A Sunday Morning Boost For YOU!

This Sunday Morning Boost almost didn’t happen. After all, StayBoosted-CJ and I are only human right? Besides, everyone deserves a day off once in a while too, I’m sure you’ll agree. However, I felt like writing anyway and I think this will go along quite well with a “Sunday Morning Boost!”

The Law Of Reciprocity:

Have you ever heard of something called “The Law Of Reciprocity“? It states basically that if you are willing to give, then you will receive even more of what you gave. Some down home country Christian folk (such as myself, “StayBoosted-Gary”), like to call it “What goes around Comes around!” Or how about “The Golden Rule” that states basically; however you want to be treated is how you should treat others. Do you ever wonder why so much crappy stuff happens to you? I hope not, I hope your life is going just fantabulously (yes, I made that word up. Sorta).

Is The Law of “Reciprocity” so hard to believe?

Did you know that there are some people in the world who do not believe in God at all, and some that are agnostic but will still give to their local Church what they perceive to be a “Tithe”- as it is understood by Christians anyway? Now why in the world would an atheist do such a thing? It is because although they do not believe in God, they have figured out the fact that for whatever reasons they cant explain, when they stop giving, their income goes down. Atheists aren’t stupid you know, they pick-up on these things.

If You “Want” More, Then “Give” More!

This is not a sermon, ok? But “The Law Of Reciprocity” is real, and since this is Sunday, I thought it might be appropriate. If this upsets you, then you’re taking it all wrong, this is a fantastic thing! Look at it this way: When you give to others and help others, not ONLY your local church but people in general, you get to feel good about yourself for helping others in any way you possibly can, and then later you will, according to the law of reciprocity, gain back even more than you gave!

My Personal Experience With Forgiving:

Just a real quick-fast short story: A very dear friend of mine owed me $400 for a loan that I gave him one summer. The very next week that I loaned him the $400, he lost his job and became very depressed that he was unable to pay me back. Later that year at Christmas time I officially “forgave” him of the debt, right over the phone. He was ecstatic! Approximately 1 year after that, “I” owed someone $3,300 towards a $4,000 loan that someone gave me. I did make the payments for a while, but then “I” became very hard up.

I’m sure you’re about to guess what happened next, but I’ll bet you’re not going to believe me, but it’s true. The guy that “I” owed $3,300 to also officially “Forgave Me” of the rest of the balance of the loan which again was $3,300!! Now, as a Christian boy, I was taught that God will give you 7 to 10 times more than what you (me) first give Him. If you do the math, that’s about how it worked out. In my personal case I believe that by giving to my friend in need, God viewed it as giving just the same to God Himself.

Ok, this is starting to sound a little “Churchy” and that is not what this particular blog is about, so I’ll stop here, ok?

Have faith, be strong and as always,

Stay Boosted!

Gary Anderson II.

aka- @GanderCo

Appreciating Life!

P.S. Do you have any good stories like this one? Do you have any “StayBoosted” boosts of your own that you think others might benefit from? If you do I think that you should write it here in the comments section below! C’mon share your own “Life Lessons” with the rest of us so that others can be helped too! ok, maybe you’re running late for church. That’s ok, just be sure to come back and give your helping hand. Deal?  Thanks!!

Everyone makes mistakes but, no one likes them. Even those who we look up to such as: Teachers, Preachers and believe it or not even our parents can and will make mistakes…but the not so secret, secret is that ITS OK!!!

You have to be able to forgive yourself…and move on!!

Being human has its price…Mistakes are the price you pay.
If you make multiple mistakes…your just stubborn… lol
Learn from your mistakes the first time and dont be hard headed!!!!

Thinking back on my childhood I actually have tried to find memories of my father and it seems as if I only have but a small handful.

The sad thing is that most of them are not memories at all, its more a lack of memories:

For instance, I remember on the weekends when my sister and I were to stay with him, he would drop us off at our grandparents house for the full time and my mother would pick us up there so we had about 20 minutes with him from him picking us up to him dropping us off.

Another Example of Lack of Memories:
Then I remember when we decided to move from Arizona to Tennessee:
We had about 6 months from the time we decided to move till the time we were going to move.
My father lived, from what I can remember, about 10-15 minutes away and if I’m right I believe I seen him about 4 times inside of those 6 months.

The Real Hard One:
I also remember my father flying out to Tennessee to watch me graduate and I couldn’t believe it!
All my life I felt as if he didn’t want to have a son! It seemed to me that all his energy and attention was given to my sister,
but this time, he was actually flying out over 2,000 miles to watch me graduate high school…I was so happy. For the first time in my life I actually felt as if he wanted me as a son! He flew out and I remember dinner with him, his wife, my sister, my nephew (8months old at the time) and myself. About 3 days had passed and here he was once again forgetting he had a son.

That’s when I got the phone call:

“Hey CJ, Just wanted to let you know that I had to take the flight leaving first thing in the morning to save some money. I wish I could stay to watch you graduate…Blah Blah Blah…!” (a few hundred dollars was more important than my Graduation?).
The day before my graduation!

So naturally I held all this in for years and sad to say, hated my father and blamed him for almost every mistake I had ever made in my life!

But, my journey in self development led me to find that what I was doing wasn’t helping me at all,
I wasn’t being true to myself!
It was my Mom and step Dad who showed me that I had to forgive my (natural) father, Not for him, but for me.

In doing so (which did take a lot of energy from me), I found that “Life Lessons” are hidden inside of each and every day, you just have to look for them.

I asked and asked and asked for my father to be a part in my life and to this day he hasn’t.

But, to this day I do have a Dad who does love me and shows me all the affection I’ll ever need.
He changed my life and I never realized it until I forgave my father for not being there.
It was that moment I realized “Its ok that my father isn’t there for me, because my step dad is!!”

Closing Thought:
In this particular situation in MY life, it is my step Dad who is doing a great job at filling that “Empty Space”. Do you have a simular situation in your life? If so, who is it that is filling those empty spaces in your heart? Did you say their name just now? If you did then Good. If you said “no one” I’d like to suggest that, you may be looking in the wrong places (this is only a Suggestion).

So the lesson learned is: Even when it seems as if what your facing is a severe negative, If you look hard enough you’ll find the positive and not only that, but that positive will be bigger than you ever dreamed!

Read Part Two Here!

To your life, may you live abundantly, not only financially but mentally within your soul as well, and with all your relationships!

Stay Boosted!
CJ Hallock