"Epiphany"

Have you ever been clobbered by an Epiphany that made you come to the realization that the VERY purpose that you had been serving had absolutely everything to do, with NOTHING?

Glory Be To GOD!

That extra pep in my step is not arrogance, but the joy that is finally within my HEART.

Glory Be To GOD!

That swagger on full tilt is not over exaggerated confidence, but happiness, derived from the LORD having re-directed my path.

Glory Be To GOD!

Those new italicized thoughts in BOLD have boldly replaced the timid ones of old.

Glory Be To GOD!

I Love you better than I did before because my relationship with GOD has made my heart available to Love you better than I ever have....before.

Glory Be To GOD!

I forgive myself without you forgiving me, so that while you work through your forgiveness process, I can still Love you better than I ever did....before.

Glory Be To GOD!

Angry no more, so I understand your anger from the door, yet I open it anyway to invite you in and be the example that my past has taught me to be, anger-free, so that anger no longer, controls me.

Glory Be To GOD!

Have you ever been clobbered by an Epiphany that made you come to the realization that the VERY purpose that you are now serving has absolutely everything to do, with EVERYTHING?

Glory Be To GOD!

...What has your "Epiphany" taught YOU about YOU?

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"To Love Like HIM"

"I" Loved you before you even knew what Love was.

"I" forgave you before you even had enough wherewithal to forgive yourself.

"I" protected you when you were most vulnerable.

"I" sheltered you to make you more comfortable.

"I" replenished your strength when you were at your weakest.

"I" raised you above when you were at your lowest.

"I" breathed Life into your thought process to alleviate your stress.

"I" fight for you, "I" battle beside you and "I" give you the victory in the eye of the storm and amongst your most virulent enemies.

"I" give you, ME."

I will spend the rest of my Life trying to emulate the Love of GOD. And as each day brings me closer to my demise, may I one day realize, that although the possibility is indeed slim, I shall keep and die trying, "To Love Like HIM."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"allthebestallthetime@gmail.com"

I have been writing my Blogs for over 3 years now. And in doing so, I write in complete honesty with respect to what I know, what I have learned and how I have grown in the process.

Depending on your perspective, growth may indeed be optional, but there are pitfalls to not selecting growth as a viable option in Life. I firmly believe that growth should be mandatory with the caveat that it is YOU that accepts that as an option, knowing the consequences if you do not as opposed to someone mandating growth for you.

My walk with GOD might be personal to me, but why not share in what was initially shared with me? So, I do.

GOD is good!
GOD is great!
And anything to the contrary is complete and utter gibberish!

When I give "my" testimony on how GOD has worked within "my" Life, it is "my" testimony to the goodness and greatness of the LORD.

Some people are afraid to publicly discuss GOD for fear of being challenged by someone that might be more familiar or knowledgeable with HIS Word. But, not me. I could feasibly read scripture, Pray for clarity and understanding of that scripture, recollect on how that scripture was played out in my Life and turn around and write a Blog surrounding "my" story and how GOD worked THROUGH me in order to get TO me. Personal, TO "me."

Why would anyone keep a story worth telling to themselves? So, I do not and I opt to share.

Now keep in mind that "that" scripture and how it is relevant in "my" Life does not dilute the importance of that scripture and it's relevance to "your" Life should we not have the same experience at the same time during our respective walks or vice versa. My walk is not identical to that of another, but according to GOD's plan for "me." We all arrive at our destinations at different intervals throughout our lives and our experiences, levels of commitment, endurance and overall Faith are all unique and for many reasons will indeed vary. But the Blessing shall continue.

Perhaps that is why we should refrain from leaning on our own understanding? I do my absolute BEST to remind myself of this whenever "my" thoughts start creeping into the equation.

"I" might not understand the path of "your" walk with GOD, but should I be mindful of that walk or harmonize the differences? Or should I sing and mind my own "Spiritual Business" so as to not impose what I "think" you or someone else's walk should be? Hence the very reason why I tell "Corey's" story relative to "Corey's" experience.

And in doing so, so many people have responded not only to "my" story, but to how GOD can, will and does work in their lives so that they too can realize that "everyone" does indeed have their own story. The Blessing shall continue.

Variations and interpretations are just that, variations and interpretations. There is no variation with respect to what GOD has done in "Corey's" Life. GOD did it and it is not something disputable with respect to what HE has brought me through. There are no interpretations to what GOD has done in "Corey's" Life. From a first person narrative, I capture and share in HIS Blessing because it is not just for me, although it was "my" experience. Sharing has one purpose and that is to share. There are no variations or interpretations to the word "sharing." HOW you "share" is a completely different thing. I choose to share through my Blogs. So, I do.

Now someone might not like HOW I construct and share in my story, but ALWAYS, to GOD Be the Glory! "If it does not apply, then let it fly," as my cousin would proclaim. "If it is not for me, then let it be," as I would say.

Fear of dialogue does not garner or further expand upon what you do or do not know. Every opportunity to add TO as opposed to subtract FROM puts a Smile upon my face, provides me food for thought and is engaging for all the right reasons, namely to talk, share in and hopefully walk away better than when you initially came into the conversation.

If providing or receiving additional clarity makes me a better communicator, then growth is not optional and I will be the first to extend myself at the opportunity for continued growth.

I Pray for continued growth, greater understanding and the Love of GOD for all that "know" and Love HIM, up to and including the one's that are just getting to "know" HIM, over to the one's that are not afraid to talk "about" HIM, with continued Prayers for the one's the know "nothing" about HIM.

GOD is good!
GOD is great!
And anything to the contrary is complete and utter gibberish!

I gladly share with you "my" story and since everyone has one, what is "your" story ("allthebestallthetime@gmail.com")?

Irrespective of whether it is "my" story or whatever "your" story contains, to GOD be the Glory and that is "unchanged."

But in the meantime and in between time, as always, I wish you, "All the Best, All the Time!"

With GOD, the Blessings shall continue.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"The Inspiration"

When weakness has you walking around in broad daylight with a flashlight looking for strength, unbeknownst to you, you are also looking for something and/or someone to grab a hold of for Love, comfort and support.

But at the time, there is seemingly nothing there...

When you finally wise up and grab a hold of GOD's hand, you miraculously find that strength that you were so desperately looking for.

And then...that something or someone finally shows up and they do not even begin to understand your newfound bravery, courage and strength. Ignorance and their quick attempt to "label" you causes them to misconstrue that "New Relationship" with the LORD as arrogance. In their feeble attempt to blindly judge a book by its cover, they fail to realize that "everything is not what it appears to be," as Mother would so frequently chime to me.

Do not allow someone or something from your past to dictate your present since they clearly have no respect for the future.

For once you have graduated from the pain, the time comes to celebrate the Glory and if they want to be a part of that, then make yourself available. Should they desire to remain "there" and "unchanged," then do not make yourself available. You cannot hold GOD's hand with your left and hold on to the painful past with your right. You will not be able to fully embrace HIM the moment that HE so requests that you fully embrace "HIM."

If they fail to understand, then encourage them to listen with their hearts and not just their ears so where you now are is clearly articulated in not just your words, but demonstrated in your actions.

For you cannot GROW if you are not willing to let "it" GO!

I believe in recycling! Always in search OF, so I thank you FOR, "The Inspiration."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Invisible Communication"

Remove all ambiguity and allow the promiscuity, of your WORDS (ONLY), to get around. People should not have to "figure out" what you mean or the intentions behind your unspoken words. Your unspoken words are like saying something to someone when they are not there. It goes unheard.

So, why do we get upset when people do not respond to what we never said, to THEM?

Why do you get upset when you did not get the response to the email that you wrote, but never clicked "send," TO?

Why are we mad that THEY did not accurately read our minds like we thought they should have?

Fundamentally speaking, we parents implore our children to "communicate" with us so that they can tell us "what hurts," "where it hurts," and how they got their "boo-boo's" to begin with.

But somewhere along the way, we lose our "directional sense of communication" and set ourselves so far back that our very own children become better communicators than we are. All the while we are trying to get THEM to talk to US, but it is US that forgot all about the fundamentals of communication. No wonder they look at us strange. Quiet as kept, most of the time it is US that are out of touch!

But how could we possibly ever really be IN touch if our communication is INVISIBLE?

How can you TOUCH what you cannot see?

How can you FEEL what is not there?

