Why did I Blog Share That?! One Thought should not define a Journey This share started by this "MGC" Mug that was shared on the previous share, Take a Moment with Donyale As I was sharing this cup, I shared that it was not to make anyone feel obligated but instead to expose, to bring awareness that it is an Eagle call product. Then, I wondered Why?! I felt the need to share ... "that it was not to make anyone feel obligated" Why assume such a thing?! Then it came to me, that the concern, the thought was that 'I'm selling" and that concern came from previous experience and or stories previously shared by others. Wow, consider the subtle expressions, words and conversations that trigger prior experiences and this really can be applied to so many areas in our life, most of us are in this Social Media Village, we connect and come together for many reasons and Yes, some of us have products or services attached to our brand, it is the resources that represent us in the marketplace, It is the very thing that brings awareness to what we do Why did I Blog Share That?! One Thought should not define a Journey My Truth is to bring awareness to any and everything that represents this community, our community. Helping Build Bridges Across, this community also has a brand that connects with purpose and for most of us there is a work, which will include many things "that represent that" and when we connect, we wear, we share, we support the work **The Point, everything shared can't be pre-wrapped, or presented as if one size fits all, it is a space to just share any and everything and those who connect to that will move on that which moves the heart to and is led to do. We all know, Everything will not resonate with everyone but it should be shared with everyone so that those who do connect will have awareness it will not connect to everyone, no matter who we are, what we do, our experience, our truth, our share will not resonate with everyone. Again, that is what makes our differences "beautiful" Differences is a "beautiful" thing in my book, because we are different. Difference means we will have "momentary visits" and "chapters" and "seasons" that we share with some and then we have a check in visit with some from prior history, or some present day that we will travel with for a season because of a shared interests or a connection. There will be some that we will connect and travel together for a distance because we are traveling in the same direction. There is not one way and that can be a beautiful thing #MakingGratitudeContagious was, is and always will be the intent Why did I Blog Share That?! One Thought should not define a Journey My concern apparently was someone feeling obligated and I realized that as with anything shared, I can't control what someone else feels or assumes. Right?! My truth is that I'm working, I have a Pursuit, I'm working and tending a garden because I'm led to and that does require many hands, many voices to work with me. We all play a part and I recognize that those connected to this village, some since Day 1, starting online in "2014" and it reminds me of a song", along this journey I've shared long enough that at this point most know my heart. The song that I'm thinking of is "if you don't know me by now you will never know me" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes My minor revision If you don't know my intent now by the things that I've shared you will never know me. My work is to share was is lodged within, this is my punch back to the evil that kicked down my door and I can't and will not apologize for building focused on that. My heart is that you Get In Where You Fit In, there is nothing to small or too large. I do have an Ask and this Garden needs work, some will be on the Front Lines with me, some will be on the side supporting the work, some will visit on occasion and any of That is all Good and I"m very Grateful There is nothing too small, there is nothing too large. The Ask Is to simply do "What is Lodged in Your Heart to Do". You are never obligated but my work is to Expose and to Make Aware on "How to Work this Garden" here at Helping Build Bridges Across Along this Journey, I'm accountable to My Why and to What my Heart leads me to do This door is open, all are welcome, it is a Buffet Table find what can be asset to you or someone you know and leave the rest behind There is an Eagle Call... My Ask is to Get in where your Heart Fits In I recognize everything is not for everyone but I learned early... You don't know what you don't know unless someone shares it with you 
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One Thought should not define a Journey All are welcome but there is a call for Eagles Eagles know that we use the Strong Winds to Rise Higher Eagles know the work is not just what happened but how we can be a blessing to someone else with it that matters Eagle Hugs, Donyale PS: Eagle Call, My Ask is to do what you can do, do what your "heart" is led to to find the recommended resources in this community Visit Eagle Call
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Grow Where You Are Planted
Such beautiful words While shopping, I came across this "tumbler" with these words printed on it, along with plants and flowers that just grabbed my attention and I knew it was a part of the journey, it would be what inspired this "Take a Moment" Take a Moment The image the words....started this share Again, Consider the depth of these very words "Grow Where You Are Planted"
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No One Said Easy...
Change for some is not easy to embrace, it's not comfortable, it's not familiar but it is a part of our Life's Journey Change your Perspective, Change Your Life Allows us to take the reigns of "our thoughts" and decide that we can not change most things But we Can But we Can Decide what to do with it Together we can decide to... Grow Where We Are Planted
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Can we have a little Conversation?!
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Welcome to the Journey
Thank you for connecting Thank you for Planting Seeds of Gratitude
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Just Have a Little Patience
Running, Running, Running Have you ever considered to where... Some Live never appreciating the "Page" they have now, always rushing to the next page, as if there is a landing page Just Have a Little Patience
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Who promised "tomorrow" will look the same as today
How Do You Have Peace In A Storm?!
No One Said Easy, not sharing Answers, sharing a Perspective. Helping Build Bridges Across is a Buffet Table, take what can be an asset and leave the rest behind. "When", not if a storm hits, you are left with what lives inside. Exercising Peace within may never be mastered but we all have a choice to Exercise. Exercising Peace allows Calmness in the midst of a storm to find "Resolution" How Do You Have Peace In A Storm?! There is no answer, but my shared perspective is to seek and to find what you are willing to die on because that belief, that focus will determine what you are you willing to live on. That focus will determine your conversations, your words and your actions "daily" No One Promised Us that Tomorrow will Look the Same As Today and for "some" it determines how we live daily No One Said Easy and now that we know that we each decide daily our Focus.
