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Isn't it ironic that the time of the day we refer to as midnight is also the beginning of a new day?  We do not start to count a the 24 hour -day at the sunrise, we begin at MIDNIGHT. Most times in our lives we find ourselves at that point where it appears to be midnight or it really is midnight. Everything seems to just spiral out of control, it's a season of confusion, seeming unending problems and challenges and what little hope we have flies outta the window. At that point becomes difficult to even believe that something new and better can happen. That dark moment that all seems lost is the same moment a new day is born. The midnight is the womb that births a new day. Your dark and hopeless situations are the wombs that will birth your beautiful morning. Don't give up when it gets so dark, that's the signal for the dawn of a new day, so when you see challenges, brace  up because your good break is about to show up. Photo credit: Annenberg learner.

One of the rising tides of our times is the issue of envy. There is so much of it in our atmosphere today. Lots of people find it very hard to be happy for the successes of those around them, be it family, friends, co workers or whatever. It is a big cankerworm eating us up. Envy most times stems from a feeling of inadequacy or insecurity or a sense of scarcity. The moment someone begins to rise in that area you feel so low, it tends to awaken more clearly to you your need for that particular thing. That awakening in itself isn't a bad thing, the problem starts with how we most times respond to that awakening. Most people begin the cycle of hatred towards such successful individual(s) instead of gearing up to find out how he or she also got there and do likewise. Envy is choosing the easy way out in dealing with your challenges. It empowers you to make excuses for your failures, to remain stagnated and possibly retrogress in the long run. Envy is the approach of cowards to