"I Choose To Worship"

When you know the truth, ignorance is no longer applicable nor acceptable and playing that role in a forward progressing manner becomes intolerable with diminished sustainability, within the realm of the most infinite of infinite possibilities.

"I Choose To Worship"

You cannot conjure up, fabricate or divvy up the amount of praise that needs to go up, so I am compelled to give it up, before, during and after, HE, has already shown up!

"I Choose To Worship"

I've seen the bottom of the barrel, been to the opposite end of the spectrum, know what the alternative is like, a condensed version of everything that I was supposed to be.

"I Choose To Worship"

Yet HE saw past my present and delivered me from my ignorant state, how GREAT, is our GOD? Rhetorical, in fashion, but no less the most compassionate in passion because I should be in the very place that I deserved to be, exactly where my actions lead me to be.

"I Choose To Worship"

But when HE saw past my present and took me to my future, thus creating a path that even ignorance could not ignore, I began to see the most microscopic of the most infinite of infinite possibilities.

"I Choose To Worship"

To GOD be ALL the glory since the conclusion of my story should have been way back when. To the dismay of the devil and to the chagrin of his ways, I can Smile again because "I Choose To Worship," HIM.

"I Choose To Worship"

To GOD I give it all for it was not mine to begin with. I borrowed it, learned from it and returned it, to its rightful owner.

"I Choose To Worship"

I forgave myself, but not before HE forgave me, which allowed me to open up my heart, permitting me, to worship, Thee.

"I Choose To Worship"

No longer broken because HE, healed and mended!

No longer lonely because HE, comforted and befriended!

No longer weak because HE, is impeccably strong!

No longer lost because I, am no longer ambiguous to the fact that I, belong!

"I Choose To Worship"

Glory Be!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!

Love and My Mother are My Motivation!

Love and My Mother are My Celebration!

Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

"All the Best, All the Time!"

Smile and Love Always!

Corey

"The Most"

"The Most" delicate of sensibilities,

"The Most" infinite of possibilities,

"The Most" meticulous of granularity,

"The Most" humbling in all humility,

"The Most" Loving of the vast majority,

"The Most" decorated of all commemorated,

"The Most" compassion amongst the most compassionate,

"The Most" Loving in the presence of,

"The Most" giving in the season of,

"The Most" of anything that is ever needed,

GOD will be everything that you need HIM to be, in the form of, "The Most."

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

"Hater's!"

It's alright "Hater's!"

I'm not looking AT you,
I'm looking PAST you,
Because I see right THROUGH you!

Thank you for the inspiration,
As I get a glimpse of my Salvation,
Over yonder on THAT horizon.

The mere fact that HE rose on the third day,
Allows ME to keep on rising.

Keep climbing,
To the peaks that I was meant and DESIGNED to scale.

I have no choice BUT to succeed,
For I am void of the option to fail.

It is easy to see,
All that you were purposely customized to be,
When you look at yourself the same way that I now see HIM...looking at me.

Or could it be that I now feel HIM completely,
And not as I used to,
Incomplete and partially?

Not due to a lack of effort on HIS behalf,
Just a STRONGER,
More FOCUSED effort so that I can now do the correct math,
Adding up all of what HE has done for me.

But, since I cannot count that high,
I scoff at the notion to even give it a try.

When you see yourself as LESS than,
The "Hater's" see themselves as GREATER than.

But since Math was not their favorite subject,
We should not allow them to be the predicate...

HE sees me the same way that HE has always seen me.
And now I see me the same way that HE has always seen me.

Not perfect, but perfectly!

It's alright "Hater's!"

I'm not looking AT you,
I'm looking PAST you,
Because I see right THROUGH 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

"Ready For Love"

I no longer LOOK for all that is already WITHIN me.

I do not SEEK out what I ALREADY have.

I do not BUY what I already OWN.

I do not FLAUNT what I do not POSSESS.

Yet I GIVE with ALL of my heart.

I am not looking for Love, for I am Love already. I am not seeking out Love, for it already resides within me. No need to purchase Love since it is free. Boastful Love is false advertisement.

The Love contained does not need to refrain from who and what it is, in order to maintain its impeccable brilliance.

The substance composed of past residue to be recycled and made anew confirms the past, affirms the present and solidifies the future.