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 Can We Dance? Can we dance in our differences Can we dance in having different experiences Can we dance with “love” as our foundation Can We Dance? Can we dance appreciating the “vibe” of someone else that is not the same Can we dance "listening" more than talking in conversation that offers a different view Can we dance that there will always be distractions that are always attempting to steal our focus and joy Can we dance knowing that we will not agree on everything Can We dance? I may not understand I may not resonate with your steps I may not know Your Story behind your Smile or Anger I may not know Your Why But I respect that you have a voice Can we just dance knowing that we all have to decide on... The dance partner that we choose to be along this journey Bringing Joy, Peace, Laughter and Love to any room or space we encounter Always A Choice Can We dance? We get one along this path, always a choice to be An Asset or Liability Not Sharing Answers Sharing a Perspective Can We Dance? Dance of Love Dance of Compassion Dance of an Empathetic Heart Dance of one who recognizes the "Hourglass" along this journey Can We dance? Can we dance in our differences Can we dance in having different experiences Can we dance with “love” as our foundation Can We dance?  "Choosing to Dance" #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent
Written and spoken by Donyale "Change is Found Where..." ~ Full Audio ~ Change is found where?! The loss of any loved one creates a broken heart and taken at the hands of injustice brings another level of grief, including anger, to a family and to close friends who will walk in the ripple of that grief for the remainder of life’s journey. My husband of almost 20 years was murdered, he was shot in the back with an assault rifle, by a 17-year-old black boy, a Craigslist Predator with history who was allowed to roam the streets, who at the time was a year older than our oldest black son: The full story and predator being sentenced in court is found on the Homesite, Helping Build Bridges Across.com, it’s found under "Living in my Truth" Change is found where?! From that encounter, from that moment, from that season, did it make all black teenage boys a predator?, which if defined as a black teenage boy being a predator, that would include at that time my sons?! ***From my view, from my perspective, from my pain it offered an opportunity to take the pain and to do something with it, that makes a difference in the life of someone else, to take the energy to intensify sharing, not just in a sandbox, but as working and planting seeds of Gratitude everyone my feet, my voice travels. The place where change is vitally needed is in “the heart”, “the heart”, that alone brings my heart fulfillment, that removes the title for me of just being a “victim” and titles of defeat, hopelessness, does not work well for me. Life and future generations is too precious to lie down with that, choosing to do nothing, to live in open wounds. Helping Build Bridges Across.com intensified after my life was altered, it changed my view, it changed my focus and it put me in a state of working in a garden. Making Pain Purposeful, Along life’s journey, for the remainder of my days. My perspective is that we are always working in a garden, we’re always deciding where to plant flowers and where to pull weeds. Walk with me for just a moment, listen to my heart, I will continue to share my story because my husband Todd was here and his life meant something to us, to our family, to many dear friends, and my Faith gives me hope beyond a grave and for that I’m grateful, it is God’s Grace that carried me through a very difficult time, that arrived in an instant. That same Grace allows me to give my heart, my time, my hope and prayers that changes of the heart will harvest along my travels, along my journey. My faith is what allows me to live inside out, never mastered, but to exercise, to exercise, to exercise peace within I have life, for me that means I have an opportunity to share my story and I will continue to share, not for sympathy, while a kind heart expressing kind words is always appreciated, but it is not the reason for my share, it’s not the reason, it’s not the reason, it is not the reason for my work. My share is an invitation for change, for connecting with hearts filled with compassion, believing that love always wins and that empathy allows maybe not a complete understanding of each other, but a respect to listen, not to judge or to assume. My share is for the heart that is in pain, for the heart that may be in a dark room to know they are not alone, my invitation is for those who want to connect and who want to be a part of the work in this garden, planting seeds called Gratitude. Change is found where?! Planting Seeds of Gratitude is a daily work, decided in the moment, by words and actions, by sharing, by commenting, by exposing and bringing awareness to Helping Build Bridges Across. This is an invitation for the heart who wants to be a part of planting seeds of Gratitude, who wants to answer an Eagle Call in an area that fits their heart and fits their fulfillment. In this community, it is not one size fits all, simply get in where you fit in and is the place best for you. An Eagle Call is a way to connect, to join in the work ‘if led to” An invitation is not a requirement, it is not an obligation, it is bringing awareness and the choice is always your own. Thank you for all that you have done, by listening, reading, sharing that is connecting and that is a form of “doing” and any of what is on your heart to do wherever, and whenever be it here or anywhere if it is planting seeds of gratitude, or words and actions wrapped in kindness. That is “doing” Change is found where?! There are no answers to provide, grief comes in waves and each one experience is unique to their own journey. Helping Build Bridges Across is an open door while someone grieves and could use encouragement from a heart that knows, it’s an open door for those who appreciate inspiration, it is an open door for one who may be just curious, it is an open door for the one who knows the gravity of planting, in this community planting seeds of gratitude, recognizing whatever we plant will grow.  Change is found where?! My heart, my work, my fulfillment now extends beyond my doorstep, finding its own way to any heart around at any given point at any given place. My heart is lodged with many things and like an artist, I release it, where it goes is God’ Business. Only He knows the heart that could benefit from whatever is shared. This is “my why” Gratitude is vital, it’s not just a word or a slogan, T-shirt, or a campaign at least here at Helping Build Bridges Across. Gratitude is an extension, an action of Love and it plants seeds in the hearts of many, by actions, by words in a moment, not a destination, not an event but in daily travels, an action, words and with any seed, a harvest grows that can live for a lifetime, that can extend for generations. That is a beautiful legacy that is an opportunity for each of us. Living in Love, expressing Gratitude, allows the majority of moments to be filled with laughter, love, just silliness and togetherness. Life’s Journey shared with someone or walking alone, we know all days are not blue skies and joyful, of course not, There are hard places, frustrating, challenging seasons a part of life’s journey, but it was and it is an exercise, maybe never mastered, an exercise. an exercise. As a woman of Faith, I took time to ask God, to cry out, to grieve, to gain my footing, to catch my breath so that I could continue and to be the parent my sons needed. That was my Pause during an unimaginable season. This allowed when the Storm disrupted my life, altered my family’s life, left Yes with a grieving season, which travels in waves and leaves you with a tattooed heart but this Gratitude, this Taking a Pause “allowed” me to “robbed” the Thief Named Regret. How? This journey online started in 2014, it was a sandbox, a journey to travel together, I shared what I lived and in my home, it was not waiting, it was sharing what I was thinking, doing what i could do in the moments to express love. Not everyday as in any home is a great day, but that means space, not confusion, a choice, an exercise. “No One Said Easy” In an instant when life changes, you don’t get a second chance to say I’m sorry or to rearrange a decision, In an Instant, means it done, what was said has been said, what was done, is done and it will be left in the heart and thoughts for the remainder of the journey. I pray that if that is you, please know, there is healing to that and to reach out to get help if needed, a local church, trusted family or friends and if needed professional help. The sucide hotline is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, please don’t hesitate if you need that, if you have life, you have purpose, a reason to be here. Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255  Change is found where?! We don’t know the road ahead, the journey, we don’t know every detour, or challenge that we may face, living in this current season of an unprecedented time is a great example, who would ever imagine in our lifetime facing a pandemic, where loved ones have been lost, but when we live daily with a Grateful Heart, even in challenging seasons we understand the journey in a different way. Pain for some has become purposeful, a shift, a focus, a work in the season that we have been afforded. A choice, if we share nothing else, no common belief, opinion, viewpoint, or perspective, we do share one thing around this world, “this life” will come to a close. We will no matter our current team, t-shirt, or organization, our chapter will come to a close and we leave behind the seeds we chose to plant along the journey. That alone should give us pause… My perspective is that some are filled with love and compassion and with that same measure, “Some people are just evil and filled with hate, It makes sense now, and has for some time including what happened to my husband Todd, my heart, my foundation is “love” mainly because I recognize how short my season of life along this journey is, my heart is that I have two wonderful young men that I will depart this life leaving behind, praying throughout that enough has been instilled for the remainder of their journey, their road ahead. Change is found where?! From a heart that knows, when that storm in an instant alters life and we are only left to access the damage, while grieving is the process,we fight regret by doing, by being the best version that we can be. My husband and I celebrated moments and even in moments not great, my response was a “peaceful silence” not words or actions that I may never have the opportunity to take back, This was and is an exercise of how I “choose to” live” that is the work and that is my fulfillment. I’m sharing my truth, not for applause, not for sympathy, and not for follow or likes. My heart shares for “that one” grieving, that one feeling alone, that one feeling hopeless or confused, that one who just needs to know there is a fragment of “love” left in this world. The work is to exercise living inside out, pausing before just saying or doing anything, the work is to rob the thief named regret, there is a freedom in that, “when” not if, but “when” life change Change is found where?! It is an injustice beyond words to express when someone or “anyone” has the audacity to take the life of someone else in situations where there is no immediate threat, that in itself is a level of anger or hate, or disregard of human life that I do not understand, except to title it as evil. Change is found where?! You can’t write a blog post like this and not mentioned the current climate, a man, Mr. George Floyd, my condolences to his family. My share is that no one, no matter what color, no matter what they have done, should not lose their life on the street. We have courts, we have a system rather we believe it to be just or not that allows a human being to have the right to due process. No man, no person, not even an animal should lose their life with a knee on the neck for 08:46 seconds and for anyone who wants to take a moment, or find a way to understand the gravity of that… Set a timer for that 08:46 and sit still and consider a knee on your neck, with your arms behind your back in cuffs, with someone kneeling on your legs and allow the timer to count down, don’t move, don’t say a word and then consider if that is an Injustice? Change is found where?! My husband killed by a Craigslist Predator who had history with this crime, Mr. George Floyd killed by a police officer trained to protect and serve the community...the thought I have is “how many lives” were killed unjustly by just these two examples, by two men we don’t know, how many lives that we don’t know about that lost their life on the street. My heart knows an injustice, by the murder of my husband yes, but also as a granddaughter of my father’s father, who was killed by racist hands in Covington, TN When you have a history, a moment of hate and an injustice, only you, only I can decide to continue the hate, the vigilante justice on the street or we can do the work every single day. Until when Donyale, from my heart there is no end, the end is when journey, my chapter comes to a close That will be my departure from the garden that I was left to tend, but the harvest to be worked will continue because there will be many hearts in the field. We all have a place, we all a part, we all have a pebble to throw in the water  #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent
 What "Noise" has your intention?! Maybe, it's just me but when you have traveled a "few miles" along Life's Journey with many Hills and Valleys, at some point you weigh out what surrounds you. You weigh out what is really important for the remainder of life's journey ahead?! What really deserves my attention? What "noise" is worth investing "precious time" into?
When "someone" when anyone "speaks", I always consider the "agenda", the "Intent". I've considered at this season along my journey, it's the road ahead of me, ahead of my children and for generations that matters. What matters is taking the injustice, the pain and making it multiply to be a blessing in as many lives as possible. That is the noise that brings my heart fulfillment. "Beyond my Doorstep"  What "Noise" has your attention?! I've learned that "No One Promised Me that My Tomorrow will look the same as Today", now that I've learned that I've decided the noise that I will listen to. Time is a priceless commodity... I've decided "No One" but me from this point forward will decide how I will spend it. Helping Build Bridges Across has an open door... This community started and is a "buffet table" take what can be an asset for your journey and leave the rest behind. If you remember nothing else along your visit here...is to consider that "Life is Short" and "only you, I, we" can decide what is really precious this day and days ahead. #MakingGratitudeContagious was, is and always will be the intent
 Calm is a Superpower Consider calmness It's like holding the Reigns of a Horse Taking hold of what you're confronted with Allowing that "Peace Within" to Reign Allowing the Calmness to determine the Reaction, the Decison, the Direction Calmness allows us to see Solutions Calmness allows options Calmness allows Taking a Pause Calmness decides what will be dwelt with and How Calmness is a Superpower
