LIFE CAN BE OVERWHELMING|| WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

 

Good morning, wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. Thank you for checking out my blog today. I am very happy that you are here today.

Today, I want to share some tips that help me overcome the feeling of helplessness. This feeling usually manifests as an overwhelming emotion that almost paralyzes you and makes you forget everything you know and can do at the moment.

When something unexpected happens to us, the first emotion is fear. Our body starts releasing these toxic chemicals that make us feel bad and can't breathe. I have experienced these emotions and these tips I'm about to share with you, help me beat it EVERY TIME.

Here's what to do when you start feeling helpless, anxious, overwhelmed and afraid:

1. Take 21 deep breaths and concentrate on the inflow and outflow of each breath.

2. Get out of the house and step outdoors. Lift your hands aboove your head and look up. Then breathe in that fresh air with your arms in the air. 

3. Go for a fast walk. As you walk briskly, your mind becomes calm and follows the rythm of your movement.

4. Smile and say out loud, it is all working out for my good.

These steps listed above can be done at different times. If you try number 1 and it doesn't ease your mind, try number two and keep going until you feel a sense of calm within you.

I hope this helps you. If you know anyone who is always anxious or afraid, please share these tips with them.

There's always love in sharing.

Don't let anyone steal your joy!

Maryam

JUST STOP DOING THESE RIGHT NOW

 

Hello everyone, thank you for checking out my blog today. I am happy that you are here.

Here's what I need you to STOP doing right now:

STOP worrying about your resources

STOP worrying about how things will work out. 

STOP worrying about how it is all going to turn out. 

STOP arguing about your worth.

STOP focussing on what isn't bringing you peace.

START declaring healing

START claiming your blessing

START praising God for His limitless resources

START giving thanks for the good that is coming

START preparing for what you want

All the good you've been praying for is coming.

Don;t let anyone steal your joy!

Maryam

IT IS A LIE|| GOD HAS GOT YOU

 

What's up wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. It is a blessing to come to you today. How are you and how is life treating you? I hope all is going well with you. Welcome to Maryamsjoyfullife!

Today, I want to remind you that all that may seem to be going wrong in your life is simply a setup for a BIG COMEBACK! I know this because I have seen it happen to me over and over again. Whenever the enemy stirs something dumb to get you afraid, he expects you to be shaken and accept that things are going to hell. But I'm here to remind you to pray about EVERYTHING and all things. Your God is always ready to help you. Don't allow the enemy to make you believe that your life is beyond saving. For THERE'S NOTHING God cannot do. God loves you and is always ready to help you BUT, you have to be willing and receptive.

Here's how I express my willingness to God; I simply start giving glory to God in thanksgiving and then I follow it with a reminder of things in the past which seemed impossible, that God saw me through. 

Praise raises my vibration and shifts my focus to God. I promise you, any time you fix your focus on God, things change.

Today, look up to God and start giving thanks that God is always ready to deliver you and then start declaring your victory in the Name of Jesus over whatever you may be facing.

Don't Let Anyone Steal Your Joy!

Maryam

THE DEVASTATION IS JUST WHAT GOD NEEDS TO SHOW UP

 

Good morning, wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. I hope this blog meets you well. Today is a beautiful day and I am very excited to be blogging. Hope you all had a great weekend.

Are you currently going through a devastating life change? Do you feel like it's over for you? Is it so painful that you can't bring yourself to believe things can change? Well, I have good news for you. IT CAN CHANGE!

See, the reason you feel depressed and hopeless is because you did all you could but it obviously didn't work. Now let me introduce you to the God in you, who is always for you. As long as you keep trying to manipulate situations on your own, you will continue to re-create the same old pain. I know this from experience. I was struggling for years and didn't know what else to do. I prayed, fasted and studied the Word but nothing seemed to change until I did something different.

Here's what I did, I stopped trying too hard and praying too hard. I just started giving thanks and expressing my pain to God, declaring that God can handle it and even at the moment was in control. Then I took it a step further, I began to declare that I am a child of God and I deserve to be happy, joyful and free. The more I did that, the more the enemy was upset but that was not my concern. I just continued to focus on the blessing and power of God. Guess what? Everything changed for me. Things didn't change for me before I changed. I noticed that as I changed my perspective, everything around me couldn't help but also change to match my new perspective.

What if instead of focusing on the disappointment, you focus on the blessings you already have? 

What if instead of trying to get back at those who broke you, you focus on the strength that you already have?

What if instead of talking about the problems, you focus on God's Omniscience? 

We have made a religion out of worry and fear. We somehow have deluded ourselves to believe that we can change our lives by focusing on the pain and things that broke us but that's the very reason we are suffering. You energize and empower whatever you focus on.

