"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

"Thank You For Being My Daddy"

I do not believe that a man should solely verbalize his intentions but rather allow his very actions to speak for themselves.

When it is all said and done, it will not be what you "intended" to do but what you actually "accomplished" while you had the chance and your opportunity here in which to do so.

With that said, I am humbled that I have the wherewithal to know and act upon the differences between "intentions" and "accomplishments."

Mind you, from a definition perspective, no "clarification" is needed. But during Life and the subsequent "application" process, the difference between the two needs to be solidified in stone and substantiated through the actions of your heart.

I Love my children with every ounce of my being after GOD has replenished me upon the completion of the depletion of the Love that I have for GOD. In other words, GOD comes first!

And then one day HE so chose to Bless me to do something and to be someone that at the time only HE could have known I would be able to effectively do. HE knew that I could be a Dad. HE knew that I could be a Father. And everyday my children remind me of HIS Blessing of such an opportunity and privilege that HE bestowed upon the likes of me.

On the morning of Father's Day, my precious little Princess looked at me and allowed words to roll off of her tongue as if she really meant them, with conviction and Love in her heart and mind and as children so often do, catching me totally off guard. On Father's Day my daughter told me: "Thank You For Being My Daddy" and walked away.

As she left I wanted to say, "hold on, don't you want to talk about this?"

It doesn't get any better than that!

How could she possibly thank ME without me turning right around and thanking HIM? If you are not learning from children, respectfully, you are not paying attention.

My "intentions" are to be a great Father! And upon the completion of my last breath, I know that I will have "accomplished" just that because I plan on leaving everything, taking nothing and surrendering it ALL!

My daughter thanked ME for being someone and doing something that I never thought that I would be or could do. But HE knew!

It is a privilege to be a Father.

It is a privilege to be a Dad.

It is a Blessing to be able to experience them both within your Lifetime.

Before the completion of your last breath, leave everything, take nothing and surrender it ALL!

The pleasure is mine Princess! It is both an honor and a privilege, so thank YOU for allowing me to be your Daddy.

...leave everything, take nothing and surrender it ALL!

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

"400th"

GOD has Blessed me more than the human mind can begin to fathom. HE has been generous to Corey with HIS time, wisdom, knowledge and understanding.

Although it has not been easy and far from painless, I have arrived by way of GOD's "awesome" Grace and Mercy.

I have lost SO much, but in turn have gained even MORE. It makes no sense to complain, when the takeaways have been far less than the gains. You could not have uttered those very words to me in the midst of it all, but the truth be known, that is exactly why I stand so strong and tall. "Whatever doesn't kill you, does indeed make you STRONGER!" Ask me how I know!

I knew not HIS plans for me, but I chose to "listen" to HIM and GO!

I knew not the direction of HIS path for me, but I chose to head that way ANYWAY!

Life is chalk full of choices and with every sunrise that we are so Blessed to bare witness to, we are afforded the opportunity for what my children refer to as "do-overs."

GOD has not forgotten about us. HE knows WHERE we are, WHO we are with and WHAT we are doing! Do "YOU" know WHERE you are, WHO you are with and WHAT you are doing? If not, then you should take the time, make the time, in order to find out!

Once upon a time I knew not the answers to those very questions myself. But what they say is true indeed: "a closed mouth, does not get fed." And chances are the intensity of the hunger pains have not been elevated HIGH enough for you to reach FAR enough. But they will. Just live a little longer.

I never knew that GOD would use Corey in such a capacity, to speak through, to reach, to listen to, to advocate for, to Smile on behalf of, to be an instrument for, all whom would so subscribe to something better, in the true sense of having "All the Best, All the Time!"

I knew not HIS plans for me, but I knew GOD!

I knew not the direction of HIS path for me, but I knew GOD!

And here I stand, 400 Blogs in, humbled by the manner and capacity that the LORD GOD so chose to use me to glorify "HIM." To give "HIM" the honor and Praise that "HE" so deserves by way of authoring testimonies and stories alike that are honest in their interpretations and 1000% free of any self-righteous embellishment TO or FOR Corey.

I Pray that as I celebrate this "400th," that I am only scratching the surface with respect to what is in store and how HE shall choose to use Corey going forward.

I implore you to "avail yourself" so that you can stretch your potential to the far reaches of HIS creation and everything in between.

I Promise that once you receive the absolute best, never again shall you settle for less, by choice nor circumstance.

