Sister U Matter!
Thank You
by B.C. Raines on 05/06/20
Thank you for
just being you and for being a part of my life. It seems like people that we
love or that we are connected to are leaving this world every day. I have read
many tributes from loved ones to those who have passed and it is obvious that
the person’s passing left a hole.
With that in
mind, I want you to know that I thank you and appreciate each and every one of
you. I encourage you to tell the people in your life the same. Let them know
now while they can savor it and hear it straight from you.
Spread the word…Sister U Matter!®
Take A Second Look
by B.C. Raines on 04/22/20
I’ve been
reading a lot of social media lately and I have seen quite a few people wishing away and even regretting 2020. For most of us, 2020 has been some kinda of
year and it’s just April. It seems full of challenges, crises, sudden losses, disappointments
and upsets. If we think on them too long, these events can be overwhelming and
even depressing.
But if we are
honest and take a second look, we’ll see that 2020 has not been ALL bad. There
has been some accomplishments, some wins, some successes, and even some pleasant surprises. Some of us even completed some once thought unachievable goals. Yep, those also happened in 2020!
Go ahead, take
a second look!
Say it Loud…Sister U
Matter!®
I Double Dare You!
by B.C. Raines on 04/17/20
When I was
growing up, my peers and I used to play the Double Dare Game. It simply was a
dare (a challenge) to do or say something extreme. However, it wasn’t just any ole challenge, it was a double—a big, super duper—challenge. So, with that in mind,
I want you to play the game, too.
Right now, with
everything going on, some of us may be feeling anxious, fearful, scared,
depressed, nervous, panic and maybe even helpless and/or hopeless. But I double
dare you to find at least one positive in your life right now to focus on. I
promise you that there is at least one. This may be difficult; even extreme. You may have to
think long and hard to find it but that’s the object of this version of the
game: to be extreme in the positive!
My personal
response to the Double Dare: I am grateful that my son is home safe with me. (Now
for those of you who know me personally, you KNOW how much I enjoy…ummm
(clear my throat) LOVE would be a better word-- my empty nest (smile). But I am
willingly give up “my space”, with all that is going on, to know he’s home and
he’s safe.)
Okay enough
about me, what’s yours? What’s your response to the Double Dare? (Feel free to
comment at the bottom of this post. Your comment just may uplift someone else
today.)
Now, I double
dare you to find and focus on one positive in your life right now. I also
double dare you to double dare someone else to do the same.
Spread the word…Sister U Matter!®
H.O.P.E.
by B.C. Raines on 04/09/20
Hold
On
Pain
Ends
I read this message
on a local digital church sign the other day and I thought what a timely hope reminder:
Hold On Pain Ends!
These are some
painful times that we are living through right now. Every day the news seems to
get worse and worse. A steady increase in the death toll, a dramatic increase
in the unemployment rate and the number of sick growing so rapidly that it
threatens to overload our health system. We suddenly find ourselves struggling
in areas in our lives individually, as well as a country, that we never could
have imagined just a month ago. It can be overwhelming, can’t it?
Yes, these are
painful times and we will live though them. Just remember H.O.P.E: Hold On Pain Ends!
You've got this…Sister U Matter!®
Take Your Own Test
by B.C. Raines on 03/25/20
Sis, the reason
you keep failing is because you keep looking over at her paper. Her test might
be different from yours. -12/11/19 Facebook Post
I like this
Facebook post. It speaks so much wisdom that can be easily missed if we don’t
pay attention. At whose paper do you keep looking? Trying to figure out their
moves and how they got what they have and where they are. You only see the outside but you have no idea what it took to get there or is taking to maintain. Sister, focus on your own test (life).
I have to admit
that sometimes the thing that my sister-friend had-- that I thought I wanted--
wasn’t what I thought it was. It wasn’t what it appeared to be. I was in a MUCH
better situation. Having what she had would have been a hot mess in my life. In
all actuality, it was a hot mess in her life too she just was just making it
look good to the outsiders.
Now go take your
own test. You’ve got this…Sister U
Matter!®