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PRESSING ON WITH PERSERVERENCE
Can you think of a time where you felt as though you were on a never-ending rollercoaster from which you would never get off? Or maybe you felt like you were going in circles just running on fumes? How exhausting those feelings are! I know personally that I have felt these ways many times in my life At times I thought that my dreams, my goals, and my plans were never going to become a reality; no matter what I did I trusted that God had a plan, and I knew that His timing was perfect, however, I was failing to realize the most important part of it all: His process! I learned as I trusted Him more, and by growing my relationship with his son, Jesus, that during His process we must never quit, never give up, and we must press on with perseverance.
You may have heard that you can’t plant an apple tree and expect an apple to grow overnight. There is a process in which you must choose the right season, prepare the soil, plant the seed, water the seed, and then wait on the apples to produce. If you sat and watched for the seed to immediately grow an apple, then you were not only wasting precious time that you could be making for something else important, but you were also not trusting the process In time, trusting the process, and waiting, you will eventually have an apple Your tree will produce delicious fruit and will also be multiplied It will be worth the wait
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We must remember that we must persevere and keep pressing forward chasing after our dreams, our goals, and our plans, not forgetting that God’s plans for our lives are far better than any plan we could make for ourselves. If we have a vision for something in our life that we would like to happen then we should do whatever it takes to make it happen, but if it does not happen as quickly as we would like for it to happen, then we must wait on the process, and be patient. We must have hope in our hearts, and a never-ending faith that the Lord will help us, especially if our vision is in His will. We must, like my grand-mother taught me as a young child, keep on keeping on. I will never forget those words as they will forever live in my heart as part of her legacy.
I know I have often questioned myself in the past, wondering if the goals for my life were achievable or not. I also questioned as time went on if my goals were ever going to be accomplished, and if they are then when would I finally be successful in achieving them? I look back now, and see all of the time and effort I have put in to be at the stage of success that I am at today I have worked hard to build a personal brand and have a positive reputation of what I represent and what I stand for
BY ASHLEY PRIMA
From beginning to write poetry at a very young age to now being an international, multi-time best-selling author and public speaker, and having spoken on stages to share my message and testimony of the things, I have had to endure to get to where I am today and it has been a challenge Although it has been a challenge, the rewards at the end have been worth the wait
Along with being an author and public speaker, I wear many hats where I have been rocking each hat on my head I sometimes can wear multiple hats at once I am a business owner to several businesses, a multimedia journalist for a local online newspaper, a professional event photographer, and a mental health advocate. I work as public relations for a well-known fashion agency, and I am a secretary to a mental health organization. And as of the publication of this article I can say that I am a cowriter for a well-known magazine. Along with those things, and a few others, I recently launched my most precious “business baby,” which is my very own news and event vlog where I do video interviews and turn them into a blog. I have done all of these things even being diagnosed with several mental health conditions and a struggle with confidence, and also a battle with low self-esteem. I am not going to say that it has been an easy journey because it certainly has been my own personal rollercoaster, but I will say that where I am now, finally “making it," has been worth the wait
I am grateful that I have never quit I never gave up Even when I thought I would never achieve a single goal, I kept on keeping on If I fell, I got back up and I got back up even stronger than before I had fallen I thank the Lord for His process and I thank Him for His strength that I have had to keep pressing on in perseverance I look back and see the obstacles that I have overcome and I see why I had to go through them. My personal motto is that you have to go through it to get to it...and I am thankfully finally to it.
If you ever feel that you will never get off that rollercoaster or that you are just about to run out of gas, remember that God’s process is to ride that rollercoaster, or drive that vehicle until we are at our destination of success while trusting His process. You will get there, but only if you keep going. Keep striving. Be who you are meant to be. If I can finally step INTO my purpose to live IN my purpose ON purpose, then you can do the same. The best is yet to come, my friend, but you must know with all your heart, soul, and mind that the best will come By the grace of God, and giving Him all glory, honor, and praise for all of the things He has done for me, is doing for me, and will do for me I will forever be grateful for His process And for the things I have in store, I am waiting, and I am pushing on with perseverance Don’t quit Don’t give up Persevere! It will be worth it in the end!
In a generation most exposed to the chains of mental health disparities, there is a voice of advocacy in the likes of Ashley Prima Ashley is a compassionate leader, speaker, multi-time International best-selling author, multimedia journalist, and mental health advocate. Ashley is the owner of Writing For Success, LLC
