Giving the Best You Can

Brenda Crawford-Bee — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:40:59 +0000

What I’d like to talk about first is giving your best, being the best you can be and thinking the best thoughts that you can, at the time, about what may seem to be a not-so-good situation. I was thinking about an incident that occurred on a job I had with Los Angeles Unified School District on a non-permanent basis. With so many hoops to jump through I’d resigned myself to not seek permanent status. Shortly after accepting that that was what I was going to do, I got word that another department requested I come aboard on a permanent basis.

The funny thing about that is that as soon as I’d resigned myself to accept my present status is when what I thought I wanted so badly, manifested. I’m not sure if this is what I necessarily needed, but it is what I knew I wanted. I did not have second thoughts about this. I accepted it as possibly being God’s perfect plan for me. The question was what will I do with this opportunity; this blessing and the challenges that will arise as a result of this manifestation? One thing that sang out clearly is that I will do my best and be my best until the next change occurs. I wasn’t bouncing off the walls with joy and neither was I all that surprised.

The lesson for me is when I do my best in everything that that is all that is required. That’s the very least, in my opinion, that I can do for myself. That’s one reason I can say that I have no regrets. Usually, on the overall, I am free of guilt about what I could have done or could have said or could have become. Granted, not all of my choices have been “wise” choices. But when reflecting on challenges in my life, past and present, I have a sense of satisfaction that at that time I did the best I could at that moment, especially when I listened to that inner voice, followed that nudge or intuition. I am grateful for the sound and grateful for the light of understanding.

Blessings,

Brenda

THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT

Brenda Crawford-Bee — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:37:15 +0000

Dear Friend,

Here is something to not only “think about” but seeds to contemplate or meditate on as you go about your busy lives today. We’re all are, I would I guess, endeavoring to become a truth unto ourselves (if we’re not already there) “so that wherever we are, we RECOGNIZE the presence of God…” and see the God in other beings. “Thoughts, words, and acts are seeds sown, and, by the inviolable law of things, they produce after their kind. Above life’s turmoil, thoughts are powerful as are our actions. Words too are powerful. I put effort into using words to uplift, bring light, encourage and empower but words can be dream-killers also. You know the old adage, “It’s not what you say — it’s how you say it.” Well, it’s true. I say it’s true because it is for me. I learn a lesson in that area every single day in my journey here on planet earth. In the not too distant past, I used many dream-killer words, not really giving thought to the words that I spoke to myself as well as to others. Like, when asked, “How is life treating you?” My response would sometimes be like, “My life sucks, right now,” or when challenges were coming every which way, “When it rains it pours.” Mm, but now I have learned (am still learning) that when speaking in that manner, I was only manifesting more of those thoughts into my world and as I look back, I now realize the truth was that I got more of those thoughts that I turned into words and my life reflected it.

Blessings,

Brenda

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Giving the Best You Can

THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT