Give Me My Flowers While I Yet Live

I am sure that you all have heard the song, Give Me My Flowers While I Yet Live, So That I Can See The Beauty That They Bring.  Believe it or not, that song is so true.  Often times, people die and we spend a lot of time saying, "I could have, I should have, I would have" and end up feeling bad, guilty because we didn't and now the person is gone.  There is nothing that you can do.
 
Well, I just stopped by to tell you that if there are people in your life that you plan to do something for or say something to, etc....please Give Them Their Flowers.  This is the reason that it is so important to do things for people and say things to people while they are living.  We were not put on this Earth to live forever.  We are all going to go away from here at some point and time.  So please don't hold back.  If you want to take your parents on a vacation, do it!  If you want to tell someone that you love them or apologize to them for something you did, do it!  If someone has been on your mind and you intend to call them, start dialing!  Don't hold back, saving it for a rainy day because...guess what?  The rainy day may not come and it will be too late.  We never know when our time is going to come.  Please...don't fall prey to this and end up with a guilty conscience.  Be careful, watch how you treat people and Give Them Their Flowers while they are living because it will not matter how many flowers you have on display at the funeral or how many you put on the grave site.  They can't smell them and the flowers can't put a smile on their face or brighten up their day.  There is nothing that they can do with them while they are gone.  So I urge you to Give People Their Flowers now so that they can see the beauty that they bring, and maybe...just maybe your conscience will be clear of everything.

The Love For Our Children Or Is It Really Love?

We love our children dearly as we should, but sometimes do we, as parents, go just a little overboard and "misconstrue" the meaning of the word love when it comes to our children into something else?  Do we make it out to be something totally different by going above and beyond the call of duty until alot of our actions become senseless and utterly ridiculous?!

How Much Do You Love Your Children?
Do you love your children so much that you believe every single word that they say and not wanting to     listen to the other side of the story, just your child's side because deep down inside you don't want to even phantom the thought that your child may not be telling the truth?  Everyone else is wrong, but your child is always right, huh?
Do you love your children so much that you go out and buy them each and everything that they ask for and/or want, such as: the newest, latest model cell phone (4G), $200+ sneakers, etc.  Oh, not to mention a new model car that carries a pretty good monthly note while you are still driving the older one?  Why?  All because they want and/or ask for it?
Do you love your children so much that you allow them to come and go in and out of your house as they please, sometimes bringing company that stays as well, just running the entire house like it's theirs and they don't pay not one bill in there?  Why do they have so much say so?
Do you love your children so much that you allow them to just "run" you: "disrespect" you in any way that they please: talking back to you, disobeying you, fighting you, calling you out of your name, just plain "regulating" you, etc. with no regard for your parental authority?  Are you letting them take control and play the parent to you instead of you to them?  Who's parenting who?

So Parents, What Are We Doing?!
Please don't "misconstrue" the word love from a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection to something that doesn't make sense and utterly ridiculous!  With that being said, ask yourself...
Just How Much Do You Love Your Children?

He must manage his own family well, and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.  (1st Timothy, 3:4)

Ballin'!

Counting down, it's almost here!  In approximately 24 hours, it will be Super Bowl XLV...Super Bowl Sunday!  Some of us wait all year for this day; having parties, buying food and drinks, playing football pools, and gathering in large crowds for this "big" event.  But...what does this day really mean?  What exactly is the Super Bowl?  Well...it is only the highest level of professional American football in the United States.  It is the championship game of the season of the National Football League (NFL).  The game was created as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL).  It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in an AFL - NFL World Championship Game until the merger was to officially begin in 1970.  After the merger, each league was redesignated as a "conference" (the AFC and NFC), and the game was then played between the conference champions.

So now that you have the "skinny" on the Super Bowl...are you ready for some football?  I am!  Which team do you think will take it all home: the ring, the trophy, the money, the celebration of happiness?  Will it be the AFC - Pittsburgh Steelers or the NFC - Green Bay Packers?  Guess we will have to wait and see!  So go and get those chips, wings, favorite beverages and Stay Tuned 'cause they're going to be Ballin'!!!

Talking About Your Emotions Running Deep

What do you do when your emotions run so deep and your insides feel like they are about to explode? Oh, but they are not because you are just "holding it" and allowing it to rent a room inside of you. You have knots in your stomach and everything is just so tense and bottled up. You are just so filled with stuff! So why do you do this to yourself when most of the time storing your emotions are breaking you down? Eventually, it will come out…whether it is in a good way or a bad way, whether it bursts out into flames by taking control over you or you can take the control over it. It’s your choice.

Here is a little food for thought: You need to release it and get unclogged! Guess what? The longer you hold it the heavier it gets. Release it in a song or a poem, tell it to someone, write it all down, talk to God in prayer…the choices are yours, but just let it go! Now, I am not saying to hurt someone else, just get it out of you. Come from out of the bottomless pit being always full of just stuff (and I am not talking about food either). Take control of your emotions, whatever has gotten you all bottled up. It may get you down for a while, but do not stay there; remember, "We Fall Down but We Get Up". Deliver yourself from the aches and pains. Release it and Free Yourself today!

Introduction

Let Yourself Be Free is a blog for expressing yourself, straight talking, just putting it out there. Whatever you are feeling at that time and want to share it. This is an "open mic" blog and the floor is yours. So whether it is personal, dropping knowledge and being informative, poems, etc., feel free to jot down your emotions. Type what you are feeling. Talking about it may not only help you, but your testimony may help someone else as well. So sit back, relax and Let Yourself Be Free!