poem ~ what's on my mind

What's on my mind?
If I had the words I'd say,
To share with you my heart
as I try to think today.

What's on my mind?
I promise you it's more,
Then what one should be able
to consider at the very core.

What's on my mind?
Do my feelings show,
The expression in my eyes
is more revealing than you know.

What's on my mind?
Some want to know,
Others disregard it
so vulnerability won't show.

What's on my mind?
If I shared would you be,
One who accepted or
choose to run from me?

What's on my mind?
The results that can come,
When I release all my fear,
building faith and gratitude tons.

What's on my mind?
As I genuinely seek,
Ways to be happy
even when things are bleek.

What's on my mind?
Too much I know,
For the reasons why
are a chance to abundantly grow.

What's on my mind?
I promise I pray,
For strength in this journey
and guidance always.

What's on my mind?
I wish I could say,
The purpose in life
is to figure out the way.

What's on my mind?
Is the concept today,
To live in the moment
simply each and every day.

What's on my mind?
I tell you it's true,
The meaning in life
will forever be you.



© Misty W Gilbert
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I would have lost heart...yet again

I would have lost heart...when I had to fight for 3.5 years with the Honda dealership over prepaid maintenance that I paid for but was charged each and every time I came in (11 times), unless I believed that if I was patient and kept sticking to the documents and asking for resolution, I would win and the situation would get resolved in my favor.

I would have lost heart...when I got bitten by dogs, over a span of 10 years, 3 different times, from my landlord when I was renting, to two guys walking at the track where I work out often, to an event at my employee's house in her backyard; particularly because I was injured each time and incurred medical bills ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars, for something that was not my fault each and every time, unless I remember that not everyone will do unto others what they want done unto them and take care of a moral and financial obligation.

I would have lost heart...when I had hives for nearly 2 Years, unable to figure out what was causing them after multiple tests, products, medications, creams, injections, and every alternative medical treatment under the sun, unless I believed that if continued to keep a food journal, paid attention to my body, was loving and kind to myself during these episodes which they traveled all over my body, that eventually I would learn and uncover the cause.

I would have lost heart...when a client hit me in the head twice for stating a fact about the work I was doing and our contract agreement, unless I believed that God would use this in my life to help me heal by opening up and doing counseling about the years of childhood abuse and this would start the beginning of my transformational journey.

I would have lost heart...when my credit card company posted my $2,000 payment as a $2,000 charge and put a hold on my credit card for 2 weeks while they researched it, unless I believed that if I was patient and asked for leadership to intervene, the issues would get resolved much more quickly.

I would have lost heart in all these things and more...unless....

Unless, I choose to walk in the truth of keeping no record of wrongs.

Unless, I choose to forgive.

Unless, I choose to live out what grace looks like.

Unless, I choose to be relentless in my pursuit of excellence.

Unless, I choose to have the grit and mental discipline to live a life full of love.

Yesssssss...unless I create my own power of choice and free will to be an overcomer and not a victim.

...I would have despaired and lost heart, unless I had not believed! ~ Psalm 27:13 AMP
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poem ~ I say Thank You

I say Thank You
for my challenges,
For in them I find
the strength and ability
I wouldn't have known did reside.

I say Thank You
for the heartache,
For in it I find
the depths of compassion
And understanding each time.

I say Thank You
for the waves of perfection, 
For in it I find
and see life is about balance
So truly divine.

I say Thank You
for all the rejection,
For this won't define
the status of my life
Or the dimensions I climb.

I say Thank You
for all my fears,
For in them I find,
more courage to fight
For this unique dream of mine.

I say Thank You 
for all of my flaws,
For in them I see 
the truth and vulnerability so raw
That abounds yet it completes me.

I say Thank You 
for my insecurities,
For they help me to be
more accepting and loving
Of this person I can grow to be.

I say Thank You 
for all the pain in my life,
For through it I find
I have a choice
To overcome all of this strife.

I say Thank You 
for all the misunderstandings,
For in them I find
a chance for connection
And a new perspective to find.

I say Thank You 
for the vast darkness,
For in it I look
knowing that this 
Is when light shines the brightest.

I say Thank You 
for another layer of growth,
For in it I find
that life will expand
When gratitude is the method of focus.

I say Thank You 
for I don't just have to cope,
For in it I know
the path to more
Of an abundant life isn't beyond hope.