Happy "400th!" Thank You LORD!

I LOVE 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

"OF Your Life"

GOD wants us to be good stewards over the many Blessings that HE has bestowed. It is incumbent upon us, with extreme reverence, to take care of the things that HE has already provisioned and taken care of HIMself.

There always has and there always will be the types of energies, in the form of people, places and things, that attempt to vacuum those Blessings up in a contained effort as opposed to just realizing what THEIR very own Blessings in Life are.

We always want what we want, yet oft times we actually do not even know what that WANT is. But, we still want it, we seek it out, and too much of the time it is at the expense of others.

Our stewardship is not just limited to watching over our Blessings, but protecting them as well. Sometimes this will lead us to make some difficult, yet necessary choices within our lives.

The difficult aspects are relative to the "perceived" emotional attachments that have been birthed and nourished along the way. Momma always told me, "Corey, everything that is good TO you, is not good FOR you." Food for thought? Well, come fix your plate and have a seat at the table.

Do not extend yourself to the detriment OF yourself.

Do not allow someone's presence IN your Life to be a contradiction "OF Your Life."

As the Blessings are nourished, they shall continue to flourish.

The gift of Life is a Blessing bestowed.

Therefore, be good stewards "OF Your Life."

Yet again, I find myself thanking YOU Mother! My Life made better because "OF Your Life."

I share "IN," so that one day I too, may be "OF."

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

"Laid Your Burdens Down"

They say that there is a catch to everything. If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. There always seems to be a caveat when someone is explaining something or delivering anything your way.

We really shouldn't be surprised at this fact since it actually starts with GOD. There is nothing that HE cannot do, there is nothing that HE will not do for us and on our behalf. But there is indeed a caveat.

I have both witnessed and been the recipient of many Blessings, only after submitting myself unto Thee, relinquishing my actions and rendering them actionless when HE is in the midst. Oh, that caveat...

It is admirable in concept, yet deplorable in reality, to think that we can actually help GOD "get the heavy stuff" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2009/01/are-you-going-to-get-heavy-stuff.html) out of our directional paths in Life. HE can and most certainly will. But there is indeed that caveat.

In this very instance, the definition of pride seeks refuge outside of my mind and body as I heroically bare witness to the ease in which HE moves all that I need to be moved and reveals all that I need to be revealed. But there is indeed a caveat.

I dare you to turn around, after having "Laid Your Burdens Down." And if I was a gambling man, I would be willing to bet that you would not find them there, where you left them anymore.

So, the caveat is simple.

Just "let go and let GOD."

No bartering, no bargaining and no begging. After you have released them completely and in their entirety, physically, emotionally, mentally, psychologically AND Spiritually, just let go and I dare you to simply turn around.

No, I am not a gambling man, but if I were, how much would you owe me? Smile and let go!

Empty me and replenish with Thee!

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

"Although...Each and Every Day"

Although each day brings about new challenges and obstacles to overcome, it also affords us new opportunities to try to accomplish what we might have previously failed at, adding the twist of a new day, renewed strength and energy, to do better than what we could have, the first time around.

Although the agenda of each new day is ultimately unknown, I am humbled that I have the chance to partake in it and to be a part of the solution through all of my contributions.

Although what one contributes might be less than what another contributes, it is a contribution nonetheless.

Although what one contributes might be more than what another contributes, it is a contribution nonetheless.

Although the challenges we face may differ on a daily basis, the source of our inner resolve remains refreshingly constant. To know that no matter what lies ahead of us, we are affirmed by WHO and WHAT stands BESIDE and BEHIND us, at all times.

Although WE might fail, the moment where we recognize the difference in our efforts and those of HIS, we shall become permanently victorious in all that we do.

Until the day that I have no more days, I shall look forward, to "Each and Every Day."

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,
Corey

"Seasons of Your Life"

I Love You!

The chapter of your Life,
The stories within your book,
The testimony of your struggle,
The commitment to see it through,
The adversity that attempts to destroy you,
The Love that is still within your heart,
The actions that prove your intentions,

I Love You!

At this juncture in your Life, you should be happy to have survived this long and made it this far.

Everything that you have been through has brought you immense wisdom, clarity and further understanding, if you were paying attention.

Sometimes we cannot see the forest for the trees because we are solidly standing in our very own way.

Sometimes we are our very own worst enemy.

Sometimes we give ourselves too little credit for what we have done.

