My Family’s positive effect on me.

Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.

One thing everyone ought to know is that family is that one place where you will be criticized , where you will grow, where you will find and correct your fault. On this, I owe it to my family for the steady and constant efforts I make daily.

They are there to tell me my wrongs, laugh at my mistakes, scorn them and from there is pick my corrections. Not forgetting the countless sacrifices they’ve made for me. That each day I sought for ways to put and smile on their face and I keep affirming that I will always make them proud.

Top 4 Nigerian Celebrities Who Welcomed Twins In 2021

The year 2021 is about to elapse. Many
things came with this year both the good and bad ones. Some Nigerian celebrities are delighted to welcome twins into their homes. In this article, we will be reviewing the four popular Celebrities Who welcomed twins this year.


1. Bimbo Success.
Bimbo Success is one of the celebrities
who recently welcomed twins. Bimbo
was so excited as she shared a picture
of her adorable twins on Instagram. In
her words, she said: “Finally, my good
news has come. What God cannot do
does not exist”.

2. Kizz Daniel.
Kizz Daniel is a popular Nigerian
musician. He is undoubtedly one of the successful musicians in Nigeria. His talent in music paved way for him in the music industry. Earlier this year, the musician revealed that he welcomed twin sons.


The twin boys were named Jelani and
Jalil. The joyous nes came as a huge
surprise to many of his fans as they
showered praises on him. Kizz Daniel
noted that his twin boys sharea very
striking resemblance with him and he
loves them so much.


3. Lolade Abuta.
Lolade is a Real estate mogul and a
popular actress in Nigeria. The actress
recently welcomed twin babies. She
shared the good news on her Instagram page. In her words, she said: “My family is plus 2 today. It’s a baby boy and a beautiful girl”.

4. Ruth Obih.
Ruth obih is one of the celebrities who welcomed twins this year. She is a fast rising presenter and event planner. She welcomed a set of twins this year. She took to her Instagram handle to express her gratitude to God.


Ruth Obih recounted how she lost her
son three years earlier. She stated that
she named her twin babies Adia and
Avia. She also added that she gave them those names for a purpose.
Congratulations to them. Your likes and comments encourage me to write more.

North Korea Bans Citizens From Laughing And Showing Any Form Of Happiness For 11days.

North Koreans have been banned from laughing, drinking, or showing signs of happiness for 11 days to mark the tenth anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death.

Government authorities have ordered the public not to show any signs of happiness while North Korea commemorates the 10th anniversary of his death.

Kim Jong Il ruled North Korea from 1994 until his death in 2011.

He died of a heart attack on December 17 2011 at the age of 69 after ruling the country for 17 years in a brutal and repressive dictatorship

He was then succeeded by his third and youngest son, current leader Kim Jong Un.

Now, ten years after his death, North Koreans are being forced to observe the 11-day mourning period.

Actress Mercy Johnson Signs Endorsement Deal With Her Husband’s Real Estate Company.

Popular and beautiful Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie has bagged another ambassadorial deal as the year gradually comes to a close. She took to Facebook to break the joyous news to her fans as she
thanked her husband for making it possible.


The popular Nollywood actor who is a proud mother of four announced her new deal on her official Facebook page. Mercy Johnson remarked her pride in grasping the deal as she
thanked her husband, Prince Odi Okojie for making it a reality.

“Despite our grief, we will celebrate his 12th birthday today”. Late Sylvester’s father says.

The family of Sylvester Oromoni, a junior secondary school pupil of Dowen College, lekki, Lagos would have been celebrating his 12th birthday today. But for his untimely and gruesome death earlier in the week, everyone is still left in
shock.


Despite his painful exit on Tuesday, his family would still mark his 12th birthday posthumously. According to his father, the family will celebrate Sylvester’s birthday on the 4th of December and he urged all Nigerians to join them.

In his words, he said “We will celebrate his birthday on the 4th of December today. Please, tell Nigerians to join us Lagos State Government has taken action to shut down the school on Friday till further notice to allow the police to carry out their investigations.

The news of Sylvester’s death went viral on Wednesday following a post on social media which was made by his cousin, Perry Oromoni. Perry Oromoni alleged that some senior pupils of the college beat him up for refusing to join a cult.

