Better is the End of a Thing

 

Ecclesiastes 7:8

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit."

You know, I sat back and allowed God to show me a recap of my life this year and boy did I feel a bunch of goosebumps rise from my SHANDO! This was a very painful year for me, growth wise. No I didn't lose a loved one, THANK THE LORD, but the many times I lay awake at night crying myself into a coma, I'm pretty sure my neighbors would have thought I lost MY WHOLE FAMILY. Chile, I had to FIGHT EVERYDAY! No rest! 

From the outside it would look like I had a pretty swell year with the publishing of my first novel TEARS OF KINGS and the mini praise breaks in between. But I kind of compared that to when Rocky ran up all those stairs during his training to be a boxer. With the epic theme song of that scene playing in the background, Rocky made it up those stairs.

 Well, that's what all those things felt like. But how many of you know, that after Rocky defeated those stairs, he had to face the ultimate CHALLENGE, THE FIGHT AGAINST APOLLO CREED! And so did I. My Apollo Creed was OFF THE CHAIN. He was fast and his punches were hard. He almost TKO'd me a few times but I kept fighting. 

AND I WON! 

BETTER IS THE END OF A THING, I tell you. Did anybody else have to fight APOLLO CREED this year? One thing I learned about life this year alone is that it will never NOT BE A CLASSROOM unless you ditch. lol When you REFUSE TO GROW and face your issues, tackle demons, and get rid of cancers, YOU DITCH LIFE'S CLASSROOM. I say that because, I learned so much about myself this year that I more than likely would have never learned had I spent this year TOO TURNED UP for no reason like some of my peers, and thus DITCHING.  

 As we are yet a few days away from entering into a new year, I once again WILL NOT be making any resolutions. Resolutions suck ass. They soooouuund good but if you're not PREPARING for that thing, then chances are that thing ain't gone POP OUT! You feel me?  

Anyways, I know exactly what I need to do to make sure 2014 is NOT  2013's Doublemint Twin. I have been conditioning my mind for a MAJOR SHIFT. I have been handling things with an impersonal approach so that when I do POP OUT nothing will be holding on to me or holding me back, there will be no attachments, and nothing dangling. 

One thing you're going to have to come to grips with is, January 1st 2014 will NOT be any different than December 31st UNLESS YOU MAKE IT DIFFERENT. No countdown or ball dropping will magically make anything work in your favor. If you aren't cleaning yourself up, tying up loose ends, forgiving people who hurt you, and apologizing to people YOU HURT, I hate to tell ya, but 2014 won't be nothing pretty or nice for you. Just another baldheaded day.

BETTER IS THE END OF THING because you now have a small window where you can do some reflections and assessments on your life. You have a small opportunity to MAKE THINGS RIGHT for a change. And if you are anything like SHEmeHER who had to FIGHT ALMOST EVERYDAY this year, you have a little time to spare, to BREATH and REGROUP. You even have room to throw away old behaviors, habits, and attitudes. That's good don't you think so? 

BETTER IS THE END of a bad relationship you KNOW you should have been out off. BETTER IS THE END of a year filled with STRUGGLE. BETTER IS THE END of stinking thinking. BETTER IS THE END of DEPRESSION, LACK, FAMINE, and PAIN.  BETTER IS THE END of DEAD ENDS and closed doors. BETTER IS THE END OF A THING that no longer profits GROWTH AND PROSPERITY. BETTER IS THE END OF A THING, because this processing phase is OVER and you get to see exactly how far you've come.You get to see how much you've changed and how good or bad you look. You can clearly and readily see what to change at THIS TIME more than any other time.

BETTER IS THE END OF A THING, ONLY IF YOU'VE PREPARED YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING ULTIMATELY BETTER!