 When you Mail a Card, you answer an Eagle Call. This is one of manys ways that "we" are Planting Seeds of Gratitude. What "we" plant always grows. A service used since "2014", Helping Build Bridges Across is proud to be an Affiliate. You can go Online or use your Phone App **Tutorials below**or visit Eagle Call to find more ways of Answering the Call, connecting to the Work. The Link to check it out now: Send Out Cards is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Select a Card for any occassion and they will Print, Put in an envelope and add postage for about $3.00. While the convenience of that is great, my favorite part is that you add Photos, you can your own words, you can create one from scratch. You can add Gifts if you choose to. You can even add Handwriting to your account. There are different Packages based on the number of cards that you mail, but you can also just "select" the Free Account and pay as you go for when you mail a card. Added some tutorial videos, to provide a preview, but the Company does a Fabulous Job and they have a dynamic Customer Service team.  The Work in #MakingGratitudeContagious is... Planting Seeds of Gratitude Planting Flowers while Pulling Weeds Is "Robbing" the theif name "Regret Is Flowers growing out of Ashes It is beyond my doorstep, it is now, every single doorstep, to let "YOU" know that You Are Not alone and that you can come out of a Dark Room. You can hang around until your Eagle Wings are healed and you are Ready to Fly Again. This is not a game and for some, it is not that clear, it has become very heavy. Please know that if you're here, it matters, there are those who live being there: National Suicide Hotline: #800-273-8255 #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent Send Out Cards does a great job with the videos and the How To...but for those who want a little more, below is the Tutorial of what to Expect and Video of the Phone App. The Phone App. Affiliate ID # 58046 **Helping Build Bridges Across Want more Info: Two Videos *An Account and *Connecting to the Phone App
Words Written and Spoken by Donyale Music Authorized by Itunes Song: New Normal Adam Andrews  An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through An Open Door "shouldn't mean"... An Open Door "shouldn't mean", doesn't mean, that you just walk-through It really is a very serious statement... "For some" we just run, we just walk-through because "they", because "someone" said so. We have a history in our Country of "just doing" and with a weighted heart, I believe some just never stopped to consider...until it was to late and there was no point of return. Decisions are not just for "kids" on the playground, or the high school teenagers concerned about the "click" they are associated with. **Side Note: Let's not forget what our youth looked like, that can be a gift,. when having a conversation with our youth, that conversation can come from an experience and not from judgement or with threats. Just a side note to consider. This is for "You" the Adult who may have never considered "Why do I", what is "My Truth", what am I willing to live on, recognizing, being aware, being alert that "In An Instant" whatever that is, I will "die on" that truth. Now listen; Death is a part of our journey and here at HBBA aka Helping Build Bridges Across, I like to put it on the table because for some "we live" with no regard of others or the consequences that we may face, we choose to Do whatever we do no matter who it hurts. We say what we want based on our personal agenda, based on our own pain and so be it.  I believe one of our greatest battles is "our thoughts" and I could do a book just on that, the whispers of many voices that most of us spend a lifetime battling through. It is not what we hear, it is not Just what we walk through, the "Superpower", I believe is in "the midst of all of that", What we "choose" is our accountability. We "choose" and for some we are very aware that it travels so much further than what happens to us or has happen to us, but what are we going to do with it now?!, that I believe is the "Superpower" Again... An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent There are some who Speak Boldly, who Speak as a Group, who Speak with an Agenda and the reason for this post is for "you", is for "you", is for "you" the one who may have considered that or may not be aware of that. You really "don't know" what you don't know. Some just need the power of "followers" not thinkers. Some just need "drifters" not drivers. Some just need, when they say "Go" you just run. Let's put it on the table to just consider those words. Let's take a pause to consider, just these words. Not providing Answers, this is a Perspective. Even If I'm riding close to home, riding close to your heart, it is still a moment to consider. What do you allow inside? Are you a driver or a drifter?! Again, it is Your Life, your journey and let's face it, only "you" can decide. "No One Said Easy" and now that we know that... An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through  Donyale, it's called Freedom to do whatever I choose to do, remember?!... Yes, that is very true and I'm grateful for the freedoms of "whatever we choose" to do, recognizing many countries don't live with that option. But who is driving "you"?! since we're on topic. We can do whatever we choose, this is for those who never considered or who never consider "the consequences" attached to that "whatever" you want to. Allow me to share a little deeper, I believe in Freedom, I believe in Choices but I believe it should be from having the full deck of cards on the table, so that you, that I, that we are allowed to Measure the Cost, we are allowed to decide from the full blueprint. "What is True?" and from that a decision can be made. At least if nothing else, with the full deck on the table, we were provided the information to decide. Whatever the decision, we had the all of the information to decide. We are now a part of an "unprecendented" moment in our history that for "some" of us we will never experience this type of moment "again" in our lifetime. What is comfortable for you? What is important to you? What is the cost of that? An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through We have to "Measure the Cost" of our decisions. We should consider making the decisions that "we are" willing to live with, not just by what they say. Our lives are more than a moment, we have generations to consider again "for some". As a woman of Faith, no matter the topic, I still weigh the cost that is best for me. If I'm not comfortable, I don't care if the whole team is running in that direction, If I'm not comfortable, If I don't have "Peace Within" I'm not moving in that direction. Everything is not for everyone and maybe "that group" has peace about that decision, but Measuring the Cost, means I have to "Have Peace". I have to do my diligence, I have to search my truth, my heart, I have to "live" on the Truth that I'm willing to die on. Just My Truth. That is Not measured by an organization, a group, a team, a community, it is measured by my diligence, by the information I have, by my truth. Listen, I really get the joy of being connected with a team, a group, an organization, with friends who you really share the same vibe with and your beliefs are similiar and you enjoy the conversation, the times together are memorable. I get it! An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through At some point along our life's journey, we have to consider that being connected in "one area" doesn't mean we connect in every single area. We have to measure the cost of our decisions, of what is important to us. What is important to the lives that "we may" be responsible for. "No One Said Easy" and now that we know that We choose to Not Lose our Voice Not Lose our Decision of What is Best For Me and