And the Good News Is...

I follow his ministry, and he speaks on the political arena. I've largely fallen back from discussing politics because I want to see what happens in the next 4 years. It's a good listen for those who want to see what could happen in the future.

Today's Thought: Followers Don't Make You

I look at people with thousands or millions of followers, and I think to myself "Are those followers paid? Bots? Authentic?" People get caught up in how many FB friends or followers they have and start feeling themselves a little too much. How many of those "FB friends" or followers could you call on in need? Everyone's riding with you because you're popular, but when the fame & fortune dry up, watch that fame disintegrate. I'd rather have a few hundred loyal followers from Day 1 then millions of paid followers who probably didn't start with me, but decided to ride the wave when I got major. It's better to have a few faithful riders than millions of followers. It's always quality over quantity with me. When the quality is right, the quantity will increase, but even if it doesn't, at least you know who rode with you from the beginning.

Profiting Off Your Mistake

This sums up my thoughts about Gorilla Glue Girl. Yes, she did something crazy & paid for it, but at least she got a free surgery out of the situation. I hope she learned from that mistake because it's nothing worse than making the same mistake twice, or multiple times. Some people were right to be upset with her, but all of us have done (or still do) dumb things in life; fortunately none of us were called out on our foolishness.

Monday Message

 

So many people need to read this repeatedly. Forgiveness doesn't require reconnection. You can forgive someone and want nothing to do with them. In most cases, if you reconnect with someone, the moment y'all fall out again, you'll throw their offense back in their face. Just forgive them and cut them loose. Your peace is more important than giving a repeat offender continual passes to hurt you over and over.

Man vs. Multiple Women

 

 From a man's POV, it makes him look good because what man doesn't want multiple women checking for him? He has something that drives these women wild, so he eats up the attention shown to him. It can also make a man look bad if these women are attracted to him for status & wealth. As soon as the status & wealth expires, so does the relationship. As long as a man has multiple women fighting over him for the right reason, I don't see anything wrong. For me, it may feel good to have multiple women fighting over me at first, but the skeptic in me is wondering whether these women are fighting over me for the right reasons.

Friday Encouragement

 

I'll add that people's feelings about you change like the wind: People like you one minute, and dislike you the next. Do you want to put stock in people's fickle feelings about you?

Loving Another's Child As Your Own

 I think an award should be given for stepfathers & stepmothers who take on another person's children as their own. It takes a special person to step in where the biological parent(s) failed. I'm referring to biological parents who don't care enough about their biological child(ren) to be in their lives, either because of a bitter baby mother or because that parent chooses not to take care of the seed they created. The child didn't ask to be born to the parents it has, but if a child needs proper guidance, there should be a responsible adult willing to show them the way. I respect all the stepparents who love other children as their own because if it wasn't for them, that child would be headed for destruction. Uncles, stepparents, mentors, anyone involved in making a difference in a child's life, I salute you. Should the biological parent(s) wise up and want to be in their child(ren)'s lives, that child doesn't know them. That child remembers who showed them the way, and it wasn't their biological parents. By the time a child grows up, what could their biological parent(s) teach them that they haven't learned on their own (with proper guidance)? Nothing...except what NOT to do.