"Nothing But Joy"

I have never missed out on anything that was meant for me to have. If it was never mine, then it was never meant for me to begin with.

I have never experienced anything that was not meant for me to experience. If I experienced it, then it was to mold me from the old figure into what the experience would create thereafter.

I have nothing but the strongest, propping up the weakened, casting out the weakest, only to invite it back into the vision, stronger than when it initially left.

I have been sucked of my resources to only have them replenished, stronger than what they previously were.

I have been weakened to only have my batteries recharged at a voltage, greater then what I previously was.

At my weakest, I was cast out, only to be brought back in, thus compelling my witness to lend itself to my testimony, further invigorating those that have lost their strength, feel weak or are at a completely weakened and vulnerable state.

But, Glory Be To GOD Almighty!!!

Yesterday's news is still relevant to today's story, especially if have never even read it.

The unspeakable, yet must be spoken ABOUT,

The Smile upon my face,

The Smile that you hear in my voice,

The Smile that you read within this Blog,

I have been BLESSED!

Having gone through the OTHER side to only emerge from THIS side, taking note of all that is IN and AROUND my Life, now and forevermore, "Nothing But Joy."

No, you cannot STEAL it!
No, you cannot BORROW it!
No, you cannot HAVE it!

But I can and will share with you how you can go get your own.

Just so you too can walk around EVERY day, ALL day, with "Nothing But Joy!"

GOD is Great!

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

"Wisdom and Love"

My wisdom was first conceived of my experience and later born into what has become my testimony.

My Love was first conceived of the Love that was first bestowed upon me by the greatest Love known to man.

I am privileged to be in the presence, to be in the midst and to witness all that is happening when it is happening, how it is changing what would have happened, preventing what could have happened and demonstrating what should have and what will happen because I am in the midst of.

I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to have, to be and to do all of the things that are tasked under my Life's purpose. Such a Blessing it is to be in the midst of my Blessing and to know as the Blessing is occurring, as it is in the midst of the Blessing within the Blessing.

That "Wisdom and Love" that dances around my circumference and sings praises in unidentifiable octaves, reaching the unreachable, touching the untouchable, Blessing the non believers, seeing the unseen, hearing the unheard and forgiving even the unforgivable.

"Wisdom and Love" is too much of the best thing, that could never even admonish the worst thing, for the Blessing exists within the experience of everything.

I am eternally grateful for any and everything that has crossed my path. Good, bad and otherwise, it has all contributed to the "Wisdom and Love" that I have and feel.
I am better because of it!

More understanding having gone through it!

Strong enough having withstood it!

Experienced enough to now recognize it!

Smart enough to stay away from it!

Too Blessed to ever succumb to it!

Better off than I once was because of it!

"Wisdom and Love," the latter the former, individually and collectively, I am both, individually, collectively and respectfully.

Wisdom humbled me,
Love resuscitated me,
And Jesus saved me!

May the Praise that comes out of my mouth forever recognize that even when it was happening TO me, it still was not ABOUT me, so glory BE, to GOD!

You are the inspiration that you think you are. Thank you Nastashia!

"Wisdom and 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 A. Ford

"New Normal"

The chemistry was unlike any periodic table that I could recall, but all of the elements were still present.

It is hard to fathom what normal is like when you have lived and experienced any and everything but. Yet when you readily identify the areas of improvement that you can indeed improve upon, you can then begin to paint a normal picture to commit to your photographic memory and to frame on your wall of Life as an accurate representation of what the "New Normal" should and will look like in your Life going forward.

Getting acclimated to your new surroundings is a part of the process that ultimately cancels out what the "old" used to represent, and begins to solidify all that the "new" now represents.

All of the elements on my Life's periodic table were for me to figure out so that I can make sure that the compatibility was and is not somewhere lost in the presentation.

And then she comes along and does not question the elements within my periodic table, but she challenges the "old" in order to make the "new" even better. And I get it.

What was once normal is no longer even cordial to any of the "new" elements that beautifully represent the "New Normal" as my brilliant inheritance.