for those I'm responsible for Sadly, I know firsthand, that so many are so "torn down" emotionally that they no longer have a voice and they live off of what "they say". My prayers, my thoughts are always with those who I personally know and observe live this way. So I don't speak from a distance, I speak to those hearts who may have a chance to hear me. Please now Your Why, Please Know Your Own Truth. An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through Whatever that is or those decisions will be... So Be it At least You Measured the Cost At Least You Weighed the Cost of what is best for you You decided and You are Willing to Live with the Decision I respect that and so be it An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through I promise you "many, many stories" are filled with "if only I had considered..." and "if only I had measured the cost". Here at Helping Build Bridges Across we don't get stuck in the "what If" but we take accountability to decide "today" , we are awaken to "we decide" We can't change yesterday and I don't believe in carrying that weight but I do say that how the book starts is not how the book has to end, write the pages that you can write, weigh the cost of present day. Keep your focus and Continue Forward. An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through Thank you for being here. Thank you for joining in the work of Planting Seeds of Gratitude by answering my Eagle Call. Please Get in where "you" fit in. The door is always open, we may not share the same perspective, the same belief but we start the conversation, the connection from the foundation of... "Love Always Wins" #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent
  I Am So Angry! I have a list of things to be angry about and I'm sure if you considered the disappointments, the challenges, the world climate, I'm sure you have a list of your own. I understand "firsthand" the "emotion" and I've heard numerous stories that I really do understand the "why" someone is angry. This share, this post does not center on the list, of why. Like most, my choice is in the "midst" of most things, I have to continue forward, I have to make decisions, I have to continue the journey so when it's time to invest the energy into anything, I need to know the target, the mission, the intent, I need to know we are working on a solution, a plan that "creates change" that is a part of being the change. It's so easy to gather together to gripe, to complain, to vent, to be disgusted, irritated, frustrated and angry and after we have spent this amount of "energy" what has changed?! We've all had the conversations of...we really should?!, let's do this or let's do that. Then what happens, what is done, what is started or completed?! So where is the Plan, where is the change, who has the Power. Angry while felt and should be released, it should be vented in a healthy way but it comes a time that "an effort" is necessary to "Make a difference", to build on "Change" and that comes in all kinds of versions. Effort, Energy in making a change is not measured by size, it is measured by effort, by focus, by doing "what we can do". Again, "what we can do" and not focused on why we can't. I Am So Angry! I can appreciate Anger but at some point, what is changed by it?! I would argue that in some cases, Anger can be a distraction, while some are enraged (valid reasons or not) while some are screaming and letting their point be known, talking over others, some are allowing the anger to act out, breaking something, turning things over, fighting in some cases but what does that change?! I would like us to consider that Anger in some cases are just a distraction, it allows us at times to be distracted...to look, to be mesmirezed by a moment that is just a gaze, nothing happens, nothing changes. I Am So Angry!  I Am So Angry! Consider, taking the Pain, the Hurt, the Anger and doing something with it . Make the Pain Pay Dividends "by doing" something that Multiplies, that regenerates, that is translated as "Change" that you want to see in your Community, in your neighborhood and if it needs to start in your home...be the example, do what you can do. It's Not Just Mountains - it's Moments. Doing what you can right in the middle of where you are. I Am So Angry! Do you realize the power of One?! Take the Anger, use that energy, to become a "doer", not Someday, right now, Today. It can start with your conversation. It can start with your truth by saying "I Am Angry but I decided to take my anger and to do this or that..." I Am So Angry!! Allows you to become alert While "some are angry"... Laws are passed Policies are changed I Am So Angry! Where do you spend your dollar? As one person, do I have any power. You absoutley do, what you learn you can share. The Power is with "your dollar". Where do you spend it? Have you ever considered researching information about the Corporations where you spend your dollar (Grocery chains, Food you purchase, Clothes you buy, Restaurants / Food Chains, Mobile Phone Carrier, etc) Where do you spend your dollar. Who does the large Corporatin support, what community involvement are they hands on with? What causes or charities do they support? What investment have they made in the communities or causes that surround you?! Every dollar signifies power and you should know where you decide to spend it. You, I, We should Know where our dollar is spent. Don't just get angry, "do your homework" decide who to hand your dollar over to. I Am So Angry! Do you Vote? There is Power in your vote. No vote, no Voice If you choose to not "cast your vote / your voice, your ballot" you made a choice "validating" candidates who you may not agree with. You have chosen to allow someone to create policies and laws that don't serve your interest. When you choose not to vote. No Vote, No Voice What is your Interest, Why should you vote... Your Household Your Family Future Generations which your includechildren and their children's children Your Finances Your Opportunities in Business or Personal Investment Your Community, Your Neighborhood is effected by you casting your vote
I Am So Angry! From A Heart that knows "In An Instant" life changes, a bleeding heart that had to ask "what now?!". What can I do with this Anger, What Change "can I" become?! How can I pay back the evil that shifted my life forever?! How can I Make Pain Pay? How Can I Make Pain Purposeful?  I Am So Angry! "No One Said Easy" and now that we know that let's "take the anger" and the energy and do the work to start as the "power of one" Thank you for traveling this unfamiliar path with me. Thank you for being here. Thank you for answering an Eagle Call, my work includes planting seeds of gratitude. For me, there is a Garden of Gratitude that grows and I've learned by the road behind me...The Garden will always have work to "tend to", always will require pulling weeds and planting Gratitude. It is for me "Generations", it is for me "Making Pain Pay Dividends. It is for me Flowers growing out of Pain, out of Ashes, it is for me Robbing the Thief Named Regret. It is for me, beyond my doorstep, it is for someone to know that is hurting that they are not alone and that they can come out of a dark room. You're Angry?!, I understand that...now consider this, doing something with it that "brings change" You don't need a committee, a pep rally, a cheer team, you just need to consider the Power of One. #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent
  Live Heart Inspired with Donyale Today's word: Resilience The quote below defines "Resilience" in such a beautiful way. I love these words on this image because it speaks to how I sum up my journey. For some, we walk through and it appears with strength and resilence and it is true for some we do but it doesn't mean we don't feel the weight, the gravity, the emotion, for some God allows the ability to verbalize the pain while walking through it. For me, as a woman of Faith, it is the Grace of God, the Anointing that resides in my life, that when I surrender my weakness, my pain, He overrides and takes the wheel. In my weakness God is my Strength. Thank you for answering an Eagle Call To Review and Purchase Book: Live Heart Inspired by Donyale  Live Heart Inspired Moment with Donyale Thank you for being Here Thank you for purchasing the Book Traveling this unfamiliar journey with me. Purchase for yourself and Send a Gift We have Time and We need to be Inspired "together" To Learn More / To Purchase Today's Topic, Book: Live Heart Inspired is found on Page 126 "Just Breathe" Thank you for joining with me Planting Seeds of Gratitude. Thank you for joining in the work of my way of Punching Back at the Evil that kicked down my door and altered my life forever. "Victim is Not My Name" for me the fulfillment, the encouragement is doing the work, is planting seeds in the midst of what came to destroy my life, my sons and future generations. The Fulfillment is choosing to get back up and to make a difference in the life of "anyone" I come across. My healing ointment is an artist at heart, I release what is lodged on my heart, where it goes is God's Business. My healing ointment is Encouraging because it always returns and encourages me. My sons will know that Flowers can grow out of ashes and the best part beyond our doorstep, no one should walk alone in the midst of unimaginable pain. Anything you do or choose to do is always Appreciated Thank you for being Here Thank you for answering An Eagle Call Helping Build Bridges Across is an "open door" Please know no matter where you are along this journey You are always welcome here. "Love Always Wins"   ***New Microphone ~ Wind Noise~ My apologies but I'm Not Re-recording** This "original" message was meant to share "just" how it was recorded Thank you for being here! Not a Landing place instead Campsites of Rest This past week so many things to walk through, as a Woman of Faith, I been considering this season. Faith is not just a word along my journey, in fact my Faith references Faith as "Fight the good fight of the faith...(1 Timothy 6:12), for me, it is taking the next step Trusting God without seeing around the corner, over the mountain, or the steps ahead. Trusting God, the fight of "especially" when you don't know the many Whys along the journey behind you or present day, Why "so many" things are allowed along the journey. The Why to so many questions that may not have answers along this road...Faith Not a Landing place instead Campsites of Rest Faith, a trust, even in that declaration, winds continue to blow and you continue to walk, to move forward "Trusting" and even in sharing that here, I still have A Choice, but when you know and you reflect on all the many places that are behind you, you then recognize it is not one thing you could have personally done that allows you to walk with Peace within" in the middle of high winds. Nothing, except the Love and Grace of the God that I love, that I seek daily a relationship with because the Journey is now and there is a walk from now until the journey ends. Please know, to say, to share, doesn't mean "mastered, "No One Said Easy" Faith.. it is drawing from the "experiences of His Love" that are miles traveled behind you that carry you through "right now" present moments. Having faith doesn't mean you sit on a special council, hold a special VIP card, have a hotline number, "for me" it is a Grace that you are introduced to without any efforts that you have put forth. For me, it has been, it is and continues to be a Pursuit of His Ways, His Love, a "relationship" that is beautiful. The best part it is offered as a "Custom Suit" that is fitted by the designer, the creator, it is for You, for Me, for anyone who is seeking there own truth. Not a Landing, Campsites of Rest  My share is not to sign up anyone to My Faith but I would be remiss to know what brought me out of dark rooms, what has been and continues to be Unconditional Love and Grace beyond the words to express and not share my story. My intent is to share the Love, the Grace that carried me this far, through very dark places, hurtful places and God didn't asked for me to clean myself up, to be presentable, to come dressed a certain way, to talk a certain way, to be a scholar of anything, in fact simply invited me to a place that is filled with Love, "unconditionally". ***It doesn't mean you become immune or excluded from challenges, pain or sadness, it means you are not defined by those moments. The God I've come to know, walks in the mud with me, still does, He listens, He shares, He is Love, no prerequisties, no certain works, no numbers to gather to be in His camp, no rituals, allow me to say again "Respectfully" my intent is not to disrepect anyone's faith, including if you don't believe in a God. Here "love" resides and surely if we have a Creator, He Knows your walk, your hurt, your belief and unbelief and He knows you, so He doesn't need me creating a mess with directives about you, someone I may never meet, including the "many" things I don't know about you. The many things, the story behind the "smile" and or behind the "anger". My share is to seek your truth, we should all do our diligence, recognizing the truth that we are willing to die on. Allow me to Pause to say, this is a Buffet Table community, that is built with walls of Love of everything that is shared and if we can meet at that point, great lets just hang out with that. Take what can be an asset and leave the rest behind but know "YOU" are always welcome from the center of "Love" it is the one word that speaks many languages. The God I know Loves and He knows "exactly" how to Connect, to Meet with His Creation. Not a Landing, Campsites of Rest As one with an artist's heart, I have come to learn, that I have to share what is lodged within, it is my release, my fulfillment and God decides "if" and "where" it travels. He will decide and for me that is His Business. Not a Landing, Campsites of Rest In Closing, Life's journey "for me" is becoming "Campsites" of rest, I'm starting to consider there may not be a "landing place" it may be a journey with "campsites of rest". Sooo, I'm continuing to travel forward, living inside out, living with intent, seeking fulfillment in what moves my heart, continuing to plant seeds of Gratitude, "expecting" flowers to grow out ashes along my journey... After all , does anything remain the same?! Is there a "Landing Place" or is it doing our "heart part", small or large, it is doing the things that whispers to the heart, in the moments along our travel, every "single" day. Not a Landing, Campsites of Rest  Thank you for traveling this "unfamiliar" journey with me. "Love Always Wins" #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the Intent
Living Inside out, "Not Mastered, An Exercise"  Living Inside out, "Not Mastered, An Exercise" I'm considering for this post, those things that bring my heart the greatest fulfillment. My heart is drawn to Images, to Words, to those things that make my heart Pause, to Consider, to Reflect on my Journey. My joy, my healing ointment has been located in sharing those things that bring Encouragement and Inspiration to my Heart and then to Share those things with someone Else, "in the midst" of my own journey and my own battles, my own distractions. To Encourage someone else, always Encourages Me. Please Note: That is "ME" and this may not be your gift or your flow in what brings your heart fulfillment. Be Your Best Version, Live Freely in Your Own Zone. Beautiful is when you know Your Why, Your Joy, Your Journey It is a "Healing Ointment" because the more I give the more that returns to Encourage and Inspire Me. That is a blessing, God's Grace and I'm very Thankful. Living Inside out, "Not Mastered, An Exercise" "No One Said Easy" and now that we know that....is the theme for this season I often consider how this community, Helping Build Bridges Across began "Online" in 2014 as a way to just share from our Generation to the Next to just encourage, to just share a Sandbox of thoughts. It started in April 2014 with an Update in April 2019 To read for yourself, visit the "About" page, I was looking for this type of community, when I couldn't find it, I simply decided to create one. I added in 2014. who knows what adventure we will find as we travel the journey together. Who Knew...the Chapters, the Pages that would be written, that would follow. Who Knows the Road Up Ahead
