Wednesday 15 June 2016
Monday 13 June 2016
You Live by Living Not by Feeling to Live
Life is lived by living it and never by feeling to live it. I didn’t do this because I do not feel like doing it is an expression you keep hearing people make to explain their failure to face life and make the most of it.
Greatness does not come by feeling like it but by taking action towards it. Those who would want to feel like it will always loose the opportunity of becoming it. Wanting to feel like it is nothing but self-inflicted failure; life is action not feelings. The path to success is the path of thought backed up with action.
It demands accountability to do things you do not feel like doing which are essential to living the life you must live. Accountability requires that you grew deaf ears to your feeling like taking action; you’re feeling like it does not drive you. Those who has challenges accounting for the opportunities that life throw at them will always have plenty challenges accounting for other resources at their disposal, money inclusive.
Never wait to feel like it, step out and act it for life is not a feeling but an action.
Greatness does not come by feeling like it but by taking action towards it. Those who would want to feel like it will always loose the opportunity of becoming it. Wanting to feel like it is nothing but self-inflicted failure; life is action not feelings. The path to success is the path of thought backed up with action.
It demands accountability to do things you do not feel like doing which are essential to living the life you must live. Accountability requires that you grew deaf ears to your feeling like taking action; you’re feeling like it does not drive you. Those who has challenges accounting for the opportunities that life throw at them will always have plenty challenges accounting for other resources at their disposal, money inclusive.
Never wait to feel like it, step out and act it for life is not a feeling but an action.
Thursday 9 June 2016
There are two sides to every story
Please read through this short story, it will change you.
“My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings.
One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search for any leftover food. But, as usual he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything!
The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it.
Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyday.
One day there was a big problem in the villa and I was told that my boss has died. There were too many guests coming to the villa that day and I didn't get any food that day, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.
It went on like this for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a watchman.
After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now? I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!
Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She then asked me as to when this stopped? I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn't I ever think of this before? That it was my boss who was providing this for me? I guess it was because I never thought that a person who never replied to my greetings could ever be this generous!
His wife started to cry and I told her to please stop crying and that I'm really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn't know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service.
His wife told me, I'm crying because I've finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people everyday, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.
From that day onwards, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied! Just like his dad!
One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me to please not be offended when he doesn't reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad!”
Oh! We have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is this thing called ASKING.
Don’t just jump to conclusion, because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how we process what happens around us. Don’t judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all.
Lets change the way we feel about ourselves and others. There are two sides to a story. Don’t believe everything you hear.
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
“My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings.
One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search for any leftover food. But, as usual he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything!
The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it.
Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyday.
One day there was a big problem in the villa and I was told that my boss has died. There were too many guests coming to the villa that day and I didn't get any food that day, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.
It went on like this for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a watchman.
After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now? I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!
Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She then asked me as to when this stopped? I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn't I ever think of this before? That it was my boss who was providing this for me? I guess it was because I never thought that a person who never replied to my greetings could ever be this generous!
His wife started to cry and I told her to please stop crying and that I'm really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn't know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service.
His wife told me, I'm crying because I've finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving 7 people everyday, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.
From that day onwards, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied! Just like his dad!
One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me to please not be offended when he doesn't reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad!”
Oh! We have been wrong so many times judging others without knowing the true story behind their actions. Be kind and courteous in dealing with others, for everyone is fighting a hard battle. Be careful, not everything is about you. Before you assume, there is this thing called ASKING.
Don’t just jump to conclusion, because that is truly not an exercise, it may cause you more harm at the end of the day. Many of our problems are caused by how we process what happens around us. Don’t judge a situation you have never been in. Be humble enough to learn. You do not know it all.
Lets change the way we feel about ourselves and others. There are two sides to a story. Don’t believe everything you hear.
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
Attitude
Attitude is a predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude influences an individual's choice of action, and responses to challenges, incentives, and rewards (together called stimuli or impulse).
Ones’ attitude defines who he or she is, attitude is you in your loose state, the natural you. It is common to see people behave in certain way different from who they really are because of conscious check they put themselves to; that’s not you but the controlled you – a fake version, improved you or make believe version of you.
With consistent checks on oneself, one can improve on or change his/her attitude entirely for the best; so training is the refinery/furnace for attitude. A changed attitude is a changed life. We are born blank but have more affinity to negatives which corrupts and contaminate our attitude; which if not checked early as they show up in our behavioral profile develops to become our identity. This explains why early development in any child is so vital to whom the child grows up to become; the environment and the influence around the child is a big factor for consideration. Sometimes it may take an entire life time to unlearn the wrong things we grow up with as kids, at some loose moment you see them manifest.
Four major components of attitude are
(1) Affective: emotions or feelings.
(2) Cognitive: belief or opinions held consciously.
(3) Conative: inclination for action.
(4) Evaluative: positive or negative response to stimuli.
Ones’ attitude defines who he or she is, attitude is you in your loose state, the natural you. It is common to see people behave in certain way different from who they really are because of conscious check they put themselves to; that’s not you but the controlled you – a fake version, improved you or make believe version of you.
With consistent checks on oneself, one can improve on or change his/her attitude entirely for the best; so training is the refinery/furnace for attitude. A changed attitude is a changed life. We are born blank but have more affinity to negatives which corrupts and contaminate our attitude; which if not checked early as they show up in our behavioral profile develops to become our identity. This explains why early development in any child is so vital to whom the child grows up to become; the environment and the influence around the child is a big factor for consideration. Sometimes it may take an entire life time to unlearn the wrong things we grow up with as kids, at some loose moment you see them manifest.
Four major components of attitude are
(1) Affective: emotions or feelings.
