Living by the sunshine

Book Review: Till death do us part By: Derek A. Tong     This book review is completely VOLUNTARY, but I reached out to him many, many moons ago and I got my hands on a copy of his books...      In the Epigraph he quoted Henry Wary Beecher "Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions  us for better things". I personally believe he makes us face things that he knows we are strong enough  to face. Which works both ways, positive and negative.  Positive because it makes you are becoming a better person with every battle you face. Negative because it's a lot of work and I'm particularly lazy with some things... MOST THINGS...      Derek writes as how the hospital personnel only gave him a 15% chance of survival and that's much  like my circumstances. My mom told me how there was one doctor who was the only one who thought  I was going to survive, and she over heard h...

Law of Attraction... I learnt this skill from Terri Savelle-Foy and later from the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author, Jack Canfield. Afterwards, I heard it from numerous successful people.       In fact, there is a movie that teaches you how to use this ability and make it work for you. The Secret I am a personal testimony on how well this law works. In fact, at least 3 times (or more!) , this principle has worked for me personally. Something magical happens when you put pen to paper...  1. I became Treasurer of my English Honor Society (club) my senior year.                 Keep in mind, I set that goal Sophomore year while I was in the sponsor's class.  (The other officers spots I held were just granted to me by the power of               the High School Clubs Gods)        2. I was awarded Ms.Dedicated in my Senior class. In your  o...

If you would be able to time travel? Or...  Change history would you do it?      If the decision of turning back time laid in your hands, or your praying skills work immediately & God really wanted things to go a different way, WOULD YOU CHANGE THE PAST EVENTUALLY CHANGING YOUR PRESENT AND, ULTIMATELY YOUR FUTURE?     Image if we run as fast as the 'Flash, Barry Allen' (charter name) or we could time travel like Henry De Tamble and his daughter, in 'The Time Traveler's Wife. Imagine you had the abilities to go back to a specific time in history...  Where you go??? Would you change something? If you ask me personally, what I would change, if I could go to to the past... Looking at how my life is completely different now, (meaning area of studies, my view on life, my relationship views,  and happiness over all) weirdly enough, I wouldn't change a lot or anything at all.       Sounds weird, right? ...

First thing First !!! I want to go a Q&A on my Youtube channel but.... I need questions so... If you would please help me out with that??? You may send the questions to me through instagram or/and E-mail ( btrzrivero@yahoo.com ).  🙏🙏🙏   This was written January 23, 2015... While reading ahead in my 5-year journal,  I found an interesting question that I do not exactly know how to answer it...  Okay, so I might want to start by saying or coming to the realization, of "Who am I?" and  not just the exterior part of my that is displayed on social media or, the part of me I used  to let my members, when I worked at the credit union, see. I later answered my own question...  "independent young girl  woman who loves to hard & hurts too easily. I am weak but I am also strong. I am open to change but, I still prefer everything to stay like it is and has always been.  I am...

Relationships (even marriage) after TBI This is kinda a response to a question asked to me a while back, but also goes hand in hand with my post recent video ( Boyfriend/Girlfriend Tag ). I know of some TBI survivors that have had great success in their relationships/marriages and others that weren't so lucky... As I posted the question on different social platforms; I got a few responses ...  😪 🙏 😪 😍 💗 💯 So, my point of view is that everyone in any or every state can find someone to love them.  BUT, the same is true that no one needs someone to complete them! & that everyone first has to learn how to love themselves before they can learn to love another.  What has this injury taken away? It has taken away the privacy, I enjoyed as a young adult (Even though that privacy was the principle reason everything that happened to me, HAPPENED). But, I was immature and naive.   I st...

Meet a survivor Monday!!!  First Monday of each month...  On May 22,2019, Emily Presnell-Lee (@emily.presnell.lee) , was being challenged.  After getting in 2 car accidents & a fractured lower back, in the same month which led to having a back brace for 8 months... Like many other survivors including myself,  she compensated her lower back with other muscles to do similar tasks.   Relating back to my ability to write with both my left and right hand. I am naturally right handed but using my left hand at a point and time was easier. Emily also faced a declining in her mental health.  Relating back to my case, I worked full-time and attending school full-time as well.  She says she became very depressed; Which brings me back to an appointment where I was diagnosed  'Severely depressed' earlier on my journey It's surprising how it only takes a second for everything to change. She later got into Yo...