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Do You Know?  ~ or~ Did You Hear?

5/10/2025

 
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Do You Know? ~ or ~ Did You Hear?

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Do You Know?
Or
Did You Hear?

Words are little Seeds 
That 
Are Planted
Into the Hearts 
Of
Others

When You Share 
Do You Know?
Are You Sharing 
What You Know
Did You Do Your Diligence On
What “YOU” are Sharing

Are You Stating 
That “YOU”
Are Sharing Facts 
Or
Sharing a Perspective

Your Words are Planting Seeds
Words that “YOU” are Accountable For

Do You Know?
Or
Did You Hear?


Did You Hear?
​She Said
He Said 
They Said
I Think that it is this way or that
Is Your Source What They Appear to Be
Can You See Their Heart
Do You Know the agenda behind what is shared


Do You Know?
Or
Did You Hear?


Your Words are Blazing a Trail
Where is your Trail Leading?!


While You Are Surrounded by Many
The Chapter Always Closes
“The Same Way”
That It Opens 

We Travel With Many 
But 
We Will Always 
Be Accountable to One

Not What They Said
What Do You Say
And
What are “YOU” Sharing

Do You Know?
Or
Did You Hear?


Hugs,
Yvette "Donyale"


"Making Gratitude Contagious"

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What Heart Matters? |Run, Walk and Remain Steadfast ~HS

5/3/2025

 
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What Heart Matters? 

Run, Walk, and Remain Steadfast ~HS
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What Heart Matters?! ~ HS

​Run, Walk, and Remain Steadfast ~HS

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Run,  
Walk,  
And remain steadfast  
In your race,  

On your journey.  


When challenges arise—  
And they will—  

Embrace them as part of your story.  
Reflect on ways to enrich the lives of others 
With an Open Heart to share with those you encounter


In moments when life overflows with sweetness,  
Keep your gaze  
Fixed on what truly matters to the heart.

Life’s Journey is   
An array of experiences
Filled with Tears 
Filled with Laughter 

The Blessing lies in our ability to stay focused,  
Even in the Midst Of

Living our unique journey.  


And as we traverse this fleeting path,  
Let's remember—  

It’s vital to savor the beauty intentionally  
Of the view along the way.  

~HS

As we begin a New Month
A New Day

Let's Shake Awake
No Drifting

No Distractions are allowed that are not an Asset
More Than a Cliché


Let us Be Intentional not to take Life for Granted.
This Heart is thanking God for an opportunity
For This Day Living With Purpose 


Gratitude wrapped with a Bow
It's a Gift that Keeps On Giving 
Sharing that Gift wherever Life Leads 


Hugs,
​Yvette "Donyale"

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Calmness Allows...

2/3/2025

 

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Calmness Allows You...


Calmness allows you to ride “the waves” 
Which
Enables your Heart to Recognize
The “Shore” of Options ~HS


Chaos
Noise
Drama
Creates Distractions
And
Blinds you 
To the Blessing
That surrounds you
Right Now

Are You Listening?

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What's the Worst that Can Happen?!

1/23/2025

 
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What's the Worst that Can Happen?!


What’s the Worst that Can Happen?

This question has been a great help to this Heart and it has become a staple on my journey. Most often used for major decisions and in some cases in Moments
that try to get my focus off course. 


Two questions fit into my Mode of Thinking; 

What’s the Worst that Can Happen?

And
​

Can I Live with That?
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The process is not always easy, and the work, the exercise is to become more disciplined with my Emotions. Disciplined by being Alert to my Triggers, and not reacting
quickly with my response with words or actions. 


The exercise is Daily and it is not a given, it requires an intentional Pause to work through my Thought Process and to Consider my Intent
and or
My Involvement in a Given Situation. 


Before this could even be posted,
I was put to the test about Triggers, and this was not the first time, but I had to Pause.

Pausing is my way of just being Silent,
A Peaceful Silence while taking time
​With My Thoughts

Are You Listening?
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Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"


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At Some Point...

