The Company You Keep

It should be a regular practice to assess the relationships in your life, especially if you are a person that practices self-improvement. As you improve, your needs and wants will change. Your boundaries will shift (hopefully for the better), you become more self-aware, self-accountability improves, and so forth. Often times as you evolve, others stay [...]

Boundaries

Being the bigger person and taking someone's disrespect is 𝗡𝗢𝗧 interchangeable. Being the bigger person means you will hold yourself accountable in conducting yourself with integrity. It is making others clear of your boundaries and then holding yourself accountable in confronting those situations when those boundaries are crossed. It's not your job to make sure [...]

Love the Most Perfect Teacher

1 Corinthians 13:4–8 is often referenced when speaking of true love. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil [...]

Quick Reflection

Over a year ago, I shared this to my Instagram, "The problem is, everyone is looking for unconditional love, carrying a bag full of conditions." Now, I feel compelled to share it again.  I'm sharing again because I now have 433 days in my rearview and a deeper understanding of this quote. Self-love with conditions: When [...]