I heard someone say, satan got adam and eve to fix their eyes on one tree when god had already given them an entire garden, think about that. The enemy didn't have to convince them that they had nothing. He just had to make them forget everything that they already had. And he still, till this day, uses the same strategy. He gets us to focus on relationships we don't have, the job that we don't have, the opportunity we don't have, the healing we haven't seen yet. Meanwhile, we are blind to the countless prayers god has already answered. Gratitude isn't pretending you don't want more, it's refusing to let what you don't have make you forget the goodness of god that's already surrounding you.
🎙️Vic Mensa and Chance the Rapper get real vulnerable as they talk about their past - apologize to each other and have a heart to heart -
Chance:
🗣️“they were trying to book me a tour and they said you should have Vic open, and I was like, no”
Vic:
🗣️“That one hurt me bad.. you was having money💰… I was living with my parents.. flipping cushions in the couch 🛋️”
😢 touching moment - watch full vid on YT📺: VicMensa
She chewed!!!!! I love that she called out the intimidation tactic as well because manipulative people love that.
This is a great example of having emotional control and remaining calm as the tactic would’ve worked if she was unable to self regulate.
our "no contact" made me realize that i am really okay without you. it was hard at first. i kept checking my phone, waiting for a message that never came.
some days, i felt empty like a part of me was
missing. but slowly, dayby day, i started to feel lighter. i began spending more time alone, doing little things that make me happy, taking myself on
dates, reading, and enjoying my hobbies
again.
I learned that my happiness doesn't have to
come from you. that i can be at peace alone. that i
can still feel complete without needing you. the
truth is, i don't miss you like i thought i would.
i am slowly learning to be enough for myself. and i
am finally starting to like who i am without you.