#836 Thanks for the skates Mama - Proverbs 25

<p><strong>Order &quot;INCHSTONES - the VIBE within journal</strong></p><p><strong>Click </strong><a href="https://a.co/d/4CYg4vG" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Here</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://a.co/d/4CYg4vG" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Proverbs 25 Inchstones </strong></a><strong>is a powerful lesson on gratitude, focus, patience, self-control, and recognizing love when life doesn’t give you what you want, when you want it. In this deeply personal story, Kelly Cardenas shares the childhood moment when he received the “wrong” roller skates—and how that embarrassing reaction ultimately taught him one of life’s most important lessons: it’s not that we lack focus; we’re often focused on the wrong thing.</strong></p><p>All I wanted were the black leather roller skates with the fat, off-white wheels from the skating rink. Instead, my mom gave me the off-brand Vera Flex skates—and I reacted like a jerk.</p><p>Years later, I see that moment completely differently.</p><p>My mom and my Pops were separated. She was working 16–18 hours a day to support herself and three kids. She had just upgraded us to a beautiful two-bedroom apartment, and despite everything she was carrying, she still wanted to give her son something special for his birthday.</p><p>I was focused on the skates.</p><p>She was focused on loving me.</p><p>That distinction changes everything.</p><p>In this episode of <strong>The VIBE with Kelly Cardenas</strong>, we explore Proverbs 25 and the connection between <strong>focus, gratitude, patience, prudence, diligence, self-control, humility, timing, relationships, faith, and personal growth</strong>.</p><p>Proverbs 25 reminds us that purification can happen in the fire, that we don&#39;t need to chase validation, that our words can speak life, and that patience, prudence, and diligence can transform the way we respond to life&#39;s disappointments.</p><p>But the biggest lesson may be this:</p><p><strong>It&#39;s not that we lack focus. It&#39;s that we are often focused on the wrong thing.</strong></p><p>When you don&#39;t get what you want, when you want it, from someone you love, pause.</p><p>Before you focus on the disappointment, focus on the relationship.</p><p>Before you focus on what you didn&#39;t receive, focus on what was given.</p><p>Before you react, ask yourself:</p><p><strong>“What am I focusing on right now?”</strong></p><p>Because sometimes the thing we think is a disappointment is actuall