Unless of course we are talking about FAITH, "Invisible Communication" will always run the high risk of falling on deaf ears.

Speak so that THEY, can hear you.

Give THEM, something to feel.

Extend YOURSELF, so that they can TOUCH you.

Do not beat or dance around the bush. Use your words to go right through the bush and expose the "Invisible Communication" for what it truly is: NOTHING, IF YOUR WORDS ARE NEVER ABSORBED BY THEIR EARS.

WHAT hurts?
WHERE does it hurt?
HOW did you get your boo-boo?

Thank GOD for the effective communication of kids. No more "Invisible Communication" for me!

This is HOW I feel and WHY...

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"The REASON Behind Your Motivation"

Motivation is one single thing that can lead you down a path to do right or to do wrong. That motivation is strictly contingent upon the REASON that shadows directly behind that motivation.

Motivation can be used for building or destroying.

Motivation can be used to Love or spew hate.

Motivation can be used for helping or hindering.

Motivation can be used to inspire or ridicule.

...Motivation can be used for countless things.

But just as important, if not more so, is the REASON behind your motivation.

What drives a person to build or destroy?

Why do some Love and others choose to hate?

What compels others to accept help, but hinder others from the same help that was first afforded to them?

And if someone so inspired YOU, then why would you turn around and ridicule another?

I am always intrigued by the REASON behind the motivation of people.

Perhaps if we take a "Closer" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/12/closer.html) look, we can begin to truly understand why we do what we do and make the determination to continue the positive things and permanently eliminate the negative REASONS that fuel our motivation to do the things that are not right.

Our "reasons" for who and what we are do not have the jurisdiction over the remainder of our lives to dictate the negative that was first "spewed" AT us, that was meant to "destroy" OUR Spirit causing us to "ridicule" OTHERS in order to satisfy what is lacking and lurking beneath our fleshly surface, preventing US from giving and receiving "Love" and "inspiring" others to do the same through the example in how we live our lives.

Good or bad, make sure that you understand "The REASON Behind Your Motivation" to do what you do. The jurisdictional boundaries can be readjusted, so long as you are "motivated" to do so, for all the "right" REASONS!

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Full Blast"

The first time that it happened, I did a presentation in Church the next morning.

The second time that it happened was after I participated in a presentation for Church that morning.

And at both times, the devil, in all of his infinite wisdom attempted to defeat me. But, how do you defeat victory I rhetorically inquired? How do you become victorious when you have already been defeated?

Since the first question is rhetorical, the answer to the second question is one syllable, three letters, one word, the ONLY Word.

Well, the enemy is not about to partake in the "Word," since he represents everything to the contrary of what the Truth and Love are all about. Good thing I figured him out ala GOD's TRUE infinite wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
I do not just "have" the victory, I "AM" the victory! My flesh may not be impenetrable, but when I put on the full armor of GOD, how could you possibly EVER convince me that I will not ever BE, victorious?!

That infinite wisdom is synonymous with what is done for GOD. They are the only things that will ever last, so I implore you to hold fast, study and post mortem the recent past, so that you can readily identify and recognize when you are being tasked, disguised as, but in reality an attack against, the Love for GOD that you have on "Full Blast."

Do you have on your full body of armor today?

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Closer"

Every step in the direction of Righteousness, yields at least a bunch of speed bumps and hurdles that are much ado about absolutely nothing.

Simply put in a colloquial sense, "don't waste my time with these meaningless distractions!"

As you get "Closer" TO the LORD in your walk WITH the LORD, you start to appreciate not only the Blessings that you have been in receipt of FROM the LORD, but you appreciate your time more than you have ever before. Borrowed time compels you to better manage your time, hence the need to rid those meaningless distractions powerless over your "Closer" jurisdiction where you and the LORD are getting better acquainted.

Let no ONE or no THING impose upon your growth, your walk, your talk, your well-being, your physical health, your Spiritual wealth, your vibrancy, your GOD given agenda that may or may not include that ONE or that one THING.

If you are not doing anything, then there is nothing to distract you from.

The more that they attempt to DISTRACT, the easier to discern if you should even INTERACT...

It feels good to be back!

Glory Be To GOD for allowing me to get even "Closer!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"You, To Be"

I have had some trying days right alongside some very trying times. But, through them all and "growing" forth, I shall allow or permit nothing to alter my mind, thus killing, stealing or destroying my joy.

As you get closer to where GOD wants you to be, you become a bigger target for the thief to see!

You start getting random things thrust in your path, just hoping you take the bait so that they can give you the wrath.

The attention is packaged in an assortment that could very well be to your liking. But it is nothing but a facade that under normal circumstances wouldn't even be striking.

Deviation is just an alienation of where you wind up as opposed to where you ought to be. You have become the illumination that is fueling all of the senseless negativity.

In you is what GOD wants others to be able to bare witness to. Those trying days right alongside those trying times, oft times, have nothing to do with you.

GOD is in the process of setting up HIS plan, in order to disrupt the detrimental actions against his Faithful, led by the faithless, irrespective of what's at hand.

So, hold strong and hold true to all that you do not currently see. You are only getting closer, to where GOD wants "You, To Be."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Just Be Honest"

We waste so much time and energy pretending to comfortably exist outside of our comfort zone when our heart is nowhere to be found. Our heart actually stutters instead of beats when we our NOT within that comfort zone and for some, they cannot exist within those newly defined parameters, hence the perception of the absence of the beat and the presence of that stutter-stepping heart.

But are you being honest or just wasting time and energy by prolonging the obvious, giving those on the other end a false sense of reconciliation, perpetrating anything but?

Perhaps what you know IS as much as you will ever grow...

I mean your heart is where your action is, right?

The impossibility due to the inability of you expanding your territory causes nothing but confusion and selfishly wastes the time and energy of all that are involved.

Being conscious of your actions makes you guilty as charged.

Being knowledgeable to what you already know will not work, yet requests and you oblige by your presence, means to settle.

Changing all of the above requires but one thing of you...to

"Just Be Honest."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Length's And Freebie's"

It is remarkable the energy that will be exerted and the effort that will be made for the enemy to try to ruffle your feathers and take you OUT of your game while infiltrating your level of focus with nothing MORE and everything LESS of what you actually need.

Ha! In all actuality, that is the elephant in the room! The big red flag! If it is not working WITH you, than it is working AGAINST you and the LORD does not conduct business like that. Therefore, by default, we should be readily able to identify the representation of GOD versus the representation of the "other," giving way to continued focus and remaining in the game mentally, giving GOD the Glory, Spiritually.

Ha! Fool me once, shame on you!
Ha! Fool me twice shame on me!

Yeah, once upon a time, I gave you that "Freebie!" But today...
I am anew!
Fresh blood!
New body!
New Love!
Renewed strength!
Profound conviction!

Immovable Faith!
Smile upon my face!

Conditioned for my position!
Love in my heart!
Impenetrable fence guarded by my Savior!

Your stones may connect every once in a while, but greater is HE...

...As for me, the "Length's" that the enemy goes THROUGH in order to get TO...

Ha! Fool me once, shame on you!
Ha! Fool me twice shame on me!

...But no more "Freebie's" for you!

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"And No One Else"

We divulge our JOY in hopes that they are going to be happy FOR us.

We share in our VICTORY in hopes that they will celebrate WITH us.

We slide a tad bit of Faith in their direction thinking that they will never let us down.

But, who the hell are we kidding?

Your joy is YOUR joy!
Your victory is YOUR victory!
And that Faith? Well, THAT belongs to GOD!

He's a jealous one alright!

Stay in the game of Life and give HIM the Glory!

You cannot share YOUR joy that was customized just for you, with your name on it.

That victory that you obtained, well it now serves as a testimony, with the author deserving the credit of Glory that will serve as an example for others to renew their Faith so that they too can get the same kind of joy, with THEIR name affixed as the recipient.

That joy, it is YOURS!

That victory, it is now your testimony!

And that all mighty Faith? Well that belongs to the Father, "And No One Else."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Speak And Love Anyway"

If you only speak when you are spoken to, what happens if no one were to ever speak to you?

If you only demonstrate Love when Love has clearly been demonstrated to you, what do you do when Love has not been so demonstrated?

