This document tells the story of a woman who endured many hardships in her life, including childhood molestation, running away multiple times, becoming a teenage mother, and being sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, she was able to turn her life around through finding religion and education in prison. She earned an associate's degree but still struggled with employment and housing due to her criminal record. Despite facing many challenges, she is now over 50 years old with grandchildren, and feels her life was spared for a greater purpose by God's love.
The document discusses Geraldine Perez's SWOT analysis of her life. Her strengths include patience, resilience, being adventurous, faith in God, and love for her family. Her weaknesses include prioritizing family over herself, fear of being neglected or judged, and low self-esteem regarding her appearance and intelligence. Opportunities mentioned include an engineering course offered by her boss, using patience and family as inspirations, the potential for relationships, and experience from past jobs. Threats include giving in to unjust condemnation, homesickness, fatigue from overworking, feeling alone, and uncertainty about the intentions of a special friend.
1) The document provides guidance on living a virtuous life through daily reflections on topics like controlling one's senses, accepting both joy and sorrow with equanimity, dedicating one's life to serving God, and treating all people with kindness, humility and without judgment.
2) Advice includes focusing on one wish at a time, taking responsibility for one's own actions, guiding others who have strayed, being nice to people irrespective of how they treat you, and serving without expectation of reward.
3) The reflections express relying on God for strength, blessings, and help overcoming difficulties while appreciating life and nature as God's creation.
The Ultimate Guide To Becoming Your Best SelfLucky Richard
There are things you can do that make the journey easier and more fulfilling. So get excited and watch the video in the document to discover the specific mind-sets, behaviours, and commitments that will empower you to become the person you always knew you could be.
This document discusses how eliminating negative self-talk can help with weight loss. It explains that many people's self-talk is overly negative and based on false beliefs developed from past comments by others. By focusing only on positive aspects of oneself and speaking positively, one can improve their emotional state and subconscious programming. This positive self-talk will help draw positive experiences into one's life, including the ability to lose weight, as emotional state controls what one attracts. The document encourages asking positive questions about oneself and deciding to always appreciate one's own goodness in order to feel good and be happy.
I. The speaker saw their companion as an ordinary person at first, but felt less alone with them.
II. The speaker did not plan to get to know their companion better, but their companion came into their life and opened their door, though the purpose was unclear.
III. The speaker's heart was full of hesitation about letting their companion be their inspiration, as they were afraid to make a decision without knowing the right direction.
This document provides tips for overcoming mediocrity. It recommends changing your attitude from someone with nothing to someone wanting to learn anything. Learn from others by observing both their successes and failures. Apply what you learn from others to opportunities in your own field or areas that could help you excel. Identify what is right and wrong for you personally. Continuously look for opportunities and passions that drive you. Benchmark yourself against your past performance rather than competing with others. Take risks and learn from mistakes in your areas of interest.
The document introduces Emelie, who currently has Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace accounts. In 5 years, she expects to have a website supporting her singing career, with a new album coming out and some press about charity events. Emelie enjoys singing, taking care of kids, and voicing her opinion. She does not want to settle for less than she deserves. The document provides some personal details about Emelie and ends by thanking the reader.
Students at GRIT share what inspires them to overcome challenges. Common motivations included family (children, parents), faith, education, and a desire for a better future. One student said their motivation was providing financial stability for their daughter so she wouldn't have to worry about money like they once did. Another said they were motivated to show their daughter that single mothers can work, attend school, and achieve their goals.
The document discusses Geraldine Perez's SWOT analysis of her life. Her strengths include patience, resilience, being adventurous, faith in God, and love for her family. Her weaknesses include prioritizing family over herself, fear of being neglected or judged, and low self-esteem regarding her appearance and intelligence. Opportunities mentioned include an engineering course offered by her boss, using patience and family as inspirations, the potential for relationships, and experience from past jobs. Threats include giving in to unjust condemnation, homesickness, fatigue from overworking, feeling alone, and uncertainty about the intentions of a special friend.
1) The document provides guidance on living a virtuous life through daily reflections on topics like controlling one's senses, accepting both joy and sorrow with equanimity, dedicating one's life to serving God, and treating all people with kindness, humility and without judgment.
2) Advice includes focusing on one wish at a time, taking responsibility for one's own actions, guiding others who have strayed, being nice to people irrespective of how they treat you, and serving without expectation of reward.
3) The reflections express relying on God for strength, blessings, and help overcoming difficulties while appreciating life and nature as God's creation.