Here's a better "what if": What if we focused on solution, instead of the problems? What if we get excited about the blessing we are about to see, instead of the pain staring us in the face?

In my life, I have seen God show up for me over and over again because I FOCUSED ON GOD! God is always the ANSWER to whatever you may be going through. I dare you to try God and you will see mountains become mole hills and valleys become mountains and seas dry up and problems become promotions.

Don't let anyone steal your joy!

Maryam

BEST CURE FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

 

Good morning wonderful friends. How are you today? I hope this blog post meets you well.

It is always very amazing to me to post a blog to you each time. I really look forward to it. 

Today, I want to talk about "The Cure For Disappointment." Everyone of us has been or will be disappointed at some point in our lives and that is a fact. Here's where most of us miss it; most of us allow a disappointment to dictate the trajectory of our lives and let it affect us until we die. But it doesn't have to be that way.

When we hold on to hurtful things done to us by others or ourselves, we are keeping our peace from coming to us. We are standing in the way of our good. You will never feel good if you're holding on to UNFORGIVENESS from a disappointment. Blessings will escape us and life becomes hard and unbearable. We don't feel motivated to get up and go about our day. That's how depression comes in and then we find ourselves dependent on External things such as drugs, sex, people's approval and so on to keep our minds right . If we depend on something outside of us to make us feel good, we will never feel good for a long time. We will always be needy and insatiable. But here's the good news, we can LET GO of the hurt and pain from ANY disappointment. How do we do this? By truly FORGIVING ourselves, the people who hurt us and the whole situation. I find that prayer, deep breaths  and an affirmation help when I am fuming with anger from a disappointment. 

Take this Affirmation:

I now let go of everything and everyone that I hold any form of unforgiveness towards. I free them and myself from this prison and I now go free. Unforgiveness has lost it's hold over me now and forever. It is done.

I hope you have an amazing day!

Don't let anyone or thing steal your joy!

Maryam 

HOW TO HEAL YOUR HEART|| TUESDAY MORNING ROUTINE

 Good morning, wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. I hope this post meets you well. Today is a beautiful day. Thank you all so much for checking out my blog today. You are truly appreciated.

Wherever you are right now reading this, I want you to know that you are loved. Your presence on Earth is valuable and no terrible thing you have been through disqualifies you from a life of peace, love and abundance. I am writing this post specifically to you. Remember that God knows your name has not deserted you. You are so amazing and so loved right now. Just get up and shakeoff whatever is weighing you down and declare this affirmation:

 "I am already loved by God and I am worthy of good things. I give myself permission to receive good things in my life now. I give thanks for all the good I now have."

Make sure to feel the affirmation saturate your entire being as you speak it. Let your mind be at rest because everything is working out for your good and in your favor.

Here's something you can do today; Go outside and breathe in that fresh air. Throw your hands up in the sky and smile as you do. I have found that to work every time to make me feel better whenever I allow negative thoughts to creep in. 

If you can, get some fresh indoor flowers and decorate your space with it. I have found it to bring life into my living space.

Have a great day and remember not to let anyone or anything steal your joy!

Maryam 

IT IS ABOUT TO BE THE NEW YEAR

 

Hello wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. I am so grateful to be posting a blog your way today. How are you?

I sincerely hope that all is well with you today. If things are not going the way you'd hoped, I agree with you today in the name of The Lord; Most High that everything turns around speedily by the grace of God in your favor. Get ready for your miracle. 

This year 2021 has been an maazing year for me. I am grateful for everything but most of all; I am grateful for the gift of life and peace each and everyday. I have lost the desire to be compulsive about things and people. By that I mean, the desire to force people to agree with me or force things to go my way. The years I did that, even if things went my way, the happiness didn't last. But now, as I surrender everything to God, it all works out with grace and perfectly. I have peace and I have joy every night.

God is soo good!

I encourage you to trust God more and live expecting good things to happen to you and all around you. As you do this, you will see more of the good and every unpleasnat experience will lose it's power over you.

Happy New Year!

Here's to a year of health, wealth, peace and prosperity!

Don't let anyone steal your Joy!

Maryam

MY CHRISTMAS RECAP AND STORY

 

Hello wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. I hope this blog meets you well. It is always a blessing to share a post with you on this blog. I hope you had a blissful, joyful and an amazing Christmas celebration with your family.

I sure did have a one of a kind Christmas and Birthday celebration this year. I am talking about how I felt and the whole atmosphere. I found myself counting my blessings most of the time. This Christmas got me thinking about how far I have come and how good my God is. 