I had to go there, in order for me to get here. And now I must go where, the sound of her voice and the beat of her heart, I can hear.

This is my "New Normal."

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

"Reservations"

It is always a big deal whenever you "have" plans or you are "making" plans to do something by yourself or with someone that you would like to spend "your" time with.

You get the tickets.

You reserve the seats.

You block off the time.

You prepare to get prepared.

You figure out what to wear.

You decide how to wear your hair.

And as that day inches closer, your level of excitement grows higher.

You have "plans."

In Life, when it comes to being successful, the process is just as tantalizing. We constantly play it over in our minds, just like our new favorite song or that one song that we just can't seem to get out of our heads.

Determined people usually MAKE "Reservations."

Ambiguous people usually HAVE "Reservations."

Which one best describes you? Do you MAKE or do you HAVE?

When it comes to your success story, you either MAKE or you HAVE..."Reservations."

Adopt the determination by removing the ambiguity. No longer HAVE, but MAKE "Reservations" to attend and play a leading role in YOUR success story.

Afterall, it belongs to you.

Smile and make it happen!

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

"Everywhere You Are"

You cannot just lay verbal claim to Love if you are anything but.

You should not attempt to become a stakeholder of Love if your intentions are anything but.

You do not have to look for Love when Love already exists within you and resides within the house that Love has built, that is now occupied by you.

There is no place that you can go where Love is not adequately represented.

There is no place that you will ever come to know where Love is not marked present.

Love is who and what you become when you first accept and embrace the notion that if it is Love, that nothing else matters, that you are entitled to Love and that you deserve to be Loved.

It matters not what you do, where you go, who you become, what you learn along your journey and all of the other many intangibles.

Love is...Love shall be...Love shall remain..."Everywhere You Are."

Love like your Life depends on it. Truth be told, it actually does.

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

"Welcome Home"

I Missed You!

You have been gone for quite some time. A lot has changed since I last welcomed you into my Life. And now I am ready and willing to appreciate you and all that you do for me.

The Love that you give me,
The Smile upon my face,
The way that you make my heart race,
The immense joy that I feel whenever you are around,
The limitless potential that I realize in your presence.

You are truly good to me and without fail you have always been about your word and what it means. And for that, I am grateful!

Admittedly, it has been difficult without you and how I have managed to survive this long is a mystery that I thankfully no longer have to solve.

I Promise to be better to you this time around and take you for granted, never. For I now know what the alternative, without you in Life, is like. And I want no part of that, irrespective of the influence.

I have missed you entirely too much and now I understand and wholeheartedly appreciate every cent of your worth. And I shall demonstrate that to you from this day forth, until my Life is no more.

I Love You!

"Welcome Home," Peace & Happiness.

Please come on in. I'll close the door behind you.

If Peace & Happiness do not reside in your home and they are not an active part of your Life, they might already be knocking at your door. Go ahead, invite them in and welcome them home.

"Welcome Home."

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

"Restoration"

There are so many projects that people I know are embarking upon. With the plethora of television shows that showcase what can be done with relatively small investments, sparked is a certain level of energy into the hearts and minds of those that are so inclined to "fix things up."

Redoing your bathroom, having hardwood floors installed, painting, fixing up an old car, cleaning out the garage, purging the old, making room for the new, adding shelves to occupy more and so on.

Some even cover up or remove tattoos that are no longer relevant or serve any importance in their lives.

Those "projects" are all fine and dandy, but they represent the physical aspects of materialism, thus misrepresenting the well-being of your heart, mind, body and soul.

We take and make those small investments in hopes that they will alter our state once they have altered our surroundings, placing a false sense of hope in the same basket that we have stored all of the rest of our eggs.

If we only take a fraction of that energy, minus the investment because it is free, and reinvest it into ourselves, we might not need to alter our surroundings in hopes that it will alter our state of mind, thus positively impacting our hearts, providing healthier bodies and happier souls.

I am of the firm belief that you do indeed reap what you sow. So, if you were to invest nothing within your being, you should effectively expect just that in return. Nothing.

And when you invest in those misrepresentations, expect a return that exists only in the form of the presentation.

