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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface

Seed 1: Treasure Trove Seeds....

Seed 2: Rewind

Seed 3: Growth

Seed 4: Greatness

Seed 5: Excellence

Seed 6: Inspiring

Seed 7: Passion

Seed 8: Strength

Seed 9: Influence

Seed 10: Bridge

Seed 11: Connected

Seed 12: Heart

Seed 13: Will

Seed 14: Peace

Seed 15: Change

Seed 16: Maturation

Seed 17: Forgiveness

Seed 18: Reconciliation

Seed 19: Relationships

Seed 20: Words

Seed 21: Vision

Seed 22: Integrity

Seed 23: Love

Seed 24: Hope

Seed 25: Confidence

Seed 26: Mastery

Seed 27: Courage

Seed 28: Character

Seed 29: Legacy

Seed 30: Restoration

Seed 31: Selflessness

Seed 32: Joy

Seed 33: Treasure Trove Seeds..

Acknowledgments

To God Be the Ultimate Glory!

Thank You Heavenly Father,

Thank You King Jesus,

Thank You Holy Spirit.

Preface

Harvesting that which you have not planted is a Blessing. Reaping the benefits of that which came before you, is pleasing to the Soul and the fruition of the eyes. To see that which you have not done and had nothing to do with, creates an enormous sense of paying it forward, in a post reciprocating manner.

“Treasure Trove Seeds” is just that Blessing, for that person, during that season of their Life, that you can have everything to do with going forward. You do not have to conjure up ways to pay something back to someone that has graciously bestowed upon you. Allow the Spirit of Love within your Heart, to gently compel you to render unto, what has already been rendered unto you. I call these Blessings, “Treasure Trove Seeds.”

I have had the privilege of “Treasure Trove Seeds” throughout my Life that were planted, and in some cases harvested on my behalf. I knew not the origins of the ones that were not planted by Loved ones and that came to pass with respect to relevancy. What proved to be the most important component and fact was that someone, somewhere, thought about more than just themselves, and made the conscious Loving Decision to pass the Blessings on, and in some cases, directly to me.

Over the years I have gleaned enough of my own “Treasure Trove Seeds” to package and plant with the Loving Hope that someone, somewhere, unbeknownst to them, will reap and harvest what has been planted for their “Soul” benefit.

The opportunity to plant your very own “Treasure Trove Seeds” rests squarely in your hands. Sure, you might get a little dirt underneath your fingernails in the Process, however, the cleansing of your Soul for having Deposited something that extends the Legacy of not just you, but the Legacy of Loving Hope, is a nominal price to have to pay, to Lovingly enlighten, provide food for fodder, to and in someone’s unsuspecting day, as they make their own path, along the way.

I enCourage you to plant “Treasure Trove Seeds” for someone else whom you know nothing about, with the expectation of receiving the same in return. They can consist of whatever you have gleaned during your Life, and stand to mean everything in someone else’s Life.

Here are some of my Life’s “Treasure Trove Seeds,” full of that Loving Hope.

Blessings,

Corey A. Ford

SEED 1

“Treasure Trove Seeds’’

A huge part of Life’s Blessings, is what we find along the way. But unbeknownst to us, we do not find what was never lost, we just Discover what was left behind, with the silent Hope that it will reveal itself so that we may see it, and perhaps even ourselves in the Process. What a monumental effort of paying it forward, long after the demise of those that first planted some of those hidden Treasure Trove Seeds, right in plain sight.

Imagine walking through a forest that is agape with fresh soil, and all you have to do is take your pocket full of experienced Seeds and scatter them throughout the path that you travel upon, never looking back, but Trusting that what was planted beneath, rears itself in amazed Belief, that one day someone will be able to harvest what you have Sown, and replant for the next person to one day be able to call their own.

Agape soil for advanced reciprocity, that takes its current state and forms itself in the form of a Love that is Agape, an Unconditional Love, for the Creator of such.

Littered along the highways and byways of your Life’s Journey, exist items that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but can indeed be felt with a clothed Heart. A Heart that is not cold, but embraces the warmth of articles that double as both clothing and protection, from the onset of a Heart that could otherwise be plagued with hypothermia.