(2) Cognitive: belief or opinions held consciously.
(3) Conative: inclination for action.
(4) Evaluative: positive or negative response to stimuli.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
The Puzzle
A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, one is required to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct solution of the puzzle. There are different types of puzzles for different ages, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, or logic puzzles.
Puzzles are often devised as a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logistical problems. In such cases, their solution may be a significant contribution to mathematical research.
Solutions of puzzles often require the recognition of patterns and the creation of a particular kind of order. Sometimes not because of how complicated and diagonal the pattern can get. People with a high level of inductive reasoning aptitude may be better at solving such puzzles than others. But puzzles based upon inquiry and discovery may be solved more easily by those with good deduction skills. Deductive reasoning improves with practice.
For anyone to succeed in putting a puzzle together, such one must have all the pieces that make up the puzzle. This is a basic and no matter ones skill in solving puzzles without having the whole pieces it becomes impossible to solve. Let’s see the piece below:
A piece of life with no meaning
A piece of soul with no body
A piece of body with no conscience
A piece of brightness without darkness
A piece of why with no answer
Too much questions and no many answers
This is God’s puzzle and He puts it together but you must give Him the pieces.
Tuesday 7 June 2016
You Being a Man, Makes Yourself God
The Jews on countless number of times would accuse Jesus of blasphemy; we know Mary your mother and Joseph the carpenter who is your father but you won’t stop hoax that God is your father. They had great difficult times with Jesus, but Jesus will not have Himself intimidated by any. He continues to declare who He is; the Son of God. The Jews won’t stop their accusation of blasphemy but Jesus would as well never give up declaring who He was. You need no ones’ approval to defend your identity, if you fail to defend it you lose it.
It is ones’ responsibility to understand who he/she is and stand on that without allowing anyone or people negotiate him/her away from that. You lose your person and identity the moment you allow people talk you away from who you are. Real success begins with identity. It takes a knowledge of who you are, to maintain your stand otherwise once the pressure comes it pushes you to who you are not. The best of you is only possible standing on who you are. Jesus has this knowledge and is fully persuaded of that and so could whether all the pressure to back down.
Jesus said He is the Son of God, this contradicted the knowledge the Jews has about Him, they know Him as the son of Joseph the carpenter, they also know His siblings and could not understand why this confused man lay claim to God being His Father. Also the Jews have an understanding of the implication of son-ship; if they accept Jesus to be the son of God, then they are in effect saying that He is God.
The deity of Christ is the real contention; the Jews will rather have Jesus stoned to death than to accept the truth of Him being the Son of God. The miracles of Jesus were approved by them but not His deity. Your good works we can accept but you making yourself equal to God we will never tolerate by any standard. The equality of father and son is what the Jews know too well. Whoever you are a son to, you equals to; so son of God is God, son of man is man, and son of lion is lion. It is a natural law that nothing invalidates; so whose son are you?
It is ones’ responsibility to understand who he/she is and stand on that without allowing anyone or people negotiate him/her away from that. You lose your person and identity the moment you allow people talk you away from who you are. Real success begins with identity. It takes a knowledge of who you are, to maintain your stand otherwise once the pressure comes it pushes you to who you are not. The best of you is only possible standing on who you are. Jesus has this knowledge and is fully persuaded of that and so could whether all the pressure to back down.
Jesus said He is the Son of God, this contradicted the knowledge the Jews has about Him, they know Him as the son of Joseph the carpenter, they also know His siblings and could not understand why this confused man lay claim to God being His Father. Also the Jews have an understanding of the implication of son-ship; if they accept Jesus to be the son of God, then they are in effect saying that He is God.
The deity of Christ is the real contention; the Jews will rather have Jesus stoned to death than to accept the truth of Him being the Son of God. The miracles of Jesus were approved by them but not His deity. Your good works we can accept but you making yourself equal to God we will never tolerate by any standard. The equality of father and son is what the Jews know too well. Whoever you are a son to, you equals to; so son of God is God, son of man is man, and son of lion is lion. It is a natural law that nothing invalidates; so whose son are you?
Monday 6 June 2016
EAT NOT LESS YOU DIE
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ Genesis 3:3Lack of understanding of the laws and instructions of God is what I consider as one of the reasons people violet such laws and commandments. This lack shows it’s in poor interpretation of the instructions and thereafter failure to comply with them.
If only man could have a good understanding, surely obedience will be easy to come by for the instructions of God are mainly for the good and benefit of Man. How do I mean? God gives instruction to help man out of his difficulties in life not to put man in more difficulties. God’s instruction is not a burden.
When God told Adam and his wife Eve not to eat the fruit in the middle of the garden less they die, they could not understand what death God was talking about. Eve ate the fruit and was alive to offer same to the husband Adam, she didn’t die and for her God was only making a threat and never mean death. But little did she and her husband realize that God meant spiritual death not physical.
The moment Adam and Eve were done with eating the forbidden fruit, God’s Spirit in them died, the God in them died. Man created a spirit being was reduced to human being; the flesh began to dominate the spirit and such communication with God who is a Spirit became a challenge and as such when God appeared, Adam and Eve began to run. Fear took the place of boldness and courage. If only Adam and Eve had known that God was actually referring to spiritual death, may be they would not have fall prey to the lies of the devil.
This trend has not stopped, men are still been preyed today because of ignorance to the instructions of God. Men still have false interpretation of the laws and instruction of God and continued to hold unto these false understanding. But the truth forever remains that God’s standard stands and no man can compromise it nor is God Himself going to compromise it for the sake of any man. So wisdom demands that everyone seeks good understanding of God instruction and strive to keep them. Those that break the laws will always have a disjointed destiny but for those who keep them glorious destiny remains theirs.
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