Sometimes we give ourselves too much credit for what we have not done.

And sometimes we forget and misplace the credit to the ONE that deserves it ALL.

No matter where you are within the itemizations, declare that "I Love You!"

For it is within each of the "Seasons of Your Life" that we discover the reasons of where we are, if we are paying attention.

To my current season I declare that "I Love You!" You are the reason that I will be prepared for all of the future "Seasons of My Life." I embrace your wisdom, clarity and further understanding.

Thank you for the preparation as I proudly make the declaration that, "I Love You," throughout all of the "Seasons of My Life."

Here's to paying attention, throughout all of the "Seasons of Your Life."

I Love 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,
Corey

"Love Shall Prevail"

In the midst of all of the most horrific things that are happening within the world today, there is something going on at the exact same time to counter the pessimistic, negative energy and actions, filling the voids with optimistic, positive energy and actions.

Those pot holes can and will wreak havoc on the front end alignment of your vehicle and your last minute avoidance could have potentially caused more undue harm to you, someone else or even your vehicle.

The everyday challenges that we face within our lives are no different. They too can wreak havoc and our attempts to avoid them can be more detrimental than to simply face them head on.

Worry not about the impacts of neither! Just remind yourself of who's side that you are on.

The challenges that we face are here to make us stronger and wiser. And even when those challenges become bigger, in all actuality, they begin to pale in comparison to the strength and wisdom that we have garnered along Life's way.

Life pulls FROM us only in order to deposit back WITHIN us.

And now when you travel and happen upon those once havoc wreaking potholes, you can simultaneously FILL them as you travel OVER them, unscathed by what was once a nuisance that no longer exists or impacts your existence.

Whatever we face will always pale in comparison to the face of Love.

Those uphill battles will always provide excellent views, once you're at the top...

Never allow yourself to fail, now that you know, that "Love Shall Prevail."

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

"To Love Again"

It hurts to feel the sting that we are too quick to attribute to Love. Plain and simple: Love does not hurt. It is not supposed to. And as soon as we think that it is, we need to promptly label that big red flag to read: "THIS IS NOT LOVE!"

Love is not a foregone conclusion, should you forgo it to begin with. What would be the basis of something built on nothing? Zero times zero equals...

You see the only thing that you can subtract from Love, is you. And even then, once your animosity subsides, you'll be back because Love will never remove you from its roll call list and will continue to call out your name until that one day you decide to show up and it marks you present, once again.

So, in order to multiply Love, you need to first add TO Love, literally. The only thing that you should ever take away from Love, is "how to."

It is not going anywhere. Love will always be right here, waiting for your triumphant return to Love. Love needs you, "To Love Again."

Have a Lovely day, in the name 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,
Corey

"The Elegance Of Love"

The precise craftsmanship that goes into creating an everlasting Love is first acknowledging that Love is the master and that WE are the permanent students of all that Love has and will continue to teach us throughout our OLT (On the Love Training).

I believe that when Love moves in, by default everything contrary to Love has to move out. Not out of choice, but out of necessity. Truth be told, eviction is more appropriate since Love will only accept payment for Love, in the form of Love.

All of your actions, both verbal and physical in nature should be soiled in Love so that what emanates from those actions is nothing short of an extension from the root of the seeds of Love that you have already planted.

Hurtful thoughts and deeds become a thing of the past, having been served their eviction notices when Love signed the Lifelong contract with your heart to forever take up residence in that prime peace of real estate that pumps Life into your entire existence.

Vindictiveness and spitefulness have withered away and died a horrible but much deserved death because Love, while gentle in nature, is THE most powerful force known to exist and has zero tolerance for anarchy towards Love and all that Love so desires to accomplish, starting with you, in your Life.

In all of its elegance, the brilliance of Love can hardly go unnoticed with every intention on staying focused on the tasks at hand: to give and to receive, absolute Love.

Substitutes for Love is mediocrity conjured up and dressed up to appear to be everything that it knows not HOW to be.

You cannot LOOK like Love if you are not Love.

You cannot SOUND like Love if you are not Love.

You cannot PRETEND Love if you are not Love.

You cannot FAKE the authenticity of Love if Love is not within your heart.

And you cannot persuade yourself or others to the POWER of Love, if you yourself are oblivious and fail to believe in its natural elegance, that of which, is "The Elegance 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,
Corey

"Results WILL Vary!"

If your future is waiting for you to show up, then don't you think that it is high time that you got yourself marked "present" by actually being so?

