Not only is it a Blessing to see the dawn of a new day, but it is a miraculous undertaking to be afforded the chance to change what didn't go right the day before and make it right at the very next chance that you get, tomorrow.
We can forge ahead but we cannot "forge" our names next to opportunities that we did stake a claim to when they were in our midst. We cannot rescript our past nor can we plagiarize our futures.
But we CAN rewrite our future's past by doing everything today that tomorrow might not one day afford us, by way of time.
The time is now. The opportunity is here. And what you make of your stake is entirely up to you and your efforts, coupled with a healthy dose of Faith!
But do not take my word for it today, see for yourself in the "Opportunities of Tomorrow."
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 A. Ford
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
"Hi, Princess!"
As soon as my eyes have established their presence on the inside of the door, they go to work, searching for the two reasons why I am even there to begin with.
Not satisfied with what my eyes have happened upon, I follow the direction of my feet, directed by my heart, with the sole intention of locating my hearts desire.
The absence of what will make "my" heart content compels "me" to continue "my" search until "I" have found what it is that "I" am ultimately looking for (Marinate).
As I turn the corner, my Smile says it all!
"Hi, Princess!"
"Hi, Daddy!" She responds.
At the very moment that I greeted "My Princess" I was politely confronted by a collection of stares accompanied by Smiles, practically simultaneously. Some were other little girls, one was a single Mother of a little girl herself and the other adult was a married Mother of two teenage children.
The backgrounds of the faces that composed the array of stares that my "Hi, Princess" to my very own daughter garnered, taught me something that I already knew, but, to GOD be the Glory, presented itself in a whole new form, in an entirely different place, with a vast collection of new faces to represent.
You see, it matters NOT your demographic, when all "Ladies" young and older should be placed on the highest level. The attention that my "Hi, Princess" achieved leads me to the belief that EVERY woman has it in her heart to be that special someone TO someone, irrespective of the relationship, their age, height, weight, hair, skin, place, space, face, accomplishments, failures, struggles, beliefs, efforts, trials, successes and the list can go on until infinity.
The response FROM my daughter of the greeting TO my daughter had zero difference amongst the newly represented faces, as if they were ALL my daughters.
In other words, their hearts desire was no different than my own hearts desire when I set out on my initial search to begin with.
The absence of what will make "your" heart content compels "you" to continue "your" search until "you" have found what it is that "you" are ultimately looking for (Marinating still).
Their need to feel special in the eyes of that someone should make everyone happily oblige and aid in that search, thus shortening the duration of their journey, by greeting the special ladies in your Life with a, "Hi, Princess!"
To your Mother, "Hi Princess!"
To your grandmother, "Hi, Princess!"
To your sister, "Hi, Princess!"
To your wife, "Hi, Princess!"
To your daughter, "Hi, Princess!"
To your girlfriend, "Hi, Princess!"
To your niece, "Hi, Princess!"
To your cousin, "Hi, Princess!"
To yourself, "Hi, Princess!" You see you cannot expect others to think of you as such, if you do not think of yourself as such, as a Princess.
To all of the special young and older ladies whose hearts desire is to be a Princess in the eyes of someone, somewhere, here, there, near or far, from me to you, I say...."Hi, Princess!"
...And to My Mother, I still say, "Hi, Princess!"
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 A. Ford
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
"In A Better Place"
I have not moved, but I have rearranged all of my surroundings.
I have not quit, but I have fired all of my dead weight.
I am not obese, but I am heavy with Love.
I keep winning because GOD said that I cannot lose, if I so choose, by way of HIS obedience.
I have restructured my infrastructure to better withstand the disasters that will undoubtedly come my way, by way of people or nature.
Completely competent and no longer negligent at the expense of my happiness, resulting in self-inflicted predicaments.
The enemy can longer disrupt me because ever since I rearranged all of my surroundings, they are no longer familiar with my territory.
When I fired dead weight, I rehired success to commandeer my fate.
And Love's obesity, well I plan on shedding and distributing Love's weight to all those that read "All the Best, All the Time!"
I'm happy to say that those winning ways are due to the fact that I failed at failure because I so chose to succeed at success.