Unfortunately too many people would choose to NOT speak, to NOT Love, because it was NOT first done to them.
Such a sad state of affairs because more often than not, the willingness to speak along with the willingness to Love are both readily present. The only component that is absent, thus preventing the tongue from speaking and the heart from Loving is ACTION. Action on YOUR behalf!

Do not look for or complain if someone does not speak to you or attempt to Love you. If you do not speak to them or Love them, then you yourself are ill-prepared to do the same. So, how could you possibly be receptive of the things that you yourself are NOT doing?

I'm just saying!

That is exactly why it is called reciprocity!

But Glory Be To GOD, that my LORD and Savior Jesus Christ did not wait to SPEAK to me. HE did not wait to LOVE!

HE came to me SPEAKING! HE came to me LOVING!
HE came to me!

It does not even sound right to say that because I should have first gone to HIM, SPEAKING and LOVING.

But advanced reciprocity...that is what it is all about!

Advanced reciprocity compelled HIM to do so to me first, so that I can not only witness how it should be done, but to inject that same ACTION and to do so myself.

I'm just saying!

That willingness to speak along with that willingness to Love are both readily present, so take the necessary ACTION
to "Speak And Love Anyway."

I am grateful to GOD that Jesus did TO and FOR me, being the immaculate example of what TO do.

"TYJ!"
http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/10/tyj.html

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Spiritual 5th"

I do not defend my past, because I plead the "Spiritual 5th."

Since my latter will be greater, my former was absolutely necessary.

I bridged the gap by first crossing over it.

I came to the fork in the road and I went straight (is the road), but narrow is the gate.

I have already surpassed 100% of the doubt from the naysayers, yet I keep that smidget of Faith and that ounce of effort on standby as I relinquish my daily Prayers.

Once I learned better, I grew better.

When I first started to realize that I actually did belong, my strength (in HIM) became impeccably strong.

When I found out that you could never again cramp my style, I enlisted and deployed my pearly whites as my calling card, to Smile.

I became who I am by way of who I once was.

No I do not defend my past, for I am grateful for all that it has afforded me by way of growth, by first allowing me to plead the "Spiritual 5th."

And I give it ALL to GOD.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"With Love In My Heart and Action In My Words"

Do not ever say what you mean unless you TRULY mean what it is that you say. If you should ever be in doubt as to whether someone likes "it" or not, just replace THEM with YOU and ask the same question.

What is contained within your heart cannot and will not allow its presence to ever be denied. You may be able to camouflage and conceal the true contents contained within, with the strict caveat, of that being temporary.

But sooner than later, Prayerfully your latter will be greater, the revelation of who and what resides within your heart shall reveal itself and your efforts to further contain it will find themselves reduced to nothing more than an exercise in futility.

A clean and pure heart will always respond in a clean and pure manner. If not, then it is not.

I will not inquire about the intentions of others because the residential status of its occupants will demonstrate the actions that are garnered from the feelings of the heart that houses what is TRULY intended from them to you.

Substitutes can not ever constitute the destitute or the desolate. It too will prove to be temporary, constantly in a state of flux while your Love remains stationary, awaiting the return of the home owners. Home is indeed where the heart is.

So, follow your heart and part ways never, to again go astray or deviate from the one that was meant to coexist within your world, as a population of two.

With "Love In My Heart and Action In My Words," my path has been determined with the footprints of my past, present and future clearly representing where I have been, where I am and where I will ultimately reside, in the home that houses the only thing that truly matters, Love.

"With Love In My Heart and Action In My Words."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"TYJ"

Random bursts of thanks precede my day, occur throughout the day and conclude my day whenever I am reminded of the greatness of GOD coupled by the fact that HE has so allowed me to see another Glorious day, partaking in all that this Blessing of Life has in which to offer.

Blessings might be free, but the cost was indeed paid in advance, hence every single one of my outbursts of THANKS!

I am compelled to yell, even when it is in my truck where only HE can hear me. I am sure that others have witnessed my joy, which cannot be contained by closed windows on a vehicle.

Do you not see the Smile through the glass?

Do you not smell the Cologne of Glory that creates a path of my scented presence?

Do you not see the Holy swagger on full display as I pop my Spiritual collar?

How about that positive aura that refuses to dumb DOWN in order to accommodate what refuses to step UP?

Glory..Be..To..GOD!

How could you NOT give thanks, silently, outwardly, internally, hysterically, admirably, honorably, all for the Glory...that is to.."Be To GOD!"

TMI is not "Too Much Information" when the glorification is "TYJ"...Thank YOU Jesus!

...silently, outwardly, internally, hysterically, admirably, honorably...

Thank You Jesus! "TYJ!"

Rest In Peace Deacon Reuben Alvin Naylor.

Thank You Jesus! "TYJ!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"HE Reads My Blogs"

If you knew that everything that you were doing was being WATCHED, how would you DO things differently?

If you knew that everything that you were saying was being HEARD, how would you SAY things differently?

If you knew that everything that you wrote was being READ, how would WRITE things differently?

Or would you change anything at all?

I am consciously aware of the fact that I am being "watched, heard and read" in each of those individual and collective areas.

It is easy to write a Blog for someone else to READ and even memorize it for someone else to HEAR. But it is in the "application" and not the "memorization" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2008/08/application-not-memorization.html) and how I actually apply it to and in my Life so that it can make an outward impact for all of those that are indeed WATCHING.

You can not solely partake with zero intentions to participate. It does not work like that, nor that way. The energy that you expel to this world shall always boomerang itself as you consume the same energy that you dished out in the first place.

WATCHED
HEARD
READ

Would you still NOT do things differently if you knew that you were being WATCHED, HEARD and/or READ?

Considering the fact that we all do "something" in private for a reason, I am sure that you too would CHANGE if privacy was no longer a luxury that even poverty can afford.

Perfection may not be a viable selection, but working on my ways to brighten and strengthen all of my days so that I may live out my Life's Purpose and complete HIS Will, shall always keep me conscious of the fact that somewhere, someone is WATCHING, LISTENING and READING, everything that I do.

Therefore, my ways were compelled to yield to and embrace change because HE is WATCHING, LISTENING....and I take comfort in knowing, that "HE Reads My Blogs."

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"The Sting Of Regret"

As I got older I made a Promise to and for myself to never live Life to solely arrive to the point of regret. Although we will undoubtedly experience regrettable times during our Lifetime, those moments should not take ownership of the remainder of our Lifetime, but serve as a testimony to someone else to and for their Lifetime.

What we go through is not just what WE go through, but what other people WITNESS us go through. GOD's plan is bigger than any single individual that I am aware of. And if they think that it is not, pardon my absence from your Life because chances are, there is no room to accommodate me AND your ego concurrently.

In my Lifetime "The Sting Of Regret" pertains to me, contained within thee and now serves as a testimonial of my Lifetime's history.

I went THROUGH in order to come OUT! And THAT is the Glory OF GOD, Glory TO GOD, Glory BE To GOD!

I came out! "The Sting Of Regret" only exists if you exist as an island to one's self.

Otherwise, GOD's plan is bigger than any single individual that I am aware of.

Glory Be To GOD!

Embrace every bit of your Life, so that you may one day offer comfort to someone else during theirs!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Done, Here, To"

Even when the situation looks bleak, you can still open up your mouth to speak, to the Heavenly Creator, the all encompassing Navigator, that can help you bypass the million steps in front of you by placing you in the confines of an Elevator, if you so believe.

Whatever is in front of you shall always pale in stark comparison to what is behind you whenever you so choose to appreciatingly glance in your Life's rearview.

Every chance is a chance anew, to cement your past by confirming that you grew, with all that you have learned by expanding on all that you once knew.

We had to go through our PAST in order to arrive at our PRESENT as we boldly march our way into our FUTURE.

September is almost done. October is almost here. And I'm already looking forward to November. The Past, the Present and the Future.

In your Life, what is almost Done? In your Life, what is almost Here? And in your Life, what are you looking forward To?

As long as GOD is part of the equation, EVERYTHING shall balance out.

"Done, Here, To"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"As Is"

When I first began to fall in Love with you I was so afraid that like everyone else, you would hold my past against me. What I failed to realize and the mistake that I initially made was holding you in a "like regard" to and with the same people that were and could not ever be on your level, of your caliber.

Never one to have believed in "Love at first sight," yet your account of the possibilities compelled me to reconsider my immaturity within that realm of possibility.

You made me see what was right before me, having cleared a path offering me complete visibility.