I used to attribute my tardiness to the fact that I was born as such. Believing that you are "predisposed" is a fallacy dictated by the enemy that doesn't want to ever see you in prosperity.

It is nothing more than a cop out for the people that refuse to help you out. But if they do choose to help you, it is up to you to help them help you by getting yourself marked "present," since YOUR future depends on it and is actually waiting for you to make it happen.

Expectations: create them and see what happens. Likewise. Do not create them and see what happens. The "Results WILL Vary!"

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

"Just The Way You Are"

I can no longer afford to live or to be comfortable in my Life. The cost by far outweighs the lining of the pockets of my trousers and the risks will always be greater than the rewards. The mental elasticity will dryrot, forever losing its flexibility.

I have yet to discover the perfect hiding place from GOD. How can you hide when HE is omnipresent? HE is there before you get there, leaves before you left, all so that HE can arrive ahead of you, littering your path with HIS Grace and Mercy.

When we choose to get comfy in Life, we are essentially trying to hide from GOD. Well, good luck with that and if you should EVER find a location where GOD is not, I would implore you to not take up residence or even make a pit-stop in said physical locale.

But, Glory Be To GOD, that no such place exists when your heart is the address that the LORD has on HIS identification card. Imagine GOD being pulled over and hands his drivers license to the officer and his address and registration state that HE lives, within YOUR heart.

That is exactly what happens when we attempt to get comfortable and hide from GOD. HE will show up in the form of, in the place of, for the sake of, in the name of, "you and HIS Will." The intersection of "you and GOD's Will" does not have any red lights or stop signs. Your attempts to detour the inevitable is admirable, in a mediocre type of way. GOD indeed has a sense of humor!

Just pay attention to where and how HE chooses to show up in your Life. You don't have to take Corey's word for it. Just ask the officer that asked for HIS driver's license and registration.

GOD, thank YOU for your Son, for being on-time, for showing up and for choosing my heart, as you permanent address. For everything that YOU have ever done in and for my Life, I Love YOU LORD, "Just The Way You Are."

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'll Never Change"

Change is good! Change makes you take an honest hard look at yourself and itemize the things that you like as well as the things that you do not like, subsequently allowing you to actually do something about it, should you so desire.

Some of us think that change is only relative to those that are around us, externally, as opposed to what is within us, internally.

But since we are all works in progress, we all stand in the need of change. It brings us closer to who and what we are selflessly SUPPOSED to be and not who and what we might selfishly WANT to be.

Perfection might not warrant change, but as imperfect as we are, change is a necessity.

Oft times I have heard people declare out loud their sentiments to another person's charge of "impeccability" by gesturing with their mouthpiece, whether in earshot or not that, "You'll Never Change."

Guilty as charged, GOD knows that I have perpetrated the same vocal sentiments about another. But, that was then. I need not concern myself with what and how a person changes and if they ever feel the desire to do so.

Although my willingness to share in the necessity of change compels me to do just that, it is not my job nor is it my responsibility to dictate it to another. Imperfection is a relative of mine as well.

Thank you LORD! I know that no matter what I go through on this journey of mine, I am humbled by the fact that YOU are perfection, and that "You'll Never Change." I can live with that!

In the meantime I have some itemizations to work through as imperfection steadily calls my name. My concession to the possession of perfection means that I shall forever remain humbled that perfection DOES exist, but only in the Father, through the Son. I can live with that too! Literally!

And thank GOD, "You'll Never Change."

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

"All Things Are Possible!"

I Smile whenever someone has the audacity to imply, suggest, declare, state or proclaim that something is not possible. Then I silently ponder whether or not they know GOD and if they do, perhaps it is all of the current challenges that has their Faith in the backseat instead of riding shotgun, better yet DRIVING!

But judging another is not the purpose, just an honest observation of a situation that we have or will all one day go through whenever it seems like we have more problems than GOD has time. But why would the keeper of time be compelled to wear a watch? HE "IS" time!

Nothing surpasses the ability of GOD's Holy Word to replace the fear and doubt with courage and certainty.

Possibilities have a tendency to run its course, exhausting itself of its resources and automatically stepping aside...exactly where GOD steps in, picks up, refuels, reenergizes, gets back on track and provides enough motivation to see you through, around and over the towering challenges that you thought outweighed the amount of time that GOD has on HIS agenda.

Do you not know that you "ARE" HIS agenda?

