The Problem is Not the Problem
"The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem,” so declared Captain Jack Sparrow. To Robert Schuller, "Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." Today, let's reflect on how you see your problem.
Do you know that the problem you face is not your problem, rather your actual problem is how you see the problem? Life has an abundance of issues, challenges, disappointments, upsets, failures, pains, etc. yet many still move ahead and make great exploits and gains. One person faced with the pressure of life falls into depression while another faced with the same pressure sees opportunities to be better and more innovative. According to L. Kendrick, "We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations." William Ward, therefore, advised, "It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses."
So, enhance your capacity to see problems from the angle that works for you rather than against you. Do you complain when people come to you with problems? Then, listen to Collin Powell share a perspective: "Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." Do you complain about your work? Then listen to Jim Lovell: "Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job." When the affairs of life feels overwhelming, listen to Michelle Obama: "You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own." When faced with problems, rather than weep and complain, let A. Kalam's note guide you: "My message, especially to young people, is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to young people."
As you step out today, reframe how you see problems. Listen to Albert Ellis: "The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny."
Treasure People You Meet on Your Pathway of Life
"Everyone you meet has a part to play in your story. And while some may take a chapter, others a paragraph, and most will be no more than scribbled notes in the margins, someday, you'll meet someone who will become so integral to your life, you'll put their name in the title," so declared Beau Taplin. In Anthony D'Angelo's words, "Treasure your relationships, not your possessions." Today, let's reflect on treasuring people you meet along your life's journey.
Do you know that people you meet on your life's journey could be some of the greatest treasures in your life? While the temptation may be to look down on some people or judge others based on their physical appearance or social status, the reality is that every human that crosses your path of life, has amazing things to offer. The implication is that what you get from people depends on what you look for. As Paulo Coelho said, "You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life." In the words of Bryant McGill, "There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are, in many ways, one of our greatest treasures." To Brian Tracy, "The greatest treasures of your life are associated with the people you love and who love you in return.” Recognizing the value of people, Matshona Dhliwayo counselled, "Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure." Stella Lee advised, "Work hard to protect what you have and the people that you are blessed to have around you. Unless you are fine with losing them forever, remember that relationships take work, and you have to be willing to put in that work."
So, enhance your capacity to harness the vast potentials in people you meet along your path of life. Reject the temptation to judge people by their looks or focus on immediate benefit. Develop the wisdom to deal with people in a manner that will maximize the value of human relationships. Treat every contact as a farm where you sow seed recognizing that the season of harvest would arrive one day. Know, as Buddha said, "Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue." Let people that come across you also benefit from you as a treasure vessel. Be alert, as Daisaku Ikeda noted, that "There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accidents or disasters can destroy such treasures of the heart." Though the dynamics of life may tempt you to see others as opponents, rivals, threats, opportunists, etc., develop the capacity to build relationships that can enable you maximize the treasures in others rather than focusing on the negatives and losing the opportunity to make the best of every relationship. Victoria Osteen understood the value of people and so declared, "Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts."
As you step out today, be determined to walk in such a way that you maximize the value of your relationships with others. Let your life open the door to connect with others so you can see the hidden light in human vessels. Remember, as Lao Tzu said, "The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."
It May Not Come on a Silver Platter
"I believe one has to work their way up to where they want to be... Things will come to you on a silver, gold, brass, or even a wooden platter if you go out and create them," so declared Mark Sandford. To a writer, "Life doesn't come handed to you on a silver platter. We all go through pressure and struggles of our own and to different extremes." Today, let's reflect on paying the price for what you desire.
Do you know that what you desire may not come to you on a silver platter and that there is a price to pay for what you need? According to Annette Sunday, "Nothing good comes on a silver platter." Terry Orlick added, "Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles." While it may feel blissful to look up to fate, luck, Providence, favour, connections, etc. to usher to you what you want without you doing anything, it's key to recognize your role in getting what you desire. Listen to Katarina Witt: "Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it." The expectation of something for nothing may be misleading. As Claire Kaifes noted, "Working for what you want is a great way to learn about determination and grit. Grit will always propel you forward and keep you from giving up on your dreams." Conversely, as he continued, "When things are just given to you in life, you don’t learn anything such as time management, money management, or really any life skill."