I say Thank You 
for everything in my life,
For in it I find
all of it has a reason
And a meaningful purpose.



© Misty W Gilbert
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the pursuit of simplicity

Today, I want to share part of my heart.

My word this year is simplicity. My focus this year is simplicity. My vision is simplicity. My purpose is simplicity. My adding value to my life is in simplicity.

Not everyone gets it. I had a conversation with a girlfriend 2 weeks ago who avidly disagreed with me and stated that Jesus is about abundance, not limits.

I explained that Minimalism isn't about limits, it is about having what you need, what is enough, not consumption, excess, or waste. That it is about creating a life that adds value, where you use your things, where you aren't creating a dwelling stuffed with stuff for the sake of what everyone else says you have to have. Though some target minimalism as a status of who has the least is the best, this isn't what I am about. She still didn't agree or get it.

Sometimes it hurts when my friends feel I have gone crazy. Sometimes their words can dig deep. Sometimes when they feel you have lost your faith and purpose it can make you feel like you are wrong for how you are living your life. Sometimes the disconnect from reality of the world around you is worth your own inner peace. Sometimes you just have to take a step back and realize that we create our outer world by our inner world and this is an individual choice. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves of the truth. Sometimes we have to let some people go.

Keep on tribe. I promise...creating a life of value is meaningful!
#CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionally #SimpleLifestyle

poem ~ fear

Will you let fear rule in your heart? 
Or will you break the boundaries to tear it apart?

Will you allow fear to override the truth?
Or will you let truth override the fear?

Will you let fear hold you back?
Or will you take charge and pursue a course in a fearless pack?

Will you keep fear in your front view mirror?
Or will you leave it in the dust of your rear view mirror?

Will you make fear your Best Friend for life?
Or will you destroy it's grip that it has on your life?

Will you let fear be what keeps you in chains?
Or will you seek freedom with the release of what fear gains?

Will you let fear be what drives your choice?
Or will you make fear the smallest voice?

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ everybody's book

Everybody's got a blank page in their book, The choice is yours as to what are you writing on it.
Everybody's got a line in their book, That makes everyone cry buckets of tears.
Everybody's got a paragraph in their book, Where suspense is great and fear is horrific.
Everybody's got a book filled with lots of people, Some who add value and some who take away.
Everybody's got a chapter in their book, That they wished didn't exist.
Everybody's got a section in their book, Where they had lack and then they had plenty.
Everybody's got a portion in their book, Filled with sadness and beauty.
Everybody's got a book that has had all seasons, Some are just longer then others.
Everybody's got a chance to close out their manuscript, With the author of life under their name.
Everybody's got the ability to use whiteout or an eraser, So they can start over.
Everybody's got a book with a purpose, The question is what is yours?
Everybody's got the same chance to write a book, The question is how much effort will you put into yours?
Everybody's got the same chance to be the hero of their own story, The question is will you be yours?
Everybody's got a blank page in their book, The question is how many do you have left in your book?

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ before you judge me

Before you judge me,
Maybe ask some questions to learn the truth.

Before you judge me,
Maybe be willing to see a different perspective then your view.

Before you judge me,
Maybe trust there are more details then the surface provides.

Before you judge me,
Maybe realize there is pain deep inside.

Before you judge me,
Maybe let me show you how I got to this place where I hide.

Before you judge me,
Realize maybe I'm just trying to cope.

Before you judge me,
Give my heart a reason to have hope.

Before you judge me,
Let me share with you what I'm afraid of.

Before you judge me,
Show me you care about my mess.

Before you judge me,
Let me share with you the back story.

Before you judge me,
Remove the beam from your own eye.

Before you judge me,
I'd rather be accepted then rejected for my beliefs in Christ.

Before you judge me,
Forgive me for I know not what I do.

Before you judge me,
Give me a chance to change your mind.

Before you judge me,
Let love be the reason for making me try.

Before you judge me,
I'd love you to walk with me in my shoes.

Before you judge me,
Give me some credit that I'm doing my best.

Before you judge me,
Help me to grow beyond my very best.

Before you judge me,
Remember that the power of life comes from an extension of grace.

Before you judge me,
Make a list of all the things that you are grateful for about me.

Before you judge me,
Remember I'm a work in progress.