A vehicle becomes obstinate when it is compelled to face the immediate onset of Winter, that appears to have totally bypassed Fall. It goes from one extreme to the next, with the expectation of functioning at a level that is no less than, irrespective of the elements that it has been forced to embrace.

So is Life, and the Heart that beats through Life, when it too is faced with one end of the spectrum one day, and the complete opposite end of the spectrum the next day.

It behooves us to warm up before we take off, as opposed to taking off prior to warming up. Our performance is strictly contingent upon how warm to the idea that we Become, in Hopes of successfully facing whatever elements are thrust in our paths, with or without regard to the season.

If a key and an ignition are necessities to a vehicle, then a receptive Heart and Mind are essential to the vehicle of Life that we rely upon, to take us from where we are or once were, to exactly where we need to be, in order for us to see, all that we need to see.

And as we venture down our paths in Life, we need to deploy the type of sight, that extends far beyond that of the naked eye and the tips of our noses, exposing us to the hidden pleasures that we oft times unknowingly step right over, in search of the same, that we have just stepped right over.

It is a Joy to find what was once thought to be lost, but an even bigger Joy to find and Discover what you once had no idea, was never even lost to begin with.

Although they might be hidden, they are everything but forbidden, for they are the pleasures that make up the Treasures, that were intentionally left behind for us to find, in order to Positively alter a future, that we Actively participate in.

I have found some of Life’s Treasure Trove Seeds, hidden right in plain sight, only to come to the realization that they were looking right at me the entire time, and probably wondering why I kept overlooking what they knew, were right there all along. When you think about visibility with the naked eye, we should also think about the same naked visibility of a person sans clothing. There is no Difference in what we see and what we do not see, just the visibility of what we think we saw, before and after the realization, of what was actually seen.

No figment of any imagination, while Love will always have a direct correlation, back to its Source. The Provider of the provided has abundantly guided our paths in which to take, by supplying us with the Ultimate Example, that He was to make.

Aimlessly, is how we travel without a sense of direction, when there is not a destination in sight. We wind up fighting battles that were not meant for us to fight, and committing ourselves to a permanent reason, within a temporal season, that proves to be everything, but right.

It is within our experiences, that we need to Declare a sense of Faithfulness, so that we are not consumed by the wickedness of the world. Rather we are educated and celebrate the all consuming Act of imitation, as we live our lives by replicating the Love that was first Demonstrated to us at Calvary, by Jesus Christ.

How we choose to honor the predecessors and Depositors of those Treasure Trove Seeds, is as important as them having first planted them to begin with. Had it not been for them, how uninformed, loveless and pitiful we would really be, farther away from the initial Love that compelled them to first set them free. I query my thought Process, and am overjoyed that the results are zero. I am thus compelled to start from scratch, only in efforts sake, as I attempt to make a Difference, with the time that I have been afforded, in which to do so.

The freedom to take someone else’s blueprint and design my personal imprint, as if the blueprint was mine to begin with. What a nice head start, in the part that I must play. Such an unbelievable beginning, to the art of winning, and Loving the entire way through. Even when my body stopped growing, the expansion of my Heart and Mind continued to flourish, as it began to nourish the framework, of its very own artwork.

Being in touch and in sync with ones self and no one else, is a Rewarding consciousness that never has to settle, nor address, the chatter of what is representative of a colossal mess. Order, and not confusion and chaos, are what makes the Discovery so crystal clear, in the absence of any known or unknown fears. For the path is the path, and the Directions along said path, are what they are. There is no “one” or no “thing,” that can change the location or position of our individual stars. We shine in our own Light, and need not fight for what is already ours, by birth Right.

Until my Discovery and Growth within, I could remember times when I did what was considered normal, within the rules of the world, allowing the brightness of another’s Light to cast doubt, shame and ignorance, upon that of my own. Then one day, I realized that it was time to turn on my own Light switch. Ever since, nothing has been the same. The elasticity of my Mind, was stretched beyond the physical limitations of what I initially thought, hence the importance of those “zero results.” My Heart healed from its hypothermic condition, and warmed to the place that it needed to beat, in order for me to take a seat, at the table of Love, where I was to rest my feet. The rest became the mandatory necessity, before I was to begin my Life’s tests. The Lesson was to not allow myself to ever become complacent, or content in, around, or outside of Life’s current events. Somewhere in the Process, I Discovered those Treasure Trove Seeds, right there in plain sight.

