present during, yet still and all the while controlling what is being said about me.
My deeds and works will continuously outshine any innuendo perceived or otherwise that would dare speak to the contrary of the positivity that permeates the being commonly referred to as Corey.
"The Pleasure Is Mine." When you speak about me, represent me WELL because the truth is the only belief system that is reflective of everything that I am now.
"The Pleasure Is Mine." Should you so desire the naysayers to NOT utter a single word about you, then do something "GOOD."
"The Pleasure Is Mine." Should the naysayers so desire to utter a single word about you, it shall ONLY be "GOOD."
ALWAYS, GOD is "GOOD," hence "The Pleasure Is Mine."
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
"Hungry"
My Mother used to insist upon me that a "closed mouth doesn't get fed." How could you possibly garner enough nutritional value should you steadily and through stubbornness, persist in keeping your mouth closed? Your appetite is irrelevant and your actions are negligent to no one but yourself should you continue down the same path, the one that reaps ZERO rewards due to your refusal to OPEN YOUR MOUTH and allow yourself to be fed!
Perhaps your "Hunger" pains are not painful enough?
Perhaps you like the sound of your stomach growling at its owner, yearning for some attention?
Perhaps you don't realize that being "Famished" is not the latest catchphrase?
Love, Happiness, Success, Life, Family & Friends ALL work in the same manner.
My "Hunger" for Love is Insatiable!
My "Hunger" for Happiness is Incomparable!
My "Hunger" for Success is Unimaginable!
My "Hunger" for Life is Unquestionable!
My "Hunger" for Family is Infallible!
My "Hunger" for Friends is Fulfilled!
Sometimes in order to develop an appetite for something, you have to truly "Hunger" for it! If you eat and you're not really "Hungry," your appreciation is limited as opposed to being "HUNGRY" and savoring every morsel of what was just consumed.
"Hunger" is a necessity in order to change your Life considerably.
What is it that you truly "Hunger" for? More importantly, what are you planning on doing about it?
Personally, I "Hunger" for COMPLETENESS while simultaneously refusing to settle and ultimately succumbing to defeat. Therefore, I'm "Hungry" ALL of the time.
Allow yourself to "Hunger" for what your heart sincerely desires and then satisfy your appetite, TODAY!
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Perhaps your "Hunger" pains are not painful enough?
Perhaps you like the sound of your stomach growling at its owner, yearning for some attention?
Perhaps you don't realize that being "Famished" is not the latest catchphrase?
Love, Happiness, Success, Life, Family & Friends ALL work in the same manner.
My "Hunger" for Love is Insatiable!
My "Hunger" for Happiness is Incomparable!
My "Hunger" for Success is Unimaginable!
My "Hunger" for Life is Unquestionable!
My "Hunger" for Family is Infallible!
My "Hunger" for Friends is Fulfilled!
Sometimes in order to develop an appetite for something, you have to truly "Hunger" for it! If you eat and you're not really "Hungry," your appreciation is limited as opposed to being "HUNGRY" and savoring every morsel of what was just consumed.
"Hunger" is a necessity in order to change your Life considerably.
What is it that you truly "Hunger" for? More importantly, what are you planning on doing about it?
Personally, I "Hunger" for COMPLETENESS while simultaneously refusing to settle and ultimately succumbing to defeat. Therefore, I'm "Hungry" ALL of the time.
Allow yourself to "Hunger" for what your heart sincerely desires and then satisfy your appetite, TODAY!
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Monday, August 18, 2008
"The Reality Of My Dreams"
"The Reality Of My Dreams" makes it seems as if the Dream is not just a prelude to the Reality that will undoubtedly unfold, but the Reality that IS right now, that is only reflecting upon the Dream in order to make sure that it gets my Reality right, albeit the second time around.
"The Reality Of My Dreams" is that they have been afforded to me and are mine, thus allowing me to one day realize them into existence, forever altering their status from Dream to Reality.
The Reality of Dreams is their stagnant status should you ONLY Dream about them becoming your Reality, unless of course you should do something substantial to alter the outcome, perhaps forever changing the course of your life.
The difference between Reality and Dreams is one six letter, two syllable word.....ACTION!
Your ACTION determines your Reality and your inability or unwillingness to ACT will only allow you to Dream about what COULD'VE been your Reality had the motivation of ACTION been present, before, during and AFTER your Dreams!
"The Reality Of My Dreams" forbids me to foolishly ponder the possibilities as opposed to prudently acting upon them.
"The Reality Of My Dreams" have predetermined their role in my life and patiently await my ACTION to claim my 100% stake in the Blessings that are mine and mine alone.
"The Reality Of My Dreams" shows me the beautiful infinite wisdom that comes not by CHANCE, but by EXPERIENCE, hence the importance of the "second time around."
HE is the Reality of My Dreams! And I KNOW that I got "IT" right this time around!
WHAT is "The Reality Of YOUR Dreams?"
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
"The Reality Of My Dreams" is that they have been afforded to me and are mine, thus allowing me to one day realize them into existence, forever altering their status from Dream to Reality.