Although you have indeed taught and expanded upon my concept of Love and all of its impeccable attributes, I must thank YOU for first Loving me the way that YOU found me, "As Is."

I am eternally grateful! I thank "YOU" LORD. I Love "YOU" too.

"As Is."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"One More Time"

I could not even begin to fathom, let alone contemplate what my Life would be like without the blanket of Grace and Mercy that has kept me covered from the coldness of the world, all the while foolish pride trying its best to convince me that, "I'm good."

You are only as good, as you are good.

And this feeble attempt to have me believe that I can do this Life thing without the Provider OF my Life, is as silly as me thinking that I can be a husband without having a wife.

You are only as good, as you are good.

Still trying to persuade me that I can be a remote Father or that of one by proxy, common sense is an unwrapped "gift" that has unfortunately become fashionable to "re-gift."

You are only as good, as you are good.

Failing to OWN up to your responsibilities or to hold yourself accountable is equivalent to an attempt at drawing a line of equity on a home that has already been foreclosed.

You are only as good, as you are good.

My eyes have opened and the air circulates through my lungs on its own. I have been afforded, "One More Time" to not SAY that "I'm good," but to demonstrate it as well.

For you are only as good, as you are good.

And to GOD Be The Glory!

Forever and a Day!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Collage"

My future represents a magnificent "Collage" of every aspect of my entire past adequately represented through all of the layers of experience that have afforded me many Life lessons to be shared so that I may in turn enrich someone else's Life.

Such a burden on the narrowly focused perspective that can only bare witness to an effort that bares the name of the same.

But once you broaden your horizons in order to capture the horizontal perspective of things that truly differ from you in a selfless capacity can you then extend BEYOND "your" capacity to allow yourself to receive the enrichment that someone else's Life has to offer.

I am THERE and HERE, is where I am!

"Corey's Collage"

What does "(your name) Collage" say about you?

It is never too late to re-write the present, that will eventually document the history, that will one day help to create your future, that will ultimately compose YOUR "Collage."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Inspiration Is Free"

I wake up and immediately slide down on my knees,
Giving all of the honor, glory and praise, for I can still breathe...

Consumed by nothing related or relative to STAGNANCY, for inspiration is the most palatable of delicacies.

Giving back EVERYTHING that was ever charged, donated or given to me,
I am permanently inspired to inspire, for "Inspiration Is Free."

...As is the Love of GOD.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Everything Is Going To Be Ok"

I knew that my daughter was going to be a little apprehensive about attending the "Homegoing Celebration" of my grandmother, her great grandmother. So, ahead of time, I had already prepared the seating arrangements in order to be there for her to accommodate the emotions that she would undoubtedly be feeling.

I watched her movements and felt her uneasiness as I embraced my Princess, reassuring her that GOD is present and where GOD IS, fear is not permitted, thus it cannot be.

She started settling down and a sense of calmness made its presence known.

As she sat there to my left, she turned to her right, postured herself, looked up at me and said, "Daddy, "Everything is Going To Be Ok.""

My GOD I Love being a Dad!

And I am grateful of the opportunity that GOD has so afforded me.

I am a much better person.
I am a much better man.
I am a much better brother.
I am a much better Father.
I am a much better son.
I am a much better all the way around.

Glory Be To GOD sweetheart and because of, "Everything IS Going To Be Ok." You WERE and ARE absolutely right!

As my Father sat in front of me, she stood up and touched the left shoulder of her grandfather to comfort him with the same calmness that made its presence known to her and told him the same thing that she told me: "Everything Is Going To Be Ok."

How can it not be, when GOD is everywhere that you need HIM to be? But the Blessing of the LORD through the presence of my daughter took her fear and transformed it into bravery for her to then share in her courageous effort of Deliverance.

Her great grandmother would have been proud.

Her grandfather and Father were equally so, because she was absolutely correct in her assessment: "Everything Is Going To Be Ok."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Look to Love"

I look to my children, for Love.

I look for my children, to Love.

I am grateful to GOD for softening my heart in order to receive and administer Love.

And if I never do anything else right DURING my Lifetime, so long as I give and receive Love, I will have done my PART, in complete WHOLE.

I come baring, wearing my heart on my sleeve, in a completely vulnerable STATE, ready for my destiny to dictate my FATE and to alter my shot in the final seconds just to APPRECIATE, the beautiful release, of Love's winning shot.

When you do not know WHERE to look, Love.

When you do not know WHEN to look, Love.

Should you not SEE at first sight, Love.

Should you be BLIND to the fact, Love.

"Look to Love," for Love.
"Look for Love," to Love.

No better way to spend your time than spending it to "Look to Love," so that you may "Look for Love," all for the purposes of the softening of the heart in order to receive and administer Love.

"Look for Love," to Love.
For Love, "Look to Love."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"Angels"

During the "Homegoing Celebration," the Reverend asked, "why do WE always inform people that WE are "sorry for their loss" whenever someone's Life has come to an end? When you LOSE something, a LOSS implies that it is LOST, that you do not know WHERE it is...."

Quite the contrary when the subject is that of the children of GOD that claim HIM as their Father and HIS Son as their LORD and Savior.

Nothing is ever truly LOST that the Love of GOD cannot find or reveal to you.

The Spirit of our Loved ones is well in tact and in fact their ABSENCE, is only confirmation of their PRESENCE, with the LORD.

I know WHERE all of you are!

Not only do you live IN my heart, but your stories are read about IN my Blogs. But Glory Be To GOD that I am so fortunately Blessed to be able to remember you and use you as a form of encouragement, inspiring others to hold fast in their belief that the uncomfortable feeling of NOT having you physically around does not change the disposition or the position of your Spirit, that permeates our physical circumference.

"Angels" you are.

"Angels" you shall be, forevermore.

Rejoice in the fact that none of our "Angels" are LOST at all. We did not LOSE them, for they were on loan to begin with. The perceived LOSS is only confirmation that their ABSENCE, means that they are PRESENT, with the LORD.

They are simply, our "Angels."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"The Importance of Family"

We may not be able to pick and choose who and what shares our DNA, but we are indeed able to make the B.E.S.T. out of all of the members that compose what we commonly refer to as Family.

We may not agree, constantly be on the outs and share "disagreements" as the sole thing that we have in common, besides our scientific make-up, but glory be to GOD that we STILL have what we commonly refer to as Family.

Far be it from me to arrive at a conclusion that would be void and even slightly contrary to "The Importance of Family," but rather speak and act on the one thing that matters MOST outside of Love, and that is, Family.

Let there be zero confusion on what matters M.O.S.T. whether or not you have the B.E.S.T. out of all of the members that compose what we commonly refer to as Family.

I accept and Love you all, if for no other reason than the fact that HE so Loves me. And that is good enough.

I'm going to miss you Grandma!

I Love you very much!

Thank you for helping me comprehend, "The Importance of Family."

Love,
Co.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"Get Me Back In Focus"

The intentions of others will not always be crystal clear and could very well be camouflaged to hide the true desire of their thoughts and subsequent actions that pertain to YOU as they proceed to do what is important to THEM.

I have never been one to readily identify myself with a group or a clique, therefore my thought process is adamantly contrary to the thought processes of any of the such.

If I know not who I am, then how and more importantly WHY would I trust you to define who and what I am? Rhetorical of course.

Gentle-natured does not translate to fool-hearted, but the origins of the insults are too selfishly ignorant to know otherwise.

A very near and dear person reminded me of something to help me, "Get Me Back In Focus." My Mother would have done the same and in her absence she has once again decided to lend her thoughts to someone else's voice, for the benefit of my ears.

Never be afraid to say something to someone that YOU Love, that THEY need to HEAR, to help them "Get Them Back In Focus." They will Love you for it in the end.

"Keep your witts about you Corey," Mother would always chide. Thank you for the vicarious reminder Mother. I Love you both, the message AND the messenger.

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"Get Back Up Again!"

The best part of reflection is the fact that the projection no longer resembles you, if you were paying attention.

The change that you see is "Life's Rearview" displaying a faint picture of the past that you have progressed FROM, as you steadily move towards everything that GOD wants you to BECOME.

The further you progress, the smaller it becomes, the more likely the blip that it represents will no longer be representative of you and will only serve as an example for others, in which NOT to follow.