MEET THE NIGERIAN DWARF WHO IS A FIRST CLASS GRADUATE AND A SUCESSFUL MODEL

For some people, their physical appearance determines the extent to which they will go in their career or their life pursuit. This was not the case for Fatima Timbo who is popularly known as Fatstimbo. She did not allow her
dwarfism to hinder her life pursuit.

Fatima Timbo is a successful model and a first-class graduate in accounting from Middles£x University London. She has grown to accept herself.

The world is full of challenges and
possibilities, when we possess a negative
mindset, things will work out for us and we
will be able to surmount those challenges. It takes self-confidence, determination, and the will to persevere.

There are lots of physically impaired
individuals who face discrimination most
times and it throws them into depression.
Some of them go into surgery to attain their desired body structure. People like Fatima Timbo accepted their body stature.


Fatima Timbo shocked many people as she graduated with a first-class certificate in Accounting.
Fatima is a model and a dwarf Tv
personality. She serves as a motivation for
others who are in a similar situation as she became successful despite everything.

Growing up as a dwarf has not been easy for Fatima. But she never cared about what people see her as and how they placed her rather it motivated her to be successful against all odds.

She hopes to make a differencee to people in a similar situation. She said: “In the future, I plan to become a Successful model and I also hope to see attitudes change towards people who have a visible difference. I want people to stop judging a book cover and get to know them a person with a visible difference first”.

Moment Mercy Johnson’s Daughter, Purity Shed Tears As She Was Suprised With A Dog.

Mercy Johnson is one of the popular and successful Nollywood actresses.
Recently, the mother of four shared a
video on social media as she wanted to surprise her daughter, Purity Okojie with a White Dog. According to the actress, “Purity loves dogs”


When the video started, Mercy Johnson said that she doesnt love dogs and her husband does not love dogs too but her daughter purity loves dogs. She said to her fans that Purity is going to cry when she sees the surprise and they should all
watch out for it.

The first person that came out and saw the Dog was her son, Henry. After a while, purity came out of the house, and on seeing the Dog started shedding tears. She couldn’t control her joy as she went to her mother. Hugging her she said ” I love you mummy”


She proceeded to carry the white Dog
which was locked in a cage. Mercy
Johnson can be heard saying “I told you that she will cry” Check out a screenshot of the video below. What do you think about this lovely surprise from Mercy Johnson to her daughter?

Actor Clem Ohameze In Tears As He Received 8 Million For Hos Surgery

Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin has just gifted popular Nollywood actor Clem Ohameze a shopping sum of eight million for his surgery. The gift presentation which was done at Christ Mercy Land Church, Delta State
left the Actor shedding uncontrollable tears of joy.


This is coming after Actor Clem Ohameze called on Nigerians to put him in their prayers as he prepares to undergo surgery. In a video, the Nollywood actor revealed that his health challenges started after he had a car accident some time ago. The Nollywood star disclosed that after the accident, he visited the hospital where they ran an x-ray test on him to ascertain the extent of the injury he sustained.

According to the actor, The x-ray showed that his “cervical vertebrate 3 had collapsed. This caused pressures on his spinal cord and retardment of his lower limb. Actor Ohameze
said he was treated for a while after the accident and he got better. He, however, said he noticed that he started having difficulty walking later. He went for another scan.

In his words, he said: “After they showed me the procedure and how it’s been done, I was scared. I was told that they are going to cut open the neck and physically separate the
cervical vertebrae 3 from 4 and then use an iron plate to plate it with some screws. So it can remain permanent. It was scary but I have no choice. I seriously need people’s thoughts and prayers as I go in for this procedural surgery”.

In October last year, the actor stated how a mob attacked and robbed
him in the, during the #EndSARS protest.

💞FIRST IMPRESSION🤭

FIRST IMPRESSION🤭

Getting admitted into one of the best secondary schools has always been my dream. Well, guess what? I made that dream a reality. 🥰

On the first day, I craved to be the main attraction. I took my time to polish my shoe and gave my uniform good ironing as the edges were looking sharp as a razor. I lost appetite because I was too excited to eat. I took just a few spoons of pap mum left on the table and two balls of bean cake.

I hurriedly dropped my plate on the sink. Mum has cautioned us to always wash our plates after eating but I don’t care. I just want to be in school the next minute with everyone yearning to mingle with me🤭🤭😌. I ran upstairs to get my lunch pack.

I walked to the assembly ground. Yes! Everyone was staring at me and I was getting the attention I yearned for😌. After the assembly, you can imagine how I walked into my class cat-walking like the queen I am.
Entering my class, I was still in front of the class when my new form teacher requested my payment receipt. I opened my school bag and in front of the class and every one the two plates I used to eat that morning fell out🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Oh, mum!! why 😭😭😭😭😂😂
From Ella’s desk

Post Covid – A time to heal

She snatched our loved ones, as we look at them with a heavy heart and eyes filled with tears. Left with nothing to do but to cry and hope to keep surviving. She made us prisoners in our homes. She made us hungry and fed us with death. Our dreams and future delayed some shattered. We became servants to destitution. She made the poor live without a reason and without any hope, leaving them to die in their misfortune. She prompted increments in crime. People were hungry, people were dying all she did was to take more lives and make many poor and the poor miserable. This is the fate in a world where Covid- 19 disrupted. But as Carlos Santana said “if you carry joy in your heart you can heal any moment”. The wounds, the scars and the painful memories left us helpless and hopeless but we still experience the joy of living and the healing is our responsibility. Our body heals, our hearts heals, our mind heals, wounds heals, our happiness will be restored because bad times doesn’t last.
Covid-19 tore the world apart distancing us from our loved ones but gone are those days when we have to stay indoors, gone are those days when we dread our loved ones. This is the time to live, to gather ourselves and be safe. Many preventive measures has been stipulated to get rid of the virus. We don’t have to sit and leave our lives in the hands of death. If we all with one heart and mind protect ourselves against Covid-19 using the preventive measures provided. Then we can get rid of Covid-19. According to Henry Ford “coming together is a beginning, staying together is a progress and working together is a success. Together we can be safe. This is the time to heal. Stay safe.

TO BE A SAINT (LAST CHAPTER)

Fr Kingsley Idehen(14th October 2020) shared his experience from childhood. When he was still a child he always follow his grandad to the farm. There is a little hut where they rest, cook and eat after working. His grandad always come to the farm with his soap wrapped in leaves, when rain falls it fell on it and the sun shines on the leaves with the soap inside. After eating his grandad will remove the leaves and give it to him to use and wash the oily plates they used to eat. The leaves will become foamy and more like the soap. According to him this experience taught him that when we cling to anything or we are close to anything we become more like that thing. St Claire of Assisi once said “we become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing, imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means that we become vessels of God compassionate love for others ” Be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect. We become what we look up to.

Physicians help the sick,the rich help the poor and needy, those who are wise enlighten the folly,the strong ones strengthens the weak ones, the saintly sanctifies the lukewarm. Let us be charitable to our brothers and sisters by helping one another and serving each other. According to Friar Kingsley Nnanna “No virtue walks in isolation” we need each other. Don’t hesitate to help a straying soul…

TO BE A SAINT 7

A team of pilgrims was once travelling on horse drawn wagon and came to a stop where a huge Ox blocked the narrow path. The Ox lay at the middle of the road and in spite of all the efforts could not move him out of the way. The pilgrims lost their patience using severe means to move the Ox away. They whipped it with chords, threw stones at it and even poked it with sharp knives yet to no avail.
Finally a little boy jumped out from one of the wagon, ran to the path side and got a bundle of hay. Coming back to the Ox, he started feeding it with it. He took small steps backwards and the Ox got up and followed him gradually till the path was clear.
Joining them in the wagon the boy told the elders “IT IS LOVE, NOT RUDENESS THAT MOVES LIFE”

Love means many things to many people but the summarization of love is that it is the deepest feeling of a devoted, unconditional and stable affection for people and God. Love makes life liveable and pleasing, adding zest in the life of anyone it touches. To love is to deny oneself unconditionally and steadfastly for the sake of your beloved. That is thinking and living for your loved ones despite the pain and difficulties involved. For true love is not expressed in good times alone. It reveals itself authentically in action during difficult moments.