Before you judge me,
Don't expect perfection of me when none of us are perfect.

Before you judge me,
Give me space to learn on this journey.

Before you judge me,
I can tell you this is where my strength resides.

Before you judge me,
Maybe just love me beyond what is humanly possible to do.



© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ through the heartache

Jesus went through the heartache 
even when he wanted to run,
Away from the Father
passing the cup to someone.

Jesus went through the heartache 
and darkest of days,
To fill the calling of God
so we could have forgiveness in all ways.

Jesus went through the heartache 
to show the world He cares,
Yet do you stop to notice
or stay stuck in your despair?

Jesus went through the heartache 
to give the world the hope,
That there is redemption
in the situations where you're trying just to cope.

Jesus went through the heartache 
to pay the ultimate price,
So you don't have to do it
there is no need for payment twice.

Jesus went through the heartache 
and the most difficult fight,
The result is this shows us
there is a gift in the pain of life.

Jesus went through the heartache
to show you it can be done,
If you cling to the Father
you'll experience fulfillment a ton.

Jesus went through the heartache 
as an example to you and me,
Of what happens when you focus
your eyes fixed on eternity.

Jesus went through the heartache 
and the challenge for three days,
To show you what true love is
and how you're connected when you pray.

Jesus went through the heartache 
and the loss of everything,
To give you a life of freedom
and all the things that it brings.

Jesus went through the heartache 
to release you from your chains,
The moment you discover truth
nothing else will remain.

Jesus went through the heartache 
even as impossible as it seems,
That someone could love you so
when rejection is a prevalent thing.

Jesus went through the heartache 
and yet the choice remains,
Will you accept and live with joy
or your voucher never claim?

Jesus went through the heartache 
because He loves you so,
The limits are non existent
for His power covers your soul.

Jesus went through the heartache 
so the promise He could bring,
Of abundant life to you and me
for the benefit of everything.



©Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ love is 2

Love is
the choice to let it go.

Love is
not staying stuck in fear.

Love is
releasing your past.

Love is
knowing you will make mistakes.

Love is
seeing your failures as ability to grow.

Love is
stepping away from your judgments.

Love is
not in striving.

Love is
pressing through your lack.

Love is
embracing your struggle.

Love is
believing your pain is a gift.

Love is
seeing through our differences.

Love is
not focused on your weakness.

Love is
an addiction to growth.

Love is
never full of regret.

Love is
not hiding behind a mask.

Love is
dissolving the baggage.

Love is
pushing through the heavy weight.

Love is
the only thing that can change you.

Love is
the only thing that wins.

Love is
something that continues even in disagreements.

Love is
stronger then what we can understand.

Love is
the source that covers the gap.

Love is
grace.

Love is
what protects.

Love is
how we get a clear view.

Love is
deep.

Love is
always seeking kindness.

Love is
brave in adversity.

Love is
in a position to always forgive.

Love is
focused on the hope.

Love is
the ability to see beyond the moment.

Love is
made to fly.

Love is 
filled with purpose.

Love is
limitless.

Love is
infinite.

Love is
the greatest gift.

Love is
life.


© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ love is

Love is
something we all continually seek
But will never fully comprehend
the purpose in its connection
And the realization of what giving it can meet.

Love is
something we want to be tangible 
But many times it never speaks
the language of our heart
Because locked doors we often keep.

Love is
something that you configure
Yet connection has to run deep
for in it is the hope 
And how it brings life with every beat.

Love is
something that never ends
The cycle of its course
goes on and on forever 
To create the healing from remorse.

Love is
something you can receive 
For love is whatever you want
it to actually be
Because it lives deep inside of me.

Love is
something you'll never see
But the truth of what it does
and how it blesses me
Is always on display shinning back at thee.

Love is
something in the antidote to feelings
You harbor in your soul
the benefit of the source
Is impossible to know.


© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ minimalism

Minimalism they say is crazy
yet they rush to buy more stuff,
To fill their closets, garage and spaces
with more things to achieve a lot of fluff.

Minimalism is a journey 
of living within your means
Not keeping up with the Joneses 
for some important benefit it seems.

Minimalism is looking at what brings value
in every day of life
To love and use the things you have
and create memories alike.

Minimalism is meant to help you see
that life's value isn't meant to be
In consuming more then you can use
for hoarding is not the key.

