Selling yourself short!
I went to church on yesterday and much to my surprise I noticed the back of someone’s head that I used to know. So I kind of leaned over to the side to see who it was, and LORD it was the person. All different kinds of emotions began to run through my body. My initial emotion was HATE and vengeance for the things the person had done to me then it subsided into joy and Peace. I no longer had those ill feelings and I began to feel GOD working in me. See I went to church 1. Cause my heart was heavy 2. I was battling spiritual warfare and seemed to be losing the fight 3. I have a lot of hate in my heart 4. I had not been in a long. All of that is a lot to weigh down on one person. But before I clocked out I know I needed to get it in gear. GOD was breaking me down and stripping me of all the worldly things that I love and making them more difficult to replace. How Could I turn my back on GOD when he wakes me up, takes care of me, and keeps me out of harms way.
I was having a discussion with one of my friends and he goes on to tell me that I think I am better than everyone else because 1. I won’t settle for less 2. I only buy the best of things 3. Cause I look down of people on who I think I are beneath me, and the list goes on. When that was told to me I began to feel bad because maybe I do look down on people and look at them like their the scum of the earth.
I’ll say this one thing about me. I LIKE WHAT I LIKE and I seldom differentiate from such. Secondly, I had to talk to some other people who think like I do. Simply put its jealousy, because people should be happy for you. Now I’m being hated on because I wont go out and buy a 1993 GMC Safari or a 1994 Chevy Astro Van. Or maybe I should buy a 1996 Ford Winstar. GUESS what? It ain’t gone happen. I was created and I’m destined for GREATNESS and thats what I will have. Why should I settle for less and belittle myself on someone else’s account. This statement here just made me cringe, “why do you have to have a foreign car with heated leather seats and wood grain?” My initial response was going to be, WHY IN THE HELL NOT? But I didn’t say it. I am not going to lower myself to suite anyone else’s needs. I like what I like. Besides if I lower myself and my standards then I am sinking down to a lower status. I will not lower myself, I will not set low standards for myself, NO I will not buy an old car, no I will not buy expensive things for myself. I just wont settle and I don’t expect anyone to want me too. Each and everyone one of my friends have Newer cars with Cash’s car being the newest with the LOWEST miles because he doesn’t drive it. LOL. I guess my friends think they are better than everyone too… GUESS WHAT! I guess were that way…So TooRoyal, Cash, DaLilBBROWN, Keisha.. I guess we’re grand.. But we’re happy. If you have to spend your money then you might as well be happy spending it on what you have to pay for. Me, my new car which I will get very soon (I’m still shopping) will have LEATHER, SUNROOF, WOOD GRAIN, BLUETOOTH and every other available feature just the way I love it. I got a friend who bought a NEW Car and he pays a pretty penny for it but sometimes he is not happy with it because it lacks other things that he wants. So that’s a case of spending your money and not being happy. This same person suggested to me that I buy a lil beater for now and then trade it in. Whats the point? I’ll be further upset down in the end.
The point of this blog is to say that BE HAPPY if you got to spend your money and don’t settle for less.