What did I learn today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love

listen, if you are being granted the opportunity, if you are being asked to be in the room, you don’t have to second guess why. you don’t have to question your blessings. no, not anymore. Joel Leon You have nothing to prove! One of the best lessons that I have learnt over the last few years If you are in the room, there is nothing to prove or show off about, all that is required is courage, honesty, willingness and a dose of humility Now, how is that for showing up in a room, ready to do the business? Peace Read about Akosua's Journey on A Tribe of Women Blog https://atribeofwomen.blog/2020/01/02/journey-to-enoughness/ Have you read any of Akosua's work? What Did I Learn Today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love Nyabo (Madam) - Why Are You Here? Daily Lessons on the Journey - A Journal Follow Akosua on Twitter Instagram

My Mind is Preoccupied with past thoughts - ACIM Looking at the present through the filter of the past alone puts  us at a disadvantage, particularly when the past was full of hurt, fear and disappointment. When we hold the past against the present, we are not leaving room for anything new. Old tapes keep popping up in our head replaying what has happened not as a lesson but as a barrier. Of course, it is feedback and it can assist in moving forward, this is dependent on how we process and see the lessons of the past. The challenge is are we living in the past and making decisions from that place The challenge is  are we staying stuck in the past How can you move from the past? You can forgive You can use the past as feedback only You can let go of grievances You can be courageous You can live in the present moment Be present Be mindful of how you are bringing the past into the present Peace Read about Akosua's Journey on A Tribe of Women Blog https://atrib...

Just because you are committed to moving forward doesn’t mean you have to move at any certain speed. Think about how slowly mountains are made. Think about how islands build up from the sea floor until they finally break the surface. Progress is progress. Keep moving. Maggie Smith How many of us want to do certain activities by a certain date? I know for me, I was a girl who wanted certain things by a certain age, I was so focused on that I based my success on that formula. So if by a certain date and age it did not happen, I lived in complete belief that I was doing something wrong or something had to be fixed. And that was my modus operandi, after I picked myself up from the "failure" I would set up a programme to succeed and fix it. What I have learnt is that life in not linear, there is never a straight line to any where in this life. I have also learnt that my timing is not the clock by which this world runs, there is Divine timing and that is always on time and i...

Stop letting fear be the excuse. Let it be your fuel. The goal isn’t to be fearless. It’s to not let it stop you. Feel the fear, but do it anyway . Mattie James I committed this month to an exercise and training programme. It started off very well, the excitement and adrenaline and then I got the cold, so much so that I was coughing and could not train Now, the funny thing is that I hardly ever get a cold, its quite rare So I was doing some internal analysis and I realised that it was a mixture of fear and discomfort. My body just shut down! How powerful are our minds? We can internalise something and it shows up in our lives and in an external form. So, seeing that knowledge is power, I got up this morning, and made my way to training, knowing that this fear is a fuel, it is not to stop me. How many times have I started and stopped a task because of fear, because I internalised it and it literally stopped me from moving? Learning that I can use fear as a fuel rather than...

Affirm: I will direct my attention, focus, and time towards what expands me, evolve me, and grows me on all levels. I am owning my greatness from this moment on . Idil Ahmed Last November I had the opportunity to visit Ghana on their Year of Return programme.  The Year of Return, Ghana  2019  is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa (specifically Ghana) to settle and invest in the continent. This was my first time to Ghana, having lived and visited other countries on the East and South of the Continent, I was excited to see the West for the first time Trust me, it did not disappoint. The people were friendly, the country is beautiful, being there filed me with a hope and a pride that I cannot even explain. Visiting the Door of No Return was my highlight,  As I exited the dungeon at the Cape Coast, where thousands of us passed the Door Of No Return to arrive in the Americas, I had to pau...

discard any & everything that isn’t conducive to your situation. there’s no need to keep mindsets or individuals in your life that are not beneficial to your progression. require more . Khalil Minati Thank you to A Tribe of Women, for the opportunity to be the first feature on their blog for 2020. I am extremely happy, excited, humbled and proud to be in a position to share this story. I hope you enjoy it Feel free to share and comment Peace Link to Full Feature - Journey to Enoughness

These new goals of mine require different habits from me. Rob Hill Sr As Lauren Hills sang "how you gonna win when you a'int right within?" Some of the goals, the objectives and the vision that we have for ourselves require us to develop new and different qualities It may be discipline, commitment, surrendering, abundance thinking. We tend to think of our actions to achieve a goal as the external activities that must happen to lead us there. I want to suggest that there must be a balance of the external and internal. Let's say you want to be financially independent of debts. Part of that is developing the discipline to pay the amount due on at the assigned time, avoiding procrastination and the surrender to the whims of purchasing items to escape. All of those qualities are internal. You alone are responsible for this happening. Going within requires courage - an essential quality required to achieve any life goal. To face one self with with honesty is some...