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I've got so much to thank God for So many wonderful blessings and so many open doors A brand new mercy  Along with each new day That's why I praise You And for this I give You praise A dear friend sent me the YouTube link to this song this morning.  He told me that it was a song of thanksgiving for me in his life.  I've just listened to it now and with tears streaming down my face, I'm writing this.  I am grateful for friends who tell me how much I mean to them, not because I want praise or acknowledgement, but because it tells me that I am behaving in ways that show him that I care about him as a person, that I care about the troubles that he is facing so that I can be there to listen.  He doesn't realise, that man, this song is literally a Godsend, and that this woman is SANGING how I feel.  Today is au auspicious day for me, well, actually it started yesterday. but I'm on the road to finally submitting my doctoral thesis and I tell you, it has bee...

It's so crazy to me  How mistakes can be A blessing in disguise Lord, I'm so glad you're making me A masterpiece (masterpiece) Sometimes I don't believe in blessings in disguise.  You can take things at face value and not really understand the deeper meaning of things.  There are so many things that are crazy to me. Coincidences, planets aligning, call it what you want.  But there are too many of these types of things that I don't know how to explain them.  Sometimes you have to wait until some situation presents itself and then you realise why you made decisions - because they lead you to opportunities that you didn't foresee, but could feel was coming. (Hit me!) When you look at me Do you see a work of art in the making? Sketch of what I'll be I wonder what you see in me Like what do you think? When my life is not a melody in the morning And I feel off key yeah Do you still believe in me? Like a symphony, hey You know how to make all thin...

Alo i ou faiva ia manuia 'Aua e te loto vaivai pe a o'o mai faigata Lua te faatasi ma le Atua I so'o se ala e te uia O le a ou faiva o le ā e alo atu i ai?  E tofu lava tatou ma tofi ma tiute o lo'o feagai ai i totonu o aiga, fale faigaluega, Ekalesia ma nisi foi fa'alapotopotoga.  E faigofie lava ona fa'aalia amio, pei o le musu ma le augatā, pe a o'o ina foliga e faigata auala o lo'o i o tatou luma.  A faapea e tumau pea lagona vaivai ma le lē lava o lou fa'atuatua, ia e toaga ma mafuta ma le Atua.  A tatou to'a'aga e mafuta ma le Atua e ala i talosaga, e fa'afofoga mai pea le Tamā i tatou manaoga.  Ae ou te masalo o le itu sesē o lo'o manatu ai le to'atele o le tatou atunu'u - w mo'i e fa'afofoga le Atua i tatou talosaga, ae, e galo ia latou, o Lana finagalo paia e tatau ai ona tatou lagolago i ai. E iai nisi taimi e lē talia le Atua tatou talosaga e tusa ma tatou mana'oga, auā e le'i tutusa lo tatou ga...

O Lord, please hear my prayer: In the morning when I rise It's Your servant bound for glory, O dear Lord please hear my prayer What are you prepared to do as you rise each morning?  Fill your head with the intentions that you plan for each day. Visualise the different activities that you will go through as you continue to serve.  It is a difficult life to lead, one of service, ultimately putting others before yourself.  This is what we are taught to do from such an early age within Samoan culture and other indigenous cultures that I have had the pleasure to meet in my short life so far.  Do you doubt that your prayer will be heard?  In these uncertain times with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world, we must learn to rise together. O Lord, please hear my prayer, Keep me safe within Your arms It's Your servant bound for glory, O dear Lord please hear my prayer I never thought I would experience anything like this pandemic in my lifetime.  We would...

Closing door to open more  Is not in my nature I look at her and try my best But I only see my failure How do you convince someone that they are more than their failures?  You can only be a cheerleader for so long before you use up all the cheer that you could've used on your own damn self.  I guess there is only so much that you can do.  But move yourself to the side for a minute.  When we are confronted with what we feel might seem like irrational behaviour might actually be a cry for help. Do they pull away from you because they see no other options in sight?  It must be hard to be around someone who believes in you and thinks you can do anything you set your mind to when you doubt yourself constantly.  Don't think about her success.  She isn't successful to make you feel like a failure.  She never intended for you to feel that way.  Ey, these memories keep blinding me From everything I could feel There's many ways to move on...

To be honest, sometimes I wonder If it's come time to pack it in If I've given my best and there's nothing left So my best days are at an end though You might be struggling to keep things together at the moment.  You hide your private pain in public places and nobody is aware of what you're going through.  Sound familiar?  When do you know when to pack it in?  We persist in the face of what's staring straight back at us, but do we accept what we see?  How much gas is left in your tank?  We have little time to be honest with each other, and more importantly, being honest with ourselves.  Have a serious think about whether your best days have come to an end.  If not - get out there and hustle like mad. Then I remember that You would never Let me face what's next alone I know that You're giving me s trength when I'm weak  And expect me to carry on Who has high expectations of you?  As a former high school teacher, the job entail...

There used to be another girl She once lived in her mother's world Who grew up in the flowers and dirt Always playing  Never far from your door Do you remember what you were like as a child?  Would you have imagined that you would grow up and be exactly where you are now?  Can you remember playing outside your house, playing with the neighbour's kids?  I remember being friends with the boy next door and I also remember his mother trying to discourage that friendship.  I can understand it now as an adult because she was a white woman who didn't want her eldest of two boys to be friends with the Polynesian girl from next door.  Even with my perfect English and soft-spoken voice, it was still too confronting for her to have her son be friends with someone like me. And there was you Playing games outside my house Just two small people No fear or doubts Who knew you were always gonna be Such a part of me Ain't it funny what love can do I remember...

Here we are, together And everything between us is good I'm right here in this cloud baby Ready to fly but before I take Another step When you are in a new space with someone new, you can often be left trying to figure out what to do, where to begin, how to get things moving.  Do things even need to move at all?  The nerves kick in, there is a silence that ensues because the last thing you want is to continually chatter about nothing and ruin a potentially good conversation.  What cloud are you in?  Even if you are to find yourself there with someone, do you really want to be there?  What will make you take that final step? Would you catch me if I fall for you? 'Cause I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling Has someone told you that they think they are falling in love with you?  It's not something you probably hear every day and you probably don't even know how to take that in - especially if you've just met the person.  How can they possibly ...