Whassup, bro's!
How y'all doin'? I trust you're having a good Friday so far!
It is now official; I've received the cancellation notice from my insurer regarding my very first car, so now it's next stop DVLA to tell them my car is now off road for the foreseeable. At this point, I can either leave things in that position or I can be pro-active and pop it off to one of these cash for car-types so there's a quick injection of cash in my pocket.
At this rate, anything's better than nothing...
Other than that, this won't stop me from continuing to rise higher than my current circumstances might appear to allow, simply because that whilst I do not yet believe the journey from depression is over, I am certainly on the right side of it, you'll be glad to know.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
This recent period has certainly given me a lot to think about because I realised in many ways that I wasn't living as effectively with regards to some of the posts I was putting up here. In other words, you could say that I wasn't taking my own medicine that I was prophetically speaking. But what I have learned is that in helping others better themselves, oftentimes it comes to pass that it is you who also is lifted.
In Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 we can read the following: -
Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
"For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure"... let me alter one letter... "For Whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure", makes for interesting reading now, that's for sure. I spent enough time validating myself based on what others thought of me so now I really am not bothered by that, I rise up above it because not everybody's meant to like me.
Anyway, the point I'm making here is that you need to associate with people who are going to lift you and not drag you/keep you down. We're not called to look down on people, but at the same time, we're not called to hang around with mediocre people: -
Let The Right One's In
See, one of the things I always used to tell myself when I was growing up was, like that old Army advert always used to say, I should 'be the best'. There's nothing wrong with that, I believe, because it reminds you that you're living for a greater calling and are looking to meet the right people at the right time.
The problems start when you let that idea colour your living and you go out thinking 'I must be my best, I must be my best, I must, must, MUST' and it is at this point that it's becoming dangerously obsessive as though you think that everyone you pass in the street knows when you're not on a good day. You know what I'm talking about, it's like for some irrational reason you think everyone's watching you and knows that you messed up here or there today or yesterday and they're ready to confess your deepest, darkest thoughts to everyone they meet. What you've got to understand is that, despite their quizzical looks, people don't know what's going on in your life unless you tell them... they're not psychic!
Most don't even care because it's not centred around them. Yes, that's right. People care about people. Just not always in the way you would expect because if you think everyone is thinking about you, think again (ED - Gosh, that's a lot of thinking to do, lol!)!
What I am saying to you is that you should find one or two friends you know that you can trust then allow these select people to know the real issues that are affecting you. For some this means letting them closer to you than you would an average friend, but you have got to remember that it is only when you do this can you receive the help you need in times of trouble and you know they won't judge you for it.
"Yeah, but you don't know what I'm going through" you might say, but I don't need to know! Your friends do!
Final Thought
As another posting draws to a close, I want you to take a moment and just ask yourself when the chips are down when everything's going to rot, is there anyone you can count on to be there at the other end of a phone?
If not, why? Do you have no friends? No, I mean seriously, do you have no one you can talk to? Then do a quick google search for the Samaritans, or the like. The help is out there, you've just got to look for it!
I know it doesn't seem like much right now, but whatever you're going through, know that someone else is probably going through those kinds of feelings too right now. Sometimes you just... have... to... make the first step of calling out to someone.
Until next time, bro's!
Peace off!
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