EVERYTHING is POSSIBLE!

The possibility of anything or nothing being possible is an impossible statement to make, should you even be remotely AWARE, of the power of GOD!

"All Things Are Possible!"

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

"Keep on Talking"

When something sounds so good to our ears and resonates deep down within our souls, we do not ever want to experience a time where we will NOT be able to hear that special "something" that moves us so.

Through the process of maturation, we develop a strong tendency to cling to that voice of reason that we hear whenever we decide to tune in and actually LISTEN to the words that it does not just WHISPER, but speaks ever so LOUDLY, to us.

It is so amazing when you think about the fact that GOD has already equipped us with all that we need in Life to be all that HE sees our lives to be.

As soon as we start listening to the Holy Spirit that resides within us, all "ambiguity" is lost as was the attention paid to the all of those uncertainties that kept our attention for far too long.

Water under the bridge to now ponder what "could have been" since nothing was done during the time that it "should have been."

But all is not lost on the opportunity that was. We are still able to find our way in the thick and in the midst of.

Since you enjoy being on the receiving end of something that sounds so good and means so much, do make sure that you afford someone else the same enjoyment by speaking that "something" special to them.

And may your Smile shine through your voice as you "Keep on Talking" that "something" that sounds so good to their ears and resonates deep down within their souls. May we never experience a time where we will NOT be able to hear that special "something" that moves us so.

Voice of reason..."Keep on Talking."
Holy Spirit..."Keep on Talking."

And as you guide my ways, my direction and cover me with your protection, I will "Keep on Walking."

I Love and miss you Mother. And I hear your voice, loud and clear. "Keep on Talking."

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

"Compliment not Complicate"

Sometimes we find ourselves surrounded and even engulfed in situations that do nothing to enhance our true character assets. We are emboldened by everything that has nothing to do with our best interests. We are steadily assassinating our own character and slowly chipping away at the very structure that can barely tolerate additional structural damage and hold us up in the process.

We should not allow people and things within our lives that do nothing but complicate our existence.

We should only invite the people and things within our lives that "Compliment not Complicate" our existence, emboldened by everything that has everything to do with our best interests.

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

"I've Come Too Far"

I might not be able to see that finish line just yet, but at least I know that I am headed in the right direction.

The scenery along my path, including all of those "Meaningless Distractions" (http://allthebestallthetime.blogspot.com/2008/01/meaningless-distrations.html) fuel my drive to permanently strive for all of the things that are still waiting for me.

All of those rumble strips along the way were designed to wake me up, get my attention and help me to stay focused on all of my tasks at hand.

I leap at the opportunity to defy the odds and make a mockery out of the words that were meant to make a mockery out of me, because they knew not, WHO and WHAT, stood and stands beside me.

Once you have had the chance to place your feet on the shoulders of the LORD and view the landscape, you know that from that day forth, that no other option is an option, or even exists for that matter.

Who better to stand upon?

What is better to prop yourself up against?

Looking down on Life's odometer, I could never be disconnected from the engine that provides me my motivational drive.

"I've Come Too Far" to look back, go back, retreat or succumb to defeat.

It's just me and the LORD!

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

"Why Not Me?"

With everything going on with everyone, sometimes it is easy for us to forget that we're not the only ones.

When tragedies and circumstances befall us, it is too easy and we are entirely too quick to ponder and even ask, "why me?"

Sometimes GOD will use you and your strength and courage as a living testimony to the strength and courage that was planted within you, from the source HIMself.

Sometimes your tragedy and circumstances have nothing to do with you, but everything to do with what GOD has planned for others THROUGH you as well as you YOURself. Who could orchestrate such a plan to perfection? Nobody BUT!

When things are going good for us, we do not beg the question, "why me?" We tend to "silently" say to ourselves, in a whispering fashion, "Why Not Me?" And that is exactly the point!

When things are good, "Why Not Me?"

When things are bad, "Why Not Me?"

In either of those two situations, GOD has and never will leave your side.

The wisdom and understanding that we initially lack compels us to ask, silently or out loud, the inevitable question. But in the midst of, if you need to ask for anything, let it be for wisdom and understanding.

No matter the tragedy or circumstance, it is extremely humbling to know that GOD is using you in what appears to be your darkest hour, your lowest point and your weakest time. Even in tragedy, GOD is working HIS plan according to HIS will, using you to uplift HIM in an exponential capacity that you could not even begin to fathom. Hence the need to always ask for wisdom and understanding.

