Mike Destin - Words to Consider

Preface

Primarily, this book comprises words of encouragement, enlightenment, and observation through wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, endowed upon me through the Holy Spirit; in addition, the words that I speak arent my own, but I am merely the instrument. This book's topics include family, love, sex, relationships, marriage, friends, the self, work, nature, and business, through both the natural and spiritual lens. Second to last, what is said in this book is not to be taken and applied to; environment, business, relationship, and/or in your life DIRECTLY OR IMMEDIATELY. For I do not know the parameters of your life and the details thereof, so take everything with a grain of salt. Last, let everything you do, say, and think be done in the foundation of Love; let love go before you, but make sure your brain is not too far behind. Be loved.

Encouragement

Theres a time coming where all your hard work will pay off; those who questioned you are now silenced; all the non-believers, now full of faith because you stayed the course and never wavered. Take the time and appreciate how far youve come; you may not be where you want to be, but you arent where you used to be. You are all you ever needed to believe in yourself when no one else would.

Introduction

Im writing this book to my beloved, to those I call friends, those that I love, for everything that you are and everything that you arent. I appreciate you. My well wishes are with you, and I pray you succeed in your endeavors. Above all, I speak the words coming from a loving and understanding heart full of compassion, consideration, and meekness. I write to help create a new perspective in everyday experiences, whether at home dealing with your family or in a more intimate setting communicating with a significant other, at school dealing with classmates and friends, maybe on the job, and dealing with your co-equals and boss. Whatever the case may be, the words I write to you facilitate edifying our character and improving decision-making no matter the scenario.

Here I have compiled some idioms, parables, figures of speech, and philosophies that I have gradually used to become a better person. Please, as you read this book, there will be several things that stick out to you. I implore you to take notes, share your thoughts, share in your understanding of the literature, and if it pleases you, make these parables yours and bestow them onto your children, spouse, friends, and family that they too can share in your understanding. I pray above all that this book would not be just a quick read but one that was worthy of your time and energy.

The Self

Why are you how you are!? What makes you, you? Why do you speak differently? Why do you act the way you do? Because YOU are YOU, and theres nothing to be done about that, nor should there be? Understand this, you are exactly how you needed to be! Your eyes on your face, your nose just slightly under, and having your mouth follow all on this thing that is the central headquarters that stores all information we called a head. Stay with me theres not a single person on this earth that looks like you, thinks like you, or acts like you! I really want you to understand this. Yeah, they have eyes like you, but its not placed like yours. Sure, they have ears like yours, but it doesnt sit on the side of their heads like yours do. Sure, they have a voice, but they dont sound like you. You are so unique; from the way you brush your teeth down to the very last cell in your body, thats fascinating! Im excited for you! Look, when you realized the superhero that you are, youll start walking differently. You know that feeling you get when you got a little money in your pocket? You act different, you talk different, or when you have some nice clothes on, you know what Im talking about. Why do we have to wait til were up to act like that? What if I told you, you could feel like that every-single-day? What would you say? Dont believe me? Check this: right now, as you are, someone wants what you have and/or wants to be YOU. Someone is sitting in their recliner, twiddling their thumbs with their feet up, wearing joggers wishing to be. You guessed it! You! Wondering how cool it would be to be as talented as you are, as good looking as you are, to have long hair such as yours, to have the grades you have, to be loved by their family just as you are. Ill go a step further; right now, someone is sitting in their jacuzzi, butt naked, sipping on a margarita wishing that they could apply make-up the way you do, so their eyebrows wont be so jacked up, wishing that they had your life-style that they could go to the mall in peace and quiet.

What am I saying? So many times, we look into someone elses life wishing to be them when they wish to be you. The grass may look greener on the other side until we get on the other side and realized its only greener because its synthetic. So for awesome visuals and presentation, we give up actual growth and real-life experiences. Look, love your life I cant emphasize this enough. Do it twice. Find yourself, enjoy your company, find your definition of happiness then do what makes you happy. Meet someone nice, do that happy thing with them, take your time, go at your own pace. Make mistakes, blow some dates. See the world, get out of your comfort zone, try new foods, learn to drive a stick shift, and go to the movies alone or be a lone ranger, start a campfire, learn to read the stars, and be alone forever. ITS your life. Theres no rule on how it should go. Its your story, write it, produce it, direct it, star in it, advertise it, and if you want to, release it, or keep it, its yours and nobody elses.

Parables, Figures of Speech, Quotes,

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Its not love, its lust. Ask yourself, if the person you say that you love if you were to never have sex with them ever again, would you still be in a relationship with them?