This was a surprisingly big lift for me today!!! Read, or don't - up to you. But I enjoyed it. Let it go for 2004...by T. D. Jakes There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19] People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go. And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead. You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!! If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to ..LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ...LET IT GO!!! If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth...LET IT GO!!! If someone has angered you ... LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge .. LET IT GO!!! If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction ... LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents ... LET IT GO!!! If you have a bad attitude...LET IT GO!!! If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better... LET IT GO!!! If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him... LET IT GO!!! If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....LET IT GO!!! If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves...LET IT GO!!! If you're feeling depressed and stressed .... LET IT GO!!! If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to... LET IT GO!!! Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2004!!! LET IT GO!!! Get Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then LET IT GO!!!
That was empowering, except for the God stuff. A song that's been incredibly relevant and comforting for me: Prepare your shoes not to come back soon Prepare your heart not to stop too soon You cannot walk with us One step inside doesn't mean you'll understand One step inside doesn't mean I'm yours In your world my feet are out of step And my arms won't move, my hands won't grip I will never read your stupid lip So don't call me incomplete You're the freak
One of my all time favorite songs Billy Squier - Nobody Knows I may get around...i may laugh alot... Now you’d think that I’d be happy with the life I got Nobody knows...nobody sees Ain’t nobody really knows the inner side o’me... I may seem secure...i could have it made... You might think you see a lucky man who made the grade Nobody knows what dreams I see Ain’t nobody really sure just who they wanna be... But everybody has a place and time... A chance to live...a need to find We all got somethin’ that we care about I propose you find it out... It’s not in a book...or a magazine... Or the stars who guide our fortunes on the silver screen Nobody knows...it’s up to me Ain’t nobody who can say it like it outght to be... I see my future at the rainbow’s end Happy hours...timeless friends And if I ever chance to find my way Rest assured...i will stay... You may see your life as a compromise You may live to find the promise dancin’ in your eyes Nobody knows...it’s meant to be... Let the magic of the moment say it all to me
one of my favs. kinda sorta motivation. seether fine again It seems like every day’s the same and I’m left to discover on my own It seems like everything is gray and there’s no color to behold They say it’s over and I’m fine again, yeah Try to stay sober feels like I’m dying here And I am aware now of how everything’s gonna be fine one day Too late, I’m in hell I am prepared now, seems everyone’s gonna be fine One day too late, just as well I feel the dream in me expire and there’s no one left to blame it on I hear you label me a liar ‘cause I can’t seem to get this through You say it’s over, I can sigh again, yeah Why try to stay sober when I’m dying here And I am aware now of how everything’s gonna be fine one day Too late, I’m in hell I am prepared now, seems everyone’s gonna be fine One day too late; just as well And I’m not scared now. I must assure you, you’re never gonna get away And I’m not scared now. And I’m not scared now. No… I am aware now of how everything’s gonna be fine one day Too late, I’m in hell I am prepared now seems everyone’s gonna be fine One day too late, just as well I am prepared now, seems everything’s gonna be fine for me For me; for myself. For me, for me, for myself For me, for me, for myself
My motivation generally comes from ******* by Dennis Leary. Seriously, though, that was a cool little passage, Hoop. I'm glad it's helping you.
here's my motivation: Dare to dare To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. Those who risk nothing do nothing, have nothing, and are nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves, they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free. - author unknown
Jakes is a great speaker. I could hear his voice while I was reading it. Powerful stuff. Thanks for sharing it, HOOP-T!
Here are the lyrics that motivate me: You didn't have to love me But you did But you did But you did And I thank you You didn't have to squeeze me But you did But you did But you did And I thank you WORD!!!
Behad, Was that Squier song the one that had the video with him dancing in pink sheets? Oh, wait that was "Rock Me Tonite". Funny how we never heard from him again after that!
Hmmm...a Billy Squire Song is one of Behad's all time favorites...so many questions have just been answered... Stroke me, stroke me...
You're a sick, sick individual.....very cool. Manny, that song is on side 2 of his Don't Say No album, from 1981. The song never got any radio play, and I doubt he made a video to it.
