15 Jul Everything has a price...what is yours? by Lady Charmaine Day

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Everything has a price. What is yours? Do you know for what price you can be bought or sold? How much does it cost to lose your soul? Sanity can be measured. It is the ease at which you are able to breathe and sleep at night. It is the amount of frown lines you have in your face, it is the words that you never say and are never spoken about you in love and tenderness. For nothing, you give everything you have to go after the 5ws. The who, what, when, where, and why of the world. And the 5ws are:

Who...Who do I know, Whose network do I belong to, Who am I (my title, my position), and Who am I with (dating or married to).

What... What you look like. What you have.  What you own.  What you are (I am Doctor Jones etc.). 

When...When do I get the next thing. When did I accomplish what I have now.  When I get "X" then I'll be happy or satisfied (but upon getting x you never are) and your life is driven by what age you accomplish something.

Where...Where do I live. Where do I work. Where do I or my family accomplish our daily active living.

Why...Why do I get what I have (the world calls it the halo effect when you get what you do because of a certain reason that most people have a favorable bias towards).

Thinking that once you have it, it will come. The it being the happy ending, the happiness that you had wanted all your life, the feeling of satisfaction, the never ceasing smile. But upon getting it, because that is what you tied your sanity to, you are never satisfied. Because you see, all of those are things, idols, things that you worshipped versus god and god said not to worship any other god but him.

I have been there and done that. My price, what I worshipped and got for the wrong reasons: husband, six figure income, title, car, house, all for the "right image". Who was I posing for? The world. The world wasn't feeding me, financing me or f***ing me so why did I give up my sanity for the right image? At the end of the day, when all of that was gone (all the "right image things" everything that I thought would make me happy), no one who was looking came to save me, except one. God.

God. The hand I let go of to pursue the right image, was the only one extended to me to stand back up. And when I dropped the S from my chest for being my own savior and superwoman and picked up the J for jesus, I truly began to live. I was 34. For 34 years I was the dead walking. Being alive, happy, content, fulfilled, I can honestly say, I never knew that before I surrendered to god for relationship.

Today, we are in the middle of hard times. When hard times occur, it is survival of the fittest. Companies use "the times" as an excuse to clean house and do whatever they want to reform and to make a profit. And you, you are left to fend for yourself. To battle the corporate mind games of being in the rat race. To deal with the high cost of barely surviving. And if you are doing it in your own strength, just like you have done it all this time, how far do you think you are going to get? WHO DO YOU THINK IS IN CONTROL? WAKE UP!!! God is in control. And he is not bothered by the sign of the times. Because for those who call his name he will hear them and give them his grace, love, favor and mercy. While plagues may come over other houses, they will pass yours by. Humble yourself and find God.

And the way back is simply to ask for forgiveness and to seek his face.

And to stand. Stand on scripture. Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me". Stand on this word until you are the word and the word and you are one.

Remember as you come and you go, ask God to order your footsteps. Pray for everything, your home, your job, your family, your friends, your happiness and for peace. Nothing good will be withheld from you, if you believe and have faith in God, not yourself. I can tell you, that serving God and not relying on myself to get through life is easier. I don't get stressed by what I see because I know he's got me. Having a relationship with God and tying my self-image to this one fact: I am a Christian, God has me, gives me peace of mind and the confidence that I will be safe and secure throughout life's trials and tribulations. That my fate is not determined by man but God gives me peace. A peace of mind that you can not buy. And I want that for you. Now is the time to make sure that your most valuable asset is your relationship with God and your most used resource is the bible. Seek comfort in the fact that whatever you may face in this world, it will not overcome you because God will help keep you and protect you.

Remember, stay blessed.

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Lady Charmaine Day

 

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Lady Charmaine Day

Lady Charmaine Day grew up in Roosevelt (Long Island), New York. She was an A student throughout her school tenure. She was her senior class president, homecoming queen, yearbook editor and public school announcer. She graduated #3 in her class. Lady Day obtained her bachelors of science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. While attending Cornell, she was a Cornell Tradition Fellow and inducted into the prestigious Quill and Dagger Senior Honor Society. Lady Charmaine obtained her master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. She served as a student senator while at Columbia, had an A average and was inducted into the prestigious Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kappa Honor Societies.

Lady Day is a seasoned business woman with over twenty years executive human resources and business consulting experience. During her tenure in corporate America, Lady Charmaine Day worked for Fortune 50 companies including Phillip Morris, FMC, Ingersoll-Rand, Nabisco, Porter Novelli, and Ketchum/Stromberg Consulting Division. She has worked for non-profit organizations including Lighthouse International, North General Hospital, New York Hospital and The Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street).

Lady Charmaine Day is a pastor who is a leader cherished for her commitment to her community. Always funny and candid about herself and the world she helps to shape, in 2008 Lady Charmaine Day created an on-line ministry called Unlimited Help On-Line Ministry done through Lady Charmaine Day's website, app, and Taboo Talk internet radio show
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Lady Charmaine Day also is an author and publisher of eight books: a Christian wisdom book called “Zero Mathematics: The Science of Today”, her autobiography entitled “Size 7 ½: Walk A Mile In My Shoes," her memoir called “One Step From Insanity: Actual Words From the Psych Ward," a book of wisdom called "Trinkette's Wisdom For Every Day Living", a book of self-help and sequel to her autobiography called "H.E.E.D. S.I.M.P.L.E." and co-authored with Brooklyn Mike aka Mike Troy, a book of Christian comedy/philosophy called "MINDF.U.C.C.," a self-help book called "Lady Day's Pearls Of Wisdom" and her latest book a business/self-help book called Cyber Hustle. In recognition of her book sales, March 2009, she was inducted into Barnes and Noble Hall of Fame.


Lady Charmaine is the host of “Taboo Talk” which she created and has been producing since May 2008. Taboo Talk is a live internet radio show on www.blogtalkradio.com/taboo-talk and Itunes.
From 2008-2010 Taboo Talk was a cable Television show that aired on Time Warner MNN in Manhattan and on BronxNet in the Bronx.

Lady Day has started her own line of clothing called G.I.R.S.H. (an alien nation with their pets). She also is a singer, writer and composer of music. In 2008 she released her first cd single called “The L.C.D. (the lowest common denominator).

January 15, 2009, she told the testimony of her life on Broadway at Terri William’s Open Book on Broadway to rave reviews. December 16, 2009, Lady Charmaine Day appeared on the Dr. Oz show that featured a panel of seven women who overcame their symptoms of depression. She was assigned to discuss weight gain as a warning sign of depression. In acknowledgment of Lady Day’s accomplishments, Cambridge’s selected her to be a 2008-2009 Who’s Who Among Executives and Entrepreneurs.


Lady Charmaine Day has been a mental health advocate since 1997. Since 2008, she has volunteered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness as a presenter and state wide trainer for their In Our Own Voice Program (NAMI IOOV). May 2011,in recognition of her significant contribution to their In Our Own Voice program, Lady Charmaine Day was inducted into the NAMI Hall of Fame. November 2015, Lady Charmaine Day was honored to receive the NAMI NYS 2015 Media Award for her outreach work regarding mental health.

Lady Charmaine Day is the consummate pastor who enjoys interacting with her audiences, therefore whenever she is providing a consultation or is in front of an audience you will be guaranteed that transformation will occur!

Website: www.ladycharmaineday.com