So, enhance your capacity to recognize your role in getting what you need. Know that while it is okay to exercise faith towards your desires, it is important to recognize the needed work to drive the actualization of the desire. That may involve sacrifice, delayed gratification, determination in the midst of challenges, devotion to learning and acquisition of needed skills, patience, networking, etc. As a source shared, be conscious that allowing someone to grow up without discipline and determination will only hurt him or her in the long run. Therefore, train yourself to live with the consciousness that while certain things in life are outside your control, working for what you believe in is the most important part of growing up as life will never give you anything without you working for it, doing your part or paying the needed price. Such a mindset might have been why a school of thought encouraged people to pray as if everything depends on God but work as if everything depends on the individuals.
As you step out today, recognize the need to push yourself as a first step towards your goal. Dream big and pray hard but take the needed action for the dreams to come true. Never underestimate the role of your God-given talents, hands, legs, brain, etc. in moving you from where you are to where you should be.
Treasure What You Have.
"When you treasure what you have, you are already rich," so advised Udai Yadla. In the words of Matshona Dhliwayo, "Riches you hold in your hands are inferior to treasures you store in your heart." Today, let's reflect on treasuring what you have.
Do you know that treasuring what you have is a great way to get the best from them and to enhance your fulfilment? The tendency to aspire for what you want or focus on the physical may make you lose consciousness of what you have and the great value in them. The result may have an adverse impact on your level of happiness. As Sola Agudah noted, "In the end, it isn’t how rich you are that matters. It doesn’t even matter how many accolades you have gotten. It doesn’t matter how many material possessions you were able to accumulate. What matters is the quality of life you lived and the impression you left on those that met you." Unfortunately, the temptation may be to focus unnecessarily on the physical while losing track of what really matters. As Matshona Dhliwayo said, "There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love." He added, "Wealth is a small blessing, health is a great asset, happiness is an extraordinary treasure, and life is a remarkable reward." According to Joel Osteen, "You have what you need. The problem many times is that it's buried on the inside. It's a hidden treasure. You have gifts and talents that you've not yet tapped into. There is potential that is waiting to be released. When God laid out the plan for your life, he deposited in you the skill, the wisdom, the creativity; everything you need to fulfil your destiny."
So, enhance your capacity to recognize what you have and to maximize what you make of them. Know, as Marie Kondo said, "To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. And if you no longer need them, then that is neither wasteful nor shameful." Take stock of what you have and let go of what no longer adds value. Know that life is not about the accumulation of things but the recognition and treasuring of what you have. As Marie Kondo asked, "Can you truthfully say that you treasure something buried so deeply in a cupboard or drawer that you have forgotten its existence?" In the words of a writer, "Make the most of what you have, treasure what's in your hands, for what you care for grows, and what you neglect dies. Don't wait till the end of your life to realize how time flies and how the little things you take for granted are where great things lie." In the midst of what you have, recognize what is valuable. Treasure your health, celebrate valuable relationships, appreciate your talents, be grateful for your job, cherish your family, and esteem your ability to do what you do.
As you step out today, listen to Joel Osteen: "You have exactly what you need. You're tall enough. You're smart enough. You're attractive enough. You're talented enough. Quit comparing yourself to somebody else. You've been fearfully and wonderfully made. When you walk in your anointing, confident in who God made you to be, knowing that you've got what it takes, then your hidden treasure, your gifts, your talents, that potential is going to be released. You'll step into the fullness of your destiny."
Be Serious With Your Life.