I remember one Christmas a few years back, I was pregnant with my first child and was staying at a friend's house while she was away. Things didn't turn out right and we were kicked out in the rain. That was not a good experience but it taught me one thing; there's nothing like having your own house. 

Being in this position of having my own space and the prosperity to maintain and keep rising, makes my life so beautiful and I have God to thank for that. 

During the holidays, I always go over the top, I mean I cook everything and all things I could cook. Then I end up throwing out a whole lot of food later. I don't like throwing away food. Well, to make a change this year, I decided to do something different this time. I made fufu and egusi soup for Christmas this year. Yasss! Check out my instagram for the reels. Follow me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/maryamsjoyfullifeblog/

 

Although I still baked cookies with my baby girl; sweet Zozo this year, as I have always done, all the other extras such as ham, turkey, rolls, mashed potatoes and gravy I skipped on purpose this year. It felt great to just enjoy the holiday without the guilt of all the waste of leftovers. I rested like I have not rested in a while and it felt great too! I refused to allow myself feel guilty for not repeating the tradition of cooking all things and everything and I felt great!

The kids had a great time too. Our time during the Christmas celebration was peaceful, joyful and amazing. Everyone was healthy and merry and that was more than I could ask for. We even made a gingerbread house :). See that video on https://www.instagram.com/maryamsjoyfullifeblog/

I believe enjoying every moment with family during the holidays and counting your blessings instead of comparing your life to other people's is a healthy way to spend the holiday season. Because when we count our blessings, we draw more blessings into our lives. 

I have so much to be grateful for this holiday and my peace of mind is top of the list.

Don't let anyone steal your joy!

Maryam

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE|| NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Hello everyone. Thank you for checking out my blog today. It is always a blessing coming to you all. 

Hope your day has been amazing and you have had a fully rested weekend. I have kinda had a rested weekend lol... I am so excited to share my news with you all. I finally completed my latest novel and I feel really good about it. It is my first book at over 100 pages and I am pretty stoked about it. 

This is book will entertain and inspire you at the same time. I hope you're ready for it. I have it available in e-book and paperback. The paperback is available to order now, the e-book is scheduled to be released tomorrow(Dec20, 21) and the hardcover will be released soon. I look forward to inspiring and entertaining through the pages of my new book : Chased By a Baller. Place your order here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NRCW22Q?ref=exp_maryamsjoyfullife_dp_vv_d

I am so excited to share excerpts in future blog posts with you.

Until then, have an amazing evening and a very safe Christmas!

Maryam

WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT ME ANYMORE

 

Good morning everyone. Thank you for checking out my blog today. It is indeed a good day. I am grateful for the blessing of life. 

I don't know what you may currenlty be experiencing but I understand how hard life can get when all you think you know comes crashing down on you. This is what I want to talk about today.

Early 2020 my life came to a nosedive and it was designed to kill me but I'm still here. Perhaps some of you reading this were amongst those who expected me to crash but hey, I am flying and soaring. LOL!

The reason why I didn't die is because of God. I trust in God and believe in grace. The grace of God is always sufficient for me no matter what the situation. When the devil came at me and expected me to crash, I exptected myself to rise above it. I knew the enemy didn't and will never stand a chance against me. I am surrounded and I know it very well.

You too can be victorious and successful. It doesn't matter what is thrown your way, You have omnipresent help with you. You just need to declare and begin to see a victory before it can manifest.

I  am believing for greater things for you in this season. I believe you will see God do amazing things for you and come through like you've never imagined before. You just stay hopeful and trust even if you don't see a way that God is the way!

I love you and I am excited to see you victorious.

Don't let anyone steal your joy!

Maryam

PLEASE READ BEFORE MAKING JUDGEMENTS

 Good morning, wonderful, amazing, sweet and lovely people. I hope this meets you well. It is always a joy to post a blog. I want to share something important with you all.

How often do we make conclusions before we even see the whole picture. It's crazy how we get easily deceived by our perception of things before we see the whole picture. This happens all the time on social media, where we get so carried away by the highlight reels that we make our conclusions before we see the whole picture or read the post. 

I made a post a couple of days ago with my friend Rashad from https://www.youtube.com/c/ShawdGawdTV. Make sure to subscribe to his channel. I know that videos like the one we made are often about romantic relationships but we made a twist to it. A fried of mine said congrats to me and I laughed so hard because I knew she didn't read the post that came after the picture I had shared. I like seeing this type of reaction from people because it lets me see how easily swayed we are. 

I am now challenging myself to read before I leap because I don't want to be an idiot. Lol! 

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In the mean time, thank you all for your support!

Don't let anyone steal your joy!

Maryam