The Ultimate Guide To Becoming Your Best SelfLucky Richard
There are things you can do that make the journey easier and more fulfilling. So get excited and watch the video in the document to discover the specific mind-sets, behaviours, and commitments that will empower you to become the person you always knew you could be.
This document discusses how eliminating negative self-talk can help with weight loss. It explains that many people's self-talk is overly negative and based on false beliefs developed from past comments by others. By focusing only on positive aspects of oneself and speaking positively, one can improve their emotional state and subconscious programming. This positive self-talk will help draw positive experiences into one's life, including the ability to lose weight, as emotional state controls what one attracts. The document encourages asking positive questions about oneself and deciding to always appreciate one's own goodness in order to feel good and be happy.
I. The speaker saw their companion as an ordinary person at first, but felt less alone with them.
II. The speaker did not plan to get to know their companion better, but their companion came into their life and opened their door, though the purpose was unclear.
III. The speaker's heart was full of hesitation about letting their companion be their inspiration, as they were afraid to make a decision without knowing the right direction.
This document provides tips for overcoming mediocrity. It recommends changing your attitude from someone with nothing to someone wanting to learn anything. Learn from others by observing both their successes and failures. Apply what you learn from others to opportunities in your own field or areas that could help you excel. Identify what is right and wrong for you personally. Continuously look for opportunities and passions that drive you. Benchmark yourself against your past performance rather than competing with others. Take risks and learn from mistakes in your areas of interest.
The document introduces Emelie, who currently has Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace accounts. In 5 years, she expects to have a website supporting her singing career, with a new album coming out and some press about charity events. Emelie enjoys singing, taking care of kids, and voicing her opinion. She does not want to settle for less than she deserves. The document provides some personal details about Emelie and ends by thanking the reader.
Students at GRIT share what inspires them to overcome challenges. Common motivations included family (children, parents), faith, education, and a desire for a better future. One student said their motivation was providing financial stability for their daughter so she wouldn't have to worry about money like they once did. Another said they were motivated to show their daughter that single mothers can work, attend school, and achieve their goals.
Maria Apostol reflects on how her ambitions have grown since childhood, starting with a desire to be a cook at age six, then a dancer at seven, and continuing to expand from there as she grew older. She acknowledges life is a journey of changing goals and perspectives over time.
This I believe final Homework assignment-Swiha Michele Perez
Michele Perez believes that many commonly held ideals are actually manipulative and unsafe. They have chosen to live differently by making choices based on what feels right rather than following what others do. This new path has been difficult, facing criticism from family and friends, but has also given them hope as they see others also beginning to find their own beliefs. They believe we are eternal souls who have had many past lives and have free will to choose our own path in this life.
Winning back your boyfriend from a guy's perspective1981joniadow
Winning back your ex-boyfriend requires understanding things from a guy's perspective after a breakup. Initially, guys want to avoid their ex due to awkwardness. Making yourself scarce can pique his interest in wondering what you're doing. Seeing your ex happy with others is a blow to a guy's ego and makes him question why he broke up with you. Calling an ex verifies you still desire him and satisfies his ego, while not calling unsettles him. Ultimately, any guy wants to keep the door to getting back together open slightly by not fully closing it off. Taking control by moving on can upset his comfortable position and make him want you back by threatening the loss of you even in a small capacity.
1) The document discusses making choices in the present moment and not being defined by past choices or experiences of suffering.
2) It emphasizes that we have the power at any time to change our choices and experience of life from one of suffering to one of growth.
3) The key is recognizing guidance that is available, even from unlikely sources, and being willing to follow directions in order to continue progressing on our path.
This document outlines a plan to improve one's outlook and life by living each day to the fullest. It discusses choosing to not worry about the past or future, focusing on making the most of today. It also discusses cherishing each moment, facing challenges with courage, learning something new each day, and striving to become the best version of oneself.
God provides 10 guidelines for living: 1) Don't worry and put your burdens on God's list; 2) Trust that God will take care of problems once given to him; 3) Don't take your burdens back and have faith that God will handle them; 4) Leave problems with God and let him do his job; 5) Talk to God often and include him in your life; 6) Have faith that God knows what he is doing; 7) Share your blessings with others; 8) Be patient as God's timing is perfect; 9) Be kind to others as God loves them; 10) Love yourself as God created you to be loved.
God shares 10 messages with humanity:
1. Quit worrying and trust that God will take care of your burdens.
2. Put problems and tasks on God's to-do list instead of your own.
3. Once you've given your burdens to God, trust that God will handle them and forget about them.
Mindful monday: when no one believes in you, keep daring greatly anyway immen...Hilary Overcash
Do you ever feel like no one understands you? Like no one understands your work or what you are trying to accomplish? Like no one gets your dreams, and like no one believes in you?