"There are some things worth being serious about. You just have to figure out what in your life matters most. Then, it’s time to get serious," so declared a writer. To Jamie Jackson, "Be serious in the love you give. Be serious in finding the value you have to offer for that is your gold. Be serious in your pursuit of inner peace. Be serious in your personal growth. Be serious in facing your fears and discovering who you are." Today, let's reflect on being serious with your life.
Do you know that the attention you pay to things determines the outcome you get from them? In a world filled with distractions, it's possible to get carried away by every "wind" that you lose focus of what really matters and is essential for your progress. It's also possible to be so relaxed and resort to the comfort zone that the things that matter are left unattended. As Janie Jackson noted, "Life will happen to you rather than for you if you don’t take it seriously." That might have been why Syama Mukherjee advised, "Whatever work you undertake, do it seriously, thoroughly and well; never leave it half-done or undone, never feel yourself satisfied unless and until you have given it your very best. Cultivate the habits of discipline and toleration. Surrender not the convictions you hold dear but learn to appreciate the points of view of your opponents." Friedrich Nietzsche added, "Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play." To avoid confusion, Allan Bloom noted that "A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear."
So, enhance your capacity to recognize what to be serious about and to actually be serious. As Jackson counselled, "Be serious in taking responsibility for your life... Be serious about creativity. Be serious about the friends you keep and the people who give you counsel. Be serious about extending yourself and your world through your relationships with others. Be serious about how you spend the fleeting minutes of your life. Be serious about the actions you take because all actions have consequences. Be serious about being a parent as your children will follow your example, not your advice. Be serious about putting your priorities in the right order and be serious in endeavouring to find out what is that right order. Be serious in working out who you are. Be serious in working out your mission and struggles. Be serious about all of this or be perpetually disappointed in life." Recognize that if you're not serious with your life, nobody will take you seriously. Know what to refrain from and what not to invest your energy or time on. Let what you are serious about be things that add real value to your life and create positive impacts. Reject the temptation to be serious about unhelpful relationships, distractions, other's opinions of you, pleasing others, or indulging in acts that do not enhance your vision.
As you step out today, review what you do and what you're involved in to determine what requires your attention and what does not deserve your time and energy. Always remember Robert Hutchins' words: "It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things."
Don't Merely Grow Old, Grow Up.
"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional," declared Chili Davis. To Maya Angelou, "Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honour their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging." Today, let's reflect on growing up rather than merely growing old.
Do you know that while growing old is outside your control, growing up is a choice? Often, we see flashes of birthday celebrations and hear drums of birthday ecstasy. Some persons have taken birthday issue so high that they have quarrelled with loved ones or done away with relationships with persons who forgot or missed to recognize their birthdays. A question is, when one celebrates birthday, what does one really celebrate? The years in one's life or the life in one's years? While one has no control over growing old - in fact, one can't choose not to grow old - growing up is a conscious act and must be done intentionally. Maya Angelou shared his thought: "I am convinced that most people do not grow up... We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias." While it's okay to live long, it's more important to live a life of value and impact, to optimally develop your capacity, to make the best of what you have, to maximize your abilities and to actively drive the actualization of your potentials.
So, enhance your capacity to determinedly grow up. Recognize, as Oprah Winfrey noted, "We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are." Be alert, as E. E. Cummings said, "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." Therefore, challenge yourself to grow up - improve your reasoning, refine how you speak, enhance your problem solving skills, build your network, grow your ability to positively impact others, increase your level of maturity, widen your sphere of influence, challenge yourself to be better, fly at higher altitude, focus on what matters, etc. Listen to Jennifer Elisabehe's challenge: "Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back." Always remember Brandon Stanton's words: "Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you're grown up. Growing up means being patient, holding your temper, cutting out the self-pity, and quitting with the righteous indignation."
As you step out today, consciously take steps to grow up. While it's fine to celebrate every new day under the sun, focus more on celebrating your growing up. In all you do, always remember Lois Bujoup's thought: "Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished."
Give What You Want to Receive.