Projects are great and always looking to improve upon things are even better. But do not forsake one for the other. YOU are just as important of an investment as the projects that you are planning to work on. Just do not forget about and plan to work on YOU as well. You are just as and even more important. Believe that!

Restore and claim your joy at no less than 100%.

The happiness surrounding your situation(s) are strictly contingent upon the installation and subsequent "Restoration" of your joy!

Claim it because it belongs to YOU!

The "Restoration" of your Faith shall alter all of your surroundings with the explicit intent of serving up the only true representation for the presentation of your 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 A. Ford

"Healing"

I miss her terribly so!

I had not the leftover strength to carry me TO or THROUGH for that matter. But "Glory Be To GOD" that I had within me, all that she deposited within me, in order to understand that HE shall provide all of my needs if I have BUT, only the size of a mustard seed.

My upbringing may not have been traditional but the Love that I received was definitely unconditional. I firmly believe that what was in store for me years later on down the road would be executed to precision due to my previous experience and the overdraft protection that my Mother's Love would one day provide my Life's account.

You can only "bounce" what is not there to begin with. You cannot "withdraw" what was never first "deposited." You are only "insufficient" if you have been negligent.

But that was not the case with my Mother. My Life is so full of my Mother's wonderful memories and her tireless legacy, that it is like she never left.

I talk about her as if she's still in the room.

I hear her voice as if she's right here, right now.

I appreciate her wisdom as if she just whispered it to me.

I draw off of her tree of Life's branches of knowledge.

Today, my Life is filled with happiness because we deserve it so.

Not a single hour in my Life passes by without my Mother popping up to remind me...

Not a single day went by in my Life without my Mother showing up to help me find me...

The Love of my Life may not be physically here WITH me, but her presence in and around my Life is proof that she has never left me. And to think that she promised that she never would. "I will always be with you my son," Mother would say, over and over again.

I Pray for those who's Loved ones have gone on. May you find the Peace and happiness that I have found in order to compliment the comfort of what that Peace and happiness sounds like.

One day soon it will commence and time will allow you to let the "Healing" begin.

You've got a friend in me, always.

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

"Host of Imperfections"

It is through my many mistakes that I have arrived at the experience that is providing me my expanded growth, allowing me to occupy a space within the place that I now reside, called Peace.

When you have already dealt with the confessions within your Life, it makes it all possible for you to move on with the rest of your Life, as if you were never held back to begin with.

It is not a right, but an honor and a privilege to receive a second chance to get it right the first time in the presence of GOD's eyes. The ability to redeem yourself as if you never stepped outside of yourself during all of the times when you were wrong.

No less than humbling as I initially stumbled outside of the gate, but eventually got back in stride as I pace myself towards my destiny, and my fate.

I did nothing on my own and would not even attempt to plagiarize my very own story. I am home, at Peace, happiness abound with remorse and regret nowhere to be found.

I have been nothing short of a "Host of Imperfections" that now offer me my Life's direction, as if I was never lost to begin with.

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

"No Matter What!"

I have made the very conscious Life decision to be "Happy." To not allow anyone to beg, borrow or steal my joy. Sharing is a great thing, but joy is customized FOR you and TO you.

Therefore, you cannot expect people to adequately share in something that was customized per your specs. How could your customization satisfy their needs when it is according to the needs of you?

So, do not allow yourself to become unhappy when someone does not appear to genuinely share in your joy and enthusiasm. Like I said, sharing is a great thing, but.

Even with everything that I have ever been through with everyone that I have been through it with, nothing can supersede or replace....

The Joy,
The Love,
The Peace,
The Harmony,

All of which I simultaneously celebrate at the expense of the alternative, as opposed to me being miserable at the expense of....

The Joy,
The Love,
The Peace,
The Harmony.

The celebration shall continue, "No Matter What!"

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

"After HIS Heart"

Although it does sting and often hurts, I am not surprised at the condescending and demeaning manner in which people have a tendency to treat you. But if they did it to King Jesus, then they surely and most definitely will do it little ole' Corey.