I have the same face,
Until my work has concluded, I'm still in the race,
No longer pre-occupied with someone else's pace,
Constantly covered and protected by GOD's Grace,
And HIS Mercy has delivered me all the way....dropping me off, "In A Better Place."
Hence the very reason WHY, 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 A. Ford
I have not quit, but I have fired all of my dead weight.
I am not obese, but I am heavy with Love.
I keep winning because GOD said that I cannot lose, if I so choose, by way of HIS obedience.
I have restructured my infrastructure to better withstand the disasters that will undoubtedly come my way, by way of people or nature.
Completely competent and no longer negligent at the expense of my happiness, resulting in self-inflicted predicaments.
The enemy can longer disrupt me because ever since I rearranged all of my surroundings, they are no longer familiar with my territory.
When I fired dead weight, I rehired success to commandeer my fate.
And Love's obesity, well I plan on shedding and distributing Love's weight to all those that read "All the Best, All the Time!"
I'm happy to say that those winning ways are due to the fact that I failed at failure because I so chose to succeed at success.
I have the same face,
Until my work has concluded, I'm still in the race,
No longer pre-occupied with someone else's pace,
Constantly covered and protected by GOD's Grace,
And HIS Mercy has delivered me all the way....dropping me off, "In A Better Place."
Hence the very reason WHY, 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 A. Ford
Monday, February 21, 2011
"Proactively Speaking"
It feels so amazingly wonderful to rise to another day knowing that there are Blessings that are patiently awaiting my arrival.
Once upon a time I had not because I asked not. And even when I was too naïve or too afraid to ASK for what I wanted, those Blessings were still patiently awaiting my arrival, for GOD knew and was not naïve or afraid to provide me what HE knew I would one day be in need of.
Love, on every corner, in every crack, seeping through every crevice, constantly and blatantly rearing itself in the form of, to Bless me because of, the fact that HE knew and me being naïve or afraid would never hinder HIS effort, even when I was blind to the fact.
WAS, blind to the fact and reacting as such, as if I had no clue because the truth of the matter WAS the fact, that it was indeed a true statement.
By far, the latter shall always be better than the former by way of lessons learned and subsequently greater than the former once you apply those lessons learned and put them into action, not reaction, "Proactively Speaking."
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 A. Ford
Once upon a time I had not because I asked not. And even when I was too naïve or too afraid to ASK for what I wanted, those Blessings were still patiently awaiting my arrival, for GOD knew and was not naïve or afraid to provide me what HE knew I would one day be in need of.
Love, on every corner, in every crack, seeping through every crevice, constantly and blatantly rearing itself in the form of, to Bless me because of, the fact that HE knew and me being naïve or afraid would never hinder HIS effort, even when I was blind to the fact.
WAS, blind to the fact and reacting as such, as if I had no clue because the truth of the matter WAS the fact, that it was indeed a true statement.
By far, the latter shall always be better than the former by way of lessons learned and subsequently greater than the former once you apply those lessons learned and put them into action, not reaction, "Proactively Speaking."
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 A. Ford
Friday, February 18, 2011
"Smile Again"
The greatest day of my Life before my Life was to be, I can lay claim to complete clarity and absolute certainty.
Understood is the past, coupled with a healthy dose of forgiveness.
Crystal clear is the future, with Faith the size of a mustard seed.
Unrelenting was my pursuit to recoup the last thing that is now the first thing on my agenda in which to do.
To live exactly how I feel and to reflect that Life and those feelings in the only way that I now know how, with complete integrity!
I arrived at the present by way of departure from the past.
I am here because I was once there, an appreciation of here, as if I have never been here before.
I Love you, I Love me, but I Love HIM even more.
The reason why I am different and why everything around me has changed,
To reflect that Life and those feelings, emphatically stressing the gains,
That were ultimately realized once I made the difference in my Life, long after the greatest day of my Life, before my Life was to be.
I am happy,
I am free,
To GOD be the glory!
Guaranteed victory, the only thing I can do is win. The victory is within me, since I can now "Smile Again."
Happy Birthday Mother!
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 A. Ford
Monday, February 14, 2011
"Roses In My Hand"
Sometimes you need that 2nd chance in order to get that 1st impression right. How naïve we would all be if we did it right the first time, every 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 A. Ford
I do not think that a collective brilliance could be accomplished if we all had the same and did the same like we were supposed to and perhaps should have done.
