Hey, it's your girl, simply Shanika, and you are now listening to The Goddess Confessions. the goddess confessions. What do blessings mean to you? You hear that word because it's used quite often. What does it mean to you?

To me, it means a peace of mind.

To me, it means self-love and growth, most importantly, growth, growth, growth,

I always stress that and it means abundance and the ability to keep going.

Even when you don't think you can,

it means intelligence in all areas. It means life, period. I was just thinking

about that today because I was sitting here and I'm adding some finishing touches on my script because I have a

a brunch today and I'm going to be speaking to women and connecting with them

and helping them along their journeys and all I could think was wow.

Look how far, excuse me, I've come in my life. And it made me really emotional because I have, I have come a long way.

And I'm sure a lot of people that are listening to this

feel the same way about their life.

When you look back on a lot of things that you went through

and you thought that that was it this is the worst thing ever and you can't make

it through but you did. That's a blessing.

And I owe that to the Creator and I owe that to myself for trusting the process and I kept on fighting.

I've had a lot of things thrown at me.

A lot and if you've been following me since I've entered you know the scene around 2008 then you know you already know and I'm not supposed to, I feel like I'm not supposed to be here

right now with everything that I've had to deal with in face, but I am. I am, and like that is such a major blessing.

The fact that I've been able to make it through and I always come out on top regardless of what is thrown at

you what has happened to you no matter how you felt look at your life right now and look back on things that happen to you and what you've been through and be grateful for where you are now because I guarantee you those situations you went through and

those people that did whatever they've done to you look at their life and look at

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