But Glory Be To GOD that whatever is said or done to or about me does not have dominion nor jurisdiction over me and what LORD GOD sees and ultimately has planned, for me.

I fashion myself after nothing that can be replaced, but a remarkable image that I long to trace. HIS.

Although my ways are no longer at the opposite end of the spectrum, I kindly remind myself of where I once was in Loving appreciation of how far I have trekked to THIS end of the spectrum.

There is a colossal difference between "before" and "after," "then" and "now," "here" and "there," "me" and "HIM." Which brings me to the true "Heart" of the matter.

In order for me to ask the question: "How About I Start, With My Heart?"

Or in order for me to be "A Man of Your Heart," I must first get all of my ducks in a Loving row and be a citizen of GOD's Loving kingdom so that I can trace that image and be a man, "After HIS Heart."

It is not "me," but what HE has so chosen to do WITH me, hence the very reason why HE shall ALWAYS receive the glory.

After I have successfully traced HIS likeness and image, allow me to color it in by demonstrating that my every effort relative to Love, shall always be one, that is "After HIS Heart."

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

"How About I Start, With My Heart?"

Sometimes what we plan on doing and what we wind up doing has everything to do with what we want or what we think the other person should be planning on or actually doing themselves.

But as experience has so humbly taught Corey and humbled Corey in the "process, " I now strongly beg to differ.

What "I" need to do has nothing to do with what "you" need to do.

What "I" need to say has nothing to do with what "you" need to say.

For if the existence of that person was never realized to begin with, chances are you would still have to Love, say or do what you were waiting for them to Love, say or do themselves. Now, wouldn't you?

So, move according to what needs to be done.

Say according to what needs to be said.

Show according to what needs to be shown.

And grow whenever you witness an opportunity for said growth.

And in the "process," do not remove or subtract Love from Life's equation.

Love when Love is in search of Love in the form of and to compliment, that of Love.

There exists the very real chance to still do what you were waiting to be done or said by somebody else. Only this time around, do it YOURSELF!

YOU can Love,
YOU can care,
YOU can yearn to take all that YOU know and open up and share.

Experience has paid for my wisdom, thus making me a tad bit smart.

So, this time around, "How About I Start, With My Heart?"

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

"A Man of Your Heart"

The winds of change have finally decided to blow your way and give way to the shift in what you used to know, to what you will now grow to Love.

Even if you were remotely unaware that this gust of wind would one day embrace your beautiful face, then please now understand the gentleness in which it does.

It was just a matter of time before it was your time to release the anchor that has held you down and break the cycle that has perpetuated your frown, for far too long.

The ease in which you inspire me, ignites a fire within me that forces my every action to keep fanning the flames in hopes that they never burn out.

But if my efforts are any indication, preparation from the warmth that will comfort any doubt, shall continue to play its role and satisfy its part, for I am, "A Man of Your Heart."

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

"New Kind of Something"

Old days, old ways and old habits shall all soon pass away, if they have not already done so or are in the process of doing so, making way...

Left over will be the lessons learned from the opportunities spurned and all of the wasted churn, making way...

I am grateful to all of my wrongs for once and for all showing me how to get all of my rights, correct, thus making way...

I am not worried about where she is at. I am more concerned about being ready for her as soon as we meet, having already made way...

...for a "New Kind of Something" to take root within the new foundation of my new found stimulation that boldly introduced ITself, further restricting me from hindering MYself back to a place that existed before the lessons learned were first documented.

For the first time in a long time, if EVER, the season is ripe for all to be construed, understood and embraced, for a "New Kind of Something" to happily take place.

Find your PASSION, move in and live within it!

Identify your PURPOSE and do not live outside of it!

Making and having made way...for a "New Kind of Something."

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

"Compassion Within My Heart"

The thought or mention of Your name brings a Smile to my face, an extra beat to my heart, more joy to my cheer, more cheer to my joy and an overflow of glow, even in the darkest hour, of the lowest times, in my Life.

You become what I need for You to be and do so in such an abundance, to ever prevent me from NOT seeing that Your presence is not just marked by the "Footprints in the Sand," but the "Compassion Within My Heart."

