Rolanda Perkins

  As I look back over my life and think about the things that I’ve experienced, I acknowledge that the good definitely outweighs the bad.  And those  not so positive  experiences have shaped me into the person that you know today. However, I realize that nothing occurs by ‘ happenstance ’, but that the events in our lives were all predestined and I believe that it’s up to each of us to determine how to use those situations to make a difference in our lives and the lives of others.    I can truly say that MY experiences have helped me become more resilient than I would have ever imagined myself to be. I’ve matured, I’m wiser, I’m more cautious with my heart, and most importantly, I’ve learned how essential it is to forgive myself and others, so that I can move forward and not stay stuck in those spaces in time.  I’ve forgiven  ME  for choices that I’ve made in my past. I’ve had to forgive myself for things that I was an active and willing participant in. I’ve forgiven people who’ve take

Has your routine ever been interrupted? I'm sure that it has because interruptions are a part of all of our lives. When it happens we must adapt & adjust to the changes. We might not like it but sometimes we dont have a choice about it. I experienced this recently during the latter part of June when I sprang my ankle. When I was finally comfortable walking on it, I ventured out to the grocery store. Without thinking about it, I grabbed a shopping cart & began what seemed like the longest shopping journey ever, due to my injury. What I didnt think about doing, was using one of the motarized shopping carts instead, which would have made my life alot easier. 🤷🏾  I didn't remember about the motarized carts until I saw someone whiz by me on one of them. I didnt remember them because that's not something that I would normally utilize & I know they're supposed to be reserved for those who truly need them. Well guess what? I was now one of those in need & it w

  Whenever I travel, I usually pack a few bags to take along with me. Each time that I’ve traveled, I carried something different inside of my bags like clothing, shoes, toiletries, jewelry, etc. Even though I might pack some of the same items in my bag each time I travel, most times the content inside is totally different than the time before. Then there’s the weight of the bag(s). My intention each time I pack is to try and pack light so that the weight of the bag is not so burdensome to carry. However, that doesn’t always work out the way that I’d like it to and there have been times when my bags were over the weight limit when flying certain airlines, forcing me to pay the price for the overweight bags to be stored.  Figuratively speaking,  in comparison to the bags that we take on vacation,  we sometimes carry around emotional baggage in our lives that can weigh us down and become too heavy for us to bear. Over the course of our lives, the content of our bags may change with each

There were seasons in my life when I didn’t spend time nurturing the natural abilities gifted to me. Instead, I would devalue them and take them for granted. Like many others, I had a lot to offer but would often hide or discount my talents. I know people who never nurture their gifts because they don’t feel as if they have the natural ability to do so. Here’s what I try to remember when struggling with something like this:   Put it in God’s hands and leave it there because when God puts His super   on our  natural,  that’s when all things become possible for us to achieve!