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Introduction
Y  
ou might be thinking, “
Oh no, not another bookabout dealing with emotions”.
I thought so myself when I first felt inspired to write it. However,that’s why I was determined to make this one different.Instead of writing another predictable book about emotions, I want-ed to create one that would really make you stop and think. Its pri-mary aim is to support you in living the authentic, fulfilled, prosper-ous and purposeful life God ordained for you to live. So, Sister, pleasedon’t put this book down unless you can say, hand-on-your-heart,that you have your emotional life in order and you are where Godwants you to be in every facet of your life. Even if you have gottenthings in order, I hope you will find this book refreshing with somepowerful insights and new nuggets to digest. Whatever path you aretravelling along in life, this book will support you in overcoming anyemotional baggage you may be harboring (known and unknown toyou) and help you start to live a more meaningful life, filled with truefulfilment, joy and purpose.
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Brace yourself for an incredible, life-changing journey!
Since childhood, I have always been one who strove to be the best“me” ever. From a tender age, I was extremely optimistic and moti- vated by the fact that the sky was not the limit and that I could soarbeyond the skies if I wanted to. In my world, anything was possible.This is a belief I still hold onto fervently. As you may appreciate, life as a youngster is not usually as compli-cated as life as an adult. So childhood gave me the opportunity to focuson excelling in two specific areas: spirituality and academics.Developing my spirituality consisted of building my relationship withGod by reading my kiddies’ book of Bible stories, praying, going toChurch, dreaming of what Heaven would be like and striving to makesure that I made it there. As for my academics, I soared both in my nor-mal school and Sunday school, as I gulped down all there was to know. Along the way, I won quite a few competitions and awards. You might be wondering how I became extremely optimistic andbelieved the impossible could exist at such an early age. Well, I’llshare a secret with you. It did not happen overnight. I wouldn’t sayI was born that way. However, my beliefs, attitudes and behaviorswere ultimately fuelled by rummaging through my very first full ver-sion Bible given to me around the age of 7 or 8, digesting its contentsand setting high standards for my life based on the stories, princi-ples, promises and truths I gleaned from it. As far as I was concerned (and still am), if it is in the Bible, it isthere for me to partake of. When God said, “
 Nothing is impossible tothose who believe,
” I believed it. When He said, “
 I can do all thingsthrough Christ Jesus,” 
I believed that too. When He said, “
 Faithwithout works
[i.e., action]
is dead,
” I coupled action with my faith. And the list goes on.
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I guess you can say it all started when I believed and digested somebig truths and principles until they became a part of me. As a child, Ifound it a simple process, but little did I know that what I was actual-ly doing by fully embracing God’s Word was taking steps to living a ful-filled, prosperous and purposeful life – which God promised us all.One of the biblical truths I ingested was the fact that JesusChrist came to give us life – an abundant life (John 10:10). Therefore,as far as I was concerned – being the perpetual optimist and big thinker — this principle was meant to encompass every facet of mylife — every nook and cranny of my tripartite being (spirit, soul andbody). So as I grew up, I endeavored to ensure that an abundant lifebecame a reality for me.Some years later, I blossomed into a young lady. Still holding onto my biblical truths, promises and principles, I continued to excel inmy spirituality. My focus on my academic life soon switched to myprofessional life.Believing 
anything was possible
meant that the notion of some-thing being impossible to achieve or that anything could separate mefrom God’s plan for my life simply did not exist. No matter what hap-pened, I held on to God’s Word. After all, He is almighty God to whomall power belongs.This mindset helped me a great deal. Determination, perseveranceand enthusiasm also became good friends of mine in the early days of my journey in life. I must admit that hanging out with these friendspaid off – especially in those times when my reality couldn’t have beenany further from my desires. And so this was how life was for me.I’m sure you’ve experienced a similar thing. As we make our waythrough our formative years, we go through life experiences and cir-cumstances that complicate our lives. Some good. Some bad. Andsome downright ugly. Sometimes we may pick up and internalisesome beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that don’t benefit us. It may
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