Spreading some good, positive vibes!!! 4th month into 2021! How is everybody doing out there???

New Family Reunion Music from the Isley Brothers and Uncle Snoop! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! #goodvibes

HeartSpeak 1/24/2021 What Kind of Friend are YOU???

#Sunday #SundayThoughts #SundayVibes #Heartspeak - Over the years, in my various friend circles, I have been the one who kept in touch with everyone and if you wanted to know how someone was doing, you could reach out to me for an update. That was because I sincerely cared about the people in our group. When I say I am your friend, I mean it. When I say I have your back, I mean it.

As the years have passed, I have learned that although you consider someone a friend, that isn't always the case on their end. People are strange in that way. They will call you a friend, even family, but their actions don't always line up with their words. I never understood the point. Some will keep you near in case you become successful too, but that's an entirely different post!

I adopted the phrase "Love IS what Love DOES" MANY moons ago as a result of trying to manage these sometimes complicated connections. At the end of the day, ACTIONS speak louder than words. #LoveIsWhatLoveDoes

As we enter a time in our lives where friends and family will need each other more than ever, take time to evaluate the kind of friend YOU are. Are you representing the qualities you expect in others? Are you taking the time to strengthen and nurture your friendships and actually caring enough to ask your friends how they are and how things are in their lives? 

Don't be the person that takes good, solid friends for granted because in this season, users and takers WILL start getting cut off. Folks are tired and will be seeking those who add to their lives and not drain. This includes your STRONG friends. Check on them. Don't only reach out when YOU need a shoulder or helping hand. 

Be consistent. Be kind. Be understanding. Always remember, Love IS what Love DOES! If I ever told you I love you, I still do. That won't change, even if you are no longer a part of my life.

#2021 A year for us all to learn to be better humans! It's all about empathy and kindness for me! Peace, love and blessings - MzVirtue ❤️

 

 

Special Tuesday Heartspeak 12/15/2020

#Tuesday #TuesdayThoughts #Transformation #TransformationTuesday #TuesdayTransformation #selfcheck #mirrorcheck #Heartspeak

As my life continues to #transform my mind renews! I am in a really wonderful place mentally and I give God all the praise, honor and glory for it. #Selfawareness and the analyzation of my relationships and interactions with others has been truly powerful. I find value in each and every one. My friends know that I made the decision a long time ago, to view life as a series of lessons and blessings. I choose to not dwell on the past or mistakes made. I firmly believe that when we make mistakes, we tend to experience the greatest growth IF we choose to learn from them. 

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God gives us all free will as He keeps His watchful eyes over us. We just have to surrender to His will for our lives. We were all brought here with seeds of greatness and gifts within. It is up to us to tap into it. I know that my purpose is rooted in service and helping others. Who am I not to embrace the process set before me for God to get His greatest out of me? Just a little #foodforthought today! Feel free to do the dishes before you leave! 😉☺ Peace, blessings and L❤VE! - MzVirtue 

Mid-Week Heartspeak - 12/2/2020

#Wednesday #WednesdayWisdom #WednesdayMotivation #Midweek #Heartspeak - Whew! THIS!!! There is a meme floating around that says "I prayed and asked God to protect me from my enemies and I started losing "friends"! 😢💔

I have learned to be very specific with my prayers. Asking God to protect you from dangers seen AND unseen is often a part of many of our prayers. I go a step further and also ask for Him to REVEAL the sources that I may not see! It can be eye opening and at times painful, especially when He reveals "frenemies"!

People can be really strange. They will support you as long as they feel your success is not as great as theirs but BABY when you have the audacity to aim higher, they will flip on you. They want you to do better, just not better than THEM! 💯💯💯 

Never dim your light in order to make others feel more comfortable. Be unapologetically YOU! As you elevate, not everyone around you will want to go with you and that's ok. Sometimes you have to change rooms and share space with those who are of like minds. Remember, iron sharpens iron and you need to continuously challenge yourself in order to grow!

The world needs your brilliance, so keep shining!!! Be encouraged and understand that not everyone we encounter will be meant to be in our lives forever. Appreciate the connections and what your learned from the interactions but also have the courage to let go when needed.

Have a blessed and beautiful day, babies! Peace, blessings and love! - MzVirtue ❤

Heartspeak 11/28/2020

 #Saturday #SaturdayNight #Heartspeak 

We have heard the phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side". What if that grass is artificial? People share what they want to share and folks will assume that their lives are easy! A lot of "overnight success stories" were 10 or even 20 years in the making. No one sees the sweat equity and years of preparation and often heartbreak involved. Many give up. Those that succeed keep going!

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Your walk in life is custom designed  just for you and no one can live it the way you can. There are a lot of lazy folks in this world that want everything handed to them but then there are the doers! Entrepreneurs are the heart and soul of this country! This is another reason we should #buylocal as often as we can and #supportsmallbusiness on not just #SmallBusinessSaturday but every day! 

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So, my advice is spend less time wishing for someone else's life and more time working to create a life you won't need to go to sleep for (in your dreams). Work HARDER but also work SMARTER! Embrace the process, YOUR process! Go through it, grow through it! #FoodforThought You do the dishes! 😉 - MzVirtue 

Prepared

2020- Growth mindset! Making room for my life to grow! I just want to be PREPARED! Yes!!!

Heartspeak - I Love Books!!!

 #Heartspeak - I do have #ebooks and #books on #kindle but nothing can replace the feeling I get holding a book in my hands and turning pages. It's like they hug me! When I was growing up, we used to have a #bookmobile that came through the neighborhood. Can't remember how often they came but  I would check out no less than seven books at a time. 

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I've always loved to read. My grandmother taught me how to read and write before I ever set foot in any school. I loved the #library and couldn't wait for the Scholastic Book Club order forms to come through. (Random- I thought I saw an office for them in Lake Mary once.)

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I think reading is so important. I know we have other options like #audiobooks and previously mentioned ebooks but give me something I can wrap my fingers around.

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Growing up, some of my favorite books were the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and books by Judy Blume. Anybody old enough to remember those Which Way books with alternate endings? I even used to read Encyclopedias! We had both World Book and Encyclopedia Brittanica. I think that is where my love of Geography started to develop. I wanted to travel the world and do missionary work!

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I think, most of all, reading opened my mind to other worlds and fed my very vivid imagination. Before YouTube and Google, we had books.  I have so many cookbooks I have yet to unbox. Many more recipes "saved for later" that I've never tried. ☺

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I am currently reading old speeches from some of our greatest African Americans and just immersing myself in our rich culture. It is disheartening to see something my ancestors wrote in the 1800s let alone the 1960s that could very well be written today.

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I am inspired and being reminded daily of the gifts God gave me. The biggest being my VOICE. God is up to something and I'm riding with Him. When my heart speaks, I know my soul has been stirred. Not running from it. I'm embracing it.

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Have a blessed night, babies! Please #VOTE!!! - MzVirtue out 😘