Some encouraging words from our Founder/Publisher of FEMI Magazine
Excuse my country grammar when I say, life really be lifing!
Some days, you wake up and see all the struggles you are dealing with, and you feel like giving up. This is because things don’t always go as planned. It could be financial difficulties that many of us face or the feeling of not seeing any positive results despite putting in hard work.
Life can be tough, and without a strong prayer life and faith, it can drag us down into a rabbit hole. We understand that nothing happens overnight, but sometimes we just need to see a glimmer of hope to help us move towards achieving our goals.
There are days you wake up and you don’t feel like opening that laptop or even checking your emails because you feel mentally drained and your spirit is vibrating low. Maybe even tossing the alarm clock across the room and calling off from work today feels better. There are even times when you just pause and feel like crying your eyes out because it can be so overwhelming. And on those days, we’re here to say, let it all out!
Let everything you are feeling in that moment happen. Let the tears fall. Scream if you need to. Hit the pillow as hard as you can with your fist. Maybe even head to the park and take off running as fast as you can. Let it out! And when you are done letting it all out, remember what you felt in that moment.
Lock that very moment into your memory bank and let it be the boost you need to not quit.
Let it be the reason you keep going. Why you say?
Because you never want to keep waking up day after day feeling like that for the rest of your life. That feeling is what you will always feel if you give up now. Is that your dream? Is that what you want to feel forever? I’m pretty sure it’s not.
Remember this is why you started that business, or why you took that job. You did it so you could have those great days that you are working so hard towards seeing. You do this so you can one day live in that moment of what you feel is your happy space.
We understand that social media makes it a greater challenge for you at times when it comes to feeling great about your milestones because others at times appear to be doing way better than you. The thing you have to remind yourself is that your journey is not the same as their journey.
Everyone boards the plane going to a specific destination. Some arrive at the same airport but they still take separate cars to totally different locations, some even switch planes. You have no idea where God is taking you on this journey. This is why you have to keep going and push yourself through those rainy days in spirit. Also, remember that objects in the mirror are often closer than they appear so don’t get caught up in what it looks like right now.
In the scriptures, 1 Samuel 30:6-8, it says, “And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.”
Encourage yourself in God. Hold on to your faith. Don’t let whatever you are experiencing be your breaking point. Sometimes you’re at the midway side of the mountain. You look down and you see how far you have climbed and the view looks so much better off the ground, but then you look up and you see the very top of the mountain with the sun shining down so bright on you and if you are slightly afraid of heights, just for a moment, it feels scary. You’re afraid that you could fall if you don’t make it to the top on time. You’re so eager to see what the view looks like from the top. Yet anyone who has ever hiked the mountain knows that you have to pace yourself and most importantly make sure you carefully choose each step wisely.
It can be overwhelming, but two things are going to happen at this moment, either you will remain on that side of the mountain and only experience half of what God has in store for you, or you will fall and rest at the bottom never knowing what could have been.
Give yourself some grace.
This is just a moment on the side of the mountain where you have to pause, catch your breath, and pace yourself. Once you have taken a deep breath, understand that this is simply a temporary moment in your life because not even goats remain on the side of the mountain, and are you not more important than a goat to God?
Matthew 6:26 says, “Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into the barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them.”
You are going to be just fine.
Keep climbing. Pace yourself. Take a deep breath.
Don’t give up just now because the top awaits you.