GOD will surrender unto you a knowledge base so vast that your mind will not be able to readily digest and comprehend it in its totality.

So GOD, use me as YOUR will determines and provide me with the wisdom and understanding that I will need to hear from YOU in the midst of my tragedy and circumstance, to avoid all being lost in me, should I ever ponder out loud, "why me?"

Better yet, "Why Not 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,
Corey

"Depending On Where You Sit"

Whether you are sitting low and looking high, sitting high and gazing down low or somewhere in the middle, the view is said to be determined by your location. But I would strongly beg to differ!

From my perspective, the view is determined by your motivation.

Where you are and where you sit are always in close proximity to where you would like to be and or where you need to be in your Life.

The difference between those two locations is not relative to space nor distance, but rather choices and persistence.

The view from my vantage point is unique to my eyes because no one else has what I have when I have it. Therefore, I have the advantage of making the best out of my situation without feeling less than or compared to, any previous or current observation.

We tend to allow ourselves to get caught up in the perception of things, when perception is only used as bait to deviate us from the reality of those same things.

We tend to lend ourselves to causes and the persuasion of their lure, knowing good and darn well that their occasion is less than pure.

I am humbled by the Grace, wisdom and understanding that the LORD first planted within my Mother, providing a direct path for her to share it with me.

Blessed are those that realize their source of inspiration, keeping it fertilized, watered and manicured.

Blessed are the caretakers of their inspiration, that wholeheartedly understand the magnitude of their role and position, irrespective of the seating chart and what their ticket stub says.

If I was ignorant of the fact that what GOD has for me is for me and me alone, then I would say "yes, funny how different things look, "Depending on Where You Sit.""

But since I am not ignorant of the very fact that what GOD has for me is for me and me alone, it matters not where you physically take up residence or what your ticket stub says.

The view is strictly contingent upon your motivation and has absolutely nothing to do with your location.

Your view on how to live your Life does not "Depend on Where You Sit," but how willing you are to equip yourself in order to make the absolute best out of all that you have.

When all is said and done, you might choose to stand as opposed to sitting anyway. Why not start TODAY?!.

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

"I Won't Take It Back"

Introductions were in order when I first found out the reason so many Blessings were bestowed upon me.

My Mother took it upon her beautiful self to introduce me to the LORD, starting with HIS Son.

"Sunday School here I come," every Sunday morning. I remember coming home with the art and props that we used during class to illustrate the greatness of the LORD.

Over the years, everything in my Life has changed, yet the one constant source for everything in my Life has remained unchanged.

I went from art and props to songs, testimonies and Blogs to illustrate the greatness of the LORD. You see when you begin to avail yourself, the time that you used to not have, avails itself, solving all of the instances of "not having the time" at all.

When you are ready to start living the Life that was purposed for you and you alone, the start time is right now. You cannot possibly be waiting for anything because everything is waiting for you to kick it up a notch.

I Love my LORD and Savior. I said it and "I Won't Take It Back."

Thank you Mother! Your smallest efforts ALWAYS made the biggest of differences within my Life. And they STILL do!

I said it, I'll say it again and again and guess what?! "I Won't Take It Back!"

Allow your Life to be a walking illustration of the greatness of the LORD, demonstrated on the canvas of experiences that paint your background.

I meant all of what I said and "I Won't Take It 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,
Corey

"Love, is Beauty"

If "Beauty" is in the eye of the beholder, then I am a very wealthy man, to be in visual possession of all of the "Beauty" that is contained within you.

I see all that I like.
I see all that I Love.
I see all of my future each and every time my eyes are greeted by your presence.

The most beautiful thing about your "Beauty" is the fact that it effortlessly does exactly what it needs to do, exactly when it needs to be done, for no other reason than to bring a Smile about you, upon you, for no one else, but you.

Your "Beauty" is full and your intentions extract the pureness from my heart, as my lips part ways so that they can begin to utter exactly what you mean to me.

The words may be temporarily lost, but are permanently found and properly returned to their rightful owners.

Always conjuring up ways to constantly brighten up the darkest of days as long as I am a willing participant.

Staying focused solely on what is important, while allocating all of my energy in a like fashion is demonstrative of everything that your "Beauty" means, in the eyes of this beholder.

I used to be reticent, but now never hesitant, to speak from my heart, in the "Beauty" of permanence.

"Love, is Beauty."