Love is the only answer to every question.

So, I ask, are you "Ready For 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

"Something To Hold On To"

Many people grab hold of many different things when they feel like they are falling, having already fell, needing to break their fall or just a lift up from their fall.

We are LOOKING for something tangible to grab ahold of, but it is always what we do not see that supports us during the most dramatic falls within our lives.

Instead of looking AROUND to see who saw us fall, we should be looking UP to the one that will support us as we get back up and dust ourselves off, again.

That's right, I said again. Until we find ourselves hitting our stride, we shall continue the need to dust ourselves off from time to time. Prayerfully, it will not be due to the fact that we are tripping over the same things, in the same place that we previously tripped over them at.

As long as we are tripping over new things that we have learned and not the same old things that we oft times churn, do not worry about WHO saw you fall, so long as you continue to get back up AGAIN, so that Life, Love and GOD can give you "Something To Hold On To."

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Greater Purpose"

Something bigger than you, but not smaller than you, because it requires your participation.

A "We're Open" sign on the door of your establishment to indicate your intentions and to signal that you are AVAILABLE to participate.

To serve WITHIN this world and not on the outskirts OF this world for a purpose that may not even be defined before you turn on that "We're Open" sign.

But the fact that your heart is trusting and compassionate enough to make the difference and not excuses for the differences that have been made, signals your willingness to serve something not smaller than you, but bigger than you, by way of a "Greater Purpose," than you.

"We're Open."

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

"Chalk on the Blackboard"

The possibility of spending the remainder of a Lifetime in complete and utter clarity quenches my thirst and satisfies my otherwise insatiable appetite.

To no longer make a mockery out of Life's plethora of opportunities that illuminates the otherwise dark corridor that leads me "straight" to the door, that I need to walk through.

When my Life is no more, may I have imparted all of my Life Lessons having used all of the "Chalk on the Blackboard."

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

"Back Where I Belong."

After making my way back to the front of the line, I could not ever see myself STEPPING OUT of line again, giving up my spot for something that gave me nothing but heartache in return.

It is a LONG arduous road back, but I have earned back what I initially gave up, having surrendered what was originally mine, further acknowledging that "perceived" greener pastures do not equate to prettier vines.
Whenever you give up your GOD given path, expect nothing but the wrath in the form of Lessons Learned. But the silver lining comes in the form of having re-EARNED what I previously squandered.

Thank goodness, that sometimes silver linings have multiple layers. Back to the front of the line I went, having re-earned all that I ever spent, only to realize that what I thought I "squandered" was stored away as my future inheritance.

When you move out of your skin, it feels good to come home, back within.

The road was arduous and LONG, but it sure feels good to be home, "Back Where I Belong."

Welcome Home!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Epiphany"

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"To Love Like HIM"

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

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

"I" protected you when you were most vulnerable.

"I" sheltered you to make you more comfortable.

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

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

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

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

"I" give you, ME."

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"allthebestallthetime@gmail.com"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With GOD, the Blessings shall continue.

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"The Inspiration"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Invisible Communication"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How can you TOUCH what you cannot see?

How can you FEEL what is not there?

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

Speak so that THEY, can hear you.

Give THEM, something to feel.

Extend YOURSELF, so that they can TOUCH you.

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

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

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

This is HOW I feel and WHY...

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"The REASON Behind Your Motivation"

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

Motivation can be used for building or destroying.

Motivation can be used to Love or spew hate.

Motivation can be used for helping or hindering.

Motivation can be used to inspire or ridicule.

...Motivation can be used for countless things.

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

What drives a person to build or destroy?

Why do some Love and others choose to hate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Full Blast"

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

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

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

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

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

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

Do you have on your full body of armor today?

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Closer"

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

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

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

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

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

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

It feels good to be back!

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"You, To Be"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Just Be Honest"

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

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

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

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

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

Being conscious of your actions makes you guilty as charged.

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

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

"Just Be Honest."

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Length's And Freebie's"

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

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

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

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

Immovable Faith!
Smile upon my face!

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

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

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

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

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"And No One Else"

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

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

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

But, who the hell are we kidding?

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

He's a jealous one alright!

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

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

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

That joy, it is YOURS!

