TO GIVE OR RECEIVE RESPECT MEANS...

...that you are flipping over a coin that is double-sided. You must recognize that in order to get respect (receive) you must give respect. That is basically how it works.

But conversely, the ideal is that whether or not someone is disrespectful to you, you must continue to respect them. Yes, you must give respect to get it, but you must not withhold it as a retaliation for that person not holding up their side of the coin.

A WEEK FROM NOW I WANT...

to be closer to my goals I've set for 2015. One day at a time I'm taking the steps I need to get there. It seems like slow going because it really is hour by hour, but I still have to be diligent in my pursuit. As always I must keep my nose to the grindstone. It is so easy to get side-tracked because there are so many other things going on that are competing for attention. But at the end of the day I want to have forged ahead to the next step.

the most meaningful gift i ever received...

was the gift of life. Not only my life, but the life of every one of my children and now my first grandchild. Life is a blessing from the Most High. Your children and their children and so on and on becomes an extention of your own life. My seed takes me into the next generation and makes my name special in this world. But life is short. It only lasts for a moment. So since I got this gift which I never asked for I'm gonna live it to the fullest.

  

LETTER OF COMFORT

Write a LETTER OF COMFORT to the child you once were who endured hardship or suffering.
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Dear Bobby;

Be not dismayed or discouraged because your mother is away from you at this time. She is in New York, yes but she is there trying to prepare a place for you and your sister to come there, to meet her soon where you will have a home of your own. She has not abandoned you and I promise that she will send for you very soon where all of you will be together as one big happy family.