Appreciating the Now

Sometimes in life with our desires, ambitions & commitments to be successful, we often forget to value and appreciate the different developmental stages of our lives. Yes I'm totally supportive of the fact that young people need to know where they are going and also be on the right track to accomplish their goals; however, even at a young age, those are the years where they have the opportunities to enjoy things that they won't be able to enjoy later on in life.

I will not get into the different developmental stages of the human life, but I do want to stay this: Yes, focus on the goals you have in life and be diligent, but do not forget to enjoy, and appreciate the different developmental levels of your life. If you choose not to, then you may grow older saying: "I wish that I would of taken the opportunity to go out to the park and play with my friends." Get my drift?

I'll leave you with this last thought that Bro. Ernest Hodridge, one of the Elders of the Cedar Crest church of Christ shared with me:


"Let the child be a child before making him a man."



"You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your hearts give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment." Ecclesiastes 11:9 (Today's New International Version)

Brice Thought

When someone repairs an object with a screw driver, normally we praise the man instead of the tool. God is the Man, I'm the tool. Give glory to God, not the tool. ~ The Young Lion

Free yourself from the Cage!

Many today are STUCK in the past. Past events that once was and now it dead. Our minds have been consumed with dead things, dead places, dead times, dead events and even (without being insensitive) dead people. This blog isn't design to be a psychology report on how many individuals are stuck in the past; however, it is design to Empower, Encourage and Enlighten many to admit that yesterday was the past, today is a new day and tomorrow has greater opportunities.

The two main reasons why people are stuck in their past is due to guilt and regret. All of us have done some things that we are most certainly ashamed of. Even while I type this blog, I'm shaking my head because I'm reminded of some of the foolish things I've done.

I've learned that a possible solution to freeing myself from my past comes from a decision that I must make within myself. President Obama puts it like this:

"You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you."

One of the keywords I notice within the above statement is: let.
The term "let" within this statement brings about action, control, and even authority.

Our past is dead and we need to let ourselves be free to experience today's new day and tomorrow's great opportunities. What will a negative past experience do for you while in a position of guilt and regrets? Our past is designed to teach us what we should not do on today and tomorrow. We have the authority and control to move on in life. Whatever is put to death, doesn't have life. When something or someone doesn't have life, it doesn't have power nor the potential or opportunity to grow. Sometimes the only reason why the past is alive is because we put breath within its nostrils. Whereby resulting in missing out on the opportunities that life may bring. Many would say that "History is suppose to repeat itself." I beg to differ: History is our lesson and the future is available to do and be better.

So I encourage all those who may be stuck in the pits of regrets and guilt, to FREE yourself from the Cage. Don't free the past, but bury it and move on.

I leave with this thought:
Who you are today is applications of the things you have learned yesterday.

Keep living, Keep learning and keep growing!

Peace ~ The Young Lion