Urban Freedom Magazine Fall2016 "The New Black Wall St" Vol1 | Page 17

Tell it From the Mountain
Motivation and
Inspiration

By: Rasheedah Cornish

"The Self Revolving Door"
I never realized how closed off I actually was to my own ability to accept and recognize
blessings. Sometimes we become so conditioned to ghting battles we THINK we are facing,
that we let the blessings slip between the crevices of conditions that are not conducive to
our own well being. 51
I thought I had enough faith, enough know how and will to live a good life. I thought I was
making big strides in my life journey. I was foolishly wrong. It wasn't until my own ways took me
down that I realized what I was doing. Blocking my blessings and being my own personal
devil. I was blessed but barely getting by. I was doing everything I could. Things just weren't
adding up. God Himself had to literally open my eyes to bring me to the light He had already
been revealing to me. I had been overlooking everything good by still dwelling in a dark
place after already being delivered. Darkness is the space that exist in the lives of people
who try to do everything themselves. I was close but shoul