SEED 2

“Rewind“

From those Lessons learned, I refuse to NOT learn anymore, closing the door to my own Light, and opened up my Heart and Mind even further, having decided to live Life positive, prosperous and absolutely Right. The aforementioned is no indication of living Life wrong, but in and for the purposes of extreme clarity, it is one of two, and not a combination of both. You either live Right or you live wrong. And since I was not all the way committed to living and being right, by default, the wrongs were to outweigh all of the rights. Funny how that works in the big scheme of things. If one was to kill one person one time, it does not make them better than the one person that killed 100 people 100 times. That 1 wrong was just as bad as the 100 wrongs. May I reference the “zero results” again for emphasis sake? This one being me, decided to up the ante, and destroy all that was destroying me. And that included the “1 to 100 thought process” too. Change was good. Accountability was even better! Responsibility was fantastic! Growth from ALL of the above, gave way, to Growth from ALL of the Love.

And there in the center of it all, exists a solid Heart and Mind, that is compelled to not live in a past that does not represent a future, by continuously pressing Rewind. For that action is just a reminder of what has already happened, and moving forward requires me to stop looking backwards. What was done, cannot be undone. What was said, cannot be taken back. But what I do and say going and Growing forward, will be that stark contrast of the past, for the Love that exists within my Heart that will not soon depart, as it takes up permanent residence, within my entire consciousness.

Consciously moving forward, resisting the temptation of stagnancy, and the illiteracy of what God has written down for me, implores me to reach for ALL of His Infinite Possibilities, and to categorically destroy all that wants to destroy me. Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy, my story would already be history. In the 2nd chance to get it Right the 1st time, I am reminded of how far I have come, without the need of having to press Rewind. For in ones mind is where the Change for the better takes Root and has its origins, with Forgiveness being the closest next of kin. I personally Forgive in order to live, for it is through said Forgiveness, that we can begin again.

Begin to identify the shift in our cultural mindsets, that refuse to let us forget, yet is paramount before we dismount off of the back of the past, that would have us remain in a place where no one ever lasts. The monotony of the redundancy could and probably has caused many to live life shrouded in a secrecy, that is all too eager to bind, hinder, cast down and employ your captivity, for free. But be enCouraged to deploy all that would hinder you, by surrendering to, something that is perpetually Greater than you. Send it off and on its way, for it has no position or place, yields similar “zero results,” and is contrary to living Life in absolute Love.

The guilt of ones past, is only reared by those that refuse to let go and allow you to continue to Grow. For Truth be told, have we not ALL committed some type of anything against anyone that we wish we could take back, whether or not we ever admit it to the offended or not? When they refuse to relinquish the offense by perpetually riding on the fence, moving and pressing forward, irrespective of, makes the only sense!

Getting your Life back on track does not require the approval of anyone but yourself, and the onus of Forgiving you rests squarely on the broad shoulders of the same person. The consensus of Forgiveness starts within, and if it is never accepted, it does not negate the opportunity for you to begin again. To know where we once were and to appreciate how far we have come, I am all too happy to acknowledge, that I am no longer there. No matter how painful the Growth may have been, the Process needed to run its course, in order for the old to come to an end.

When you start Believing that your Life has a Purpose and Destiny, it shall compel you to Praise the Heavenly, for not allowing your story to end in a premature tragedy. All of the times when you felt like giving up, forcing yourself to purge your Blessings, because you could not see yourself within them. But the patience of the Creator cannot be outdone, and you are insufficient until His Will has been complete within you. For it is incredibly hard to stumble, when you are on your knees, as opposed to being on your feet. May the Presence of your Purpose become known, to whom it may concern. May the expanded capacity, intelligently enCourage you to unlearn all of what you knew, and anew, begin to learn.

The Direction of your future is in front of you. Where you have been and what you have learned while there, is behind you. Only use “that from there,” to move you from “here to over there.” When you find yourself in Rewind, remind yourself that it is time to stop looking over your shoulder, and become bolder in your approach, to Progress in a forward moving manner.