Skip to main content

What do you want?!

Hey my loves!! How are you?! :-) I hope you're doing well! I wanted to ask you a question,  kinda make you think for a moment.... what do you want? What do you want out of life,  relationships,  love,  yourself,  others? What do you want? Iyanla Vanzant (one of my favorites) wrote,  "Very often,  we only have chaos in our lives because we don't know what we want. By default,  uncertainty attracts uneasiness. " This statement was very powerful to me because it spoke to the uneasiness I was feeling at that present moment.  I did not know what I wanted... out of ANYTHING! I had a clue or an inkling but nothing solid. I needed to figure out what I wanted and make it plain, to myself and others. By me not knowing how to or what to do to figure out exactly what I wanted,  caused so much confusion in my life.  Unnecessary arguments and unnecessary headaches.  I had to take the time to sit down and figure out what I wanted.  Granted,  I'm still young and what I want may very well change but, I needed to start somewhere.  I started to think about what I wanted to accomplish and how I would reach that goal.  I also thought about certain situations that made me happy and others that made me sad or even angry (I don't like angry Shonie lol). I decided to participate in more activities that made me happy and separate myself from the ones that didn't.  I'm not suggesting that you become an avoider but you have the power to choose what you allow and don't allow in your space (you gotta be the boss of your space). I wanted and needed to be happy consistently and most importantly, I deserved to be happy and so do you. I was tired of the uneasiness so I thought about what I wanted out of everything and I made my happiness a priority (something I still struggle with because I tend to feel guilty about putting myself before others sometimes but that's another blog for another day lol). So I challenge you to ask yourself this question,  "What do I want?" Write it down,  make it plain... to yourself first then to others. Set standards and live by them.  Let me know how it goes!  Live well.  Love hard . Laugh harder.

Xoxo,
Shonie

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

You Hurt Me AND You Want To Tell Me How To Feel About It? WTDTA?

You Hurt Me AND You Want To Tell Me How To Feel About It? WTDTA? Hello my loves!! *inserts kissy face emoji* I always miss writing so…I’ve missed you!! I hope all is well in your world and if it isn’t, I pray it gets better. Let me get right to it. Have you ever been disappointed or hurt by someone and then told by the VERY SAME PERSON how to react or respond?? I know I have and I’m pretty sure you have too. Isn’t it irritating? Through observing and talking with other people, I’ve realized that people don’t always get to express their feelings or emotions (in a healthy way of course) because someone else is telling them how to feel. Let me give you all a quick example: I have a friend who was recently hurt by one of her close family members. She discovered that her family member had been deceitful and untrustworthy. She was very disappointed and disturbed by what happened. When she talked to the family member and expressed her hurt, the family member stated that it wasn...
1 comment
Read more

First Post Excitement!!

Hey loves!! I woke up one morning and decided to create a blog, lol, Well, it was really the realization that my Facebook posts were a little too long and too deep and random. I felt like I needed to find a different way to express my thoughts,feelings, etc. to the world. Since this is my first post, I 'll introduce myself... I'm La'Shon but my friends and loved ones call me Shonie. I like to think that I'm S assy. H onest. O ptimistic. N urturing. I nspiring.and E mpowering! See? SHONIE! Get it?! A few months ago, I began this journey, a journey of self-discovery. I wanted to get to know myself...really get to know myself. Working in the mental health field has opened my eyes to the reality of brokenness. Many are broken because of so many different factors (factors that I'll discuss in later posts). I decided that I wanted to do all that I could to take care of ME because taking care of yourself first, my friends, is the only way you'll be able to take care o...
2 comments
Read more

Oh, September...

Hello my loves!! How have y'all been? I hope everything has been going well! I've been busy, school has started and I'm also doing internship this semester so I've been doing some running around lol. I'm also working on a project that I can't wait to share with y'all! September is one of my favorite months because I love the feel of the weather outside while it's transitioning from summer to fall. Here in the south, September is not too cool and its still warm enough for you to leave your jacket home and still get away with wearing sandals. September is also Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle Cell Disease  is an inherited blood disorder that affects the red blood cells. This disease causes the red blood cells  to take the form of a sickle (a farming tool). These sickle shaped blood cells can cause clots and decreased oxygen to the body, and this can cause major harm.  This disease mostly affects individuals of African descent (and other cultures) and ...
Post a Comment
Read more