It is quite humbling to put yourself on blast, to rid yourself of your hideous and heinous past.

To confront what you once denied, especially if all of the itemized negativity truly applied.

To reintroduce yourself from what they USED to "know," to what you "now" SHOW.

After having successfully completed your transformation, eradicating all past, present and "future" stagnation, having faced and conquered that self alienation, rebuilding your once towering impenetrable motivation and determination, you are all set for your reclassification: "Get Back Up Again!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,

Corey

"I Am, That Better Man"

But, believe not my words if my actions are in absentia.

The past five years of my Life have taught me everything that I never wanted to know along with everything that I ever needed to know.

A hodge podge of my greatest accomplishments and my worst fears coming to realization within a relatively short span of time.

I see the man that I used to be as a complete and utter stranger, having made way to the man I am now, akin to that of a butterfly reflecting back on his Life when he was once a caterpillar.

It is hard to fathom once UPON a time when there is nothing about you that is reflective OF that time. Not even in remote retrospect does the image even vaguely resemble any familiarity.

Even what you know to be true, holds no present day truth, we hold fast to the memory and how much we actually grew.

Need not I advertise nor solicit all of which that has made me whole. But give Glory to GOD, for the undeserved redemption of my soul.

I may have been late, but I eventually showed up.

A fresh start from the gate, having more than made up.

From the winding to the straight, continuously Prayed up.

All of the Honor and the Glory, I forever give it up.

To GOD.

But, believe not my words if my actions are in absentia, for "I Am, That Better Man."

And Mother would be proud.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"You're Almost There!"

Have you ever thought about giving up on:

1. Your Situation?
2. Love?
3. Life?
4. Even GOD?

Sometimes the closer that you get, the harder that things become.

The ease in which we obtain things garners not the appreciation of the same. But your blood, sweat and tears shall sustain you for years, in which to come.

Be not discouraged, but "Of Good Courage" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2009/03/of-good-courage.html), that you are indeed getting closer.

Bandage the wounds from where the blood seeps.

Wipe the sweat from your brows.

Embrace the tears that give way to gravity.

Replenish your Spirit by merely "glancing" over your shoulder to see how far you have come in a relatively short period of time.

1. Your Situation...is going through a metamorphosis and change is abound.
2. Love...will become recognizable once again.
3. Life...does indeed get better.
4. Even GOD...is abundantly aware of all that you have been through.

I said: "Sometimes the closer that you get, the harder that things become."

So, YOU HANG IN THERE, because "You're Almost There!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Love You Too"

I fell in Love with her after she first fell in Love with me, but not before my heart was 100% burden-free.

I was preparing for my future success by reviewing the notes of my failed past, so as to not repeat the same mistakes twice.

An appreciation of such shall never be present if your presence was never previously accounted for.

I Adore the ground that your feet walk upon as I siphon the very air that is exhaled from your lungs.

I do not wear my heart on my sleeve, for my sleeve IS my heart that is connected to the hand that Lovingly locks in embrace with yours.

Introduced by Faith.

Connected by Destiny.
Determined to Exist.
Motivated by Love.

You are in me as much as I am in you. I am with you, even in your absence. I see on your behalf and I hear the words meant for your ears. I Love you out loud, yet in complete silence I hear everything that your heart has to say to me. And I agree, because "I Love You Too."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,

Corey

"Claim It As Such"

As I marinate on the infinite possibilities that are strewn across the landscape before me, up to and including the very real possibility of eternal Love, I am compelled to GASP... at the sheer awesomeness of the Promise of GOD in the form of HIS Word that is both preceded and succeeded by HIS ability to "make it happen" just as it was supposed to happen, in accordance to HIS Will.

It is a mouthful that is chalk full of "Exponential Potential," desires that never tire, the absolute best of the Blessed, the story to and for YOUR Glory, the Wife to compliment your Life, the start of one end in order for the next to begin, the very real possibility that with GOD there is no uncertainty.

Today, is a Glorious day...because I am alive to "Claim It As Such."

I Love and Miss You Dearly Mother!

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,

Corey

"The Love Of My Life"

May "The Love Of My Life" not collide but merge her lane into mine and ride shotgun with me, with the understanding that no matter who's driving, GOD is ALWAYS in control!

May she acknowledge and Love HIM in the same "capacity" that I acknowledge and Love HIM.

May she respect my relationship with HIM enough to trust the decisions that "I" and "We" make for "Us."

And lastly,

May she EMBODY within her body the collective attributes that extend far beyond being "cute,"

The SELFLESS capacity that illustrates her entire tenacity,

Her Life's PURPOSE that keeps her intensely focused,

The DRIVE that keeps her out of neutral coasting backwards,

The MOTIVATION that removes any and all stagnation,

The DETERMINATION to upright her downtrodden situation,

The BELIEF, that the "Power of GOD" can triumph over ALL grief,

The EXCEPTIONAL to know that through the Love of GOD, "all-things-are-POSSIBLE!"

I await YOU, "The Love of My Life."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Mirror of Love"

In order to DO Love, all that you have to do is BE Love.

DO the Love that you would like to have DOne to you. BE the same Love that you would like to see within the person that is Loving you.

Whether the "Mirror of Love" is facing you, held up by them or the "Mirror of Love" is facing them, held up by you, the reflection should always be the same in the name of Love.

When the "Mirror of Love" is held up to you, what do others see?

When you are staring into the "Mirror of Love," what do you see?

Should you not like what you SEE, then it is time to DO so that you can BE, Love.

The only reflection emanating from the "Mirror of Love" is that, of Love.

The "Mirror of Love."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Shortcomings"

My "Shortcomings" were not the reason that I was constantly coming up short. Not paying attention to my "Shortcomings" was the reason that I constantly kept coming up short.

That open book test that our teachers used to administer...The answers were right in front of us the whole time, if we only took the necessary time to decipher what we needed as opposed to what was intentionally there to distract us, subsequently deviating us from staying on our course.

The answers never change, irrespective of how the question is strategically juxtaposed. If the answers change, then perhaps you either misunderstood the questions or your focus was too intent upon the distraction who's sole job was to simply distract...YOU!

Learning from our "Shortcomings" can effectively generate for us the type of longevity that is only reserved for those that are willing to step up, regardless of what is being thrown their way, because they have conditioned their minds to respect the undeniable "Power of GOD."

On the surface, it is hard to fathom how someone's "Shortcomings" (with an emphasis on "Short") could one day propel them to receive "Longevity" (with an emphasis on "Long").

My Life has been riddled with mistakes, but GOD...

...As I embrace them.

All of my "Shortcomings" are beginning to propel...

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"All the Honor, "GLORY" and Praise"

As the man was sitting in the confessional, he boldly and sarcastically posed the question, "so, why does "HE" get all of the glory?!"

Even though this was a scene straight out of a movie that I was watching, I perked up in amazement that someone would ask such a question while simultaneously making a futile statement.

Then I began to wonder how many people actually THINK or FEEL this way in real Life?

But Glory Be To GOD that the answer to that question is already known by the person or the people that are asking it. Even the non-believers are abundantly aware of the power of GOD, which begs the question as to WHY, they would actually "attempt," to deny HIM in the first place.

It is not like WE "created" anything.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We never spoke Life into existence for anyone or anything.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We did not make the Heavens and the Earth.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We never parted any bodies of water.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We are not able to walk upon the same bodies of water that we were never able to part.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We awoke from that surgery that we were never supposed to survive.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We outlived the expectations of the physicians that stamped an expiration date upon us.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

Our physicals came back with better than expected results, considering how we treat our bodies.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We made it home safely when we should not have been driving to begin with.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

He wiped our slate clean of all of our FILTHY DIRT!

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

HE wrapped his everlasting arms around my family and I when HE welcomed my little brother.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

He kept me comforted after HE welcomed My wonderful Mother.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

He made a way when I saw no way out of Life's many predicaments.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

For all of the things that HE has ever done for you, up to and including ALL of the things that only you and HE know about.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We are continuously forgiven for our misgivings, shortcomings and selfishness that causes us to act in a way that is contrary to the Love of GOD.

...and he had the nerve to ask, "so, why does HE get all of the glory?"

I know no one else that so righteously deserves it!

To GOD I give it ALL, because without HIM, I had none! Truth be told, it wasn't "mine" to begin with.
And THAT, is why HE, gets "All the Honor, "GLORY" and Praise."

