I know,  I know.  I felt the cobwebs too when I logged on to share this post.  I've been away for too long and for those that always read my posts with eagerness within than for the next one,  I'm really sorry for this long break.
This year didn't turn out as I'd imagined. Several things happened that broke my spirit and caused me to be quite bitter at some point. Things I dreamed of getting didn't happen, leaving me wondering "Was I exactly as good or as smart as everyone thought"? I cried a few times and I laughed fewer times. Even as God was always just one call away, "I'd had thrown my phone under the bed and completely forgotten I even had a phone". I've not had everything I wanted this year but I've had everything I needed; life, family, friends turned family and most importantly, God.
Throughout this year, I spent most of my time worrying about what I didn't have that I failed to acknowledge what he had given me. I let myself get drawn into a place that I can only say thank God I'm no longer there.
A myopic thanksgiver would be who you are if you fail to appreciate God for the things you have, the little things that everyone seems to forget which some other people really really need. You only focus on the negative or the things that God hasn't done yet,  but you're like thank God "sha".
I may not have gotten the result I wanted to graduate with, but I graduated and still with a very good one.
I may not have gotten into the modelling academy I wanted to, but I got to model for a friend's clothing line which I'm honoured to have done. Quick one,  watch out for the brand, EsGee by Gloria Amosun.
I may not have had the money to buy all the fancy things I wanted for Christmas, but I had food on my table and I ate to my fill.  Yes,  I eat in large portions most times but I'm skinny 😌😒
And so many "I may not have" but much more of the "I have". A great man once said, "Thanksgiving is the application for more".  Not "basha basha" thanksgiving but the proper type.
Count your blessings my darling, and don't be a myopic thanksgiver. Okay? 😉

Sitting down in a bus yesterday, on my way back from the mall, one of the passengers gets into a pretty heated argument with the bus conductor and I'm rolling my eyes like "here we go again". They exchange several words and begin comparing each other "I beta pass you, see as you be" blah blah blah, pretty serious something. But hey, I'm the passenger that doesn't possibly bother myself with "bus wahala", I'm just praying in my head "God let me get to my bus stop in one piece".
On the ride home, I just thought to myself "Hey! everyone is something". I mean for a bus conductor and an "agbero" to be talking about who earns more per month or "who beta pass who", that's some real confidence they've got on who they are.
The value you place on yourself as a person is what matters the most, in comparison to what another person thinks about you. Repeat after me, "I am of great worth. I'm of high value".
Now it's not just about saying it! You've gotta think and act that way. Concentrate on what you have inside of you.

Sometimes I just sit back and think about everything/everyone that makes me happy, despite whatever challenges I may be facing at that moment. I’m one of the luckiest and wealthiest persons alive (I’m not talking materially now). We, humans, are so blessed with a lot of beautiful things but we fail to realize this because we are not able to see how important these things are.

Have you ever sat down to think about how much it costs to be loved by family or good friends? These people are there for our comfort and for us to fall back on when the going gets tough. Sometimes you just want to be alone, but nah..they’re there trying to find out if you’re okay or if something is wrong. It may be hard to reciprocate love when you’re going through rough times, especially when the people around you can’t understand exactly how and where the shoe hurts.

Let’s not make the mistake of pushing these people away because you’ll regret it someday, no matter how much we feel we’re good without them at that point, trust me. I’ve had my own personal experience based on this. Early last year, I’d just had my first break up ever and it was something else! I mean, I’d always wondered what it meant to be heartbroken when people just kept talking about their own experiences. Let’s say I had my own fair share of being heartbroken. So I had his really close friend that I’d known for about 3 years and our friendship was beautiful, but then I pushed him away during this period. After I was done putting the pieces of heart back together, I tried to put the pieces of our friendship together but there was nothing left to put back together. I felt really bad because it wasn’t as if he wasn’t there, he was, but I was too broken to appreciate this. I miss him.

The best things in life are free; family, good friends, hugs, good memories e.t.c. Let’s always try to appreciate this and never trade this for anything because there is no price point for these things.

What’s up guys?

Happy Valentine’s in arrears

What does today’s topic mean??

Now, I’m not talking just about the way you dress or cut your hair or sag your pants and still wear a belt or how you raise the collar of that your Polo shirt (this thing cracks me up). No, No, but then it’s

Some people go out of their way to get luxury things just because they want to belong. Don’t get me wrong, living luxurious can be good, just don’t be drinking garri because you want to feel among. You’ll have kwashiorkor and those clothes won’t look good on you and that expensive Hublot wristwatch will be falling off your hand, no matter how many the amount of holes you create on the leather. You’d hear them say “I have this and that”, “my parents are this and that, they always travel to different countries everyday and that’s why I haven’t introduced you guys to them cos’ they’re never around”. Lies from the pit of hell and you’re just looking at them drop it like it’s hot like: 

I know how it feels to not have when others around you have, but when you’re now forming, how would someone that wants to help now truly know that you lack? Don’t let peer pressure turn you into what you’re not originally cos’ “an original is worth more than a copy”.

“Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly responding to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you” Rom 12:2 (MSG)

The book that contains knowledge on everything has clearly stated it. Let’s try to work that out.

I’ve been too preoccupied lately to post here and I apologize to those who always look forward to my posts. Today I’ll be talking about God’s love. With time I got to understand what the “fuss” about how much God loved each and every one of us. I realized there was no way to quantify this love, I mean, making your son the slaughtered animal to save people, some that don’t even give a crap? Wow! That’s a lot really. When you think about the magnitude of this sacrifice, it should move you to understand that there’s someone that’s ready to go all out for you only if you’re ready to reciprocate this Love.

One way we can show this is by doing what he asks us to do. John 14:15 (MSG) says:

“If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you”

That’s it, guys! You have to prove your love by doing as he tells you to and he’s indeed loyal to them that love him. Have a rethink today on your love for Him. Do you just do all you do because it is required of you that you do it as a Christian or because your love for Him drives you wild enough to leave your comfort zone and do it?