"The universe works in mysterious ways, often paradoxically. When you give compassion, you are open to it. When you give love, love comes to you. When you give money or material possessions, your wealth increases. Whatever the focus of your generosity, the underlying assumption is abundance: there is plenty for everyone." These were the words of Nicole Urdang. Today, let's reflect on giving what you want to receive.
Do you know that what you give is what you receive? Invariably, to get what you desire, give that to others. In the words of Tony Fahkry, "Giving out what you most want, comes back to you better than you imagine." Nicole Urdang captured it this way: "When you let go of possessions and money, when you bravely open your heart to love, when you bestow a kind word or smile on someone, you open unseen portals for goodness, compassion, and prosperity to flow to you... When you can really let go and assume the universe provides, you can deeply relax. This doesn’t happen overnight. It requires a big leap of faith and a lot of practice." Kahlil Gibran shared an experience: "I slept, and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke, and I saw that life is all service. I served, and I saw that service is joy.” Emphasizing the value of what we give, Arthur Ashe noted, "From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”
So, enhance your capacity to give what you want to receive. In a world where everyone blames somebody for not doing even what anybody can do, nobody may be free from the adverse consequences of inaction. Wait no longer; take a step: give what you want to receive. Know, as Fahkry said, "It is a universal law that you reap what you sow. Moreover, you are a reflection of your predominant thoughts, beliefs, words, and actions. You are what you think about and receive according to your predominant thoughts." Let your actions attract your passion. Rather than wait and complain, do what will usher in what you desire. Nicole Urdang cited a typical example: "When you feel lonely, go out into the world and smile at someone, call a friend who may also be flying solo, or write a loving note, text, or email. Again, by giving what you seek, you change your energy." Therefore, if you want more love, give out an abundance of love. If you want more people to care about you, spend more time showing people you care.
As you step out today, be conscious that "Like attracts like." Whatever you want in your life, focus on giving that to others. Always remember Zig Ziglar's note: "You can have everything you want in life if you will just help other people get what they want.”
Failure is an Instrument of Success.
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts," so declared Winston Churchill. In Albert Einstein's words, "Failure is success in progress." Today, let's reflect on failure as an instrument of success.
Do you know that failing in something is not the reason for you not succeeding? According to Ekaterina Walter, "It seems that failure tends to be more public than success. Or at least that’s what we perceive it to be. We fret it, we try to avoid it, and we question ourselves every time we have unconventional ideas. But the simple truth is – no great success was ever achieved without failure. It may be one epic failure. Or a series of failures – such as Edison's 10,000 attempts to create a light bulb or Dyson’s 5,126 attempts to invent a bagless vacuum cleaner. But, whether we like it or not, failure is a necessary stepping stone to achieving our dreams." The implication is that failure is not necessarily a problem. Rather, the issue is what you do with failure. John Wooden noted that "Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be." George Clooney added, "The only failure is not to try." Robert Kennedy noted that “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Despite this, many don't dare to try anything they suspect they may fail. Paulo Coelho confirmed this when he said, "There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” Coco Chanel, therefore, noted that "Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
So, enhance your capacity to utilize failure as an instrument of success. As much as nobody deliberately desires failure, know, as Bill Gates did, "It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure." Ken Robinson thus counselled, "If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” The implication is that you should not see failure as a road block to success but as an instrument to enhance success. Gena Showalter, therefore, entreated, “Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” That might have been why Chris Bradford noted that "There is no failure except in no longer trying.” Denis Waitley counselled, "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” Therefore, consider reframing what is considered as failure to enable failure work for, rather than against you. Learn from Thomas Edison, who declared, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
As you step out today, don't let failure fail you. Utilize what has not worked as expected as a learning opportunity to enhance your success. If you feel discouraged, let Winston Churchill note encourage you: "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
VERY HARD TO BE MAN!
When you succeed to sleep after a tough day, you do not want to wake up when you think about the mountain of problems that you have to solve.
Nobody will service you for nothing, every favor you will receive, will fall from your hard work.
Your well-being is not the priority of anyone, and everybody does not care about what you feel inside.