1/18/2025

 


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At Some Point



The Exercise Of 
What Heart Matters
Is Your Choice to Make

Peace Within is the Practice

And

The Power of Exercising in that Space
Turns Down the Noise
The Volume of Voices Who Create Drama

In Some Cases 
Removes 
The Distractions that Hinder Progress
At Some Point 
We Should Recognize 
That It Is 
Always a Choice ~HS


Who Does Time Wait On?
Whose Voice Determines the Possibilities?


Are You Listening?!

At Some Point...

Hugs,
Yvette "Donyale"

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The Actions

1/10/2025

 

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The Actions


What Actions give you Traction
to
Remove the Distractions
that 

Are a weight to your progress?

​
What are the Distractions that Hinder your Focus?

To Know is Wonderful
To Do the Work “Consistently” 
Can Add Pieces to the Puzzle
Can Chop at any Mountain
~HS
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What Does Doubt Have to Do With It?!

1/6/2025

 
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Doubt Kills

You Have Life
You Have An Opportunity
To
Give 
Your Dreams 
A Try
~HS

If Not Now
When

There Is 
And 
Only Will Be
​One You 

You Have All 
The Ingredients Within
To Make the Best Meal

​Give the Recipe a Try 

Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"


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The Heart Whispers

1/4/2025

 

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"When the Heart Whispers"


The Heart Whispers 

Are We Listening?!

This Share is for the Peaceful, Kind, Loving Whispers. 
Are We Listening?!


Intentionally Exercising
In the Daily Decisions
The Decisions that will need to Be Made 

With the Intent 
To Be Tuned In 

What Is the Heart Saying to Do?!


Even If it’s Quiet
No Whispers from the Heart

Then 
Continue to Operate In Love

Even A Smile 
Will Travel for Miles Forward 


These Words are Not Magic
And
No One Said Easy

But
The Power is Having the Choice

In the Moment

Are We Listening?!
The Heart Whispers


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January 01, 2025 | Grateful

1/1/2025

 


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Toxicity is Infectious

12/18/2024

 
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Toxicity is Infectious

Toxicity Dances Around You

But 

Only You Can Decide
How Close 
To Allow
The Flame
~HS

Are You Listening?!

When Life Changes

12/16/2024

 
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When Life Changes 

There is a reason for Gratitude which is not a small word for this Heart.

Whenever I hear about an “Instant Tragedy” my heart travels to that room of those grieving hearts, a room filled with shock and hearts who will come to know that
life will never be the same.


Gratitude Matters
When my husband was murdered, and including many loved ones who have transitioned, for this heart it is another reminder, a refresher on the priceless treasure of life with an opportunity to love, to express gratitude, to be a presence of peace,
and so many other words that can be shared.


This Heart Knows the Value of Gratitude 
Who purposely is engaged in any room taking in the Love
We all start a New Day 
But how it starts is not a Guarantee of How it Ends
With That Gratitude becomes to this Heart a Priceless Commodity 

The daily exercise of being Thankful for What It is, can be an Impactful Exercise and one of the Greatest Gifts is when you live and exercise with your words and actions within that space, you’re “intentionally” robbing Regret.

Robbing Regret, so when Life Changes, “not if” but when it does change in whatever form, it will have its own experience and with Grief that is unique to every one of us. This is not being shared as a guideline to walk through the emotions
attached to change. 


For this Heart, I’ve learned and continue to press on a Living God that I knew before being married, before children and including not always getting it right, I still don’t
but the Love of a Creator who loves this creation beyond Measure.

Unmeasurable Love that means I don’t have to get it right
I don’t have to understand it all, but continuing to Trust in a Relationship with GOD, that I've come to know, and one that is much Bigger than this Heart. 

My Journey
allows observation of all the opportunities, to love, to laugh to just listen to those who surround my life in various moments along my journey
​with an open heart, not judgment. 
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Be Intentional to be in the room, to share a space, to listen, to express Love with Words, and Hugs. Be secure to say “I’m Sorry” or to express the part you played that made another feel weighted.

