Spiritual Awakening: The Road Home!!!
Many a nights I leave an arena and a stadium and my road home takes me down different paths. It is on the road home that I am able to reflect and experience the spiritual awakening process in the quiet of my car. A recurring message that I receive on my road home is to continue to take action. As I pull my car into the parking space at my condo many nights I take a moment to look to the heavens and thank GOD and my Angels for guiding me and keeping me safe on the road home. This may be a literal depiction of the road home however I also think of the spiritual journey that we will all make home one day. When that day comes to take that journey home to GOD to be reconnected with those close to you that GOD called home prior to you there will be two questions for you to answer. you will be asked to answer if you lived a life of joy and if your life brought joy to others. If you can answer those two questions with a yes you will know that you led a complete life. Through the spiritual awakening process I learned that it is not about the materialistic things like the fancy house, the expensive car, the pricey clothes I learned it is about be of service and value to others and glorifying GOD. It is about make a positive impact on the lives of those who you have come in contact with. Many people think the fancy house, the expensive car, and the pricey clothes is what brings happiness when in reality those materialistic things only reinforce a factor of greed that only leads to a downfall as greed is one of the deadly sins. In our American Culture Today we have a tendency to focus on what someone owns instead of what they are doing to make the community a better place. As I was out in my community today promoting The American Cancer Society Relay For Life I had a great discussion with someone in which I made the point that the day I have enough money to buy the Mercedes will be a day when I buy a practical care and find ways to use the rest of the money to help other people excel. She said that is an amazing outlook on life. She also stated you know we come into this world as dust and we leave as dust and the only thing that really matters is if you touched someone’s life in a positive way.
Kansas sums up our human existence so well in their song Dust In The Wind as in the entire scheme of things we are but one spec of dust put on earth with a purpose and when that purpose is met and GOD has used for his purpose he calls you home. I am asked all the time JDOGG why Does GOD call so many at a young age? The answer is to teach us a lesson to live each moment and learn from all those we come in contact with. Sometimes GOD will take a child to save the parents the burden of large hospital bills and more heartache while at other times GOD will spare the child and provide outlets for the parents to become messengers. GOD will turn what we perceive to be a mess into a message. God will take what we think is a test and turn it into a testimony. The key is to understand that we are all on a road home and along that road we will be given messages to follow and GOD will watch over and protect us until GOD wants to call us home. There is a belief among those in the spiritual realm that you and GOD made an agreement in the womb and GOD is doing all he can to fulfill your agreement but you have to do your part.
Many times during my spiritual awakening process I have been asked this question as I tend to look at people and smile. It is part of my outgoing personality and many times people do not know how to react to a stranger smiling at them. Instead of being cordial and saying hello they will become aggressive and I answer I was looking at you and sending positive energy to you. Most times this combats the initial negative energy that this question conjures up. Sometimes in taking action and stepping into our power we will encounter those who have not accepted the idea of being on a spiritual journey and thus don’t get it. Many people feel they are being judged or don’t realize that what they are wearing might peak the interest of others.
One of the first facets one adopts as part of the spiritual awakening process is that of being kind.In being kind and giving you open up channels to receive. When you take action to become a giver you put in motions the wheels of the universe to turn and prosper you. Look at how many times you were cheerful in your giving and the positive impact it had on your personal and professional life. Giving can be a great anthem to adopt. In giving it is not always about a monetary donation it can be giving services, being a listening ear, giving of time, or simply giving direction. In awakening to the concept of giving you will reap many rewards. 
As I emceed The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Coral Springs I witnessed many opportunities that opened up the inspirational funnel. This particular moment was when Kids of Love honored Aaron who was celebrating his 6th birthday. Aaron is a cancer survivor and when he took the microphone and said “Hello, I love you,” to the crowd you could feel the inspiration that he exuded. Through out the night seeing his smile and all the survivors kept the participants inspired to keep walking as they celebrated those who have survived cancer, remembered those lost to cancer, and fought back by raising funds for research, education, advocacy, and services. As of Saturday morning over $129,000 was raised.