The 'Stretch Out on Faith and Try HIM' Chronicles of Kris - 10/07/08

You know what ya'll,
It's time to just give it all over to God and be done with it cause He got your back...waaaay back and front. And that's all I gotta say! I'm finished. THE END. Sike nah.

Hi Family,
So I don't want to preach but goodness, I just can't describe how I feel. Ok, so last week I mentioned freelancing and I'm gonna talk about it again because it's obviously one of the top things on my mind! In the last chronicle, I spoke about freelancing keeping me on my grind. But I'll tell you another thing it does. It makes me give things over. It forces me to say, 'God, you know what I want. You know what I need. So what more can I say...nothing. Cause any way you bless me, you're gonna bless me real good and there's no need to worry.' However, we're all human so there's always a smidge of doubt going, 'Oh lawd, I'm about to step out and I don't know what I'm gonna land in or climb up or bust my ass doing.' BUT...seriously, the battle isn't ours.

Stretch out on faith and let the miracle happen. How do we do that? By really reaching for what we want. Getting rid of the excess (fat). If whatever we're doing is getting us further away from the goal, get thee behind! Lol That could be anything - physical, mental, spiritual, emotional - that might even be a few past demons you gotta kick around like Chun Li in Street Fighter 2 - but please try it! Throw them dukes up and get to fighting cause we don't have time for the okie doke, the ol shuck and jive if you will. We can't try to love, we have to love, we can't attempt to dream, we gotta dare to dream, plan, and do. That also includes them egos and those holier than thous and that haterade...pour it out (or get rid of those with it).

I'm so thankful because this is nothing new for me but this might be new for some, but it's never too late to start over. Failing (or feeling like you may have failed) is actually a set up for success - I personally think you have to f*#@ up real bad to know ok, I have to try another approach. And besides, it's better than being mediocre or in the middle. You gotta take a dive to get in the water - the whole idea is making sure you don't drown although you might have to choke and get the heimlich, it's not over til your dead and blue in the face and last time I checked, none of us are blue. (Ok. I might have gone a little too far with that one but I'm gonna bring it back.) I share my stories every week not to brag but to consistently testify. To be in your ears like bzzzzz, we're works in progress....So, let me move on to the story.I had lunch with an old old friend who was asking me, 'Why are you roaming around the city?' My response - 'I'm not roaming. I'm plotting. I have two meetings today, not sure what's gonna happen, but that's the fun of it. Something ALWAYS moves. I don't know what I'm doing next week and you know what, I like it!!!' Today I went to Viacom to visit Nickelodeon and BET International. All great. I walked out feeling excited.

I'm not sure what will come of my exchanges but I know it meant something. Then after the meeting, I check my phone and a producer who I don't know asks me to call him. I call and he asks, 'Are you a fan of Making the Band?' I exclaim, 'I KNOW THAT SHOW LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND!!! I'M ALL OVER IT!' 'Ok, send me your samples cause I'm producing the MTB special for next week.' And I'm finished, ladies and gentleman. Yoooo... At this point, I don't think there's a month I'm not jumping around in the middle of Manhattan. It just is. (And mind you, people are staring at me on the bus because I'm smiling really hard at the phone.) So with that said, WATCH THE MAKING THE BAND 4 SPECIAL NEXT TUESDAY AT 9PM ON MTV. Hopefully they will run the credits and as Diddy would say, 'Take that, Take that.'

If you live to love, you’ll love to live. Mark 5:36 – “Be Not Afraid, Only Believe.” Here's to unlimited possibilities cause they're out there floating in the sky, waiting for us to grab hold. They're bigger than we could ever imagine. And there's so much to discover. Lastly, there's no bailout bill in life. Don't be McCained! Register to Vote.

JazziDreamin and Believin and Holding the *Insert Your Name Here* flag high,
Kristen Victoria