Make Tthe Change "Know yourself"

     

                                                                                         

Who are you? No the question is not about where you were born or who your parents or grandparents are, or where you were brought up or what school you went to the question is much deeper than that. I heard this saying once and it goes like this “ It's not who I am underneath It's what I do that defines me”. Put simple it is not where i was born or what family I belong to it is what I do that give my life purpose me.

 

My life, the choices I make that will determine what kind of person I become. Agreed our environment

plays a big part of our destiny but after a certain time in life you are handed the rein’s of your life and

you make the choice that will guide you on your path. A path that will leads you up the road to success

or down the road to destruction. In order to obtain any personal growth a person should practice being totally honest with there self because only in this way will you achieve true results that will bring a relevant change. Many people lie to themselves then they wonder why nothing changes, why they cant lose weight or why they cant finish a task, the problem is that their foundation is unstable and they are doomed to fail before they even start. So honesty is the best policy and a self assessment the best place to start. My point is, we all have philosophy's that we use in our day to day choice's, which we use to determine action's which cause's result. So in using the self-assessment tool the goal is to improve redefine or adjust your philosophy that will bring the desired result. Also a good thing to remember is that many time's you cant change the circumstance of a given situation or problem, but you can control yourself and the way you react or act to a problem and this starts with your mental state, you philosophy's your morals and ethics. These tool are not set in stone but just a few that can be used to point a person to the path of self accomplishment. Also you must realize that knowing which path to take is much different than actually walking it. Knowledge only has power when the instruction is put to some useful purpose to perform a needed task.

 

Therefor you must recognize that what matters is not what you should have done but what you do now that makes the difference and the best was to make effective change is to identify the problems or short comings, this will take some tools. When my uncle was teaching me how to do some minor repairs to my car when I was younger he would always tell me the right tool for the right job, so I think the right tool for us to begin our character tune-up should be the “Self Assessment tool “ . There are all kinds of self assessment tool out there but the one I am going to give you is for the sole purpose of the the individual to decided where they are in life, where they want to be in life and help you figure ways to get there. It is up to you and no one else. Remember this you can't always change the situation's you will face or peoples attitudes or even human nature but you can control the way you react to it thereby having a hand on the wheel of your destiny.

EPIPHANY

“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” Lao Tzu

MY EPIPHANY

According to the Buddhist, there is a thing called "The beginners mind", in this concept you should assume nothing and with humility and inquiry look for the most meaning and importance in the smallest thing. When I was around eight years old and I had made myself a slingshot and i wanted to test it out, but i didn't want to break anything and have my mother kill me so I got up early in the morning and went to the park a couple of blocks from my house. Everybody was still asleep that's how early it was plus it was the weekend and the sun was just coming up, the dew was still on the ground, now that I think about it, it was a perfect Indian summer morning, anyway I am ready to test my new home made device so I find a pretty good size bottle and set it on top of a tunnel thing that kids play in, this is a park in a major inner city so there is some litter around, definitely not Mayburry RFD. So I set it up and moved away about ten to twelve feet,Then I find a smooth oval shaped rock just shy of the size of a penny, then for some reason I said to myself , "The smallest stone can shatter the biggest bottle", I take aim and fire and hit it dead center. I swear at the time at it seemed to be happening in slow motion, the bottle exploded into million pieces, I couldn't believe it. That was a moment of enlightenment that I will never forget. A detail of how the smallest of things can change the greater of things with the right circumstances.

Have you ever see a newborn baby jump out of the mothers arms and start doing lap around the neighborhood? I don't think you have if so get pictures and call Ripley, anyway just as a baby must become secure and confident like crawling then standing and falling then one step and fall get up another step and fall, they hold on to furniture and take steps then finally they find their balance and faith and start to walk and run. This same concept run true in most of my research. Very, very few can jump in with both feet into any situation with help and training and succeed. That why I want to share with you some of the principals I have studied and still work with because they have at some point or another help me, but every one is different you know, but we are similar to a degree right? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Make The Change...

CAN WE TALK?

Recently I had done some research on personal development, I felt that I wasn't getting any younger so it was time to make myself “a better person”, I did some serious research which I will be sharing with you again, but I think I put it out there not in the proper order, I thought no one was really reading my blog but after I reclaimed my work and took it off the air I guess I was wrong, it would have been nice if someone would have dropped me a note or something I would have done that a different way.

Irregardless what I am going to do is go over my material and sources and republish it, I doubt if my talent has progressed to the point of a E-book which I could market so if you want to help make a donation or make a comment or something either way that would be helpful for me to keep working on this. I started this because I had some issues and I knew the only person who could solve them was me. The Bible say's take the beam out of your own eye before you condemn someone else and that was my mane objective.

In my writings you will notice I reference to the Bible, I think this is the greatest book ever written in the history of mankind, but that is just my opinion, but you have to admit there is some serious knowledge there for us to use, anyway that will not be my only source of reference, and I will do my very best to give each author all the “props” that is do them, like I said I am just trying to be the best I can and hope that I can bring you along for the ride. I will do my best to keep it as simple as I can after all I don't have a PHD, or a masters in Psychology but what I do have is some formal training from the school of hard knocks and I just want to be the best I can be for myself, for my family and for my country, which by the way needs some serious help and you know where it starts ? You and me.