Glory, Glory, Glory, Be To GOD!

AMEN!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Complete the Process"

Life has a way of coming full circle, but it is incumbent upon us to not leave things incomplete. Do not wander through Life "breaking" things. If you do or if you have, then you should "Fix What You Break" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2009/11/fix-what-you-break.html) and not leave it damaged for the next.

But humanly and selfishly we are inclined to do just that because it is no longer within our grasp or realm of responsibility. But that's the absolute wrong answer! If we leave things "incomplete," in their broken state, then they ARE within our grasp and realm of responsibility, which need our direct attention in completing them.

What if someone came to your home and broke your favorite vase, yet refused to even OFFER to have it replaced, partially or completely?

The incompleteness of that process will lead you to always recall the negative within that situation that could have easily been made whole and positive again void of the human selfishness that festers within, when we neglect the feelings of others.

"Don't burn your bridges, Corey," Momma would always chide. "If you start something, then you should see it through in its entirety."

How bitter sweet it is to have to consume the same crap that you once fed to others. It was sweet when they were consuming it compliments of your culinary skill set, but now that the shoe is on the other foot, the bitterness is not that palatable.

The shoe never does fit when its on the other foot...YOUR foot!

If you ever broke something that once belonged to you or more importantly someone else or if you have dished out a full course meal of crap FOR the consumption BY someone else, then take the same time if not more, complete and make whole what you had a hand in leaving incomplete.

Rest assured that the energy that you put into the world will one day play host to you in the same manner and capacity in which you first disseminated it.

"Complete the Process" so that you can effectively move on WITH and IN your Life. Everyone involved deserves and is entitled to having "All the Best, All the Time!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Brought Me Through"

When I thought that I had many, only to find out that I actually had none, there was but ONE!

When I started to surpass my past in order to catch up with my future, there was but ONE!

When I looked around to the sudden realization that there I stood, all alone, there was but ONE!

When I embrace my tears, yearning for My Mother because she is now with HIM, there is that ONE!

When I know not the words in which to answer the questions, HE is that ONE!

Before I ever decided to "Take My Life Back" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/07/im-taking-my-life-back.html), there was that ONE!

When I stepped up and stopped stepping out, that ONE was the first to greet me as I left the past behind and started making my way towards what HE has always had in store for me.

When I became accountable, for my less than desirable, things started looking remarkable, in the face of admirable and less and less fallible, in the midst of humble, and in the presence of the ONE.

You see, no matter what I have ever been throughout the course of or in my Life, there has been no one to sustain me, no one to contain me, no one to frame me, but ONE!

I only look back in order to remind myself of where, who and what I shall not ever return to and appreciatingly how far I have come with the help of GOD in the most Loving form of Jesus.

Wherever I need to GO, is exactly where I will BE!

Whatever needs to be DONE, is exactly what I will DO!

In my meek and humbled state, I am thankful in the presence of the entire world, for ALL that YOU have ever, "Brought Me Through."

Glory Be To GOD! Forever!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I'm Taking My Life Back!"

The moment that you start acting out of character, unrecognizable even unto yourself, is the exact moment in which you should step back and discern if this new "act" is conducive to what is best for you or if this new "act" is anything but.

Acting out of character does not necessarily mean "acting up," it just means that you are behaving in a manner that is different than what people, up to and including you, are accustomed to. But who is to say that how you are behaving is truly "out of character" when perhaps all of your behavior up until that point was the behavior that was actually "out of character?"

Too often we are allowing definitions or the ways that others view us to define who and what we presently are and to the detriment of ourselves, for who and what we ultimately become.

Shame on us for permitting such foolishness to exist within our lives. But, Glory Be To GOD, that is indeed what Life is all about; the opportunity to understand, comprehend, make changes and amend.

For far too long, even I have been guilty of living up to the expectations of others, that is until I began to better utilize my outer body experience and start acting WITHIN my character, the true character, of "Corey."

I need not revise my story for the glory of someone else telling it. It has been authored for me, (Holy) Ghost written and narrated by the subject matter, "me."

I have thus chosen to live up to my OWN expectations and clear the air of any ambiguity with respect to who I ONCE was, contrasting that to who and what I now AM and who and what I will ultimately BECOME.

In short, I have made the conscious decision to do what is best for "Corey" by doing "him" a favor and declaring that: for the first time IN my Life, "I'm Taking My Life Back!"

Thank you LORD!
Glory Be To GOD!
Forever!

"I'm Taking My Life Back!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Smile, It's Everything!"

What may mean absolutely nothing to you, could very well mean the world to someone else.

We browse throughout the course of the day, spending our time thinking about what is, has or will impact us. But some of the time, it is not what impacts us but what comes through us that impacts the well being and disposition of others that matters most at that particular time.

GOD has a way of working through us for the benefit of others and through others for the benefit of us. There goes that reciprocity again...the Laws of which shall not ever change! Glory Be To GOD for that final fact.

That is why it is important to SPEAK to others! Someone might not SPEAK to them.

That is why it is important to DO for others! Someone might not DO for them.

That is why it is important to BE for others! Someone might not BE for them.

That is why it is important to SMILE...for others! Someone might not SMILE at them, yet that is the absolute BEST thing that one can do for another as an introduction to a better disposition, thus potentially forever changing the outcome.

And "You" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/07/you.html) can do just that! In the matter-of-fact way in which you go about your day, you can effectively change or alter the outcome of not only someone else's day, but the outcome of someone else's LIFE!

The admiration for the declaration of Love that GOD so has for us is enough to make us do unto others what has already been done unto us, by HIM.

So, if you do nothing else as you browse throughout the course of your day, embark upon missions that would have you "Speak, Do, Be and Smile."

What may mean absolutely nothing to you, could very well mean the world to someone else. So, "Smile, It's Everything!"

As I Smile...

Happy Birthday Dad!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey
All the Best, All the Time!
Corey
www.allthebestallthetime.com

"You!"

I admire the strength, bravery and courage that it took for you to overcome all that you have ever been through in your Life.

GOD makes zero mistakes, therefore coincidences do not exist. It happened because it was supposed to happen and you handled it in such an honorable and humble manner to be duly noted for how it SHOULD be handled, regardless of what "IT" is.

You are a beacon of inspiration, even if you are unaware of who the recipients are.

You define the bravery within your courage by demonstrating strength at your weakest, most vulnerable moments in Life.

The Love within your heart is on full display when you say "no," the same way that the Love within your heart is full display when you say "yes."

You do what needs to be done, even when "fun" is nowhere to be found.

You demonstrate the possibilities through your wonderful ability to keep "showing up."

You demonstrate the tenacity throughout your history by keep "getting up."

You demonstrate your conviction in the Love that you have for GOD, but staying on your knees.

You illuminate your Faith by demonstrating that Faith WITHOUT works, is indeed dead.

You remain encouraged and a PERMANENT "source" of inspiration, even to one's self.

Today is a new day and it is time to do it all over again. Chances are, you have already started and are well on your way.

You know who I'm talking to!

I dedicate this FOR and I am talking TO, "You!"

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Spirit of Love"

HE Loves me so that I may comprehend just how to Love in return.

HE Loved me so that I may use HIM as a reference point and as an example of what Love SHOULD exemplify.

HE holds up a mirror to Love, in the form of HIM, so that we may BEGIN to understand what Love looks like.

I no longer fear Love because HE nor Love ever deposited the Spirit of fear within my Love's Account, whose balance is no longer contingent upon everything, but the ONLY thing that ever truly matters, Love.

I fear not Love, yet I embrace the power of Love and all of its glory and effort to make the most hardened soft again, the non-believers into staunch supporters, the FaithLESS into the FaithFUL, the blind to the WAYS of Love to those with 20/20 vision FOR Love.

If you have not the "Spirit of Love," then you have nothing!

For if you obtain the "Spirit of Love," then you have but a taste of the power of GOD and all of HIS magnificent glory that will not do just ANYTHING, but EVERYTHING that Love needs to do in order to show you that the single most beautiful thing to DO, to BE, to REPRESENT, to EMULATE and to CREATE all your own, is "Love."

But first, you must acknowledge the existence of the "Spirit of Love," from the ONE who first Loved you!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"We Need To Talk"

Those four dreaded words that every man tries his absolute BEST to avoid whenever he hears them uttered out of the mouth of his wife or significant other.