I am so glad that we met. I search no more, but instead give even more, making withdrawals off of all of your deposits, knowing that my Life's account can never be overdrawn since your Blessings are never ending and forevermore.

You know who You are!

But, in the event that there are those that wonder why my glow is even visible in the middle of the day, I tell them that it has everything to do with U!

Thank You Jesus!

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

"THIS Very Moment"

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Everything that you were doing yesterday has or should have prepared you for everything that you are now facing today. If you have yet to be able to apply it, just live a little longer, Pray a little stronger and reminisce.

So many moments in time, so many moments that were defined. But, how many were designed by U?

I cannot undo whatever I did or did not want to do or say on yesterday.

I do not know what tomorrow holds since I am not there...YET!

But in "THIS Very Moment," I can choose to be the Purpose that I was Purposed to be with an undeniable illumination, void of any instant gratification, since my understanding affords me the knowledge that although the story might include but a GLIMPSE of me, it is not at all ABOUT me, but how I give back all that has ever been given TO me.

The next great moment starts with U!

Again I ask, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

...at "THIS Very Moment."

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

"Loving and Lasting"

Literally, I roll out of bed landing directly on my knees, giving Praise and thanksgiving FIRST! When you set your day off right, you can handle anything that is desperately trying to go wrong!

I do not welcome the unflattering, but I am more then equipped to deal with it, if and when it decides to rear itself. Unfortunately, it knows not the fact that it has already been defeated since my relationship solidifies my standing and the reason why victory is always at hand, no greater than an arms length away.

All day, everyday, Thank You Jesus!

With everything going on in the world, from revolutions to natural disasters, I am eternally grateful for the "Loving and Lasting" relationship that I have with my LORD and Savior.

GOD Bless!

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

"Belongs To You"

Eight years ago I knew not the true meaning of unconditional Love until I witnessed, first hand, the miraculous way in which you instantly altered my mind, my thoughts, my actions and my heart.

You have shown me so much and taught me even more! I cherish our time together, for you are growing up almost too fast for me to savor your youth.

You mean everything that you are supposed to mean to me and more. What a privilege it is to watch you grow, learn and even teach, as you familiarize yourself with your navigational compass, learning your own way, in a way that so compels me to appreciate you every day and especially on your birthday.

To my beautiful Princess! Happy Birthday my dearest most sweetest Love. My unconditional heart "Belongs To You." Daddy Loves 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 A. Ford

"The Need To Give Thanks"

When I left "yesterday," GOD simultaneously Blessed me to see "today," by way of breath in my body with the additional functionality of my limbs and in my right state of mind.

What more could I possibly ask for? How can I begin to repay a debt that I already know that I cannot afford?

What so compels a man to explore the possibilities, that extend far beyond his very own capabilities, landing him smack dab in the middle of GOD's tranquillity?

My GOD!

You saved my Life when people and things cared about everything BUT!

My GOD!

You Blessed me with a spectacularly wonderful Wonder Woman that has left a gigantic void in my Life, yet you have filled that void in My Mother's absence.

My GOD!

You strengthen my every weakness thus allowing me to speak to your greatness whether I am scaling that mountaintop, standing at its base or shouting Hallelujah as I am perched upon its peak!

My GOD!

When I was broke as a joke that everyone was laughing at, YOU, smiled upon me because YOU, knew that one day I would be giving YOU, the Praise through my writings, my Blogs and my books, with the talent and the gift that YOU, gave me!

My GOD!

You gave me another chance to dance around Your Grace and sing Your Praises in the presence of Your Mercy.

My GOD!

How could I not relinquish my thanks to the One that is so deserving of ALL that I have to give, if for no other reason than the fact that it would not be mine had it not been bestowed upon me, by You, to begin with.

My GOD!

It is not a multiple choice option, but a mandatory selection, hence the very reason why "I" feel, "The Need To Give Thanks."

Glory Be To GOD!

I Thank You LORD!

My GOD!

I Thank 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 A. Ford

"Through It All"

When I was in IT, I caught myself falling victim in and to the same pitfalls that everyone else said that they would avoid "if it was them." Once upon a time I even made the same bold proclamation!