The Reality of Dreams is their stagnant status should you ONLY Dream about them becoming your Reality, unless of course you should do something substantial to alter the outcome, perhaps forever changing the course of your life.
The difference between Reality and Dreams is one six letter, two syllable word.....ACTION!
Your ACTION determines your Reality and your inability or unwillingness to ACT will only allow you to Dream about what COULD'VE been your Reality had the motivation of ACTION been present, before, during and AFTER your Dreams!
"The Reality Of My Dreams" forbids me to foolishly ponder the possibilities as opposed to prudently acting upon them.
"The Reality Of My Dreams" have predetermined their role in my life and patiently await my ACTION to claim my 100% stake in the Blessings that are mine and mine alone.
"The Reality Of My Dreams" shows me the beautiful infinite wisdom that comes not by CHANCE, but by EXPERIENCE, hence the importance of the "second time around."
HE is the Reality of My Dreams! And I KNOW that I got "IT" right this time around!
WHAT is "The Reality Of YOUR Dreams?"
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
"Application, Not Memorization"
When I was younger I used to be impressed with the fact that someone could commit vast amounts of "Things" to memory and at any point in time could quote them with extreme randomness and what appeared to be expert proficiency. That was in my youth......
......As a mature adult, I find myself no longer easily impressed with those random acts and only give a second glance should that randomness be surrounded by "acts of kindness" that seek nothing in return.
As my FAITH grows, I continue to find myself paying CLOSER attention, moreso than ever before, to not just what has been committed to one's memory bank in the form of MEMORIZATION, but what is being APPLIED to their lives in the form of APPLICATION!
You see it is LESS of what you TALK about and MORE of how you WALK about! Whatever a person has committed to memory serves as ZERO purpose if the sole accomplishment was memorization.
But it is THOSE that have chosen to take that life lesson, commit it to memory, APPLY it to their lives in visual illustration of themselves and in worldly demonstration to others in order to become a tangible example for others to bare witness that it is indeed "Application, Not Memorization" that makes a difference, the ONLY difference in Life, Love, Faith, GOD, Family, Friends, Eternity and ultimately, HAPPINESS.
Quotes of scripture and knowledge of the Word does not equate to a mastery of either. That "mastery" truly makes its presence known when it has been applied to real life situations and not just "pulpit preachings" that sound good, look good and artificially feel good.
Whatever sounded good, that IS good, embrace it and become one with it! Whatever looks good, that IS good, embrace it and become one with it!
Perhaps that artificial feeling that you felt was just a lack thereof, of the greatest teacher in the world, EXPERIENCE. Once you obtain it and see that it IS good, embrace IT and become one with it as well.
The "Application, Not Memorization" will always continue to impress me due to the fact that through precious Prayer, repetitive thought and habitual ACTION, making it happen will become just as subtle and as easy as committing things to memory.
How you WALK about should truly be reflective of how you TALK about. Within the "Application, Not Memorization" is where we will find the truth of the matter, the fundamental layers that will provide us with all of the materials needed in which to build upon our foundation of Glory.
It is ALWAYS within the "Application, Not Memorization," where Victory awaits our arrival.
Be Blessed today and forevermore!
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
......As a mature adult, I find myself no longer easily impressed with those random acts and only give a second glance should that randomness be surrounded by "acts of kindness" that seek nothing in return.
As my FAITH grows, I continue to find myself paying CLOSER attention, moreso than ever before, to not just what has been committed to one's memory bank in the form of MEMORIZATION, but what is being APPLIED to their lives in the form of APPLICATION!
You see it is LESS of what you TALK about and MORE of how you WALK about! Whatever a person has committed to memory serves as ZERO purpose if the sole accomplishment was memorization.
But it is THOSE that have chosen to take that life lesson, commit it to memory, APPLY it to their lives in visual illustration of themselves and in worldly demonstration to others in order to become a tangible example for others to bare witness that it is indeed "Application, Not Memorization" that makes a difference, the ONLY difference in Life, Love, Faith, GOD, Family, Friends, Eternity and ultimately, HAPPINESS.
Quotes of scripture and knowledge of the Word does not equate to a mastery of either. That "mastery" truly makes its presence known when it has been applied to real life situations and not just "pulpit preachings" that sound good, look good and artificially feel good.
Whatever sounded good, that IS good, embrace it and become one with it! Whatever looks good, that IS good, embrace it and become one with it!
Perhaps that artificial feeling that you felt was just a lack thereof, of the greatest teacher in the world, EXPERIENCE. Once you obtain it and see that it IS good, embrace IT and become one with it as well.
The "Application, Not Memorization" will always continue to impress me due to the fact that through precious Prayer, repetitive thought and habitual ACTION, making it happen will become just as subtle and as easy as committing things to memory.
How you WALK about should truly be reflective of how you TALK about. Within the "Application, Not Memorization" is where we will find the truth of the matter, the fundamental layers that will provide us with all of the materials needed in which to build upon our foundation of Glory.
It is ALWAYS within the "Application, Not Memorization," where Victory awaits our arrival.
Be Blessed today and forevermore!
Love and My Mother are the Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are the Motivation!
Love and My Mother are the Celebration!
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
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