Most of the time, you will be alone to face adversity, lost in your thoughts, full of rage, pain and depression.
Every day is a new combat with its challenges, its pressures and numerous demands to be satisfied.
Women do not care about your pain; your peers do not worry about your suffering. You have to fight alone to make it out.
Society does not care about what a man thinks and feels, she is more misandrist.
You value depends on what you have already accomplished or depends on what you will accomplish. It is in function of this that people will give you respect.
It is hard to be man, sometimes you blame yourself harshly, you want to be far away from yourself.
Your responsibilities are very voluminous and scary, you do not have enough strong shoulders for all this, but you have no one to turn to.
You feel the need the need to cry, but the idea that society will see you as a weak man, a crybaby, a weakling, even makes you more scared.
The truth is that your tears do not signify anything to anyone, on the contrary it will be used by your enemies, to better weaken you.
While people think that everything is going splendid for you, at the bottom yourself is a slow death.
This ode to men, is destined to censor and comfort, because I am one of them and I know what we are subjected to everyday. Men endure innumerable sufferings, but society, has no sympathy for our pain.
When you are born a man, you are made to suffer your whole life. Knowing that no one will come to your rescue, is demoralizing, you will always be alone against all odds...
Women are funny to me
Women are funny to me.
1- He is the one who lost you, but you are the one crying everywhere.
2- He will never find another woman like you, but you are the one supervising his every move and gesture, secretly wishing for a reconciliation.
3- You are very beautiful woman who cannot lack guys, but you are unable to digest your separation.
4- You do not have anything to reproach yourself,you are right all the way,but why do want to justify yourself so much?
5- You say you are a woman of value, a woman of substance, but why are so hurt, when a man who did not deserve you, decide to breakup with you?
Can a woman of value lack serious suitors?
What killed the Frog 🐸
Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water.
As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly.
The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature...
Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore...
At that point the frog decides to jump out...
The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so, because it has lost all its strength in adjusting with the rising water temperature...
Very soon the frog dies.
What killed the frog?
Many of us would say the boiling water...
But the truth is what killed the frog was its own inability to decide when it had to jump out.
We all need to adjust with people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust and when we need to confront/face.
There are times when we need to face the situation and take the appropriate action...
If we allow people to exploit us physically, mentally, emotionally or financially, they will continue to do so...
We have to decide when to jump.
Let us jump while we still have the strength.
Think on It !!
How Overthinking Kills from within
SEE HOW OVERTHINKING IS KILLING YOU...
Overthinking means to think too much about (something): to put too much time into thinking about or analyzing (something) in a way that is more harmful than helpful.
Overthinkers may have trouble distinguishing between the fear of making a mistake, which leads to overthinking to the point where they make no decision, and a deep feeling that something is wrong.
Knowing if fear or intuition is guiding your behavior will help you get out of your head and take the next necessary steps.
SIGNS THAT YOU OVERTHINK
▶️Difficulty following along with and contributing to a conversation because you go over potential responses or statements time and again until the conversation has either ended or the window of opportunity for speaking was lost
▶️Continually comparing yourself to the people around you and how you measure up to them
▶️Focusing on worst-case scenarios either involving yourself or the ones you love
▶️Reliving past failures or mistakes over and over again and you're unable to move past them
▶️Worrying about future tasks and/or goals until they feel almost impossible to accomplish
▶️Reliving a past traumatic experience (such as abuse or the loss of a loved one) leaving you unable to cope with it
▶️An inability to slow down the racing of vague thoughts, worries or emotions
HOW TO OVERCOME OVERTHINKING
➡️Don't think of what can go wrong, but what can go right.
➡️Distract yourself into happiness. Meditate of positive outcome.
➡️Stop waiting for perfection.
➡️Accept your best. Celebrate your little wins
➡️Know you are a work in progress,you are not above making mistake.
➡️Be grateful for what you have as you wait for what you are expecting
Stop overthinking and act now.