That victory, it is now your testimony!

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Speak And Love Anyway"

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

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

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

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

I'm just saying!

That is exactly why it is called reciprocity!

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

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

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

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

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

I'm just saying!

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Spiritual 5th"

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

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

I bridged the gap by first crossing over it.

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

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

Once I learned better, I grew better.

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

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

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

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

And I give it ALL to GOD.

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"TYJ"

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

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

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

Do you not see the Smile through the glass?

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

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

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

Glory..Be..To..GOD!

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

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

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

Thank You Jesus! "TYJ!"

Rest In Peace Deacon Reuben Alvin Naylor.

Thank You Jesus! "TYJ!"

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"HE Reads My Blogs"

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

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

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

Or would you change anything at all?

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

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

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

WATCHED
HEARD
READ

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

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

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

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"The Sting Of Regret"

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Done, Here, To"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Done, Here, To"

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"As Is"

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

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

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

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

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

"As Is."

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"One More Time"

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

You are only as good, as you are good.

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

You are only as good, as you are good.

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

You are only as good, as you are good.

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

You are only as good, as you are good.

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

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

And to GOD Be The Glory!

Forever and a Day!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Collage"

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

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

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

I am THERE and HERE, is where I am!

"Corey's Collage"

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Inspiration Is Free"

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

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

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

...As is the Love of GOD.

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey

"Everything Is Going To Be Ok"

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

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

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

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

My GOD I Love being a Dad!

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

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

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

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

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

Her great grandmother would have been proud.

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Look to Love"

I look to my children, for Love.

I look for my children, to Love.

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

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

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

When you do not know WHERE to look, Love.

When you do not know WHEN to look, Love.

Should you not SEE at first sight, Love.

Should you be BLIND to the fact, Love.

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"Angels"

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

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

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

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

I know WHERE all of you are!

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

"Angels" you are.

"Angels" you shall be, forevermore.

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

They are simply, our "Angels."

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"The Importance of Family"

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

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

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

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

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

I'm going to miss you Grandma!

I Love you very much!

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

Love,
Co.

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"Get Me Back In Focus"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"Get Back Up Again!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,

Corey

"I Am, That Better Man"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From the winding to the straight, continuously Prayed up.

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

To GOD.

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

And Mother would be proud.

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile,
Corey

"You're Almost There!"

Have you ever thought about giving up on:

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

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

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

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

Bandage the wounds from where the blood seeps.

Wipe the sweat from your brows.

Embrace the tears that give way to gravity.

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Love You Too"

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

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

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

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

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

Introduced by Faith.

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,

Corey

"Claim It As Such"

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

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

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

I Love and Miss You Dearly Mother!

Glory Be To GOD!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,

Corey

"The Love Of My Life"

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

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

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

And lastly,

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

The SELFLESS capacity that illustrates her entire tenacity,

Her Life's PURPOSE that keeps her intensely focused,

The DRIVE that keeps her out of neutral coasting backwards,

The MOTIVATION that removes any and all stagnation,

The DETERMINATION to upright her downtrodden situation,

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Mirror of Love"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The "Mirror of Love."

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Shortcomings"

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

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

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

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

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

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

...As I embrace them.

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"All the Honor, "GLORY" and Praise"

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

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

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

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

It is not like WE "created" anything.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We never spoke Life into existence for anyone or anything.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We did not make the Heavens and the Earth.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

We never parted any bodies of water.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

He kept me comforted after HE welcomed My wonderful Mother.

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

So, why does HE get all of the glory?

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

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

I know no one else that so righteously deserves it!

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

Glory, Glory, Glory, Be To GOD!

AMEN!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Complete the Process"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Brought Me Through"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glory Be To GOD! Forever!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I'm Taking My Life Back!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you LORD!
Glory Be To GOD!
Forever!

"I'm Taking My Life Back!"

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Smile, It's Everything!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As I Smile...

Happy Birthday Dad!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

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

"You!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You know who I'm talking to!

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

Glory Be To GOD!

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Spirit of Love"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"We Need To Talk"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm listening.

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Am Beautiful"

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

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

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

Hurt people, only know how to, hurt people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"I Got Me Out Of the Way"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey

"Know Your Voice"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always,
Corey