So what do you do when you are discouraged?
YOU keep Daring Greatly! You Get Back in the Arena, Again, and Again, and Again!!!
This document outlines a plan to improve one's outlook and life by living each day to the fullest. It discusses choosing to not worry about the past or future, respecting oneself, cherishing moments, facing challenges courageously, learning daily, having hope for the future, welcoming new experiences, and taking responsibility for one's own happiness. The overall message is about starting anew each day and making the most of the present moment.
This document provides 10 commandments for those over 40 years old. The commandments advise focusing on enjoying people rather than material things, spending savings on travel and not leaving anything for others to fight over, living in the present rather than past or future, enjoying grandchildren without being their full-time babysitter, accepting aging and its effects, enjoying life with loved ones rather than pursuing what you don't have, forgiving oneself and others, befriending death as a natural part of life, and being at peace with one's creator.
This document provides 10 commandments for those over 40 years old. The commandments advise focusing on enjoying people rather than material things, spending any savings on travel and enjoyment rather than leaving money for others to fight over, living in the present rather than the past or future, enjoying grandchildren without being their full-time babysitter, accepting aging and its physical limitations, enjoying life with loved ones rather than pursuing what one doesn't have, forgiving oneself and others to find peace, making peace with death as the natural end of life, and being at peace with one's creator who remains after death.
This document provides 10 commandments for those over 40 years old. The commandments advise focusing on enjoying people rather than material things, spending any savings on travel and enjoyment rather than leaving money for others to fight over, living in the present rather than the past or future, enjoying grandchildren without being their full-time babysitter, accepting aging and its physical limitations, enjoying life with loved ones rather than pursuing what one doesn't have, forgiving oneself and others to find peace, making peace with death as the natural end of life, and being at peace with one's creator who remains after death.
The document discusses how to change lifelong self-defeating habits and excuses. It provides a 7-step process to overcome excuses by questioning whether they are true, where they come from, what the payoff is for believing them, envisioning life without excuses, finding rational reasons to change, accessing spiritual help, and continuously reinforcing the new way of being. Some common excuses are addressed and positive affirmations are suggested to replace negative self-talk and excuses.
The document discusses different perspectives on the origin of humanity and creation. It notes that while people have different beliefs, we as humans did not create ourselves or the world. We question who or what created everything and have come up with the idea of a higher power or God. However, the key is to explore without necessarily accepting any single explanation. Maintaining a sense of not knowing leaves open greater possibilities for learning and brings less conflict than rigidly holding beliefs. Paying close attention to all things, without preference, can help us realize how little we truly understand about even simple things like a leaf or atom.
Free to be me relationship series - part 10 - self acceptance Stacie Otey Scott
This document discusses self-acceptance and the desire to please others. It states that self-acceptance occurs through self-compassion and focusing on positives rather than negatives. While the desire to please is natural and necessary to get needs met as children, some develop an unhealthy need to please others to ensure their acceptance. This can lead to questioning self-worth and exploitation. The document encourages being aware of influences from others and media, and realizing that God accepts us unconditionally through reconciliation in Christ.
This document discusses several topics related to relationships and well-being. It provides advice on maintaining healthy behaviors, saying no when needed, and being consistent in making positive changes. It also discusses whether one person can fulfill all needs in a relationship, noting there is a balance between emotional and physical fulfillment, and that attraction to others is natural but acting on it is a choice. The document explores what can reasonably be expected of a partner and questions the idea of being with just one person forever.
Maria Apostol reflects on how her ambitions have grown since childhood, starting with a desire to be a cook at age six, then a dancer at seven, and continuing to expand from there as she grew older. She acknowledges life is a journey of changing goals and perspectives over time.
This I believe final Homework assignment-Swiha Michele Perez
Michele Perez believes that many commonly held ideals are actually manipulative and unsafe. They have chosen to live differently by making choices based on what feels right rather than following what others do. This new path has been difficult, facing criticism from family and friends, but has also given them hope as they see others also beginning to find their own beliefs. They believe we are eternal souls who have had many past lives and have free will to choose our own path in this life.
Winning back your boyfriend from a guy's perspective1981joniadow
Winning back your ex-boyfriend requires understanding things from a guy's perspective after a breakup. Initially, guys want to avoid their ex due to awkwardness. Making yourself scarce can pique his interest in wondering what you're doing. Seeing your ex happy with others is a blow to a guy's ego and makes him question why he broke up with you. Calling an ex verifies you still desire him and satisfies his ego, while not calling unsettles him. Ultimately, any guy wants to keep the door to getting back together open slightly by not fully closing it off. Taking control by moving on can upset his comfortable position and make him want you back by threatening the loss of you even in a small capacity.
