"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