Take a pause to listen to that person who is trying to get your attention and or share what is important to them. That is Important because the Chance May 
Never Come Again. 


Dear Friend
Dear Villager


No One Said Tomorrow Will Look the Same as Today
When You Live in that Space and Life Changes
Not If Life Changes but When
Timely or Untimely
Expected or Unexpected 
There will be Grieving 
And
That is between You and God to Walk Through


Changes
From A Heart Who Understands First Hand
Who Sees 
Who Has Experienced 
And Will Again 
Many Times 
Until this Heart’s End

But
Living with Gratitude
Expressing Love Means
That 
When Life Changes
This Heart is Left with Many Things

However
Regret 
Regret
Regret will not be one of Them
And 
From One Who Knows
That is a Beautiful Thing

Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"

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A Chain in Progress

12/2/2024

 

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A Chain in Progress


A Chain In Progress 

What is Progress?

Progress defined as a (noun), is forward or onward movement toward a destination. 

Consider the words “progress” and how it fits into our daily life. In our lives, “we all” are going forward, and onward, and for this heart, experiencing “destinations” A good analogy for this share is a chain or necklace.

The image used in this share represents what I envision, **Including a Visual description
An Image of a table with tools and numerous trinkets to create, to put something together. 

I see all the pieces on the image as moments and decisions throughout our day, and how each piece intertwines with another. The finished piece represents a destination, a temporary platform, or a season because this heart does not believe that we land somewhere and remain. After all, things are always, always changing. 

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Consider, that Planet Earth continues to rotate as we go about our lives, reflect for a moment just on that thought.  Wow, something to consider. 

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Whatever we are trying to improve in, do better with, or adjust or revise to, in many ways our intent can be that every decision we make, every moment, is Progress, moving us into a new season, offering us a new day.  

About creating a chain or a necklace, the intent is to create something beautiful, or an outward expression of what our heart envisions, moving onward, and if that is our focus, that allows us to recognize how valuable a moment, a decision is, not a small thing. Again, it is not a small thing. 

When we can weigh out, consider, and set our intent for the day before us, for this heart that includes time with God focused on His day, seeking out His Wisdom, being still to listen and to be alert to His steps *repeat, His Steps,  forward for my life, when in that zone, that can guide my direction and allow awareness on the path for my journey. In knowing a Loving God, I miss turns, I may show up late or maybe early, but the God I know is a Loving God and God has steps and reroutes to allow this heart to arrive at destination “points”

Destination Points like a finished piece, allow us a better view of when the work on that piece is completed and to consider all the “trinkets” decisions that are a part of that finished piece. 

The Power of Engagement can be attached to Awareness of what we are thinking, doing, and engaged in with others, whether are we intent, alert, and aware, and what the pieces “trinkets” are, the decisions that are making in the moment. 

Time is continuous and engagement is when we take hold of the time that is in Progress. 

As we navigate forward, be aware, be alert to the “trinkets” the decisions in the moments, and how they potentially intertwine.
 
What Pieces are we intertwining and what will our next finished piece become?! 

Wherever this Finds You
Whatever Season
We are a Chain in Progress and daily, we are adding Trinkets
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Words, Words, and Then More Words...

11/27/2024

 
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​Words, Words, and Then More Words


The Power of Words
Can Create
Can Diminish
Can Decide
Can Determine

The Power of Words ~HS

Consider, 
A Reflex 
Is Driven 
By 
Daily Exercise

So
The Question
Becomes

What are we Exercising In 
Daily?!


This is the Season 
Of 
Many Gatherings
And
Many Conversations

We Will Individually Decide
What to Share

Will We Pause
Pause
Before We Speak
Before We Respond

We Need to Decide
What is the Intent
In the Words that
“We Choose” 
To Speak

​Words, Words, and Then More Words


Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"


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"In the Scheme of Things"

11/13/2024

 
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"In the Scheme of Things"



How a Day Begins Does Not Guarantee

How it Will End
​~ HS


Kindness Matters
It Is So Easy 
To Judge 
To Criticize

The Shoes We've Never Walked In

How Much More Peaceful
Our Lives Can Become
When We Share Kindness 
Instead 
Of Judgment
In the Scheme of Things
Who Are We to Judge Anyone?!
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This Share was Sparked 
By Finding Out
About “World Kindness Day”

And 
My Thoughts considered
Why Do We Need a “Day” to be Kind?

