Shine

*sings* “this little light of mine , I’m gonna let it shine” I always loved this song , so joyful , so meaningful and so peaceful.

That little light we refer to can be anything , once you know what or even who that light is , just remember to let it shine ✨ .

For me this little light is myself , I’ll continue to shine , everything I touch , everything I do, every person I’m around , every where I go . I will continue to make a statement and leave a positive impact because when I have reached my success

I need you to remember my name and trust me you will . 🙏🏽

This “light “ can be your smile , your walk, your talent , your mind , your talk, YOU … Let your light shine 😊

Here’s your reminder for the day …

SHINE ✨

💡

Deep In My Thoughts ….

Deciding to come out of a shell isn’t the easiest thing to do especially if all you knew was to hide.

You know I always thought my hiding stages were over but I had to be honest with myself , I hide from communicating outside of my work with people , I hide from doing things I love like hobbies etc infront of people, I hide from letting people really see who I am. This was all because of the life I lived , being fatherless from 3 years old and then not having your mother around the way you needed her to be after you started to grow up , so I kept in my shell and became defensive to survive as a girl.

I’ve grown from a lot trust me but I’m still hiding a lot , a lot I’ll love to let loose and just live you know.

Never doubt God though *laughs* I always pray on my life and he brought someone into my life whom just gives me no choice but to be myself slowly but surely, who just makes me wonder how intriguing being my real self would be , I mean my real self not the business super workaholic lady but ME.

You know the saying “ God doesn’t come but he sends* this is the most honest saying I’ve grown up hearing, He continues to show me this saying is so true.

Stop hiding , Let God protect you from everything just live the amazing gift he gave to you called LIFE.

Stop staying inside just because you don’t want to be near others , you’ll lose a great day , you’ll miss out on fun , games , opportunities just because you want to hide.

You see I was always a risk taker and trust me I’ve stopped hiding from so many things but I still have a few more things to pull out of my shell however I’m getting there.

It feels amazing that I continue to take chances and not being afraid to fight for myself WORK WISE , now it’s time I come out of my personal shell.

Maybe you can join me and come out of yours .

Think about it ..

– In my Thoughts ..

Are you sure you were happy with your ex partner or were you just settling?

This question is not asked enough, it’s not thought of enough and it definitely is not answered enough.

We usually know deep down what kind of guy or girl we really want/ need in our lives, we know deep down from the jump when we meet someone if that’s the person but some how for some reason we settle, we fool ourselves into believing eventually they will become that person we long to have.

Did any of those settlements (past relationships) work?

I guess not because they’re the past right? They ended up being lessons, well taught ones too, but of course we needed that experience, we needed that heartbreak, the confusion, the misunderstandings , in all , the lesson to gain enough knowledge to realize we were just settling. We were lying to ourselves that they’re for us, we knew all along the kind of soulmate we would love to have a life with.

Now that you have been through what you will call enough, enough back and forth , enough of what you knew deep down won’t last, I hope you are being honest with yourself.

I hope now you don’t settle , instead I hope you are that woman or man of substance / value whom not only knows but understands what they want/ need in life in general.

I pray you have the future you are destined to have. Take your heart seriously , respect yourself enough and love yourself enough to refuse what you do not want & need.

Overcoming Your Fears

Children may be scared of the dark but then as they grow they start to overcome that fear you know have faith within themselves that they’re safe.

There’s always something we become afraid of but with time and faith we overcome.

Some fears take longer than some, some fears are scarier than some, some fears we create within our minds, have you not realized sometimes we create fears within our head but we never actually got a reason to be scared?

Don’t stay hiding from your fears too long , facing those fears is how we overcome whether it’s the dark, a person, an animal .. whatever your fear is , FACE IT eventually.

I won’t tell you when you should face it because everything has its own timing however don’t stay scared too long as it can become what the mind may make us believe “permanent” and when it gets that deep it’s way harder to face and overcome.

Write every fear you have overcame down and write the ones you’ll love to overcome.

This is called your FAITH bucket list, every time you overcome a fear no matter how minor you think it is , Cross it off your list.