Don't waste Effort
1...Stop looking for who is not looking for you.
2... Stop begging.
3...Stop saying more than necessary.
4...When people disrespect you, confront them immediately.
5...Don't eat other people's food more than they eat yours.
6...Reduce how you visit some people, especially if they don't reciprocate it.
7...Invest in yourself. Make yourself happy.
8... Stop entertaining gossip about other people.
9...Think before you talk. 80% of how people value you is what comes out of your mouth.
10... Always look your best. Dress the way you should be addressed.
11... Be an achiever. Get busy with your goals
12...Respect your time.
13... Don't stay in a relationship where you don't feel respected and valued. Walk away.
14... Learn to spend money on yourself. That's how people will learn to spend on you.
15... Be scarce sometimes.
16...Be a giver more than a receiver.
17...Don't go where you are not invited. And when invited don't overstay your welcome.
18...Treat people exactly the way they deserve.
19... Except they owe you money, two call attempts is enough. If they value you they will call you back.
20...Be good at what you do.
TELLING THE STORY
Once upon a time, there was a man who had a wife and ten children. He was a happy man. Every year this man used to take his wife and children far away into the forest. And on getting there he would sit them down together, and would begin to teach them to beat the drum, to dance the dance, to sing the song and to tell the story. And they would go back home happy, for the story linked them with their beginning. Soon, the man died. And his children came together and said: 'we do not know the way to the forest, but let us stay at home and beat the drum, dance the dance, sing the song and tell the story'. So they did, and the were happy. Soon, these children died. And their children came together and said: ''We do not know the way to the forest, neither do we know how to beat the drum, but let us stay at home and dance the dance, sing the song and tell the story''. So they did, and they were fulfilled, for they found meaning in the story. Soon, these children died, and the generation after them came together and said: "We do not know the way to the forest, nether could we beat the drum nor dance the dance, but lets stay at home and sing the song and tell the story. So they did, and they were healed, for the story made them feel at one with the cosmos. Soon, this generation died, and those after them came together and said:
"We are the most unfortunate of all. We do not know the way to the
forest, neither could we beat the drum, nor dance the dance, nor sing.
All we have left is the story. Let us then tell the story, so that we
can be made whole. So they did, and were transformed".
We, the people of today, we have lost everything. All we have left is the story. The day we lose the story, then it is all over for us. The day we forget our story, that day is the end for us. We need the prophets, the visionaries, and the mystics to keep reminding us, to keep retelling the story, to keep on singing the song. Modern men and women need to keep on retelling their story, so that they may live.
WHO ARE YOU?
So tell me, mortal man, who are you? You are nothing. Do you know that? you are nothing. A mere shadow passing by. Look at your life. What does it consist of? You are born. You grow up. You go to school. You become a lawyer, or a doctor, or a politician. You marry a wife or two. You buy a car. You build a house. You fall sick and spend your hard-earned money in getting yourself cured. Yet, you die all the same. And you are buried. Is that not all? Tell me, o mortal woman, who are you?
How proud we human beings are! We make ourselves the center of the universe. We separate ourselves from the universe, thinking that everything is under our control. We exploit the cosmos and treat it as we like, thinking that we really understand the mysteries of the world. Just because we manufacture airplanes and cars, just because we make rockets that fly in the sky, just because we manufacture atomic and chemical weapons, which can destroy our children and us, we think we are gods! Whether you accept it or not, this is the truth: You are nothing:
Sheer futility, Qoheleth says. Sheer futility: Everything is futile! What profit can we show for all our toil, toiling under the sun? A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever...
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Security: APC’s Worst Critics Will Agree We Have Tried, Says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the efforts of his All Progressives (APC)-led administration in tackling insecurity.
President Buhari during his visit to Taraba State on Monday said the security situation in the country has improved since his assumption of office in 2015 that even the worst critics of the party can attest to it.
This was in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu after the President’s visit to condole with the families of the victims of killings in Taraba State.