If What We Send Out
Returns to Us

The Question Becomes
What Are We Sending Out
And 
What is Returning to Us?!

Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"

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Sometimes...

11/4/2024

 


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Every Single Day

10/27/2024

 


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Every Single Day

"Every Single Day" 

Moments “approach” 

To 

Allow You

An Opportunity on How to Respond
~HS

This Heart was Taught

To Grab Hold of Faith
To Remain Humble
To Be Kind
To Not Take a New Day for Granted


And

Even when the mark is missed 
To Try Again
To Continue Forward

Consider 
Where we are now

On a Mountain
In a Valley
Nothing remains the Same
Life Shifts
Life Changes
And
We never know 
Who we may need along the way

Kindness Matters
A Humble Heart 
Can Determine
Can Define


And 
Gratitude 
Allows the Heart
To Appreciate the Road Traveled
To Locate the Beauty of this Day
And 
To Have Vision 
To Have Hope
For the Road Up Ahead
Hugs,
My Dear Friend
My Dear Villager

​Yvette “Donyale"
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A PLANT

10/17/2024

 

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Life...
​A Plant


Words can be delivered “So Beautifully”
He Said
She Said
They Said

But
The Truth Speaks 
Loudly In the Actions 
That 
Will Always
Validate those Words
~HS

For this Heart
Actions Tell the Truth
And
Words add More Beauty


“Actions Speak Louder” than Words
Is Applicable to 
Any Area of Our Life

The Truth is 
Are We Listening 
To
The Beautiful Words
Or
The Actions that Support the Words Spoken

Are We Listening
Are We Watching

That Matters 
And
Is a Compass to Our Movement

We Get One

Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"


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New Doors Don't Open with Old Keys

9/29/2024

 

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Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"

There Is Only One

9/23/2024

 

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There Is Only One

There is and only will be one YOU 
Words that should remind “YOU” 
Words that remind Me
And
For Some Hearts just to tell “YOU”

That You Are a Priceless Treasure
There Will Never Be Another You

That Matters
Know Your Value
That is not Delivered by Someone Else
That Comes from Within
There will Never Be Another You

Period
Change What You Can
Let Go of What You Can’t
Choose You 

Which Allows You to Be Your Best 
For Those Who Surround You

Until Next Time
Carry On
And
Take Care

Dear GOD, Use Me?!

9/7/2024

 

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Dear GOD, Use Me


Dear God, Use Me

Considering 
The Road Traveled
The Present Day
And
The Hopeful Road Ahead

Dear God, Use Me?!
What does that mean to be Used by God?
I’m sure as People of Faith we have many definitions
As those seeking a relationship with God, what will those words mean?

For this Heart the journey is priceless
Exercising in Gratitude 
In Search of and Locating Beautiful with Intention

The experiences have humbled this heart in many ways
We all have a view 
Our Heart’s Desires
On Topic, 
Considering those words, God Use Me?!

Maybe God Has Used Us 
When we offered a smile to a stranger around us
Or provide a peaceful space or conversation
Shared a laugh
Shared Tears
Had a Listening Ear


Dear God, Use Me?!
All Moments are not Grandiose
God knows our Heart
And
Maybe He is revealing more of who we are to us
Those things that need to be worked on
To Be Healed
To Seek His Wisdom On

To Surrender or Let Go Of
To Pursue
To Complete 
The list is endless

Dear God, Use Me?!
It is a Moment when no one is around
And you did the simplest thing for someone around you
Without sharing what you did
Without photos or telling everyone you know

Maybe God Asks Us to Do 
Because He Whispered to Our Heart to Do So
And
Only He Knows
What we did or did not do in those moments
Dear God, Use Me?!
It is not always a Moment that anyone can see 
God Knows the Seeds that were planted
God Knows the Heart and the Intent

Dear God, Use Me?!

