New Year, New Goals, New Rules

So it’s a new year and everyone has resolutions that may be broken by the first of the second month into the year. What new years resolutions have you written that you may have already broken? It’s ok if you have broken one or two. Get back on them and keep pressing forward! We still have 350 days to cover. So let’s get going! Motivate, Inspire, Change Lives and Jump into Action.

Get your calendar, notebook, journal, dream book, or whatever it is that you enjoy writing your dreams and read what you have written and write some more!  I have realized there are times when you have to look back and review what you have written and achieved (or not) in order to see how far you have gotten.

One of my goals this year is to read more books that will help me reach my goals. I have already read a book by Terri Savelle Foy “Dream Big” and it has impacted my life greatly! If you do not like to read there is also the option of listening to podcasts  or audiobooks. Learn, learn, learn and move, move, move unto a better place, unto a better position, unto a better state of mind. The point is to move and not be mediocre.

I challenge you to get your hands on books, articles, attend conferences and seminars that will challenge you to jump into your destiny. Surround yourself by positive people. Take away the negative and recognize when the negative energy reaches your space.

This year, I am going to jump into action and no longer be a wimp or give excuses. I love the acronym that Florida Hospital has on their welcome card (laying on the hospital bed) when you are admitted as an inpatient or outpatient – CREATION.

C- Choice

R- Rest

E- Environment

A- Activity

T- Trust

I- Interpersonal Relationships

O- Outlook

N- Nutrition

After reading their philosophy, I was reminded that in life there should be a balance. At times, we lose that balance when we focus too much on one thing and then all others areas of our lives suffer the neglect.

So, time to get back in the game to focus and keep the balance going. What do you do when you fall off your list of things to do? What is it that helps you stay on track? Is it a phone app? List of things to do on paper? A planner? All are great and the best part is that you use  what works for you.

Live, learn and move on!

2016 will be the best year ever~

Cindy

GGWT

 

 

Growing In Strength-Free to do

Colossians 1:3-14 NIV

“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.   For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,  so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

There is so much to learn from this passage. What are you learning? Is God showing you some things that need some changing?

This past weekend I made some decisions that needed to be made a long time ago and was afraid to make them. After making the decisions to move forward and take some action I truly felt liberated.

Do you have some things that are hindering you from moving ahead? What is stopping you? Is it you? Others? I encourage you to take some time to reflect and ask God to remove things, people, idols, etc for He has amazingly GOOD things in store for you!

Here is a picture of me in Philly last weekend feeling liberated. 🙂

Godspeed

Cindy

PS: I apologize for not writing this and posting it sooner. I was on vacation and catching up with what was left behind to be done.

2014 Vision Board

I hope this inspires you to start your very own vision board. I started my board last year but it is now in 2014 that I am beginning to fill it up with new goals, inspiration and dreams! Begin NOW! 🙂

Joshua 1:7

“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.”

My New 2014 Vision Board

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wisdom comes from above~

Proverbs 31:26 “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”

I’m ending this year with my very first blog post but starting the new year filled with wisdom and knowledge able to share with all godly women interested in growing and knowing more (I am not professing to know more by the way…I’m far from it…I am continuously growing in this journey we all call life). The quote for today comes from Proverbs 31:26 “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” Growing up in a Hispanic home I was taught to speak when I had permission to speak. I respected my elders, authorities and most especially my parents. They were and still are my godly role models. I learned to be silent in God’s presence through them as well. They taught me that wisdom is not taught but that it comes from Heaven and that it is a gift. My challenge for women today and moving forward into 2014 is to seek for God and His wisdom so you can speak into other women’s lives. Bring yourself to a stillness so you can hear what God is whispering in your ear in order to walk in His fullness. Will you take that challenge with me? Email me at growinggodlywomentoday@live.com and I may post your thoughts on a future blog post with your permission. Please note: no profanity, obscure photos, spam, junk mail, or promotions accepted-they will go to spam/junk heaven. Only godly interests and curious godly questions. I will try to response courteously and in a timely fashion. Thank you kindly~God speed!

Cindy