Jesus gave us an inspiring example of true love. His love for us compelled him to deny and sacrifice himself for our sake. It is on this background that we should build our love for one another.

Love that does not suffer or bear pains for the sake of the beloved is false and illusory.It is often easy for us to express our feelings to the people dear to us. But the question becomes difficult when we are asked “what have you endured for your loved ones?”how much have we sacrificed for each other? Love is all about making sacrifices. And it is the greatest commandment. According to St Mary Magdalene of pazzi” God rewards an action according to the amount of purity of intention with which they are done and if they are done for his glory.

LET LOVE LEAD

TO BE A SAINT 6

God in his infinite wisdom blessed man with numerous gifts to make heaven. We all are created in our own unique way with different gifts which if put to use we will seek perfection and make heaven. We must not be like a particular Saint or act like him or her to become a Saint. Remember that our gift differs. How can we seek perfection? We must first strive to know the will of God for us and strive to accept it and work for heaven despite all the challenges we will face. We follow and fulfill the commandment of faith and love with a “fools mentality”

Our prayers opens heaven but only faith does the work. Faith is necessary in the life of everyone. However, it remains meaningless and futile when it is not practical. We have to live by what we believe and what we say saying with our lord “by their fruits you shall know them”

God gives strength to those who declare they are foolish, he also bless them with wisdom but leaves those who claim to be wise and live according to their will to suffer. It is because of this that St Alphonsus de Liguori said, “in the journey of eternity, those who renounce their will and declare their foolishness wins God’s favor more easily than those who anchoring on their own will claim to be wise for God comes to bless and revive the weak and foolish, but the strong and the weak he lives on their own accord.

True sanctity does not entail mighty for we look for God in little things and for st Theresa, sanctity entails the ‘Little Way” which can be referred to as “Foolish Way” therefore, it is only by being foolish that we can be wise, for it is only the foolish that yearns for and obtains wisdom. Hence, he that seeks sanctity with wisdom fails woefully, ending up being foolish.

TO BE A SAINT 5

There are three important passions one have to mortify according to Fr Aaron Ekwu, they are lust, pride and anger.

According to bro Giles, one of the seven companions of St Francis of Assisi “the devil knight resists and fights against all those things which are pleasing to God and profitable for our salvation. We mortify ourselves from lust by disciplining ourselves, our thoughts and what we see. Fr Aaron Ekwu observed that pride is a general problem which no man should wisely claim he has not. We shun pride by learning to be humble. We can practice the act of humility by seeing ourselves and putting our authority, wisdom, beauty, knowledge and wealth under others. It is also an act of humility if we could avoid the temptation to speak about ourselves as either good or bad because most times it creates opportunity for people to praise us when we decide not to speak good of us. Humility now becomes pride. Learning to accept corrections gently and appreciatively is a good approach to humility.

Fr Aaron once said that “anger tests the strength of a man “. Anger can be mortified by being patient, not reacting violently to things that come to us, the pains we experience are not signs of hatred from God but of love, because God didn’t even spare his only son from suffering and sorrow.

A man once approached St Alphonsus de Liguori and told him “father, I want to be transformed but I do not know what to do,” but what do you do now that you are not transformed? “asked the priest,” I do anything i like, live as it pleases me, neglect prayers and live carelessly about eternity “answered the man.” Now do the same the other way round, start by doing what you don’t like, live as it displeases you, be very conscious of prayers always and live carefully about eternity and you will be transformed.

If you want to progress in your spiritual life you must be ready to make sacrifices. We have to put off our old self and put on a new self by confessing our sins and cutting off our affections to sin.

Confession is very vital in the life of everyone, going for confession is like a sick person going to see the lord as the doctor, you tell him when your sickness started, how it started, how long the sickness has been tormenting you. He will give you the cure. It is very important for us to remember that true confession starts from within. According to Friar Kingsley Nnanna “going for confession is the easiest way to seek perfection, the devil will always try to push us to be secretive about our sins knowing that we easily get rid of our fault by confessing them” confession helps us to gradually grow to avoid sin and uproot sinful tendencies. If you see going to confession as an obligation you have to carry out to please other or to fulfill all righteousness, then you are at the wrong side of your relationship with God.