What does it mean whenever we hear the "We Need To Talk" uttered, stated, written, quietly whispered or silently delivered? Our responses are usually contingent upon and dictated by whomever is making that request.

We jog our most recent activities both known and what we think is unknown, desperately trying to figure out what the subject of "We Need To Talk" is going to actually be about. Do they know what we've done? Do they know what we have not done? And are we in trouble for either or both of the two?

To the chagrin of many men, we would much rather hear the four words "I Am Going Shopping," than to hear the four words of "We Need To Talk." And I am pretty confident that those sentiments are not just exclusive to Corey.

But, here is the deal, when you have a GOD fearing woman in your corner that is solely looking out not only for your best interests, but the best interests of your family, the words "We Need To Talk" should basically equate to "I Got Your Back!"

Sometimes we get so riled up that our defense kicks in when the offense is only trying to put some points on the board as well.

And with a GOD fearing woman by your side, who's to say that HE is not talking THROUGH "her" in order to get TO "you?" Other than GOD and his Momma, who knows a man better than his wife or significant other?

I have come to the realization that "We Need To Talk" are four words and not a four letter word that we should take offense to or put up a premature defense of.

GOD has our best interests at heart and how should we respond if HE so utters, states, writes, quietly whispers or silently delivers the message that "We Need To Talk?"

If man is to truly Love his wife (or significant other) like Christ so Loves the Church, then "We Need To Talk."

I'm listening.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Am Beautiful"

With all of the UGLINESS composing the perimeter that surrounds us, it is vitally important for us to take the time out of all of the madness to remind ourselves that we are indeed special!

People treat you like crap, in order to make themselves feel better.

People try to blow out your candle, in hopes that it makes theirs shine brighter.

Hurt people, only know how to, hurt people.

The attitudes, the pompousness, the entitlement, the selfishness, the blatant disregard, the disrespect, the divisiveness, the "self" destructive behavior, the "self" rejection, the lack of "self" respect, the "self" entitlement, the "self" loathing...

Play very close attention to how that external behavior starts taking on a form all its "self," yourSELF. It starts on the outside and if we are not paying close enough attention, it has its way of working itSELF on the inside, all the way to the core of YOU!

Take nothing directed at you personally. The majority of the time it has absolutely nothing to do with you anyway.

Smile throughout all that you will undoubtedly have to go through one day.

And in spite of WHATEVER,
that is WHEREVER,
perpetrated by WHOMEVER,
It has absolutely no bearing on the fact, that "I Am Beautiful."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Got Me Out Of the Way"

My vertical growth continued while my horizontal growth had hit what I perceived at the time to be an unforeseeable road block, with the emphasis being on "perceived." That road block was not an object that I could not "grow" around or a place that I could not "grow" through, but that road block was the one thing that hindered me from broadening my horizons, thus expanding my potential for continued growth. Sure enough, it was no ONE, or no THING that was holding me back. It was "him," that guy that I saw staring back at me in the mirror. It was "ME!"

If that was not a humbling, in your face Revelation, then I do not know what is! Especially when "you" discover that "you" are the reason for the cloudy weather during "your" current season.

You see growth is indeed optional, as is everything else in Life. But when your hearts desire is to subscribe to something better, growth is no longer optional, for it becomes mandatory.

Sometimes we are afraid of what we already know. We already know what we look like, so we refuse to look at ourselves in that mirror for fear of having to bare witness to more than just a reflection, but possible long bouts of self-rejection.

Do you know who, where or what is holding you back and hindering YOUR growth? Could it be you too?

As for me, I finally got back to my growing ways, once "I Got Me Out Of the Way."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Know Your Voice"

Throughout the course of a day, let alone a Lifetime, we always hear and have voices that are talking to us, telling us what we need to do, what we should be doing and why.

Although advice is good and I personally welcome its presence in my Life, I have come to the conclusion that it is as equally important to be able to hear and listen to your very own voice and not just the voices of others or as opposed to the voices of others.

We have to come to a happy median where we can begin to know ourselves well enough to be able to trust ourselves when we finally do start listening to ourselves.

Trust is not an option, even when it is US that we need to start trusting. It is a learned behavior especially after having spent your Life NOT trusting anyone, including yourself.

Change is good and should be welcomed because soon enough it will come knocking at your door. And when it does, you should have and "Know Your Voice" so that you may have input into the change that is impacting your Life and its surroundings.

If you do not know it, learn it. It is IMPERATIVE, to "Know Your Voice."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Am"

The Love that I profess, I must confess, demonstrates just how truly Blessed, "I Am."

"I Am" alive, because HE bled and died.

"I Am" Love, because HE first loved me.

"I Am" here, because it is HIS Will.

"I Am" not there, because it is HIS Will.

"I Am" everywhere that HE needs for me to be, because I have a stronger understanding that this here, is not about me.

"I Am" success even before having succeeded.

"I Am" my purpose as I steadily continue to fill it to GOD's brim.

If you know WHO and WHAT you are, then do not allow people to "define" WHO and WHAT you are.

I know WHO and WHAT "I Am."

Do you?

It is because of HIM, that "I Am."

"I Am," because HE is.

Glory Be To GOD!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Never Enough"

No matter how hard you try, sometimes it seems like it is just "Never Enough."

We try IN vain, when we should actually be trying in HIS Name!

After so many, too many bouts with disappointment, Life throws you on the ropes and you appear to be ready to take that "L," tap out or just allow yourself to get knocked out. But just as you settle into your decision that you will never be able to retrieve, that is the exact time when GOD will step right on in and do what only GOD can do.

Your decision is not the final decision, it just serves as an example of what your decision looks like in comparison to what HIS decision looks like and why HE is GOD and GOD alone. HE does not need someone or anyone to co-sign HIS throne!

WHERE you stand in this Life is nowhere as important as to WHAT you stand on in this Life!

There is a strong chance that what you do for others will always fall into the "Never Enough" category, but that does not draw a conclusion to the end of "your" story.

You give Life your absolute, unquestionable very BEST and forget the questionable intentions and deviations of all the rest.

It is only "Never Enough" when we are offering up Praises to the King that sits on HIS unquestionable throne!

It is only "Never Enough" when the capacity of my heart is not filled to "Love's Capacity" and the whole is not accomplished by all of the parts.

It is only "Never Enough" when the reciprocity of Love is anything but, yet we are guilty as charged, co-defendants and accomplices, under indictment for perpetrating the same or lack thereof.

It is only "Never Enough" when the stuff that we are made of is called into question by the very reflection that is made up of us.

It is only "Never Enough" the moment that you start believing it as such, with no corroborating evidence that you could even begin to touch.

No matter how hard you try, sometimes it seems like it is just "Never Enough." But if we are able to do MORE, than the assessment was conducted in complete accuracy.

We try IN vain, when we should actually be trying in HIS Name! It is through HIS Love and Compassion that dictates within our hearts Love and Compassion if it is indeed, "Never Enough."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Memo to SELF!"

Typically, we are looking for reminders from everyone else and are dependent upon our communication devices to tap us on our shoulders so that we do not forget what we are supposed to be doing and where we are supposed to be doing it.

Well, in the form of good old fashioned accountability, it is high time for ME, YOU and US to tap ourselves on our own shoulders and to do what we need to do, exactly where we need to be doing it.

Do not get mad at someone ELSE for not reminding YOU!

Do not look for someone ELSE to do what is within YOU, to do!

You will NEVER hit a homerun, should you NEVER step up to the plate. Glory Be To GOD!

LORD knows that there will be many strikeouts during Life, but depending on your perspective and vantage point, you WILL get on Life's 1st, 2nd & 3rd bases as soon as you are supposed to, within HIS Will!

But just because it has not happened when YOU think that it should have happened, do not prohibit yourself from stepping up!

That is a "Memo To SELF!"

Sometimes you will only single, "Memo To SELF!"

Sometimes you will be able to double, "Memo To SELF!"

There will be times when you triple, "Memo To SELF!"

Then you have those rare occasions when you can achieve an in-the-park homerun! "Memo To SELF!"

At last, one good swing and the crack of that bat and the sound alone is good enough of an indication, without even having to look up, that you have knocked it out of the ballpark...FINALLY!

BUT, you will NEVER hit a homerun, should you NEVER step up to the plate! "Memo to SELF!"