Are the Choices We Make as the Sun Starts to Rise
Are Seeds that we Plant 
Though Hidden from Eyes
Every Decision
No Matter How Small
An Opportunity to have a Closer relationship with God
Not Criticized 
Or Missing a Mark

But Measured by Our Creator, By God
Whose Love is Beyond Measure for His Creation ~ HS
Dear God, Use Me?!

Thank You for Listening
Thank You for Reading
Thank You for Sharing our Village

Thank You for Sharing in the Work
Making Gratitude Contagious is always the Intent


Until Next Time
Hugs,
My Dear Friend 

Never Forget Your Worth

9/6/2024

 

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Never Forget Your Worth

No Price can set the Value 
Of All that You Are
Don’t Try to Measure Worth
By
Someone’s Gaze
Whisper, Doubt or Sneer
Never Forget Your Worth
Stand Tall in Truth 
Let Courage Grow
No Need to Shrink
No Need to Hide
Stand Firm in the Belief
That You are Worthy of All 
That Life Has to Offer ~ HS

How can anyone provide Validation?
How can anyone 

Who Does Not Know

Your Experiences
The Road You’ve Traveled
Your Present-Day Concerns
And 
All that you have walked through
Which includes the Mountains you've Overcome

Never Forget Your Worth
Stand in Your Faith
Intentionally Live Being Grateful 
Engaged In this Priceless Commodity called Life

Hugs,

Yvette "Donyale"

Not Today

9/1/2024

 

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Not Today

To Drag Forward the Messiness 
From the Past
From the Last Time this Happened or That

Not Today 

To Open the Door 
To Confusion
To Drama and Tension
As a Main Character 
Or 
As a Supporting Cast

Not Today

To Provide the List of all things wrong
To Complain about what could have been
Not Today

Not Today

This Day
Choose to be Grateful
Choose To be Thankful
Choose to Sit in the Space of Peace
Choose to Celebrate Those Who Surround You
Choose To Thank God 
Who Gave You the Gift 
Called a New Day

~HS


Quiet Joy

8/25/2024

 

Celebrate Your Life

8/19/2024

 

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Celebrate Your Life


There will always be that “To Do List”  ♥
Or
Thoughts of “if only” 
Or
“If something was this way or that”
Beautiful is celebrating that you have this day 
and recognizing all that surrounds you “now” ~HS
Celebrating Our Life is not just plans for tomorrow or the days ahead 
But celebrating our life now
This Day
God has given us a gift to write a New Page This Day

From this Heart’s View
There will always be “In the Midst of”
However
That is the Beauty of a New Day
To recognize that there are Distractions
Some things Need to be Handled
There is that which Demands 
Our Focus
The Decisions that Need to be Made

From This Heart’s View
That is the power
To Know What Needs to be Done 
But “In the Midst of” 
To continue the Celebration of Our Life “This Day” 
Do those things that bring a smile to your heart
Have a conversation without judgment by being a Great Listener
Join in the Moments of Laughter or Start it Off by Sharing an Experience
Sing a song “off key” and even if you don’t know all the words, Just Sing
Share a space with someone or with others in Peaceful Silence
Dance with or Dance without Music
Just Choose to Dance 
Take a walk

Sit and Observe all the Sights and Sounds that Nature Offers
Exercise in not taking any moment along the way For Granted


Living Intentional
Living Heart Inspired

Hugs,

​My Dear Friend and Villager

​Yvette "Donyale"


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No Thanks! I will not be in attendance at Confusion

8/11/2024

 

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No Thanks! I will not be in attendance at Confusion


No Thanks! I will not be in attendance at Confusion. 

The Power of Peace Within is when we recognize that we all have the choice to make decisions.


Even if we are “on location” we have a choice “not to participate”


The Power of Peace Within

And 

The Lesson of No Thanks!


It is an exercise
The more we practice 
The easier it becomes


Hugs,
My Dear Friend & Villager

Yvette "Donyale"


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