TO BE A SAINT 4

Bro Elias one of the seven companions of St Francis of Assisi once went and asked him “father, why is it that in the world some people have greater ability to grow in holiness than others? Go and get two kettles said St Francis,” fill the first with water to the brim, put only a little water in the second kettle, then place both of them on the fire, Elias did as he was told. They sat and watched the kettle, after a while they noticed that the water in the second kettle was boiling and St Francis said, “the water in the second kettle is boiling when the water in the first has not got warm. Because there is very little water in it. So also it is with holiness. Those whose hearts are not filled with many worldly things have the ability to grow in holiness than others.

By withdrawing ourselves from earthly things our soul attain humility, quietness, loneliness and simplicity. King Solomon said in Eccl “Wisdom is found in the state of loneliness and he that diminishes external employment shall attain unto her.” we cannot feel God in a noisy place,. God is sought away from noise and distractions.

Without peace of mind a soul can never make progress in its spiritual life. Peace of mind means controlling oneself from grief, fear, list, despair, pleasures, ambitions and anger. Is it possible for wood not to burn when thrown to fire? Is it possible for a man to walk under the sun without the sun shining on him? And so it is for those who expose themselves to occasion of sin thinking they will not fall. We must learn to walk away from things, places, relationships and people that could lead us to sin and say with the saints “let all be lost, provided God is not lost”

We have to mortify these five senses that most need to be mortified. The eyes, tongue, ear, appetite and flesh. St Alphonsus de Linguori said that”the first arrow that wounds the soul and which often kills it enters through the eyes. Unless we mortify our eyes, denying it of the opportunity to see immoral images, our spirituality is yet unsound, poor and tepid. We mortify our tongue by not engaging in discussions that won’t help us and saying abusive words. The ear have to be mortified by refraining from meaningless and impure conversations. We mortify our appetite by controlling the way we eat. St Theresa of Avila cried out “Alas, how foolish is he who knows really what pigs are, washes them, rubs costly pomades on them, puts on costly clothes on them and afterwards see those pigs on dirts and feaces despite the great care taken to keep them clean. The most aspect of man that requires to be beautified is the spirit.

To be continued…………

TO BE A SAINT 3

A Saint is not a wise person. Rather one who makes himself a “fool” for the love of God and salvation of his soul. One who makes himself a servant of others, one who lives a life of detachment, simple quiet and little like a child.

Saints had no extraordinary thing to their existence. They were just ordinary like you and i, but we must remember that the road to heaven is very long and tedious. The question is how can a firm resolution be taken? It can be through a life of prayer and spiritual poverty, detaching ourselves from worldly things and following the gospel with a fools mentality St Francis of Assisi focused on the spiritual poverty rather than the material poverty. This does not mean that created things such as money should be held in contempt. They are not the problem because they are used to live both physical and spiritual life. The problem arises not from what we have, but from our relationship with created things especially when we take them as an integral part of our life.

We can live a life of spiritual poverty by simplicity of life, abstraction of life or solitude, silence, peace of mind and avoidance of sin. We have to be simple in thought, words and actions towards God. The detached in soul are not self seeking which makes them forsake or keep them in the center of their lives, those things which men consider valuable in the world marriage, procreation, money, material possessions, education, work, pleasure and honor. St John Chrystostom said that “a life detachment, poverty and mortification not only sanctifies one’s soul but also gives one a sure promise of obtaining the kingdom of God”

To be continued………

TO BE A SAINT 2

Being a Saint requires that we gain spiritual knowledge without it we will end up in our spiritual life achieving nothing. To acquire spiritual knowledge we have to listen to the words of our conscience. For man has in his heart a law written by God. To obey it is the very dignity of man,according to it he will be judged. Conscience is the sanctuary of a man. Since the devil also speaks to us through our conscience, how can we actually know the direction of our conscience? Once we surrender ourselves in confidence to God, God begins a work of edification in us directing and leading us forth in our spiritual life. It is for this that king David said in the scripture “the light of your countenance, O lord, is like a seal stamped on our souls” and when God has taken control of our life and lighten it, it raises and blows into a flame. That grace which before in our heart were like coals of fire smothered in the ashes is rekindled towards a new life manifesting virtue or righteousness till gradually the principal of our corrupt nature is subdued and God takes control of our life.

