One year ago today, I published my second episode of Encouragement Notes! I created this podcast because I felt God calling me to tell my story on another platform for the purpose of reaching more people for him. Thank you for being here with me. I love and appreciate you. Please feel free to share this podcast with your family and friends and reach out to me with any comments or questions you may have.
Tag: About Me
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
2 Timothy 3:2-4
1. Lower your expectations of others
- Everyone has a story
- We don’t know everyone’s story
2. Choose to get rid of anger quickly
“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
Ephesians 4:26-27
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:31-32
Being offended is inevitable; living offended is a choice
Memory Verse
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
James 1:19-20
3. Raise your gratitude for God’s grace.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
When I understand how much I’ve been forgiven, I’ll have the capacity to forgive others.
A prayer for the offended
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:23-24
Ten things I’ve learned this year
- Know that God creates you, and you only have one purpose, to glorify God. The things we do are the tool we use to serve.
- It’s ok to take baby steps, just start moving toward something
- Do not label yourself or anyone else in a negative way.
- Speak your mind but do it tactfully
- Dress up in small ways every day
- Education and schooling are two different things. Education is always needed. Schooling is not.
- Change will only stick if YOU want it to.
- Sometimes you have to go backward in order to go forward in life.
- Choose the opinions you take seriously carefully
- Don’t be afraid be a late bloomer, at least you’re growing.
I ask my community on social media to ask me questions for a Q and A on my podcast Encouragement Notes. The questions were.
How did you become disabled?
My Answer: I was born 11 weeks early, and I had a brain hemorrhage which caused me to develop hydrocephalus; and when I was one year old, I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. I don’t often think of it as a disability. I believe that that the word disabled should be reserved for things that can not move, like a broken-down car, but not people
What are my favorite tv shows?
I loved Haves and Have Nots on the Own Network. I love Queen Sugar on the own network. I also love Chicago Med Chicago Fire and Chicago PD on Wednesday and The Good Doctor on Monday night.
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend of mine about the way we see life, our hopes and dreams and what we see in the future
Has this pandemic made you think about life differently? Did you once see things one way, then see the other side and realize that you would still be you, even if you had not changed yourself because you believed that someone else expected you to change or “get better”?
If you have followed me for a while, you know that I have cerebral palsy.
For the longest time, I believed that getting stronger and being independent meant that I needed to get rid of my chair for good.
With all of the downtime that I’ve had, I realize that I’ve been wrong.
I’m not saying that I believe that I should not be walking; I’m saying that I should not be so quick to feel ashamed of using a wheelchair. I was a wheelchair and walker user from the ages of four to twenty-six.
If you’ve been following me, you already know this, but lately, I’ve been wondering what life would be like if I had kept my wheels in my life. I am starting to see that there are many pros to using more than one piece of equipment.
If I used a chair, I would be able to speed around without waiting for anyone.
The advantage of using a walker is that it’s only of a piece of metal, so it’s easy to transport without thinking of where it fits. Even though I struggle with a stubborn streak, I’ve recently thought that wearing the brace I never wear anymore might be a good idea for long walks.
With all the realizations that I have had there is one thing that still bugs me and makes me feel yucky, why do people that use equipment to get around in life call people that do not ” able-bodied
I think that is one of the weirdest and meanest things that I’ve ever heard, and I was born with my condition that could be considered a disability. I’m not someone who was injured later in life or can be regarded as newly injured.
I would never want to be around someone who referred to me as their disabled friend or family member, nor would I ever refer to anyone of my friends as able-bodied; I think deep in my heart that is why I never wanted to do much with other people who are or were part of the community that I should be closely tired to.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the things that have influenced my way of thinking. Sadly, I must admit that the thing that made me go back to physical therapy and learn how to walk long distances was based on the comment and opinion of one person who was a senior( and I don’t mean im high school)
I know that God let me choose to enroll in therapy and do the work, but now I realize that I had haughty attitude about ever using a wheelchair again, and I shouldn’t have been that way.
I’ve heard from a few of my newest mentors that you have to know how to articulate what you believe about life, and most importantly, about yourself.
In life I feel. that it is important to get to. Know people ss people so, for this reason, I try not to use the words disabled, differently-abled, or disability. I attempt to be a name it and explain.it In the quickest way type of woman.
Hey, I hope you’re having an awesome day I’m getting ready to record and publish episode 41 of encouragement notes.
I recently finished listening to the book share your stuff; I’ll go first by Laura Tremaine. The book is a selection of questions that we can use to deepen our relationships, as well as Laura’s personal stories surrounding each question.
In my podcast episode, I’m going to go over the questions with you and possibly turn the questions into blog posts with my answer to each question
Thank you to everyone for the Birthday; wishes yesterday. It was a beautiful day that started a little strange; God woke me up at 4 am, and I was out of bed by 7. Today im watching the @ladodgersgirls home opener, and tomorrow, my celebration continues with family brunch. Pictures are coming soon. I'm not revealing where im going, but it will.be so much fun to be in that special place.
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