Love Can Be A Lonely Responsibility
We all love to be loved. We love being loved properly. The 5 love language helps with being loved properly. Knowing your love language and communicating that effectively with others gives someone an outline and blueprint to loving you. The 5 Love Languages are as follows: 1. Words of Affirmation 2. Acts of Services 3. Gifts 4. Quality Time Spent 5. Physical Touch. When someone speaks your love language it’s like fuel to your soul. We all love to be loved. What can be challenging at times is when we have to make sure we are properly loving others. It can become challenging when the responsibility falls on us to meet the requirements of others love language. When loving others, you have to be intentional and sometimes even creative. If someone’s love language is gifts, you’ll probably have to get creative and not get them the same gift over and over. If their love language is acts of service, you’ll have to be intentional with serving them in a way that reflects there language. The goal is to serve this language where the action signifies love and gratitude. Tailoring your love to meet the need of others can feel like a lonely solitary act of responsibility because the burden of effort falls on you. This is not said to discourage you from loving to your fullest. This is to make you aware that loving the ones who mean the most to you is a responsibility and, at times, it will feel as such. The balance to all of this is to make sure you speak up on how you want to be loved as well. Hopefully their is a confluence, a stream of love from you, and those that love you. That way as you pour out love, love is poured back into you. Yes loving someone can fall square on your shoulders and feel lonely at times. But you’re never alone, we are one reach away. Comment below if you can relate to this message. Written by: Q. EdmondsM.O.T.M.V. StoryTeller
A passion for forgiveness
We’ve heard people explain their process of forgiveness. Some get angry at first. Some isolate. Some have tension in the body. Some feel uncomfortable and unsettled. Others cry. They sit quietly for awhile. They want revenge. They take days to ponder it. They know that wouldn’t solve the problem. So they work on letting it go. They talk it out with friends. They yell, scream, and curse. They mentally, emotionally, and maybe even physically let it out. They feel a weight lifted. They feel free. Getting to the moment when you decide to forgive is not always easy. Sometimes it’s never easy. However, once you decide to go all in and forgive, you have to become passionate about it. You don’t have to fall in love with the process, however you do have to be committed to enjoy the results. You have to make up in your mind that forgiveness is worth it. It’s worth your long-term peace, health, and state of mind. You may think the other person doesn’t deserve it, but you deserve it. You deserve to let go of the weight. The same way we find passion in any life task we have to find passion for forgiveness. Because ultimately it’s what’s best for us. Steps that you can take towards forgiveness:1. Admit that you’re hurt. 2. Evaluate how the hurt makes you feel. 3. Ask yourself, “Am I ready to forgive?” 4. Determine what forgiveness would do for you. 5. Have a conversation with the person that offended you. 6. Than work the process of forgiveness. We are passionate about many things in life. When the time is right. When you are ready. When you can be honest. Be passionate about forgiveness. Please share, like, comment, and pass the word. Anabel BriceñoBrand Advisor and Copywriter for M.O.T.M.V.
Remove the clutter and make your life essential!
If you ask, you will find that people have different outlooks to the word clutter. Some have an aversion to clutter. Others operate within an organized chaos. There are different tolerance levels to clutter. However, we’re sure that even though we all look at clutter differently, there comes a point when too much is too much. Have you stopped to consider the clutter in your work schedule? Or in your meal prep or lack thereof? Have you ever considered there may be clutter in your daily routines to life? When things are cluttered, it means that things are crowded. When things are crowded, it means that there is little room for movement. If your life’s’ routine is cluttered with things that cause you extra energy that you don’t have to spare, than your movements are being restricted towards the things that need maximum effort. Learning the art of essentialism helps us declutter our lives and focus only on the things that we can give maximum effort every time we engage it. Yes…yes…we know that may sound impossible. However, things become possible and probable when…. 1. We give it the effort it deserves and 2. When we are intentional. Here are some things that will help you be essential: 1. Stop multitasking 😤! – Multitasking is a myth. 2. Live in the moment. 3. Get enough sleep. – 8 hours is recommended. 4. Say no more! Also, Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism is a great resource to learn the art of Essentialism. Listen, if you took this read seriously and you want to make changes in decluttering your routines and become more essential, than we admonish you to go after it! We also encourage you to be diligent, and also give yourself grace – because time takes time. You have to adjust to your new essential lifestyle. But we promise you, you’ll love the end results! So will you give the art of essentialism a shot?Share these concepts of essentialism with someone that it can benefit. Written by: Q. EdmondsM.O.T.M.V. StoryTeller
Engaging Our Seniors!
We’ve had the pleasure of hearing back from one of our members who drives for Lyft, the ride share service. They talked about their engagement with our Senior/Elder community. They’ve had the unique pleasure of picking up the elderly from Senior homes, hospitals, grocery stores, and from libraries. Each ride had its own unique experience. Living in this new age of Covid-19, we are admonished to abide by different rules. One of those rules is that you keep a 6- foot-distance from others. Now this becomes troublesome when you have someone that can barely walk; attempting to be a passenger using a Lyft car service. You have to make a judgment call. Maybe even a moral call. Do you allow that person to struggle on their own? Do you help escort them to the car, even if that means lacing your arms with theirs violating the 6 foot rule?This is where you have to tap into the difference between the brain and the mind. “The brain is an organ but the mind isn’t. The brain is the physical place where the mind resides. … The mind is the manifestations of thought, perception, emotion, determination, memory and imagination that takes place within the brain. Mind is often used to refer especially to the thought processes of reason” ~www.researchgate.netFor example, the brain may tell you “follow the rules”, but the mind starts to reason and empathize with the decision at hand. Our member, the Lyft driver, used the reasoning of empathy and provided service and engaged our Senior Community, by escorting them to the car, inside the building, and physically lifting one into the car. Our engagement with our Seniors will look different, however there is a call for a brave few to engage nonetheless. We’re not asking you to sacrifice your wellness, however we do salute every health care provider/front line worker, even when they are in form of “the Lyft driver”. During this time of Covid -19, have you ever had to make decision that caused you to be cautious and brave at the same time? Please share with the community at large! Written by: Q. EdmondsM.O.T.M.V. StoryTeller
