July is for Lemonade

July is for abundance. 

To me, abundance means realizing that God gives us an endless supply of that which is good. 

This can be friends, clients, love, connections, ideas, money, joy, wisdom, opportunities, etc. The key is remembering that one door closing does not mean another one will not open. 

Sometimes I feel as if God will only give me one chance at something. 

Or if I miss an opportunity, I'll never see one like it again. 

Sometimes this is true. Some opportunities are once in a lifetime. 

But if you align with God, recalibrate, and sharpen your focus, another opportunity will arrive. 

My hope for July is that I begin a new cycle that embodies this sentiment: when one door closes, another opens. 

I'm not sure what the month holds, but I choose to believe in ripe possibilities, endless ones. 

 I do not live in a fantasy, but I do live in possibility. 

I have had too many bad days to keep myself in a state of lack.

 I believe both me and my posterity deserve better. 

I'm going to give July all I got. 

If I truly walk by faith and not by sight, I must believe that God is holding my hand and my heart as I move forward. 

July is a pivotal month. 

It's a turning point seasonally, energetically, spiritually. 

Weather warms. Trees bear fruit. And if you played your cards right in winter, you start to bloom too. 

As of now, I still feel like a partially blooming flower. 

There's some color, there's some life.

“But where are the petals?” everyone asks.  

Where is that sweet center that attracts the birds, the bees, and everything in between? 

I asked myself this too—what is stopping me from living in full bloom? 

I can't change the past. I can't forget the pain. 

However, I know I can believe in my future. 

I know I can alchemize the past into a purpose greater than me. 

When we  take the lemons God gives us and turn them into lemonade, that's when we see the reward

 July is for abundance. 

July is for lemonade.