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Old Car, Hard Road

Kimberly Cooley — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:07:27 +0000

Good morning. An old car on a hard road. This morning I had a competitive experience with a gentleman driving an older model car. Throughout the stretch of the 6 mile highway from our neighborhood to the interstate, he literally smoked me. To give you a visual, I was still in the last curve when he was exiting onto I55. Then something weird happened. He fell back completely out of sight.

I could only come away with the assumption that though he knew his older car was able to burn pavement on a short highway, he failed to understand that it could do the same in the distance. Nothing changed but the highway, but when it was time to go the distance, fear controlled his confidence, and he simply chose to fall back. Because of his own insecurities and doubt, he placed limitations on the car and simply became hind sight to all around him. What the owner of that old car failed to see was that all of his power wasn’t just under the hood. He forgot that more power existed in his faith and confidence, than in the engine alone.

Many people are very similar to the driver of that old car. They will be right there with you for the short, wild rides that don’t require anything of them. They will be there during those moments when seemingly life itself can’t touch you. They will push you to your max but only to get out of you what they need at that moment. But when it’s time to go the distance, they decelerate out of uncertainty. When the bright colors and flashiness is gone, so is their faith and support in you.

When it all comes together, you and that old car need the same thing… someone whose faith matches yours. Someone who’s strapped in and in it for the ride. What you need is someone who isn’t afraid to break you and tell you the truth by pushing you beyond your limits so that they can help repair you – so that they can help make you better. Much like my friend, Rox.

Peace – Kimberly

Forward

Kimberly Cooley — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:14:39 +0000

“Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.” – Anonymous

Keep pressing forward, Mr. President!

Peace – Kimberly

What’s Your Reality?

Kimberly Cooley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:19:00 +0000

Good evening. Life is not a MTV, 30 minute episode; it is a series of occurrences that are not pre-scripted nor directed by man but instead, divinely predestined by God. Reality TV will NEVER be as spontaneous or exciting as your own happenings, so enjoy you and all that "you" encompass and live life as if the world depends on it…cause it does; your just that special!!

Peace – Kimberly

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Breaking Point

Kimberly Cooley — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:59:00 +0000

Good evening. The moment in which you realize that you can grip that thing that is holding you back is the very moment that you decide to defeat it.

Peace – Kimberly

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Beautiful

Kimberly Cooley — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:36:00 +0000

Good evening. Being unhappy with who we are at our core is equivalent to telling God to go back to the drawing board. Always remember that we all were fearfully and wonderfully made crafted so delicately at His hands.

"…You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well." - Psalm 139:14 AMP

Always know that you are beautiful, and always remember that you were meant to be.

Peace – Kimberly

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Convincing Computer Animation Recreates Hudson Plane Landing

Kimberly Cooley — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:23:00 +0000

Atta Boy, AJ!!! (Correction: All A’s and No B’s))

Kimberly Cooley — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Some news on the home front. I received this yesterday from Alex. This Sparkle Gram for Preparedness was also accommodated with another Sparkle Gram for Good Behavior and an All (A’s) report card…..For those of you that don’t know, AJ is my 8 year old God-son.

Value Added

Kimberly Cooley — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Good evening. In the arena of marketing, value-added is heavily used to indicate an enhancement to a product or an entity. Bring it closer; what's your value? Are you positively contributing just as much time, energy, and effort into this world as you're capable of contributing? If not, then what's the hold up? Why aren't you making things happen now – in the moment in which you are mobile, living, and able to do so. John 9:4 (Amplified Bible) says, 'We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when NO man can work." Let's roll!

Peace – Kimberly

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Do It Right!

Kimberly Cooley — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:46:00 +0000

“The New Cool is to be presidential: walk presidential, talk presidential and act presidential. No matter what you do, where you are in your life; through crisis, frustration, aggravation, good, bad or sad times. Carry yourself presidential. Dare to dream the big dream and work hard to be an agent of change.” – Kevin Liles

(If you don’t know, Kevin Liles went from an Intern to President of Def Jam)

Why Did I Change My Blog

Kimberly Cooley — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:49:00 +0000

…Because I changed my life’s focus.

In this moment in time, it is absolutely essential that I embrace the reality of being free in all aspects of life. I accept that I will be “troubled on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but never destroyed.” When restrictions or limitations are attempted to be placed upon me, I will know deep in my heart and in my spirit that I am truly “FREE BY DESIGN!”

Peace,

Kimberly

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