In the absence of ignorance, our achievements are beyond our predicaments and settle nicely right into their inheritance. For what is for us, is strictly for us and us alone.
Which brings me to Love.
That 1st impression may have had us entirely too baffled to get it right the first time. But sometimes, just sometimes, you need, I need, we ALL need that 2nd chance in order to get that 1st impression right.
"I" stand corrected.
And now, I stand at the front door of Love, awaiting her response to my knock, with
"Love In My Heart, A Smile Upon My Face" and "Roses In My Hand."
Corrected, "I" stand.
My 2nd chance,
That 1st impression,
"Roses In My Hand."
In the absence of ignorance, our achievements are beyond our predicaments and settle nicely right into their inheritance. For what is for us, is strictly for us and us alone.
Which brings me to Love.
That 1st impression may have had us entirely too baffled to get it right the first time. But sometimes, just sometimes, you need, I need, we ALL need that 2nd chance in order to get that 1st impression right.
"I" stand corrected.
And now, I stand at the front door of Love, awaiting her response to my knock, with
"Love In My Heart, A Smile Upon My Face" and "Roses In My Hand."
Corrected, "I" stand.
My 2nd chance,
That 1st impression,
"Roses In My Hand."
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 A. Ford
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
"Love In My Heart and A Smile Upon My Face"
Smiling may not be a prerequisite for Happiness, but Happiness shall compel you to Smile as IF, Smiling is a prerequisite to Happiness.
Emotions may not be a prerequisite for having a heart, but having a Loving heart shall compel you to display and share in those emotions as IF, emotions are a prerequisite to having a heart.
I arrived at today with "Love In My Heart and A Smile Upon My Face" as IF, the prerequisite for the day was for me to have, "Love In My Heart and A Smile Upon My Face."
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 A. Ford
Friday, February 04, 2011
"Chapters To My Story"
As my son celebrated his birthday, I could not help but to think back not too long ago about the impact that his arrival had on my Life. The subsequent impacts that he and his big sister would have on my Life as they continue to grow into the people that GOD has purposed for them to be.
When my Mother took her wings to Glory, it was my children that kept me alive, occupied, busy, Smiling as they wiped away Daddy's tears and brave as I mustered up enough strength to make it through yet another day.
GOD provides you WHAT you need BEFORE you realize that you will ever be in need of IT. And so HE graciously did and I am humbled at the mere thought of my needs being met, way before I knew that an introduction was ever in order.
Who, but GOD?
My children are constantly teaching me lessons on compassion as I "crop and save" the new version of Corey, only looking back so as to make the new better, the best its ever been, with a heightened focus on improving who I am, in order to be the best that I can, all that GOD has purposed for me to be.
If you are not learning from your children, then you are not paying close enough attention to the details.
Although they learn FROM us, they teach us about ourselves so that we can in turn teach THEM better, only after they have made US better.
Who, but GOD?
My son's birthday was another reminder of the Blessings that have been bestowed upon me. I celebrate my children's birthdays by giving GOD the recognized Glory, that HE so chose to add them, as "Chapters To My Story."
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
When my Mother took her wings to Glory, it was my children that kept me alive, occupied, busy, Smiling as they wiped away Daddy's tears and brave as I mustered up enough strength to make it through yet another day.
GOD provides you WHAT you need BEFORE you realize that you will ever be in need of IT. And so HE graciously did and I am humbled at the mere thought of my needs being met, way before I knew that an introduction was ever in order.
Who, but GOD?
My children are constantly teaching me lessons on compassion as I "crop and save" the new version of Corey, only looking back so as to make the new better, the best its ever been, with a heightened focus on improving who I am, in order to be the best that I can, all that GOD has purposed for me to be.
If you are not learning from your children, then you are not paying close enough attention to the details.
Although they learn FROM us, they teach us about ourselves so that we can in turn teach THEM better, only after they have made US better.
Who, but GOD?
My son's birthday was another reminder of the Blessings that have been bestowed upon me. I celebrate my children's birthdays by giving GOD the recognized Glory, that HE so chose to add them, as "Chapters To My Story."
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
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