Minimalism is a choice 
that only you can truly make
But once you begin to see the results
it's hard to see it as a mistake.

Minimalism will change your living
in every aspect of the path
For one can't help but continue to seek
being intentional in every task.

Minimalism isn't about the concept
of who can have the least amount of stuff
No it's truly only for the perspective 
enjoyment is beyond the scope of enough.

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ the challenge

The challenge to stay true to you
will always be a fight
Unless you remember that those around you
cannot be your light.

The challenge to love through the pain 
will forever be the gap
Of understanding what it means
to love in spite of the attack.

The challenge to never quit
when all that's difficult and grim
Means one must shatter all
such thoughts and totally abandon them.

The challenge to consider more
than what's written on the surface 
Will show you at the deepest core
a perspective that's with a purpose.

The challenge to live from your heart 
when it's been thrown completely away
Is the only way to connect it all
and gain the beauty in each day.

The challenge to share and be vulnerable 
when to live behind a mask
And pretend that life is perfect
is a concept most can't grasp.

The challenge to choose to forgive the ones
that have stabbed you in the back
Is the only way to release the feelings 
to expand in grace and not intentionally lack.

The challenge to believe in hope
when the tunnels dark within
To find the vision for your life
is the best choice my friend.

The challenge we each must face
is uniquely designed to make
You stronger through it all
yet it's a risk that only you can take.

The challenge will present itself
each and every single day
But the choice in all of this is yours
and to that end I will pray.

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ in everything give thanks

In everything give thanks,
means for the sleepless nights.

In everything give thanks,
this means for the legal battles.

In everything give thanks,
this means for the demanding clients.

In everything give thanks,
this means for the Friends who walk away.

In everything give thanks,
this means for the times when finances are low.

In everything give thanks,
when I am in physical pain.

In everything give thanks,
for the person who doesn't understand.

In everything give thanks,
when I am exhausted beyond words.

In everything give thanks,
for the choices that don't being the desired outcome.

In everything give thanks,
this includes the people who spitefully use you.

In everything give thanks,
the things you never asked for or wanted.

In everything give thanks,
for in this I will find a new perspective.

In everything give thanks,
for this will open up your heart.

In everything give thanks,
so freedom can be found.

In everything give thanks,
for your energy shifts when you do.

In everything give thanks,
because you have the choice in gratitude.

In everything give thanks,
for walls will be torn down when you do.

In everything give thanks,
because this too shall pass.

In everything give thanks,
even storms have beauty in them.

In everything give thanks,
every great a story has conflict.

In everything give thanks,
for the benefits of doing so are great.

In everything give thanks,
but nobody is gonna make you.

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ seek the truth

The reason I seek truth
is I want to know what it is.

The reason I seek truth
is because that's where freedom is.

The reason I seek truth
is chasing anything else dead ends.

The reason I seek truth
is the opposite builds walls.

The reason I seek truth
is because counterfeit looks real.

The reason I seek truth 
is because that's where the opposite is.

The reason I seek truth
is it feeds and grows me.

The reason I seek truth
is so that I can have faith, hope, and love.

The reason I seek truth
is because I know the benefits are great.

The reason I seek truth 
is the ripple effect it creates.

The reason I seek truth 
is it heals all mistakes.

The reason I seek truth 
is it lives inside of me.

The reason I seek truth 
is because I am told I can.

The reason I seek truth 
is because my heart longs for it.

The reasons I seek truth
is I don't want to live a lie.

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ love is a choice

Love is a choice 
that you make every day,
To let someone in
to your hearts secret maze.

Love is a choice
that you make every day, 
To remove the mask most keep on 
thru their final parade.

Love is a choice
that you make every day,
To tear down walls
you've built in each various phase.

Love is a choice
that you make every day,
To give someone a chance
when they've hurt you for days.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day,
To give grace and forgiveness
and bask in letting go always.

Love is a choice
that you make every day,
For freedom is found
in its kindest of ways.

Love is a choice
that you make every day, 
To make the most of the moment
and capture memories mightily.

Love is a choice
that you make every day,
To feel it's beat vibrate
in the most astounding pathways.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
In light or in dark
you can choose it's energy.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day,
Unconsciously or consciously
the results are on display.

Love is a choice
you make every day,
It can mend and repair
the demolished arrays.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
Sometimes it's hard
to see the power you've claimed.