I don't do gimmick so don't look for any from me what I do is put the theory to test and tell you what I have learned or not you can take it from their because if there is one thing I have learned in life is that there is no one size fit's all approach , something may work for one person while doing nothing to help another while somebody else get on nominal results, this is why before you try anything you have to understand the person on the other side of that mirror or you may find yourself being just like this dog I saw once running around in a circle chasing his tail until he feel over and went to sleep.

Well I guess that is enough for now, I be back soon with the first installment of MAKE THE CHANGE”. SEE YA. Jerry...

Only You.

LORD I AM NOTHING, I AM THE LEAST OF A FEW AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW I TRULY FEEL INSIDE, NOBODY EXCEPT YOU. I HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN AND NO ONE WILL HELP ME UP EVEN WHEN I POUR MYSELF OUT LIKE LIQUID FROM A CUP I'M SO TIRED I FEEL USED UP. I JUST TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND TRIED TO STAND AND TAKE A STEP FORWARD BUT THE STRESS OF THIS WORLD IS CRUSHING ME. PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT LONG TIME AGO IF NOT FOR YOUR MERCY IT'S JUST I AM FEELING SO INADEQUATE AND INSIGNIFICANT RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO CONTINUE KEEPING IN MIND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FOR ME. I WILL CONTINUE EVEN IF I HAVE TO WEAR A MASK SO NOBODY CAN SEE THE REAL PAIN THAT I FEEL BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE REAL. EVEN THOUGH I CANT TOUCH YOU OR SEE YOU YOU I CAN SEE THE EVIDENCE OF YOU AND THAT YOU ARE STILL WORKING I WILL NOT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN TO THE URGE TO QUIT, I WILL RECALL TO MY MIND THE TRIALS AND TEST I HAVE FACED AND DRAW FROM THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR PREVIOUS INTERVENTION ON MY BEHALF AND I WILL MOVE FORWARD.PLEASE STRENGTHEN ME IN THESE ENDEAVOURS OF LIFE SO THAT IN SUCCESS OR FAILURE YOU WILL GET THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU.

  IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY MOTHER

 OPHELIA G. HALL

1942-2013

This poem embodies my mom, the way she lived and ended her life, I love you and will

miss you, your one and only son Jerry.

HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE

I was walking down life's highway a long time ago. One day I saw a sign that read,” Heavens Grocery store”. As I got a little closer, the door came open wide, and when I cam to myself, I was standing inside

I saw a host of angles, they were standing everywhere. One handed me a basket and said, “My child shop with care. Everything a Christian needs was in that grocery store, and all you could carry, you could come back for more.

First I got some Patience. Love was in the same row. Further down was Understanding, you need that everywhere you go.

I got a box of Wisdom. A bag or two of Faith. I just couldn't miss the Holy Ghost, for it was all over the place. I stopped to get some Strength and Courage to help me run the race. By then my basket was getting full, but I remembered I needed some grace.

I didn't forget Salvation, for Salvation that was free. So I tried to get enough of that to give both you and me.

Then I started to the counter to pay my grocery bill, for thought I had everything to do my masters will. When I went up the aisle I saw Prayer and I just had to put that in for I knew when I stepped outside I would run right into sin.

Peace and Joy were plentiful. They were on the last shelf. Songs of Praise were hanging near so I just help myself. Then I said to the angle “Now how much do I owe?' he just smiled at me and said, “Jsut take them everywhere you go”.

Again I smiled at him and said, “How much do I really owe?” He smiled at me again and said,”My child, Jesus paid your bill along time ago”.

THE MUSTARD SEED

THE MUSTARD SEED

In the The new Testament of the bible ( ) we are told by Jesus Christ that the faith of a mustard can move mountains and that if we have the faith of a grain of seed () we will be able to tell the mountains in our life to be thrown into the sea and they will obey that if we have faith we will be able to cast out spirits and cause the lame to walk and the blind to see but it all starts with that minute bit of faith. First I want to say that faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen meaning that you have such a strong belief that God himself will honor you faith, but if you don’t have the mustered seed of faith all that is for nothing so lets look at the mustered seed itself.

Many cannot forgive themselves for the way they live or the things they may have done in the past to themselves or other therefor they cannot truly release the love that we all have inside of us. I believe that the mustered seed is love and if we cannot forgive our self for mistake than we cannot release our love, because we all no if you don’t love yourself you cant love anyone else, you may pretend but the truth will come eventual,so not loving one self means we cannot completely release our faith unto God. The word says If we trust in him he is faithful to forgive our sins( ). So the bottom line is this you have to first forgive your self, then you can start to love your self, then you release what ever it is to God and be patient In faith and he will honor your prayers. I believe this is the secret of the mustered seed.