1) The document discusses making choices in the present moment and not being defined by past choices or experiences of suffering.
2) It emphasizes that we have the power at any time to change our choices and experience of life from one of suffering to one of growth.
3) The key is recognizing guidance that is available, even from unlikely sources, and being willing to follow directions in order to continue progressing on our path.
This document outlines a plan to improve one's outlook and life by living each day to the fullest. It discusses choosing to not worry about the past or future, focusing on making the most of today. It also discusses cherishing each moment, facing challenges with courage, learning something new each day, and striving to become the best version of oneself.
God provides 10 guidelines for living: 1) Don't worry and put your burdens on God's list; 2) Trust that God will take care of problems once given to him; 3) Don't take your burdens back and have faith that God will handle them; 4) Leave problems with God and let him do his job; 5) Talk to God often and include him in your life; 6) Have faith that God knows what he is doing; 7) Share your blessings with others; 8) Be patient as God's timing is perfect; 9) Be kind to others as God loves them; 10) Love yourself as God created you to be loved.
God shares 10 messages with humanity:
1. Quit worrying and trust that God will take care of your burdens.
2. Put problems and tasks on God's to-do list instead of your own.
3. Once you've given your burdens to God, trust that God will handle them and forget about them.
Mindful monday: when no one believes in you, keep daring greatly anyway immen...Hilary Overcash
Do you ever feel like no one understands you? Like no one understands your work or what you are trying to accomplish? Like no one gets your dreams, and like no one believes in you?
So what do you do when you are discouraged?
YOU keep Daring Greatly! You Get Back in the Arena, Again, and Again, and Again!!!
This document outlines a plan to improve one's outlook and life by living each day to the fullest. It discusses choosing to not worry about the past or future, respecting oneself, cherishing moments, facing challenges courageously, learning daily, having hope for the future, welcoming new experiences, and taking responsibility for one's own happiness. The overall message is about starting anew each day and making the most of the present moment.
This document provides 10 commandments for those over 40 years old. The commandments advise focusing on enjoying people rather than material things, spending savings on travel and not leaving anything for others to fight over, living in the present rather than past or future, enjoying grandchildren without being their full-time babysitter, accepting aging and its effects, enjoying life with loved ones rather than pursuing what you don't have, forgiving oneself and others, befriending death as a natural part of life, and being at peace with one's creator.
This document provides 10 commandments for those over 40 years old. The commandments advise focusing on enjoying people rather than material things, spending any savings on travel and enjoyment rather than leaving money for others to fight over, living in the present rather than the past or future, enjoying grandchildren without being their full-time babysitter, accepting aging and its physical limitations, enjoying life with loved ones rather than pursuing what one doesn't have, forgiving oneself and others to find peace, making peace with death as the natural end of life, and being at peace with one's creator who remains after death.
This document provides 10 commandments for those over 40 years old. The commandments advise focusing on enjoying people rather than material things, spending any savings on travel and enjoyment rather than leaving money for others to fight over, living in the present rather than the past or future, enjoying grandchildren without being their full-time babysitter, accepting aging and its physical limitations, enjoying life with loved ones rather than pursuing what one doesn't have, forgiving oneself and others to find peace, making peace with death as the natural end of life, and being at peace with one's creator who remains after death.
The document discusses how to change lifelong self-defeating habits and excuses. It provides a 7-step process to overcome excuses by questioning whether they are true, where they come from, what the payoff is for believing them, envisioning life without excuses, finding rational reasons to change, accessing spiritual help, and continuously reinforcing the new way of being. Some common excuses are addressed and positive affirmations are suggested to replace negative self-talk and excuses.
The document discusses different perspectives on the origin of humanity and creation. It notes that while people have different beliefs, we as humans did not create ourselves or the world. We question who or what created everything and have come up with the idea of a higher power or God. However, the key is to explore without necessarily accepting any single explanation. Maintaining a sense of not knowing leaves open greater possibilities for learning and brings less conflict than rigidly holding beliefs. Paying close attention to all things, without preference, can help us realize how little we truly understand about even simple things like a leaf or atom.
Free to be me relationship series - part 10 - self acceptance Stacie Otey Scott
This document discusses self-acceptance and the desire to please others. It states that self-acceptance occurs through self-compassion and focusing on positives rather than negatives. While the desire to please is natural and necessary to get needs met as children, some develop an unhealthy need to please others to ensure their acceptance. This can lead to questioning self-worth and exploitation. The document encourages being aware of influences from others and media, and realizing that God accepts us unconditionally through reconciliation in Christ.
