I Refuse To Listen!

p.s. I know it's a funky Cell-Phone

Photo, but it nailed how

I am feeling today while waiting
patiently for the announcement

on January 8, 2010 so...here goes!

I Refuse To Listen -

to the negative voices that clamor
for attention

in my head...trying so hard to
get in-telling me that I can not
Reach my Dream...That I can not
fulfill my God-given abilities.

I refuse to listen to those voices!

I will think good thoughts...

Positive thinking

Leads to Positive actions

which in turn

leads to positive habits.

I am learning to

Make positive choices

& close my ears and my mind to

those negative voices that

try so hard to get in & struggle
to control my life. I've learned
that many things I have thought
& said to myself were but mere

first drafts of the final outcome
of my life story.
So, the negative ideas,

the memories of past failures,

the fear of future mistakes,

the fear of people looking at me...

these are ALL now 

SCRATCHED OUT IN RED

by the blood of

Jesus Christ

The Greatest Teacher of All Time 

Who forgives...Who Forgets...

Who Empowers me to move on &
up to become the lady He specifically 

molded just For ME to Become.

It is Jesus who renews my strength 

each day...It is Jesus picks me up
when I fall so I can TRY AGAIN! 

It is now up to me to allow
myself to become pliable in the
Master's Hands, so he may mold &
shape me into the Divine Creation

he has designed 'JUST FOR ME'

to become...To aspire to be

the woman He destined me to be...

That is why those negative

little guys you see trying to

get in my head in the photo
above...with their negative
pessimisstic voices...
I refuse them admittance!

I refuse to even listen! Why?

Because I am on a mission of 

Optimism & Courage in 2010

All because of this scripture:

Ephesians 4:29

" Do not use harmful words, but
only helpful words, the kind that
build up & provide what is needed,
so that what you say will do good 

to those who hear you." (GNT)

I am also finding courage from the
people God has placed in my Life,

my precious family and friends,
for putting up with me these
past few years.

I am thankful for Me Ra Koh

who offered the schoarship
which helped me step out of
my comfort zone & back into
the "Real World".

I must also give an extra 
special thanks to my husband,
Matt & my daughter, Charlotte,

my sister, Sherry, Ethie Burns,

Marchelle Myers, & Jean Johnson,
for caring enough to be honest
with me...
(& P.M....you know who you are)

for standing by me & giving me
a push to get me back to
living again. I also cannot end
this without an extra-special
thank you to Marchelle Meyers
for being completely honest

with me about the negativity
I have lived in for years...

Teaching me about being Positive...

& helping me with the montage.
Without Marchelle, I couldn't
have ever submitted one...
I thank God for all of you!

My husband deserves a
Golden Medal of Honor
for seeing me through &
standing by me throughout
the toughest times of our lives!

You are my hero!
© 2009 Susan Reynolds
The Digital Artist