 Living Inside out, "Not Mastered, An Exercise" When you are an Encourager, it can at times allow others to think that the process is simple and that the person is strong and that alone, can be more of a burden for some because the heart is so weighted. The heart is so disappointed, the heart is so hurt, the heart has so many questions of "Why" that may never be answered along our journey. The joy, the hope is dimmering and the room is getting a little darker and to see that someone is Encouraging in the midst of there own journey "some" of which you may know. Can at times be more of a burden. This is why I share regularly that "No One Said Easy" and "now that we know that..." it becomes Empowering because it takes a stand in the midst of the challenges, the distractions, the insecurity of how things will work out. It becomes "An Exercise" in the moments. The Work is "an exercise" in the moments, battling thoughts that "will come" that will create fear, that create sadness and concern. That is the "exercise" that is the "work" in the midst of those things continuing forward and I will share "never mastered" it is an exercise Living Inside out, "Not Mastered, An Exercise" "No One Said Easy" and to acknowledge that , continuing forward in the midst of our distractions, our challenges and concerns, again to me that is very, very empowering. The words are true there is so little that we control of in life We do not determine the winds that blow As a Woman of Faith I choose to "exercise" My Faith To "exercise" Living this Journey on the Same Faith "that I will die on" That is important Because when you decide "Your Truth" Every decision, Fear, Challenge, Distraction will draw back to that question What is Your Truth? What is Your Faith? What are you Willing to Die on? Living Inside out, "Not Mastered, An Exercise" In Closing That Foundation is... Those Questions are What will determine our actions, our words and everyday of our journey Again "No One Said Easy" Not Mastered, An Exercise Not Mountains, Moments
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 Thank you for connecting Thank you for joining the work of #MakingGratitudeContagious Thank you for answering an Eagle Call Every and Anything you have done and will do "is appreciated" A ripple in the water travels a thousands miles Whatever is planted Will always grow If Life is a Gift? What are you Giving to others?  If Life is a Gift? What are you giving to others? Be alert and not be fooled, deceived, living as if we were promised "forever" here Living as if someone Promised Us Tomorrow Will Look the Same as Today Don't so easily allow Offenses, Pettiness and Hurts to rob us 'being stuck" not being able to see anything but that moment or moments experienced along our journey. Every day, every moment we can't focus continuously on what happened Resigning in Living as a victim Living in "why me" If Life is a Gift? What are you giving to others? Yes, of course there are injustices Yes, what happened to you, to me, to us "wasn't fair" We sign up to being titled "a victim" when we choose "only one" focus Consider, instead how can we plant flowers in the ashes?! What Punch Back options do we have? Start with "being the change" Lets Go...what can we do to turn the world upside down "Making a Difference" Not everyone needs to be on a Platform Not everyone should share there story There is plenty of work to do Being available to wherever our "daily" travel takes us Just being Available with a Listening Ear Offering a Smile, something as Simple as Good Morning means something Living daily as an Asset Not a Liability #AlwaysaChoice Who needs to live this short life's journey, as a Victim?! Wipe off the dust and lets get to work "taking the injustice" and making the Pain Pay The work starts in the mirror...Yes, working through being healed and whole The Work is found in how we treat those who surround us...Yes The work is for Generations traveling behind us...Yes with the intent to build and not tear down of what is possible The Work is Paying it forward to Plant Seeds that will Grow Making Changes, Making a Difference in the lives around us for the better The work is wrapped up and defined as "love always, always wins"  If Life is a Gift? What are you giving to others? Forgiveness is not Forgetting Forgiveness releases your heart to continue forward Broken free from distractions Broken free from being stuck Broken free from a victim's mentality of "poor me" It's not that easy...we all "have our work to do" We are not the same We Heal Differently We Grieve Differently We Break Free Differently But for the "ONE" who needs Help...Just Get the Help Don't Lose one more day of being Stuck Not One More Day...Just Get the Help Yes..you can come out of a dark room Yes..your life matters and the fulfillment can be found in helping others Forgiveness does not mean you have to surround your life with anyone that is not Healthy to your Journey Forgiveness is Breaking Free Forgiveness is Living Inside Out Is Life a Gift? What are you giving to others?  If Life is a Gift? What are you giving to others? Letting Go Letting God Is not Magic Words...Peace and Trust comes from seeking a relationship, knowing, drawing from personal experience from miles traveled along the journey. To seek, to ask, to listen To know your truth of what you're living on and willing to die on Words Declarations are not Magic...to say...doesn't mean Pain just disappears If only it was that simple... If Life is a Gift? What are you giving to others? You, I, We Have to do the Work Exercising "Living Inside Out" allowing Peace to be our core beyond the External of what surrounds us "No One Said Easy" "No One Said Easy" "No One Said Easy" and now that we know that we choose to do the Work We recognize what is priceless, we do the work, because for "most of us" we've learned firsthand "No One Promised Us that Tomorrow Will Look the Same as Today" That reason alone Allows us to value this precious Gift Called Life If Life is a Gift What are you Giving to others? #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent
You Really Should...?! The Season of walking alone with God... Only "He Knows"  "You Really Should...?!" Who Do We Allow to Speak into our Life? Have we considered...what there life represents?! No One Has all the Answers...even here I share a Perspective from the Journey that I'm Walking. "Not Answers" ...A Perspective You Really Should...?! You, I, We... Really Should Consider, who speaks into our life, we should consider what we "allow" to resonate, to reside into our hearts... My Perspective, I don't know or have all the answers, I live "Exercising" my Truth, "An Exercise" drawing from, living on My Truth, on my Faith...to Simplify...Living on "What I'm Willing to Die On" that determines my truth. What Truth are we Willing to Die On... I live on what I've experienced "first-hand" not just what I've read, or what "they", or "he" or "she" said on what "I'm Willing to Die On" You Really Should... My Journey is so much more than me...the subject of "ME" is extremely boring, extremely limited, my heart is filled with...that someone who can't see there way out of a dark room...to know someone gets it..to consider...there can be more, there can be someone "who lives in" someone who can understand the gravity, the weight of pain...that "exercises" walking through, not mastered, walking through...that is "fulfilling" for me. You Really Should... My Resume is pointless... Who really cares, I'm walking in...taking what tried to steal my joy, my son's lives and generations to follow, pain that tried to take our focus, our hope, our future Taking "All of it" every single moment and making "The Pain Pay Dividends..." Pain Owes Me Not because I don't understand Loss Because it tried to 'Rob" my sons...that makes it personal So How Can it Pay... When my Eagle Call is Answered When Lives are Changed My Name in "parenthesis" is not needed You Really Should... Live Full Live in Your Truth Live in What You're Willing To Die On You Really Should... We should be respectful of who speaks into our lives, of who has something to say In the Name of Love and With Good Intent Then You, I, We have to decide what is an asset We have to decide to keep our Focus We have to decide what to take from the buffet table set before us We Really Should... Thank You for being Here Thank You for Sharing Thank You for Caring Thank You for Wearing, Sharing, Surrounding Your Life with this Eagle Call You Really Should  We have to walk some of this Journey "Alone" "Choosing" to live each day on What we're Willing to Die On... Victim is Not My Name My Name is Donyale #MakingGratitudeContagious is always my intent
 Keep Your Focus Emotions Don't Determine the Distance Photos and Posts Don't Defined the Truth There is Always a Story Behind a Smile  Keep Your Focus Embrace "Your" Journey Don't Get Distracted by What is on the Right or On the Left  Keep Your Focus "MGC"
#MakingGratitudeContagious is Always the Intent  Love these words... "We Can't Direct the Wind, but We Can Adjust the Sails" From that thoughts flow and reflecting on... "As a Man Thinketh in his heart, so is he" Proverbs 23:7 "...but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Romans 12:2 It takes the same energy to address challenges, distractions, pursuits etc and the change, the effort is not determined by how "we feel" emotions are very unstable. When you can "feed your perspective", when your work is within. Like a seed what is inside will grow and it is not limited, it can expand and become stronger and no matter the winds, the storm, the disruptions, the thoughts that battle your peace, "living inside out" is the muscle and it can outrun external things around you. How?! Not an answer, a perspective for you to consider, to mode to your own journey Consider, if a rock is blocking your way, your perspective, your focus goes beyond the rock, it will even consider what can be learned about the rock and the focus will see the areas around the rock and even more what can be done with the rock on your present day journey and even shared with others traveling with you or coming up behind. It is not the Wind It is not the Storm It is not the Distractions Is is not the Thoughts that come to weigh you down, to whisper defeat It is the Adjusting of the Sails It is feeding, overeating on the words, the media that empowers your perspective In those places you find solutions IN those places even without having an answer...You Have Peace Peace allows us to hear, to see, to know, to find Solutions To take what is in our hand and to see the Value of that To Recognize what is priceless "We Can't Direct the Wind but We Can Adjust the Sails"  #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent
 Making Gratitude Contagious is always the intent   In An Instant Blueprints are torn up, plans are changed, in fact, the route, the journey, the path is not only unknown, but it is also no longer familiar. The view has changed… In An Instant What was stable, secure, known is now a question mark. The work is necessary for all areas and for me, that included my core, my center, my faith, my Creator For me, Faith has been my anchor, not by what I read, or heard about, but by Firsthand Experience. My Creator, God is a Father, a relationship and I’ve always known there are Hills and Valleys along life’s journey, I’ve walked my share of both. With all I’ve known and know, I didn’t know…This Gravity of a Storm was allowed… Trust becomes a question... In An Instant When Life is Disrupted The door is kicked in Things are thrown around You find your “core” you find out the strength of your muscles physically, mentally and spiritually...not because you were looking to find out….not an option the moment chooses you In An Instant This is on the heels of a “Tragic” loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter and all the family members...my family knows firsthand the “Ripple” effect. My Heart, my Thoughts and Prayers go out to these families. In An Instant My family is more than my household, it runs 7 levels deep and wide...A Ripple effect that present-day continues to travel in numerous households, numerous families and friends In An Instant So much more than what you “possess” it is a connection that is “ripped” from your life In An instant I often share my Heart is Tattooed forever, true statement, life continues the same as it should with scars, heart tattoos but it is the cycle of life. Tattooed hearts, tears in celebration. Thank God for Faith, hope beyond a Grave. ”In An Instant” The subtitle of every page written along my journey is “No One Promise Me Tomorrow Will Look the Same As Today” it doesn’t mean I’m not attached to emotions, to thoughts, it means that the Wisdom of That, is that I live with Intent in moments Standing on my Truth, continuing to seek Wisdom from my Creator In An Instant That Truth…  “No One Promised Us that Tomorrow will look the Same as Today” allows the decisions in a moment, determines the Words Spoken, determines the actions, it determines the Decision in the Moment. In An Instant Why does sharing fulfill me because I experienced “Choice”, I experience choosing to Love, to share Laughter, to give Space when needed and Yes, Life was Altered in an Instant which tattooed my heart but I lived full, I lived Gratitude and because of that I robbed the thief named Regret…and that is the Gift I want to share, the power that, robbing the Thief, making Pain Pay Dividends, Soaring "daily work and exercise" above the storm. A gift That I want many to experience I want “us” to live accountable, not pointing fingers I want us to Love I want us to Confront issues "we" all have in our lives, personal work I want us to Know our Truth I want us to Speak our Heart I want us to Live with and operating with others with Gratitude So When Life “Shifts” not If, but when we will fill the gravity of the Chair Removed Space no longer occupied But We In An Instant Will Add a Tattoo to our Heart Not a Weight Not a Regret In An Instant We will walk into the Next Chapter Looking around and asking...How Can I be of Service on the pages to be written in our lives How Can I take “In An Instant” And fill it with Being the Change Our Life being used as a Seed into the lives of many Not the Same for all of us Not a Platform Not a Stage A Seed Planted everywhere our daily travel takes us In An Instant Shake Awake, participate in moments, participate in making others smile, deliver Peace in the room that you enter… The Work is within Within spills out into what surrounds you That is the Priceless Commodity In An Instant Decide To Live Inside Out #MakingGratitudeContagious is always the Intent Thank you for being here Thank you for sharing Thank you for Traveling this Unfamiliar  |
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