The kinds of friends we have, the book we read, the place we live, the family we belong to and the things that surround us have great influence on our spiritual life. This is because man is dynamic in his behavior, weak and easily influenced by his environment. The things we do should always help us to attain our spiritual goal. Observe some quiet time. In the words of St Thomas a Kemps “in silence and solitude a devout soul makes progress and learn”

Belonging to a pious society will help us to follow a rule for perfection. Meditate and examine your life. What do people say about you? then try to improve or correct yourself depending on what is said of us. Devotion to Mary is the surest and easiest way of reaching union with God more than a thousand years following lesser devotions.

According to St John of the cross “A virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal. It will grow colder rather than hotter, we need the help of a spiritual director who will devote him or herself towards the progress of our spiritual life.

To be continued…….

TO BE A SAINT 1

St Thomas Aquinas (1220-1272)once came into a classroom, got three students and asked, Who is a Saint? The first answered “A Saint is a person who avoids evil and does good” st Thomas smiled and said “you are not far from the kingdom of God” the second answered “A Saint is a person who lives his life for the glory of God and salvation of his soul” st Thomas observed a few minutes silence and said gently “you will become a Saint the third answered” A Saint is a person of faith in whose heart is burning the real flame of love for God and his neighbor in his area of life. Who prays for the will of God to be done and accepts it when it comes without minding the difficulties with which it usually comes with “hearing this St Thomas smiled and said” Ọ Teacher, teach me more “

The third answer touched the manspring of all sanctity “faith, love and humble acceptance of the will of God in all conditions of one’s life”. This remains the only criteria we will be judged or said to be a Saint. Of what use is it if we don’t live the life for which we are created for. To ascend into a celestial life a Christian will pass through different stages “Righteousness, holiness and perfection”. The stage of righteousness is achieved when one is baptized and we follow the teaching of Christ but with reluctance. That is when we strive for holiness. We achieve perfection when we perfect our holiness by living in union with the doctrine of faith and love in good and bad times, so that we become a fool and summit to God, detaching from the things we want and like, to perfect ourselves some degree of mortification and detachment is needed on top of our good works to crown it.” He who wants to be my follower must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me”

Blessed Michael iwene Tansi once shared his experience saying that the work of self denial, voluntary poverty, detachment and mortification is of the greatest importance in life because it is almost the decesive point that decide triumph in the war of sanctity.

To be continued…….

A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE

A JOURNEY WITH A PURPOSE (WHAT AM I HERE FOR?)
Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.The easiest
way to know the purpose of an invention is to ask the inventor.Clarify
your values.Set some goals.Figure out what you are good at.Aim high.
Go for it.Be disciplined.Believe you can achieve your goals.Never give
up.Ofcourse these recommendations often lead to great success.You
can usually succeed in reaching your goal if you put your mind to it but
being successful and fulfilling your life’s purpose are not at all the same
issue..

You can reach all your personal goals,become a raving success by
the world’s standard and still miss the purpose for which God created you.
You need more than self advice .
Your life is no fluke of nature.Your parents might not have planned your
but God did.Each and everyone of us is created for a particular purpose.
That’s why it’s normally a waste of time trying to copy another person
pattern of life.We are unique for whatever we do.

THE FALL OF A MAN ON A MOUNTAIN

We all are striving to be the best, to reach the peak of our educational, social and religious life. No one wants to remain stagnant and watch others walk past him. The important thing is that once you determine on something, persevere, because a lot of people will take you as their role model. They will look up to you to get to that point you have reached. He that is doing good should keep doing good.

When the mighty falls. He doesn’t fall alone, most times the people looking up to you will get discouraged some might give up and the fallen man might loose the courage to begin again.

Our life here on earth is a choice. No one will live your life for you. We are the architect of our dreams. We live according to how we plan our lives.