Every fear you overcome is an accomplishment and you’re closer to your success.

Let’s Overcome together 😊🙏🏽

Battling Depression

Being in that dark place , feeling alone, thinking everyone is against you, I agree it’s hard to come out of.

There goes insomnia, anxiety, loss or gain appetite, weight loss or gain , aggression, confusion… all of these things and lots more becomes a part of you when suffering from DEPRESSION.

Sitting in the shower in tears and then smiling in everyone’s face when you’re amongst others but you can’t wait to get home to go back to that shell. You cut friendships off , relationships, family, jobs

Just wanted you to know you’re not ALONE, when you see this I’m telling you it’s time to FIGHT BACK. Never allow this to break you down you fought way too hard to make it this far !! GET UP

Don’t become a victim to DEPRESSION, don’t become a memory, FIGHT & SURVIVE

You have A lot to lose even if you don’t see it right now because you’re not ok when you HEAL you will realise I was right.

Find ways to overcome , work on your peace and joy within you , don’t look to mankind to give you . You can’t expect from others what you aren’t giving yourself.

You are a WARRIOR , say GOODBYE DEPRESSION.

– you are a SURVIVOR.

– Donnelle Deane signs off.

Are You REALLY Ok?

Ask yourself are you really ok?

Deep down how do you really feel?

Are you really happy like you say you are?

Are you really feeling peace?

Have you really healed from the past trauma?

Sometimes we need to REALLY be honest with ourselves , we say we are good when someone ask us , we say we are happy when we get to go out and have a fun time, we say we are healed when we decide to take another step in a situation BUT ARE WE REALLY?

Deep down in your soul , how do you really feel?

You can only truly heal and be happy when you are honest with yourself so a solution can be found.

My Dear HOW ARE YOU “REALLY” ?

– Donnelle Deane #ventwithguru

Be Grateful

Be grateful for everyone you have even if it’s a small circle of two people or if it’s just that one friend , family member , partner ..

We need to realise there’s always someone praying for a life like ours no matter if we think our life sucks, no matter if we think we are alone and no one is there, there’s always someone going through worse. Be grateful you have life.

You didn’t get that job? Okay maybe it wasn’t yours to have .

You didn’t get the girl or the guy? Okay maybe you dodged a heartbreak.

You didn’t get that driver’s license? Okay maybe you needed more practice , go again!

You didn’t get that big client? Okay maybe that client won’t have been the big client you expected.

Let what you have work for you so you can get what you’re destined to have.

BE GRATEFUL!

I am Donnelle Deane & I’m your Reminder for today 🙏🏽💡🙂

Embracing One’s True Self

I once was a shy girl , a girl who lived my life the way everyone wanted me to, I had this hunger to please everyone around me so they can be happy. I use to be scared to laugh too hard or speak too loud, I once cared so much what others said about me and I always tried to remain under a rock so I won’t be hated or judged.

That time came when this girl grew she matured , she noticed she wasn’t happy, it was time to make that CHANGE. I realized I was confused trying to figure out who I am you know what I love to do what I’ll love to pursue… my purpose was like a blank page to me – no lines no margin , I didn’t know where or how to start.

The more I paid attention to myself the more I realise what I love, the pieces started to come together, I worked and I worked and I worked , I cried and I cried and I cried but with all of that darkness I found that tiny door to open to see the light.

Now I am CONFIDENT , I EMBRACE who I am and I’m never ashamed of anything & Guess what? I AM NOT SCARED ANYMORE I’m NOW a Marketing Strategist & Planner. // Remember: EMBRACE YOURSELF 💡

Can we as women normalize being a “WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE”

A woman of substance is a woman of POWER , a woman of great influence. It’s ok for us to be women who love to get drunk and crazy on social media isn’t it? Until… you start to mature and wonder what’s your purpose . WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE? // This is a question if asked majority of us will freeze and need to think , don’t you find it funny how the simplest questions be the hardest to answer? TELL ME WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE , Tell me ARE YOU A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE? or ARE YOU WILLING TO BECOME? again it boils down to PURPOSE .