Monique Lynelle's Living With A Purpose

As we go through life tough times come and go, but we sometimes face adversity and need to make sure that we are going forth with courage, being brave and stepping out on faith until you reach your highest potential. Being strong is not always something that is physical, but is a combination of things, your mental agility helps your body to move, your will can help you achieve things that your body might not been able to do by itself, and having great emotional intelligence can help you deal with hard moments you are presented with in life. When you are brave, it is not something that is always planned, it involves determination, overcoming, hard work, showing up, helping others, it is more than a mindset, it is a way of life. Today, choose to be brave. If you don't try something, you will never find out how brave you are. Today, choose to try. Think like a winner, and win. Monique Lyn elle Gray

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving Week, It is my great pleasure to invite you all to give thanks with me. This year has been rough, tough, hard, crazy, you name it. I call it a 2020 kind of year, however, we are all here and able to say things about whatever we choose, which means we can choose to give thanks. I started this year out with a "Thankful List," this list consisted of all kinds of things that I could think of to be thankful or grateful for in my life. Some people might not think this is important, but it helps us realize some of the things that we do have and some of things we do not have to go through or be burdened by. When I was a cosmetology teacher I started having my students write 3 things that they were grateful for to start the day. The reason I asked the students to do this was because every person in the class had a life outside of that classroom and some people had rougher situations to deal with than others, I wanted the students minds to be in a place ...

Hello Everyone, Today I want to share something with you that I did last month and would like to invite you to challenge yourself to do the same. The challenge was to pray at the same time everyday for 21 days in a row. I partnered with my sister to do this, but I called it the "Consistent Prayer Challenge." From Oct 13, 2020 to Nov 2, 2020 I chose a time to spend in prayer. The purpose was to have a meeting with the Lord and to incorporate a structure time. This was the set up initially, to spend at least 15 minutes to praise and worship, petition to the Lord, and have silent meditation or to wait on God's response or encouragement. Utilizing 5 minutes for each. Well, of course, things did not go exactly as planned for the structure and sometimes it would be more than 15 minutes, but I found it refreshing to start my day this way and I felt like it was an intimate time with God that He was showing up for also, because I kept showing up. Of course, you can pray through...

Happy Veteran's Day to All of the Veteran's of the US Armed Forces! As some of you know, and other's do not, I am an US Army Veteran. I served in the Army Reserves in 1997-1999 with a Unit in Fort Belvoir, VA, and then completed my Inactive Ready Reserve time in Oct 2005, only to return for Active Duty with the US Army in 2006-2009, stationed at Fort Hood, TX and Camp Carroll, South Korea. As a woman in the military, I learned that serving your country was not easy, but it had meaning and I was able to dig deeper and found out that I had strength that I did not know I possessed until I was tested. There were many days that were long and hard to get through, but I persevered and stayed resilient and was able to make it through as a beautiful warrior. Today, my encouragement is to those that might feel like they lost their fight in life, their reason, their purpose. It is not over, you have more fighting to do, you cannot give up on yourself. It is time to make your mission,...

Hello Everyone, Today is Monday again, but this is a time that none of us have been a part of before. We are in a world of unknown things, and we have a chance to decide how we will think, how we will continue on, how we can keep going. Sometimes we need to take a moment and just breathe, other times we need to dig deep and pray. We are all diverse people, but we are all here and we can decide to love ourselves, not give up on ourselves, or our dreams, or our families, and continue on a path of purpose. Be encouraged today and know that you have a choice to have joy in the midst of chaos, be calm in the midst of chaos, and start looking deeper than the surface for answers to the issues we all face in life. Have a good week and try to be productive on purpose. Make sure you vote. Monique Lyn elle Gray