Of course we don’t expect it to be a smooth journey. Many things will come by disappointment, failure, but remember that every successful man have a story to tell. One day when you get to the peak you will look down and see others struggling to get through all that you passed through, you will then understand that those struggles are meant to make you fit and prepared to face the future

LOVE

Love means many things to many people but the summarization of love is that it is the deepest feeling of a devoted, unconditional and stable affection for people and God. Love makes life liveable and pleasing, adding zest in the life of anyone it touches. To love is to deny oneself unconditionally and steadfastly for the sake of your beloved. That is thinking and living for your loved ones despite the pain and difficulties involved. For true love is not expressed in good times alone. It reveals itself authentically in action during difficult moments.

Jesu gave us an inspiring example of true love love when his love for us compelled him to deny and sacrifice himself for our sake. It is on this background that we should build our love for one another. Love that does not suffer or bear pains for the sake of the beloved is false and illusory.

It is often easy for us to express our feelings to the people dear to us. But the pro arises when we are asked “what have you endured for your loved ones?”

Love is all about making sacrifices. And it is the greatest commandment.

LET LOVE LEAD

MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.

We can recall the biblical story of how Jesus visited Mary and Martha. Mary sat at the foot of Jesus listening to him while Martha was running around trying to make something for the guest and also make him comfortable.

But what did Mary do? She sat there just listening. You can imagine how Martha felt because Mary is not assisting her. When she complained Jesus said to her “Martha you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken from her.

We are all unique, whether you are the Mary or Martha, both women are valuable.

However, our priorities matter, we don’t have to react to certain things or certain conditions, sometimes we have to listen and think before we react.

This experience taught me a great lesson “I attended a meeting, at a point everyone was arguing about a particular project but a young lady kept calm at the whole scene. After a while, she stood up to give her own suggestion. Everyone kept quiet, everywhere was calm. I was really marveled. I realized one thing, when you listen you gain more ideas, everywhere was quiet because everyone wants to listen to her. And that is what happens when we listen everyone will want to listen to you.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE EARLY WORM

In order to seize certain opportunities, arriving first can result to higher chances of success. Punctuality is very vital in all aspects of our lives. But since the bird and the worm were early, why is the fate of one different? The bird came up early striving towards getting a meal for the day and the early worm falls victim.

Are you the bird or the worm? Waking up early, being the first to grab opportunities, making the first move helps us to strive towards being successful. But few things are still needed. Our determination, perseverance and hard work helps to fuel our efforts.

If you do not wah to end up with an ill fate…..choose wisely.. BE THE EARLY BIRD.

TO LIVE

When you rise in the morning think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive,to breathe, to think,to enjoy,to love.Life throws us at different struggles and situations .

To be able to breathe is not what it takes to be alive being alive means to live without reasons that make you unhappy . In other
words,it means to be living completely you’re stand not being pulled down the stereotypical norms or not
caring what others think(to some extent).

To exist is the emergence of man in the world. It refers to the act of actually there and being alive. It has to do with our physical self. When we keep living, conquering the challenges life throws to us and solving the problems that face us, that’s called Surviving. Life and living is the very definition of survival. To survive means to emerge, to shed, to transform, to blossom 🌸, to change, to improve and to love.

Existing and surviving requires living. It is only someone that has life that can exist and it is only a person that exist that can live and survive.

TREASURES ARE HIDDEN IN BOOKS

In every aspect of your life. Be it spiritual,educational, social business, living a good life as an individual or a family. The habit of reading seems to be challenging. Why?

Forming the habit of reading tends to be challenging. But remember that nothing good comes easy. When you do what you want, you will not get tired of doing it but when you do what you need, it posses a big challenge and you find it hard to continue.

Being ignorant of things is a primary weapon of containment. We live in an information age. There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Bornes and noble Amazon, not to mention bookstores that provide solid blueprint to reach economic equality but people refuse to read.

You can’t expect to cultivate the habit in a day or two, it requires constant practice and once you are able to maintain that practice. It becomes part of you. Read not just to grab everything but make sure you learnt something from a particular book you read.

LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN