So My Dear B,
You’re off, by God! I can barely believe it since I am so unaccustomed to anybody leaving me save once. But reflectively I wonder why nobody did so before, and the only one who did still came calling. All I care about — honest to God — is that you are happy and I don’t much care who you’ll find happiness with. I mean as long as he’s a friendly bloke and treats you nice and kind. If he doesn’t I’ll come at him with a hammer and clinker. God’s eye may be on the sparrow but my eye will always be on you. Never forget your strange virtues. Keep the royalty to your steps. Never forget that underneath that veneer of nonchallance is a remarkable and puritanical lady. I am a smashing bore or not? why you’d rather not have me and yet have me as a nobody is an indication of your sweetly confused loyalty.
I shall miss you with passion but no regrets.
Doors close Doors open.
This is an adaptation with Davidian Twists and Turns.

I don’t go around fire expecting not to sweat.

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Good morning and Happy Independence may we truly be Independent and emancipated from the Slavery of the mind. What is more important than this? If the mind is free. The physical will fall in place.

A mighty horse can easily be tied to “nothing” and yet remain immobile.

One of my greatest fears, confronted me in flesh and blood yesterday. A friend and university graduate actually insinuated a race is superior to the African and that’s me putting his assertions lightly.

Who has bewitched you? Who has bewitched this country?

I have come to conclude a lot of us even this my generation as educated as we seem are in a pitiable state of mind. Our minds have been beaten and battered into the shape society dictates, family dictates or just even friends.

If Nigeria will be great her youth must begin to stand like men and not bow to the mould handed to them. Reverence should be given whoever deserves such but do not be ashamed to take a stand where you should.

Do not follow in the steps of the past generation. If given the opportunity 80% of the young people I have met and interacted with say or imply they would probably be worse in that they would just loot the Treasury “smarter”. This only gives a bleak future. Unfortunately the future is now as I can already see some close to those positions and ready to implement their selfish ambitions.

Define your truths and define what’s falsehood for you, define your good and define your bad correlate this with what may be progressive you, family, friends and the country, choose to do the truth and the good. These areas of life (truth and good) are slippery, hold on to them like your life depends on it cause it actually does.

This cannot be over emphasized “Never be a Flag!!” You were born alone except you are a Siamese twin, even regular twins are alone, and except science out wits death soon you will die alone.. Know when to wield the spirit of comradeship and when to abandon ship.. Do not be pushed to follow leaders you do not understand their good and truths.

Be patriotic, loyal to family, stand with friends, protect your community.

A great Nigeria starts with you!

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 365 Days of Helping.

So I woke up this morning, yeah I woke up. Something to be happy about I guess. Grateful if you like. I have adopted a “morning ritual” of getting some positive messages into myself each morning via instagram particularly since well after my laptop (if its close by) the next thing I reach for is my phone. I forgot, my glasses actually comes first:

On one of those mornings I stumbled on this

The important thing is the CAN, Hence my thought was even if I am broke as a broken chewing stick I still have so much someone out there doesn’t have and may never have. Coincidentally saw this video this morning

Inspired by this I decided I could do something by offering an open cheque. So I made this post

Within minutes I got calls, comments and WhatsApp messages that lasted throughout the day. I won’t dwell much on the downsides but one thing was prevalent a lot of people define help == financial help. Help is not always financial.

After each person I was able to help I specifically mentioned it would be nice if they could do the same for at least someone else. At the end of the day, I slept better and was happy I could help even if it was a few. In discussing with some about the experience and of course the result I got personally, made a resolve I’d like to try this for the next 365 days. I know some people I have mentioned this to have decided they would give it a try as well.

Some things I learnt and think you should have in mind just in case you want to join in,

• You don’t have to tell anyone what you did, you can judge yourself if what you did was worth it and not just a show by how you feel at the end of the day.
• Encourage those you help to help others in like manner.
• Job responsibilities are different from helping people. Don’t replace what you should do with some favour or good you are doing for someone.
• What you do for livelihood is different from helping people, personally for me when my business does promos (price-slashes) I try to share with as many as possible to take advantage of it.
• its important to separate this from some religious rite or seeking to please some super being, which you may do in the process, which is good. “Actions ultimately make the difference between living a good life and not living a good life.”
• Things you could do, You can help a neighbour wash a car, you can help people get a message across,  you can use your skill/knowledge in a way that doesn’t hurt you. You can even give money, ONLY if you have that money and won’t go begging cause of that. These are not perfect examples but you get the idea. Do what you can, When you can as Often as you can. If you get requests beyond you, decline politely.

In case you are the kind that needs to be monitored or give yourself a “punishment” for not getting your goal done you may like this site

If you found this useful or a good read kindly share.
Here’s to a good year of Good! Cheers

Psst! and this

 

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I think it’s safe to say clarity and simplicity bring along more progress than clutter would. Clean out my life, clean out your life of clutter; things, people, decisions that don’t necessarily serve a purpose. Let it go! Let them go!

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