Salome Dongardive

 Hey Everyone! This time I decided to do something different than I usually do. I'm going to share a testimony, something that I experienced yesterday at my church service.   Recently I was going through a lot of emotional distress and it came from  a place of fear, self doubt, confusion and overthinking. Whenever I feel that way, I make sure to turn on some worship music and then listen to some sermons on YouTube. As I was listening to the sermon , this particular verse caught my attention and it comforted me so much it was from 2 Timothy(A book in the Bible) 1:7 it says " For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of Power and of  Love and of a Sound mind" this translation is from the NKJ version the NLT version also defines it so beautifully and precisely. the NLT version states: " For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." This verse reminded me that I was by no means made to live in fear and timidity, so ...

  Just got back from church and the first thing that I'm doing is writing this blog because I felt this urgent need to share something so incredible that my father shared today at our church service. Every single time I come across something that inspires me or makes me feel happy I always make sure to share it out with you all, We never know who might need it the most. Seeds are always sown below the ground, it stays there in that dark place where nobody is actually able to see how that seed will bear roots or how its gonna grow. But the moment it springs into a beautiful tree and spreads its steams trying to crawl above the surface of the ground that's when we know a seed was sown. Isn't it so similar to how our life goes about? We won't ever dare to share our dark phases of life, times of distress, times we failed, times we lost something so close to our heart, times your heart broke , times you cried yourself to sleep. times of doubt, abandonment, frustration. Only ...

  EMBRACE YOUR SEASON!     In some way, I feel really connected to butterflies at the moment. What I find fascinating about butterflies is that what once crawled along the ground now flutters in the air. But that transformation doesn't happen overnight. That caterpillar had to journey through various seasons of transformation in order to become this magnificent creature. We all cycle through seasons of change, seasons of struggles, seasons of mental warfare, seasons of happiness and joy. Each season shapes you and transforms you. We really don't know how long each season will last but we do know that at the end of each season we step into a new one. A completely new beginning where we are a step ahead of where we started. Wherever you are in life right now   Embrace your season of transformation . Embrace yourself in the midst of your problems.                                 M...

It's been such a long time since I made my last blog post. I remember telling myself that I was going to be consistent and give everything that it takes but let's just leave that story for another day. Today as I was scrolling through my Instagram, I read this post and since then my mind decided to come up with a lot of things and the first thing that I do when my mind is on fire is write things down! here's what the post said “Don't adapt to the energy in the room  influence  the energy in the room" haven't we all walked into places and came across people that make us feel happy and accepted and not judged? We all have places that we keep visiting because it makes us feel happy. We all go back to that one friend whenever we want to share our heart out. I'm quite sure there are places and people who have made us feel the exact opposite of what happiness is. Your energy will always speak for you! Your energy is going to take form of your thoughts that you th...

Who is your biggest supporter? The moment someone asks you this question in a blink of a second our mind starts picturizing about all the situations or circumstances wherein someone supported you or made you feel valid. But how much time would it take for your mind to pop up your image? How much time would it take for your mind to realize that maybe there are chances that you are your greatest supporter of all time? for instance, when we look at certain situations where you felt stuck, unmotivated, you felt as if you've lost every single ounce of hope within yourself, when you felt like you don't want to burden anybody else by sharing whatever situation you are going through, but you still managed to survive. You still managed to get through that storm and now that you think of it you find yourself thinking as how did I do that? from where did I get the courage to face that situation? How did I muster that much strength to keep going? and the answer to that is " your r...

Greatness within! So many of you who are reading this blog, No matter how  close we are or how rarely we have a conversation, one thing I'm sure everybody knows about me is that "I am a reader!" I love reading. Diving deep into the pages of a book have always been comforting to me   “Books took me to places I could never go otherwise. They shared the confessions of people I’d never met and lives I’d never witnessed. The emotions I could never feel, and the events I hadn’t experienced could all be found in those volumes.” – Won-Pyung Sohn (Almond) Another fact I believe almost everyone knows about me is that “I am a BTS fan 💜 !” Kim Namjoon also known as Rm, who is the leader of the group shared some of his recommendations and I feel so grateful because every single book from his recommendation is indeed a masterpiece. One such masterpiece from his list is "The Little Prince" this novella  is written by French aristocrat, writer, and aviator Antoine De Saint...