This document discusses several topics related to relationships and well-being. It provides advice on maintaining healthy behaviors, saying no when needed, and being consistent in making positive changes. It also discusses whether one person can fulfill all needs in a relationship, noting there is a balance between emotional and physical fulfillment, and that attraction to others is natural but acting on it is a choice. The document explores what can reasonably be expected of a partner and questions the idea of being with just one person forever.
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The Victory
Have you ever been in a bad
situation in which you saw no way
out & something wonderful hap-
pened ...that you knew was so far
from what anyone could do for
you & you didn’t know why, or how
to explain or define it but it was
something that you would remem-
ber forever? God is like that...He
will meet you where you are be-
cause He has purpose in your
life. Regardless...he says, “I know
the plans that I have for you...they
are for your good & not for your
harm” Rhetorician
Anna B. Tsa’toke
Jehovah El Elyon
“HE IS ABLE”
2. The Trial...
Prison saved my life though I don’t think that is what
the jury had in mind when they handed down a guilty
verdict for “manslaughter” & sentenced me to 30
years in prison. Looking back in retrospect , I could
not then imagine that I would survive & never thought
I would live to see 50. It was in prison that I read my
first book, there I was taught to use a dictionary and
met many better people than I had ever met during
the first twenty years of my life or at least as many
good that I can still remember. It was a cold Rainey
evening when I arrived at the McAlester Women's
Prison behind the Wall. In Blind ignorance, the day I
was driven through those gates I forgot about the
free world. it was as if something possessing my real-
ity, took & locked away of my mind, & emotions that
helped me to survive. After all until then, I had no
goals, no directions & a great amount of time to
think. There was a plan being executed by some-
thing greater than what I understood.
The Test...
So, despite the years that were gone, I had made it.
And when I met my children father, who promised me
a life of wedded bliss, I said , Yes! I had Two chil-
dren while still in custody at a work release, due to an
unforeseen change in regulations that took my pa-
role for a couple of years. When my marriage did not
work, I encountered problems in acquiring gainful
employment due to my lack of skills. Since I had dis-
covered some intelligence in myself...I enrolled in a
small private College and earned an Associate degree
with Honors. Only to be told that I lacked experience.
This was not the success I had planned for & my life
was difficult to say the least. I had to depend on pub-
lic assistance and by that time had five sons. Land-
lords were reluctant to rent to me due to my number
of children so, we lived as best we could, often mov-
ing with little to no furniture & no acceptable ward-
robe. We were a social mess...having no form of
moral support...What was that thing that brought us
through and still gave us love, hope & joy ?
I never thought much about my life despite I had
survived molestation that started at a tender age
of 4. I became comfortable believing it was my
lot in life, since sex was often perpetrated by
neighbors & friends of family members. And de-
spite an unsuccessful attempt to end my life at
11, I continued my silent cry for help through mis-
behavior and multiple events of running away.
So Why is it, that we don’t questioned the cause
of delusions with reality in youth being so quick to
label them rebellious or delinquent? Was I a pro-
miscuous young girl who lacked any morals or
training. By the time I was 13, I had been in sev-
eral institution and in more foster homes than I
care to recall. It was not a surprise that I ended
up a ward of the court and was emancipated at
the age of 14, after I became pregnant by my first
husband who was well in his twenties?
Who was really responsible for my plight was it
the respected ministers who secretly laid me in
their beds, or the teachers who ravished my
youthful body,. Or was it really my own fault for
willingly giving in to their pleasure, perhaps it in
clocked into my DNA; being a trick baby of a
young prostitute? And, Had my fourth mother,
added to my delusions -by her silence due to reli-
gious convictions & did I really have any other
alternative…Something greater was at work.
The Mess Well, I made it pass 50! I have Grandchil-
dren & great grand's...a blessing I could have
never imagined. I survived all of my mistakes &
despite one may argue value in one experiencing
so much, I would say...my victory doesn’t come
so much in what I have achieved as it comes
from what God has allowed me to survive. My
expertise comes from experience and I am fully
aware of that “something” that was at work in
my life was the love of God ...not because I was
special but because “God is such a loving crea-
tor who wants to lavish His love on us all” ...no
matter who we are, what we’ve done or how we
may look , think or feel. My message is simply
one of hope... if God has blessed you with life, He
has the blueprint for your purpose. He’s a great
God, He see’s thru the mask, & nothing can
separate you from His love.
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The Testimony & Triumph
The Victim...