The boldness of such winds up being your ultimate crutch in your pursuit to do different, as IF your way would prove to be so much better, when in all actuality, it was and is never about "them" or the "situation," but WHO navigated you THROUGH and delivered you FROM.

The fact that our common bond is our connection to the human race, it is and should not be surprising that we fall short, come up short, quit too soon, move too fast, respond too slow and are in that eternal quest to "get it just right."

No matter WHAT you go through, know that we ALL go through IT and come out on the other side, not necessarily unscathed, but better than we once were, forever untied to the naïve bond that used to represent our decision-making process, subsequent thoughts and scattered about actions.

IT represents anything that we ALL go through.

But it is WHO, that navigated you THROUGH, thus delivering you FROM, "Through It All."

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

"Me Within Me"

I used to hear the naysayers more than I used to hear myself! So much so that I started ignoring the voice within me, thus dwindling the "Me Within Me."

But Glory Be To GOD, for what I started to hear were the WHISPERS of GOD, that spoke louder than ANY of the shouts from ALL of the naysayers.

I could hear the silent whispers of GOD that began to drown out the decibel level of noise emanating from the less than truthful as they attempted to riddle integrity of its pure intentions, in hopes of shattering ANY and ALL of my hopes and dreams of being everything that I was first destined to be.

But as GOD spoke softer and the noise grew even louder, my ability to hear HIM was fine tuned even more.

Just preparation for the time when one day the stage will be grander and the noise will be earth shattering and through it ALL, I will STILL be able to hear the silent whispers of the LORD, confirming the "Me Within Me."

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

"That's A Lot of Work"

I see GOD in my children everyday that I am so wonderfully Blessed to lay my eyes upon both of their beautiful Spirits.

As I was making up my son's bunkbed, he witnessed the bed pulled from the wall and his Father dressing both the top and bottom bunks as he stood there and quipped: "That's A Lot of Work."

The presence of GOD is humbling in ANY format, presentation or articulation. And this instance proved to be no different.

As my son stood there in awe of what he deemed to be a lot of work that "his" Father was doing, I could not help but to immediately think about all of the work that I have witnessed "my" Father doing. The humbling aspect had everything to do with the fact that the vast majority of things that HE does for me go on behind the scenes, with or without my knowledge, most applicable to the latter.

Children are a constant reminder, that GOD is ALWAYS in the midst!

Looking back over the course of my relatively short Life, I can attest and testify in the same manner as my son did to "his" Father, the same to "my" Father, that had it not been for the Grace of GOD, I do not know where I would be or even IF, I would be.

I said, "The presence of GOD is humbling in ANY format, presentation or articulation." And this instance proves to be no different as well.

Since perfection shall permanently evade me all of the days of my life, all the days of my Life shall always be a work in progress. And "That's A Lot Of Work."

Thank you for the lesson son.

Thank you for your presence 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

"Already Exist Within You"

Love

Forgiveness

Patience

More Love

Kindness

Respect

More Forgiveness

Tenderness

Willingness

Even More Love

Consideration

Participation

Even More Forgiveness

Peace

Purpose

Whatever you think you need "More" and "Even More" of, add it to the list and start applying it to your Life today, so that you are prepared.

Before you go looking for something someplace else, make sure that it "Already Exists Within You."

Demonstrate the attributes that you yourself are looking for so that you can lay the expectation foundation by first illuminating the fact that what you are looking for is not due to your lack of, but as a nice compliment, in addition to, what is already there.

It should "Already Exist Within You" prior to you taking an itemized inventory and pointing out the deficiencies in others, hence the reason for my key attributes being Love and Forgiveness. We can never have too much of either and can ill-afford to do without them in ANY capacity.

Love and Forgiveness allows us to move forward and not regress to the point of zero advancement due to a hardened heart and an unforgiving temperament.

Love will allow me to forgive. And Forgiveness will lead me to keep pressing on, in spite of.

My two, "Love and Forgiveness."

Are you abundantly aware of what it is that should "Already Exist Within 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 A. Ford