On your mark, get steady, but wait, for what?!?

Life is so precious.

Today marked two funerals in the space of two weeks that I've attended and let me start off by saying that I hate funerals. Mostly because I fear death and the unknown and partly because I think about my loved ones dying and living my life without them. 

I'm not one to quote priests, but the address given was one I've been thinking about for a couple of months now. The young lady, 31 years of age left behind 3 siblings, 4 children, a mother, a father, a fiancee, countless friends and no one had a bad thing to say about her. She was kind, she was a doting mother and she was an equally doting person. At 31, she made her mark on the world, meanwhile they're some who live to 100 who have affected no one. I guess the whole point of this post is to ask you that very question: Why are you here?

We never know the real reason we've been put on this earth, but what we do know is that we have the opportunity to do things so unbelievably awesome that can touch our fellow man. I once wrote an article called 'Are you your brother's keeper?' and it stands true in this case. When is the last time you've helped someone? Made a child laugh? When is the last time you've imparted wisdom and knowledge to your fellow man? When you leave this earth will they have good things to say about you or bad things? What have you done to leave your mark?

We all have a role to play in this theatrical production called life and I'm sure that you can find yours in your heart. Be patient, be kind, be pure, be love but just remember... Be. 

I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time
Know there was something that, meant something that I left behind
When I leave this world, I'll leave no regrets
Leave something to remember, so they won't forget

I was here
I lived, I loved
I was here
I did, I've done everything that I wanted
And it was more than I thought it would be
I will leave my mark so everyone will know
I was here - Beyonce

Were you here?

~Love and Light~

*May The Road Rise To Meet You*

Being a Chub Chub Tum Tum

Two posts in one day!?!? Word?!?! I must be on a roll! LOL!

I've taken a break from writing my love letter to do one more post today. Being a Chub Chub Tum Tum.

Many of my friends often ask me what a chub chub tum tum is, and why I call myself that. I think it's quite obvious, it's because I have a chub chub tum tum, a.k.a, a chubby tummy. Ideally, for years I've struggled with having a chubby tummy, and hammy legs, and chunky arms, but at 26, I've pretty much come to terms with it. Weight loss the right way is gradual, and like the seasons, it takes it's time to happen. My message to other chub chub tums tums is that, it's not the end of the world.  I was once told by someone that they admire me so much, because even though I'm solid, I carry myself with so much pride, of which I had to explain to them it wasn't always that way.

In life, we have to focus on the things we can change, whether I'm chubby, slim, average or morbidly obese won't change the type of person that I am inside. I've struggled with being the 'fat' one amongst my friends and it's not until I realised that we all struggled with our own insecurities, that I decided it was best to make light of a bad situation.

Being a chub chub doesn't stop me from loving, laughing, being kind, respectful or intelligent. Being a chub chub, doesn't make me want to stop sharing my smile, joy and insight with the world, and it certainly doesn't stop me from attaining all the goals I want in life. So why should it stop you?

No matter what size you are, the world has no limits for you, do not allow it to. Chub chub, hard foot, screw face, boney bad, it does not matter, at the end of the day, you are beautiful and when you look in the mirror, look past your exterior and see the wonderful individual that shines through underneath.

Love and Light.

*May the road rise to meet you*

Life As We Know It

I have dreamt of creating a blog for months, years maybe. My own fear of my thoughts have kept me from doing this, although I find it quite amazing that I could Vlog with ease and share my mindset with the entire world. Writing on the other hand, something I truly love, something I feel extremely passionate about, has now become my biggest enemy. So many thoughts, so many ideas, so many opinions, so many avenues in which to air them, why not write?

I've wanted to start writing a book for a couple months now, and until I can get my complete thought process going, I figured, the same things I would put in the book, why not make into a blog, for now at least, just so others can feel inspired, can reflect can look upon their own lives with retrospect, respect and maybe even love. Characteristically, I am flawed, immensely, but then again, we all are, no one person is perfect and to be honest that is the way it should be. When we look at each other, when we look at ourselves, what we should see is a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging, a sense of entitlement to life and the things we hold dear to our hearts. 

Life as we know it is but a mirage, to be later filled with concrete love, hope, nature and nurture, with friends, with family, with peace. As I post this first entry, I hope that you my beauty-full people will look deep inside yourselves and see what we all should see, someone who is strong, who is special and who is important.

Love and Light!

*May the road rise to meet you*

LaBellaVee - Chub Chub Tum Tum