He said his administration had focused on securing the country since assumption of office, adding that the “worst critics of APC will agree that we have tried in improving the security situation in the country, right from the Boko Haram attacks.’’
Buhari during the visit said the purpose was to also meet with traditional rulers to appeal to them to continue to pursue peace in their communities.
“I came here mainly to have this forum with leaders, traditional rulers and the state government to extend my condolences to all those who have lost loved ones and properties.
“I am appealing to the traditional rulers not to give up in pursuing peace. The country has to be secured before you can manage the economy,” President Buhari said in the statement.
On his part, the governor commended the Federal Government for the ongoing construction of the Mambila Power Plant as the completion of the project would greatly impact on the economy of the state and the nation.
He, however, regretted that he inherited a state that was deeply divided along ethnic and tribal lines.
In doing that, he noted, there would be a need for the traditional rulers to support the government in terms of their structures, goodwill and experience in promoting harmony.
While warning that all the perpetrators of violence in the country President Buhari said the security situation in the country had improved upon the APC assumption of office in 2015.
I’m Going Straight To Villa, I’m The Next President – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, is confident of winning the coming presidential election when Nigerians elect a new president in 2019.
The governor was hopeful that if supported by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he would take over government from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I’m going straight to that Villa. I’m the next president,” he said in a statement issued on Tuesday by his special assistant on public communications and new media, Mr Lere Olayinka.
“I have a penchant for taking powers; that one in President Muhammadu Buhari’s hand, I will take it.”
Fayose further revealed plans to formally declare his intention to run for presidency in the general elections on Thursday in Abuja.
He, however, said in a letter addressed to leaders of the PDP that his ambition to be president was without prejudice to the party’s position, but in the overall interest of the party and the country.
The letter read; “It is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election.
“Considering your support and commitment towards our great party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.
“This ambition, however, is without prejudice to our party’s position but in the overall interest of the party and our country.
“I urge that all hands should be on deck to ensure victory at the 2019 presidential election.
“Accept the assurances of my highest regards as a determined presidential hopeful.”
— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) September 26, 2017
I Will Defeat President Buhari In Free And Fair Election – Fayose
It is still a full year and five months to the 2019 elections, but some politicians eyeing the highest office in the land are already positioning themselves to run.
One of such is the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose who has not hidden his desire to contest the presidency, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Today in Abuja the Federal Capital, Governor Fayose formally declared his ambition to run at a gathering of party faithful including former Aviation Minister Femi Fani- Kayode and a former Osun State Governor Iyiola Omisore.
Governor Fayose in his declaration said that he is the Nigerian man to watch out for as the nation moves into another decade.
He referred to the coming back of President Muhammadu Buhari as a sign of him attaining the seat of the President.
“Nobody like me can take out the President from his office, twice I defeated the incumbents to become governor of Ekiti State.
“I am confident with your support as my party leaders and supporters, I will defeat the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari in a free and fair election”.
He further noted that if elected he will ensure workers salaries are paid, exchange rate fixed at a normal rate, reduce the rate of kidnapping by herdsmen, security, the unity of the country, ensuring schools are in international standard and stop molestation of judges.
In his words, “I am the man already destined by God to take Nigeria out of its present political and economic stagnation”.
Fayose had earlier said in a Press statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, M. Lere Olayinka expressed optimism of winning the coming presidential election when Nigerians elect a new president in 2019.
“I have a penchant for taking powers; that one in President Muhammadu Buhari’s hand, I will take it.”
He, however, said in a letter addressed to leaders of the PDP that his ambition to be president was without prejudice to the party’s position, but in the overall interest of the party and the country.
The letter read; “It is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election.
“Considering your support and commitment towards our great party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.
“This ambition, however, is without prejudice to our party’s position but in the overall interest of the party and our country.
“I urge that all hands should be on deck to ensure victory at the 2019 presidential election.
“Accept the assurances of my highest regards as a determined presidential hopeful.”
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