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

"Forever And A Day"

The true essence of Love knows no boundaries, provided our souls are comforted by the movements from within that keep our hearts content, readily and steadily pumping the adrenaline that was injected into our psyche, when we first fell so deep and hard.

To turn back the hands of time would be synonymous with aborting all knowledge that needs to be birthed in order to give breath to the Love that resides within your heart.

Your Love may be on Life support, but the support that Love gives your Life is more than enough to resuscitate its existence, thus allowing it to breathe, once again.

Since forever is not enough, I will add a day to it, which now affords me the chance to tell you, that I Love you, "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,
Corey

"Happy Mother's Day!"

I Love You Mom!

Mother's Day is a single day's demonstration of what we should do every day as proper illustration for what all of our Mother's truly mean to us.

With a heavy heart I wish the Mother's of the world a Happy Mother's Day and I celebrate it with you as I fondly remember and recall all of the wonderful things that compels me to celebrate despite being without, my Mother.

I believe that even in the physical absence of ones Mother, we can still honor them in the Spiritual form for all of the magnificent ways that they molded us, having carved out our imperfections, filling our voids with their tireless dedication and attentive affection, constantly keeping us on the straight and narrow, irrespective of any direction.

To think of my sweet Mother brings about an immense and immeasurable joy that I can only Pray is replicated to every other person that someone is so Blessed enough to call Mother.

Enjoy your day, everyday!

Understand the difference in this world that you make and know that for granted your Love we shall never take.

From my wonderful sweet Mother, to you as a Mother.

Happy Mother's Day!

From my wonderful sweet Mother, to all Mother's.

Happy Mother's Day!

May we never begin to comprehend what Life and our lives would be without the impeccable Love of our magnificent Mother's.

Happy Mother's Day!

I Love You Mom!

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

"Before I Needed It Done"

You can hear the knives being drawn from their sheaths.

The sound alone would have the average man quiver in fear of the unknown and what he THINKS is about to occur.

But even an average man that is smart enough to worship an above average GOD knows that the sound that he THINKS he just heard was not knives, rather plastic utensils at best.

The very same weapons that you would purpose to bring harm to or against me shall and will be reduced to the useless artifacts that will accomplish absolutely nothing in the presence of my LORD and Savior.

Even as a 3rd Degree Black Belt, I need not lift one hand, because my Faith in the LORD requires me, but to stand.

So you sharpen the knives that HE will make dull.

Attempt to empty my Spirit that HE will make full.

Insult the intelligence that HE so afforded me.

Your ignorance knows not the destination of Glory within Thee.

I will Smile anyway!

I will Praise HIM even more! It matters not should you refuse to answer my knock at the door.

What would once bother me is now powerless over me, ever since I renewed and restored all of HIM, within all of me.

YOU gave us YOUR only begotten Son.

And I thank YOU LORD, because YOU did it, "Before I Needed It Done."

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

"Let the Past Go"

"The future is waiting for you to relinquish the past."

In order for you to move forward, you need to stop looking backwards and following it up with subsequent steps in the same direction.

Moving is not synonymous with going somewhere. And just because you are moving does not mean that you are actually going anywhere.

"Showing up" does not mean that you were "invited." But when that R.S.V.P. has YOUR name written on it, someone or something, somewhere, are awaiting your arrival.

The only prerequisite is that you arrive unfiltered in your ambitions, concentrated in your thoughts, undivided in your attention and unquestionable in your intentions.

I said, "The future is waiting for you to relinquish the past." So, why are you still holding on to it? That circular motion that prohibits you from turning a corner in your Life is silently begging you to let go, to "Let the Past Go."

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

"I Tried It On My Own"

They say that should you "fail to plan," then you have effectively "planned to fail."

My Mother used to tell me, "Corey, sometimes you have to fail, in order to succeed."

I Loved my sweet Mother with all of my might, but for the Life of me, I didn't and couldn't understand all of what she fed me, until the day that I finally got hungry. How sweet the taste of the buffet of knowledge and wisdom that she imparted on me.

To this day, I remain eternally grateful for all that I have ever experienced: good, bad and otherwise. All of which, has taught me all of what, I know.

Within my Life, failure both perceived and realized, has awaken the Spirit within me to the realization that there were good reasons for all of my failures.

Having the audacity to "try" to do something, anything without HIM is a sure fire way to set yourself up for perpetual failure. But, the inclusion of HIM, embedded within HIS will, utilizing HIS gift unto you, will position yourself to give HIM the glory in the midst of authoring your very own story, albeit all about HIM.

You see, failure is no longer an option for me. I turned over a new leaf, started acting upon my beliefs, took up residence within my new home. The core of all of my failures were due to the fact that, "I Tried It On My Own."

But, glory be to GOD, because I "planned to fail" every time that I ever excluded HIM.

Therefore, my sweet Mother was absolutely right when she first told me, "Corey, sometimes you have to fail, in order to succeed."

The core of all of my Life's failures were due to the fact that, "I Tried It On My Own."

Do not exclude HIM "any" of the time when it is necessarily paramount to include HIM, "all" of 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,
Corey

"I'm Not Worried!"

The Smile that doubles as my umbrella keeps a perpetual glow of happiness constantly surrounding me.

Just as an umbrella is designed to protect against the inclement "weather," the Smile is so designed to protect against the maliciousness and callousness of others, "whether" or not it was their intent or by accident.

Either way, "I'm Not Worried!"

GOD is bigger than anything that I will ever encounter within my Lifetime. Even when the deceitfulness of whatever I encounter would have me to believe that IT is bigger than the GOD that presides over my Life.

Since I believe the former and not the latter, "I'm Not Worried!"

The only thing that worrying ever accomplished was absolutely NOTHING!

The only thing that GOD ever accomplished was absolutely EVERYTHING!

Therefore, "I'm Not Worried!"

Glory Be To GOD, FOREVER!

Stop worrying and tell yourself: "I'm Not Worried!"

The only thing that worrying ever accomplished was absolutely NOTHING!

The only thing that GOD ever accomplished was absolutely EVERYTHING!

Faithfully, "I'm Not Worried!"

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

"Nobody But"

I stood there with all of the strength that I could humanly muster to lift up my Mother's casket.

I know where it came from. I know how I got it. My outer body experience had everything to do with the LORD taking up residence within my frame at the right place at the right time to prevent HIS child from crumbling on sight, on the spot.

Everything that I have ever been through is nothing short of preparation for what the LORD needs for me to go through so that I may in turn sing HIS praises from the highest peaks to the deepest valleys. And I will!

As a matter of fact, I already have and continue to do so as a personal reminder of all that can be accomplished when the focus is on the right thing, at the right time.

All too eager, I am ready to flex my might and defend myself against the fool hearted who know not the LORD or those that do know HIM, yet deny HIM because they have encountered a struggle or two or maybe more than a few.

My experiences just may be the right testimony for the person that needs to hear it right now. You never struggle alone. You are never without a home. The presence of the LORD is both hear AND here. Do not fail to realize all that is righteously clear.

I move because I have room to maneuver. I follow because I trust HIS lead. I struggle within the confines of my Faith to strengthen everything that I believe about it.

The name alone musters the nerve, garners the strength, makes the "im" possible, destroys the enemy, exposes the "frenemy" and comforts and soothes the soul within me.

When you are not strong enough, I implore you to at least be smart enough to draw from a source of strength that is greater than yours.
The strength born from everything that you will ever go through has but one source, "Nobody But."

I don't care WHAT you are going through in your Life! When you cannot do anything but, ALWAYS remember that there is "Nobody But," King 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,
Corey

"I See YOU, In Me"

My reflection just isn't the same anymore. The features are familiar, the profile might be similar, but it is the internal make over that shines through to the external image that I now see.

Extreme make overs are not strictly relative to what you see on the outside, rather the transformation of what is blossoming on the inside, one step at a time.

You see some prefer the maintenance of being "made up" although they are vastly aware that they keep constantly "breaking down." They keep slapping band-aids on wounds that are too deeply rooted and superficially insufficient to know that their circular motions will never lead them to turn a corner in their lives.

If the preventive maintenance is not working then it is time to get a new mechanic or better yet, trade the old in for the new so that you do not continue to look good on the outside, but are torn to pieces on the inside.

It is one thing to look good in the midst of, but do not lie to yourself, thus causing you to lie to others, that all is well, when you no longer even recognize who you see in the mirror and what you do, that others are constantly baring witness to.

Perception is reality's mediocre way of fabricating the truth.

If you do not like WHO you are, then it is time to change WHAT you are!

As soon as I began to empty all of self, filling up with thee, my reflection began to change, because "I See YOU, In Me."

To GOD, I Give 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,
Corey