{"id":218,"date":"2007-08-08T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com.s96953.gridserver.com\/site\/?p=218"},"modified":"2007-08-08T04:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T04:06:00","slug":"the-only-way-to-go-is-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/the-only-way-to-go-is-up.html","title":{"rendered":"The Only Way To Go Is Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just took a break from Every Woman to update this blog. I am sleepy and grumpy. Sleepy because I did not take a nap this afternoon, and grumpy because this chapter is more difficult than I care for. In some chapters, the words just flow so easily that I do not wanna stop, and in other chapters, I cannot wait to finish. In this cycle (there are five chapters in a cycle as u know), Ebele is gonna be my most interesting character to write about, but currently, I am still on Jazz, so I still have to get thru Moremi. Whew!<\/p>\n<p>The past two weeks have been something else! What does not kill you only makes you stronger. I do not wish to go into details about any of the events that have tumbled my life lately &#8211; however painful &#8211; but I don&#8217;t mind disclosing that I have been suffering from stomach virus for the past week. If you have never had it, then thank God for that. I have been having serious stomach pain &#038; throwing up everything I eat. The annoying thing is that I have not been able to eat well because of the pain, but then I also develop hunger pains because I don&#8217;t eat well. However, you know what happens when I eat, right? Yeap. I still get stomach cramps and I throw the food up anyway. But I&#8217;m all better now. It&#8217;s not completely gone, but I am certainly better.<\/p>\n<p>My friends (Funmi, Busola, &amp; Tim) came by to keep me company yesterday. They&#8217;re such darlings. My aunt bought me juice and grapes. Mom cooked me pepper soup and bought me ice cream. Sola brought me some stew. Funmi bought me yogurt, peaches, and croissants, and Tim ate everything (Bless her heart). With all the TLC I have been getting, I&#8217;m starting to think that falling sick isn&#8217;t such a bad idea! Now all I need is for Robin Thicke to come and whisk me away to some island and sing sweet nothings in my ears. I most certainly wouldn&#8217;t mind that.<\/p>\n<p>You know, change is the only constant thing in life. Sometimes we accept certain living situations, thinking it is the best because we are afraid of what we do not know. Sometimes, we think we have the best. But then change happenes. Sometimes it really hurts. Sometimes it breaks our hearts into a million little pieces. Sometimes, we think it is so unfair. Sometimes it feels like even God has turned his back on us. But then He surprises us. He gives us something bigger and better than what we had and what we ever dreamt of having. And then we realize that it is not all bad. In fact, it isn&#8217;t bad at all. Life is always going to be full of challenges. But there is always light at the end of the tunnel.  So at your lowest of all lows, remember that the only way to go is.  It cannot get worse.  It may seem like it, but it isn&#8217;t.  It can&#8217;t and it won&#8217;t.  I&#8217;m sorry; I know I&#8217;m babbling. I guess I woke up on the right side of the bed.  Gee, can&#8217;t wait to see what God has got in store for me.  This is gonna be exciting!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeywithjesus.net\/BookNotes\/PDL_large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px\" height=\"280\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.journeywithjesus.net\/BookNotes\/PDL_large.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I have been reading this book for the past three days, and it is amazing!!! I would recommend it to anyone who really wants to read a book that is uhm&#8230;what&#8217;s the word? This book is so good that it was the bestselling book in the WORLD for 2003, 2004, and 2005. Woah!!! If that is not the work of God, tell me what is. It&#8217;s a forty day devotional book that starts by telling you that your life is not about you; it is about God. Ain&#8217;t that something?<\/p>\n<p>For those of you that did not know, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/boorishmale.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color:#ffff00;\">Boorish<\/span><\/a><\/strong> has replied the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/verastic.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/where-on-earth-is-boorish.html\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">previous post<\/span><\/a><\/strong>. You can check the comment section for his reply.<\/p>\n<p>And last but not least, please read my latest article, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/veraezimora.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/when-i-became-woman.html\"><span style=\"color:#33ccff;\">When I Became A Woman<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and tell me what you think. Pretty please. I promise I&#8217;ll give you a wet kiss if you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just took a break from Every Woman to update this blog. I am sleepy and grumpy. Sleepy because I did not take a nap this afternoon, and grumpy because this chapter is more difficult than I care for. 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