Hunger pains….

I forgot my lunch today and all I can think about is being hungry and without.

It’s rather cold today so walking anywhere to get anything is definitely out of the question. The cafe just below my office seems to never open so that’s a solid NO on eating there. Everyone else is heating up food in the microwave and I’m smelling it, getting hungrier and a little annoyed. I know this is just one day of not having but I feel like my day is doomed due to starvation. I know that’s super dramatic but it’s what I’m feeling. Then a thought crossed my mind

“Can you imagine what a homeless person suffers? They don’t have lunch prepared and forgot to bring it out on the streets with them; they don’t even have a home to prepare lunch. People think they are worthless and walk pass or over them. They reject them asking for food or money to even get food. To make matters worse, people forget that the homeless are people.”

I must say this thought helped me to get my priorities in check. It helped to take some of the dramatic from my speech. It helped me to shift my thoughts from anger to anguish and compassion for another. Today I will feed someone who can’t feed themselves.

Help someone without strings attached!

Much Love,

Tracy B

A homeless lesson….

The things you do naturally will open doors prosperously!

People look for success in their degrees, their social status, their material possessions, their bank statements and sometimes their associations, but is that success? I believe success is a state of mind. I met a homeless guy who told me he was successful. I wasn’t shocked by his statement because I know better than to judge a book by its cover. I wasn’t entertained by his statement because of his appearance being the opposite, I was intrigued. I wanted to know why he felt successful in what I’d considered a stressful space. He looked at me as if he was reading my mind and feed my curiosity.

“I’m successful because I’m debt free. I’m healthy. I eat right. I’m on a plant-based lifestyle (we laughed together at that statement) and I have multiple homes. I don’t have to work for anyone and all my needs are met.I come and go as I please. I choose to live and play by my own rules!”

The natural response would be ‘man, you’re homeless. You don’t have any of this’ but thank God I am not a natural thinker. Thank God for insight, wisdom and extraordinary thoughts. I knew exactly what he was saying and he wasn’t lying. He owed no man. He didn’t worry about illness caused by obesity or the food we eat because he didn’t eat it. He didn’t have a place to call home because every place he rested was home. He didn’t have a job because he didn’t have a home address. He didn’t have to clock in or out, he just walked wherever he needed or used public transportation, but it was solely his decision. He truly live and play by his own rules. His mental state was the biggest success I’ve come across. He was happy with his life but understood his status could be better but it wasn’t what he wanted. He indulged he’d been there and done that but felt trapped, he felt homeless, he felt he was living by society’s rules and didn’t even recognize who he was. It wasn’t until everything he thought was important or mattered was stripped away then the true him was revealed. We talked for close to two hours. I hadn’t realized it because I was so engaged in him. He’d offered me a new perspective, a greater reward than money. He offered me a chance to see him in all his glory. I walked away smiling from my heart. He walked away the same. I looked back but he was gone. I looked for him the next day hoping to get more of his time but he was nowhere to be found and no one else knew who I was speaking of. I guess the saying is true my mom would always say to me ‘be kind to all, even the stranger, you just might be talking to an angel.’

The lesson he taught me – Don’t be so hard on yourself.  Success is not about what you have or don’t have but more so your thoughts about how you see it!. Just being happy is success. Are you happy?

*(side note)Pictures are from google images*

Much Love,

Tracy B

Make peace not war……..

Happy Tuesday! It’s election day and of course we know every vote counts.

It’s interesting how things turn out when people unite and take a stand;  wars end, slavery ends, desegregation ends, camera’s at the red light ends. YES!!!  Imagine what life would be like if we all decided to take a stand against poverty, gas prices, crime, sex trafficking, drugs, crooked judicial system,living beneath our means, and everything else that you or I don’t like.  It will come swiftly to an end. However, it all starts within the mindset.

What are you willing to put to an end? What are you willing to begin? What will you stand for even if it means you have to fall?  What is that person, place or thing? What’s stopping you?

 

It’s better to fight for something than against something….(Kendall aka Wiza the great)

Much Love,

Tracy B

 

A blessing in disguise…..

It’s wonderful to be kind, in fact it is your duty in life.

I was told a story by one of my many African friends.  She told me of a millionaire in Maui Africa who dressed as a homeless person one day and went about asking for help.  He asked one woman if she would be so kind to buy him a meal.  The lady looked at his attire and turned her nose up and walked off.  He asked another and another but  the same thing happened.  He was under the impression that people are mean and don’t want to help. The under cover millionaire decided he would take one more shot at it before retiring home.  He came across a lady who appeared to not have as much as the others he’d asked prior but figured it was worth a shot.  He thought what’s there to lose.

“Excuse me, but I’m really hungry and would love a nice hot meal.”  The woman looked him up and down but agreed with much cheer to buy him a nice hot meal.  “Sure, I was just about to order me something.  We can sit and eat together if you don’t mind?” The man didn’t mind at all. In fact he was very flattered.  They ordered the food and had small talk while they ate.  Once the meal was over he asked the lady for her information.  She was apprehensive but assured the man she would see him again.  He was looking forward to it.

The next day the man showed up to the same spot dressed as the millionaire he is and saw the kind lady. He approached her and asked if there was anything she needed.  She was such a social butterfly and began to tell him about what she could do if she had a certain amount of money.  He laughed because she went on and on.  He finally wrote a check for more than what she said she could use.  She was puzzled and figured the check to be a fake.  The millionaire laughed and asked if she remembered him.  She looked deeply into his eyes and assured him she never met him before. He finally revealed he was the homeless guy she was kind too on yesterday and how he had millions on a quest to help  him whoever helped him.

She cried and thanked God for answering her prayers.  As it turned out she couldn’t afford to feed anybody and that was ALL she had left, but God supplied her need as she meet the need of someone else.

If you can meet the need please do it.  You never know who you are helping.  All who appear to be a certain way may very well be your breakthrough blessing. You have NOTHING to lose but EVERYTHING to gain!!

Much Love,

Tracy B

Meet the need…….

Today is what they (whomever) call hump day!-) Well today has been slump day for me.  I’m so extremely tired and almost didn’t post but I have a designed purpose that is BIGGER than my exhaustion.

I will keep it short, sweet and simple.  

It’s not okay to walk pass a stranger who is in need and you have it to offer and not meet the need. When you turn your back on others EXPECT for others to turn their backs on you. 

 

Much Love,

Tracy B