Batter Up!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"The First Year"

Trying to sift and sort through the remnants of whatever was left behind, making sense out of things that you would rather not deal with right now or forever for that matter, because to deal with them brings about the confirmation of your situation.

It is a first for all of us that we will undoubtedly go through since death is a part of Life. And even after the demise of our "Loved Ones," it is not like they are no longer Loved, quite the contrary, they are Loved even more in their absence.

It is amazing to know that once we lose one of our keen senses, how the other ones kick in, in order to compensate for the loss of one of the others. Losing a "Loved One" works in the same manner and capacity.

When our continued "Loved Ones" precede us, it is only to get acclimated to their new Heavenly surroundings so that they can prepare our place next to them for when we make the inevitable journey ourselves.

But "The First Year" is by far, the absolute most DIFFICULT! And it does not necessarily get any easier, but just like our new Heavenly Angels becoming acclimated to their new surroundings, we too now need to become acclimated to our new surroundings minus the loss of one of our keen senses.

Our hearts will never be the same because our Love will only intensify as we move through to the next chapter of our lives, holding on to and cherishing the memories that were created and the Love that our souls have dedicated, all to them.

We live with the knowledge that GOD makes zero mistakes and that ALL is well within HIS Kingdom, including his new residents that we call our "Loved Ones."

The first of anything has a tendency to mean so much in our lives. And even when those lives are no more, "The First Year" still proves to mean so much more in and for our lives.

It is hard!
It is the most difficult year of your Life!
But you WILL survive it!

And on the Anniversary of your victory of having survived, you begin to catch your breath and start to breathe comfortably again, realizing that GOD never left your side, even when the population of HIS Heavenly Kingdom increased by one, YOUR "Loved One."

Hang in there!

Hold on with all of your might and seek refuge within the everlasting arms of the LORD.

"The First Year" represents our renewed Faith, confirms our new strength and has brought us one step closer to our "Loved Ones." The loss of that keen sense has indeed enhanced the performance of all of the others, up to and including the strength that you previously did not have, to now muster a genuine Smile.

As we begin to settle into the rest of our lives, reflect back on "The First Year." You have survived and made it a whole lot farther than you think you have. And for that, they are very proud of you, as they patiently await your arrival to that mountaintop. So focus on the view and all of the Life still ahead of you, as you celebrate having survived, "The First Year."

GOD Bless You!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Love's Address"

Just imagine being able to punch up L-O-V-E in your GPS and an actual route accompanied with step by step directions and an aerial map appear to guide you on your way. Oh, if it was that easy, automobile or not, we would all be walking around with pocket versions of any type of GPS that had such a functionality.

But back to reality and even though such a possibility is not within the realm of technology, you have to remember that Love was here FIRST and shall remain long after the demise of anyone that has ever laid claim to it.

We have been practicing the "Love rendition" all wrong. We need not look for Love at all, we only need to look within to find our way to the Love that the GPS "device" has no functionality to support.

Love does not reside at any physical location, but resides within the hearts of the person or people that take up residence in any location or situation.

"Love's Address"...is your heart!

Wherever your heart or the Global Positioning of your Soul (GPS), so is L-O-V-E. You are Love and how you give and receive Love is not specific to any geographic space nor demographic face, but how your heart speaks the language of Love to another heart that is so inclined to speak the same language.

Who does your heart SPEAK to?

Who does your heart LISTEN to?

You cannot GIVE Love without RECEIVING Love.

You cannot RECEIVE Love without GIVING Love.

You can try either one of the above-mentioned scenarios, but Love requires the presence of Love before Love makes the determination to FIRST show up. Otherwise, it will not work!

If you are sending Love, make sure that the return address is also Love.

If you have intentions on defrauding Love and misrepresenting what Love is all about, your transparent efforts will all be for naught. The only thing that Love knows how to do is Love.

So, pardon, as I enter L-O-V-E into my GPS, the Global Positioning of my Soul, where "Love's Address" resides, within me!

GOD is Love!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"There Will Always Be Room..."

Both good and bad relationships alike yield lessons learned. More often than not, what was learned will not be felt in its entirety until you have been entirely removed from the situation.

Oft times we do not realize how bad or how good a relationship was until we are no longer IN it or a part OF it. The view is much different when you are on the outside looking in as opposed to being on the inside trying to find your way around.

Each of the aforementioned give way to the fact that there is always room for improvement, even when the relationship was good. Good does not equate to perfect and as long as perfection has not been achieved, "There Will Always Be Room..."

All of the things that you did right as well as all of the things that you did wrong, including everything in between, have taught us that there was still more to see and do for the ones whose hearts were meant to be true.

If you have ever broken a heart, go mend it. Not necessarily for the sake of reconciliation, but because it is the right thing to do. "There Will Always Be Room..."

If your heart has ever been broken, allow the healing process to commence. Not necessarily to afford the offender a "do-over," but so that you can move on with YOUR Life. "There Will Always Be Room..."

If you have ever NOT lived up to your potential in a relationship, revisit those lessons learned and document your own notes with respect to what was done and said up to and INCLUDING what YOU did or said. "There Will Always Be Room..."

Relationships tell us a LOT about ourselves, sometimes more than what we might care to or might want to actually know. How we conduct ourselves in the midst of adversity speak to the longevity or lack thereof and the consistency of either road in which we travel.

I am humbled by what I have learned about myself throughout the course of my relationships. I am also proud of the fact that the experience OF, is now my testimony TO, Love.

Now that I have been entirely removed from the entirety of the situation, I can now attest to the lessons learned that both good and bad relationships alike yield.

When it comes to improvement, "There Will Always Be Room..."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Imitation IS the Best Form of Flattery"

Still do not believe that GOD is "WITH You" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/06/with-you.html)?

Through every crisis I have ever encountered, I have also experienced counter measures that aligned my path and bordered the shadows of my presence, even in broad daylight.

Had I not been covered, had you not been covered, it is safe to say that we would not be here, nor there or anywhere for that matter.

We question our purpose only for the simple fact that we are unaware or naïve to what our purpose actually is. Have you ever asked GOD for wisdom and understanding with respect to the role that you play? Well...why not? Seek and ye shall find. Ask me how I know.

I would never encourage someone to "question" GOD, but I would implore someone to seek out the knowledge and understanding that would catapult someone's foundation, by allowing someone to build upon that foundation, not only rising to the occasion, but raising the infrastructure to unprecedented levels, coupled with immeasurable success.

GOD Loves you!

It is time to start Loving yourself, just a fraction of what HE already does. Our level of Love may not ever reach the levels of HIS Love, but "Imitation IS the Best Form of Flattery."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"WITH You"

If you are reading this right now then the LORD has given you another day, another opportunity and another Blessing to walk amongst the living and to be everything that you are destined and purposed to be in Life, YOUR Life!

I know way too many people right now that are GROWING through some issues and problems of both the personal and professional nature, up to and including myself. But what is most important and what we need to remember is that we are HERE for a REASON!

GOD has planned HIS work and HE is working HIS plan. And guess what? YOU'RE INCLUDED!!

If they try to tell you that you are not, it is only due to the fact that they are uncertain about their own, themselves.

But make no mistake about the sheer passion of the LORD and how much HE Loves you and is able and willing to do what needs to be done to provide you what you need, when you need it, even when your realization of such is non-existent. Who ELSE can give you what you need even when you don't even know what it IS that you need?

Glory Be To GOD!

Your fate is not determined by the jealousy, mediocrity and stupidity of others. But the moment that you start believing it, then it is! Hold fast in your belief that GOD is fighting on your behalf and that HE will boomerang those thoughts and exercises in futility back to their origins, without even grazing you.

When GOD is on your side, that semi-automatic venom that is spat your way is ultimately equivalent to spitting in the wind. And to the perpetrators of such, no it is not drizzling, but the calm before the storm that I will stand right in the middle of as I bare witness to your feeble attempts to contest My Father!

I struggle "WITH You."

I believe "WITH You."

I Pray "WITH You."

I Praise "WITH You."

I surrender "WITH You."

Hold your head up, I'm "WITH You."

If GOD be for you, then who DARE be against YOU?

TELL YOURSELF: "Since you're riding with me LORD, know that I'm riding "WITH You."

Top down, problems are in the rearview (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2009/01/old-ways-are-in-rearview.html).

I'm "WITH You!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey