Your Story

Everyone has their own narrative 

I have my own glorious story of life, I love who I am and can live/share that life and it's story

Step Out

Without going into details I followed  Lady Macbeth's advice " Screw your courage to the sticking point and we'll not fail"

It means my daily routine will be well, routine. I have a regular starting and ending time. 
Sure I'm scared with all the changes that means from moving from daily freedom to actually being responsible to show up and do what I agreed to do with people I'm liking.

Have you made a major change or changes that seem frightening? 

Intamacy

It's spring and I know people are feeling relationship oriented.  Goodness knows I've made errors in seeking 'beyond friendships" so I'll share a piece of wisdom I've learned (the HARD way)

Be honest!!  Not only speak the truth but live it.   Truth about who you/I am, background, expectations, etc.

For a bit about living your truth look for August Gold or read this
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-addiction-connection/201408/the-truth-will-set-you-free

Friends

I recently had a health scare and after talking to family, friends I added my usual prayer and meditation.  Today I got phone calls, text messages and such showing that I do have good friends.

That got me to think what makes a good friend?

Friends will come and go in your life, but more important than how long your friendships last is your friends’ acceptance of you for who you are. A good friend walks the talk and shows that they care by their actions – big and small.

How are you friends and who do you call or respond to ?

Surround Yourself

I finally saw "Black Panther" today and was taken aback as people said I would.
Dozens of lessons to be learned from it but for now, just for today I choose

“You are going to struggle, so you need to surround yourself with people you trust.”

This one makes a lot of sence as it builds on the theme I've been writing these past years. It's a lesson I keep needing to remind myself of. 

I'm glad  I surrounded myself with you.  Who do you surround yourself with?

Please comment in the box provided and we'll all surround each others wisdom

You, You, Your’s

Recently I sat in a seminar "What's your brand?" and it made me think: me-Robert H is a person with many strengths, beliefs, actions, knowledge, backstory and experiences.  Am I a product with a BRAND?   I looked up the word and found mostly business responses.  Yet one left me pondering.
On emotivebrand.com I read   

I like to think of the definition of Brand simply as “a promise”.  

All good and well but can I have a brand to identify ME?  I say YES.  My brand is Writer with honesty and thoughtfulness   Of course there is more to me like brother, son, queer, faith oriented and outgoing. 

Another way to look at a persons brand is their story, YOUR STORY.

One way to look at a persons brand, YOUR brand is to ask "what is it that makes you, you? What is your story"

Think about it and please comment in the box on this blog

Fit in or?

We grow up believing that in order to be happy, we need to belong somewhere – a society, a country, a social circle and finally, a family.. Yes that's a broad statement and one I don't often make.  For me it's partly true.  For me here's the hard part. The youngest of five children, I am the tallest and the only gay one.  Until my family aged I was the only one with a life challenging condition :HIV.

Leaving the cocoon of a close family to live in Southern Florida eight years ago set me farther apart.  I felt a NEED to seek out others like me: a man of faith queer and such.

Here I am on a Thursday evening, television off and alone and I'm OK with that. 

Happy with my sence of self is where I belong at this moment.

Where do you fit in in all of your challenges and changes?