No More Excuses! It's A New Day!

“If you have raced with men on foot      and they have worn you out,      how can you compete with horses? If you stumble [ a ] in safe country,      how will you manage in the thickets by [ b ] the Jordan? 6  Your relatives, members of your own family—      even they have betrayed you;      they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them,      though they speak well of you. -Jeremiah 12: 5,6 Don't give up just because it's painful. The breakthrough is on the other side. If you know me then you know I'm an only child. YES I'm a spoiled brat! But I hate it and I've always rebelled and tried to do my own thing since the beginning. Before I moved into my new home just recently I was on my way to a SHELTER! Even though I had an option I didn't want that option. Even though that option could have easily taken away the pain and...

Growing up I loved Jordan's. That's really an understatement. I idolized Jordan's. I had to have them. Even when I knew we were struggling I would still beg and beg for those Jordan's. Why?  I thought they gave me life. When I put my feet in those Jordan's it came with popularity and so much attention. My self esteem was raised when I put my feet IN Jordan's.  Jordan's brought validation and it to others it made me cool.  By the time I turned fourteen I got my first job to start buying my own Jordan's. That's how bad it was.  Then time passed on a I became an adult. When I put my feet IN those Jordan's nothing changed. I was no longer popular. Nobody cared about the shoes I wore. I had also became my mother at 18 and those Jordan's I could no longer afford.  But more than anything I realized that those shoes only brought about a false confidence.  I want to ask you. What shoe, outfit, car, weave, relationship, or job do you put on that brings...