No matter where you grew up or who you grew up with, you grew up believing in something. The outside world or those in your inner circle as a kid helped shape who have become today.  Those upbringings put us in a place of believing in something. Some of those things that we believed as kids we wished we could forget and still are trying to overcome. Some of those things that we believed as kids put us on a path of helping and inspiring others right from the get go.  No matter what you believe, You and I have an opportunity to change things for the better or enhance what is strength in us.  How much of the day do you spend with yourself? If you are like me it’s 100% of the day whether I’m asleep or wake, I’m always with myself. I like you, have the greatest opportunity to influence myself day in and day out.  What I say about myself and what I think about myself day-to-day puts me on a path that I start believing in something. I shape my days with these thoughts and a...

There comes a point in your life when ends are not meeting. Nothing you are doing is going right. You feel like everything you do is not worthy of your voice or your actions. Things happens around you that make you doubt yourself, why you are here, right now, at this point in time, in the position or the place you are in   I got news for you. It’s a season. It won’t last long. It can’t last forever. It can’t break you. It can’t take your love. It can’t take your soul. It can’t take your spirit   Hang on just a little longer. Hang onto Hope. Hang onto Faith. Keep your head up. Don’t give up.  You’re just around the corner of light in the darkness. Hang On. Keep your head up. There is someone right around the corner that God has placed or will place in your life to bring you back from the end of your rope. Hang On.  I love you!  STAND FIRM. STAND STRONG. LET’S ROLL. #RootedInStrengthCA

How many times have you backed down, sacrificed, or backed off for the fear of failure or disappointment?  I do this daily for fear of disappointing others or letting them down. I dislike disappointing people. I beat myself up when I do and I feel I do this often not by choice but by having unrealistic expectations of myself to please others.  I struggle to overcome my demons daily. They make me doubt my passion, my love for people, and my zest for helping people reach their full potential.  Are you willing to fight? I’m willing to fight and bleed daily even through all the struggles, fear of failure, or disappointing people. I’m ready to Go Off and I hope you are too. You and I have fought through unimaginable things in different chapters of our lives, it’s time for us to show off and Go Off!  It’s time to work and build a foundation you can lean on. A place in your soulful office that belongs to you and only you. A place where your hustle happens. A place that hous...

I FOUND that this scar that I bare is not a scar of despair. It's not a    scar of doubt. It's not a scar of fear. It's not a scar of pain! It is.... a scar of pure Hope. It is a scar of Patience. It is a scar of Triumph. It is a scar of Thankfulness. It is a scar of Faith. Most of all It is a scar of Love. God FOUND me worthy of shining His light and uses me daily to spread His message in Words and in Silence through my scar and life.  16 years later. Second chance!  This was God's genesis moment for me. Know that He has a Genesis moment for you no matter your circumstances. #RootedInStrengthCA  #chiaristrong #chiariwarrior

After the year that we’ve had, how do we move forward? In life, with ourselves, in relationships, with our families, our schools, our community, and our students. Many of us were at home 24/7 teaching, taking care of kids, running meetings, sharing spaces together, doing laundry, making meals, cleaning the house, Zooming, all at once it seemed. The days were endless and everything seemed to run together with no break and no end in sight. All day, all the time can be a lot for one person, one family, one school, one district, one community.  We all spent so much time together that it did one of two things it tested our relationship and those relationships either broke with no repair or regained knowledge to learn more about each other and really strengthen our relationship. Most us did not spend so much time with the people in our lives that required us to listen, learn, and support them 24/7. Doing this either caused a relationship divide or a new perspective of foundational buildi...

  As I was standing singing my heart out and a wave of emotion came over me. My eyes filled with tears. I am not a perfect man and I am sorry for the people I’ve hurt, the things I’ve said in anger, the shame that is in me for hurting others without thinking, the shame I feel when I don’t do things right or let things slide that I know are wrong, and the shame I feel for falling short, daily.  Then a voice whispered into my heart don’t be ashamed for who you are and what you do. Trust me. I got you. Always and forever. When you start to feel shame, pray in my name, and I will redeem you with My Grace and Love. You are loved.  So in that moment and every moment I fall from Grace and you do to, we will... Be unashamed of falling short in everything we do.  Be  unashamed of making  the incorrect choices daily.   Be  unashamed that we can’t do it on our own.   Be  unashamed that we are dependent on Jesus.   Be  unashamed of believi...