Love is a choice
that you make every day, 
To fight for what's right
and let truth speak greatly.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
To tune into its frequency 
and rebound out courageously.

Love is a choice
that you make every day, 
To connect to your soul
and honor the space of individuality.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
It can be seen as an outlet
to a high priced commodity.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
You can hide it away
and loose out abundantly.

Love is is a choice 
that you make every day, 
You can't make it be received 
by others connected to thee.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
You can't get it back
once you've given it away.

Love is a choice 
that you make every day, 
It's always yours to choose
nobody can take it away.

Love is a choice
that you make every day,
For in this is perfection
in the grandest of ways.

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ why do you

Why do you keep looking
for your past
in everyone you meet?

Why do you keep expecting
the same situations to happen again
just because they always did?

Why do you think that everyone
is going to hurt you
the way they did?

Why do you expect others
to treat you differently
then you treat them?

Why do you forget that 
not everyone is the same
because even you've changed?

Why do you remember 
all the bad things
as if there aren't any good?

Why do you search 
so hard for love
when love is right in front of you?

Why do you hold onto
the pain in your heart
when it hurts so much?

Why do you build walls
keeping out the very thing
you so desperately want?

Why do you keep living 
your life as if 
you don't get a clean slate?

Why do you look for life
in places filled with so much
limited grace?

Why do you keep living your life
as if you don't ever 
get to make your own choice?

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #WhyDoYou

poem ~ to the one

To the one who feels discouraged, I am with you.

To the one who is stretched too thin, I am with you.

To the one who who is worried and anxious, I am with you.

To the one who is lonely, I am with you.

To the one who is hurting, I am with you.

To the one who has lost hope, I am with you.

To the one who has a broken heart, I am with you.

To the one who is feeling overwhelmed, I am with you.

To the one who is stressed, I am with you.

To the one who is feeling depressed, I am with you.

To the one who doesn't feel there is enough, I am with you.

To the one who feels like the days are dark and the nights are long, I am with you.

To the one who cannot sleep, I am with you.

To the one who see's no end to this chapter, I am with you.

To the one who doesn't feel they can do this, I am with you.

To the one who is walking one step at a time, I am with you.

To the one who is looking for a small sign of change, I am with you.

To the one who is wants to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I am with you.

To the one who believes all things work together for good, I am with you.

To the one who is just holding on, I am with you.

To the one who is reading this, I am with you.

© Misty W Gilbert
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If Jesus was your Facebook Friend

If Jesus was your Facebook Friend, how would you interact with Him?

Would you like or comment on His posts?

Would you send Him messages to have your own private conversation?

Would you want to spend time in person and post pictures of your time together?

Would you care what was going on in His life?

Or...would you not accept His friend request?

Or...would you accept but not follow Him and click the unfollow button?

Or...would you accept and follow but never like or comment?

Or...would you say you love Him and what He posts but say different things behind His back to others?

Or...would you make fun of and mock His VLOGS and His Trips to Visit others and the way He lives His Life?

What would you do??? What makes you think you would be different with Jesus then you are with me?

#ThePowerOfChoice #RelationshipsMatter #LiveIntentionally #LifeLessons #TheSassyVoice #ItsCalledSocialMediaForAReason

poem ~ the choice to believe

The choice to believe
even when the water's rising.

The choice to believe 
even if the sun stops shining.

The choice to believe 
even when the sky is crying.

The choice to believe 
even when the life jacket has a hole in it.

The choice to believe
even in the mud run.

The choice to believe
even when the climb is steep.

The choice to believe 
even when I'm all out of breath.

The choice to believe 
even when the gate is locked.

The choice to believe
even when the stepping stone is missing.

The choice to believe 
even when the answers aren't forth coming.

The choice to believe 
you're right beside me.

The choice to believe 
I will survive it.

© Misty W Gilbert
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poem ~ seek the truth

Seek and you will find:

Answers in your questions 

Solutions in your problems

Faith in your doubt

Courage in your dispair 

Hope in your journey

Light in the dark

Blessings in your pain

Peace in the chaos 

Enough in the little

Grace in the cruelty 

Strength in the fight

Justice in the outcome

Patience in the moment 

Truth in the midst of lies

Forgiveness in the most difficult 

Love in your hurt

Prayer in all things.

© Misty W Gilbert
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