I am just having a bad start to a great day. It doesn't mean anything.
When the day starts out with a storm and the clouds above dark, does it mean that the sun won't shine?
Yes, my day didn't start at all great. My confidence was in shreds and my thoughts.........even worse but i just realised, It doesn't really matter.
Remember, it started the day as a catterpillar and ended up a butterfly?
I feel the sun rising on my smile!
True, i need to make some changes in my life but is that enough reason to thrash myself?
There are enough people in the world who have that job, i don't need to be one of them!
I have a responsibility to defend and believe in me so if I do not value me now who should?
Catterpillar or butterfly; What's the difference
Because one looks more beautiful than the other?
I prayed for a beautiful day and God answered by reminding me that i am beautiful and i can make my day so anytime i choose
So i choose now because afterall, the sun's already risen on my smile!
Caterpillar or butterfly; I rock my world!
September 26, 2006
September 19, 2006
Words make wars
Why is the world such a complex place or rather why do we humans make simple things look and seem complex. Are we just hungry for "issues" in our lives & a chance to complain about something.....anything?
I am intrigued. A whole series of events just unfolded right infront of me and i am amazed at the outcomes!
What is wrong with us. I inclusive!
And all the time, there was nothing to anything but words. Just words. Word is indeed power. They seemed like only words but in our surface like world, words indeed make wars!
And that is such a shame. Because most times we never mean to hurt or create unpleasantness but we let our complex minds churn and distort even the simple facts
It's intriguing because my sincere intention was to give a compliment but unfortunately the same words meant an insult for someone else.
I guess i should have known better but i am still baffled.
But truthfully, it's not all about me so here's a lesson to watch my words or perhaps learn to communicate better. Yes, unfortunately it takes the fun out of been sponteaneous if we have to always put our words through a miscroscope since others can't see our intentions (Good or Bad)
But perhaps, thats even the simplicity to things. Simply watch my words since words are all i have to keep a heart with me.
I want to make friends not wars!
I am intrigued. A whole series of events just unfolded right infront of me and i am amazed at the outcomes!
What is wrong with us. I inclusive!
And all the time, there was nothing to anything but words. Just words. Word is indeed power. They seemed like only words but in our surface like world, words indeed make wars!
And that is such a shame. Because most times we never mean to hurt or create unpleasantness but we let our complex minds churn and distort even the simple facts
It's intriguing because my sincere intention was to give a compliment but unfortunately the same words meant an insult for someone else.
I guess i should have known better but i am still baffled.
But truthfully, it's not all about me so here's a lesson to watch my words or perhaps learn to communicate better. Yes, unfortunately it takes the fun out of been sponteaneous if we have to always put our words through a miscroscope since others can't see our intentions (Good or Bad)
But perhaps, thats even the simplicity to things. Simply watch my words since words are all i have to keep a heart with me.
I want to make friends not wars!
September 14, 2006
Why the lion roars
To my friend who is stressed at work,
Do you know why i opted to wait at the bank for over 2 hours yesterday?
I was trying to train myself to be very patient with people.
When it seems like they are incompetent, simply obnoxious or whatever it is they do that may potientially irritate, annoy, aggravate or stress anyone, i want to maintain my disposition, be patient, understanding, even kind and still keep that smile
So that no matter what is happening around me, I stay the same person and as cheerful as the sun in the rain
I can't say that i know the depth of what you, my friend is going through right now because unless i walk in your shoes i can't tell where it itches (and besides we wear different sizes so i won't even feel the itch like you do) but human nature is the same everywhere - we all want to be happy!!!!
Fortunately, happiness doesnt come like that.
Why fortunately? Because we each can create it! So often in life, we need to take up that responsibility to ourselves and just do it; instead of allowing others create unhappiness around us.
To stop blaming others and situations for our unhappiness is maturity.
Your life is beautiful when you look at it beyond the maze of the present arrangement of events
Reasons are at the most excuses, we each have what it takes. No body was born happy! I wasn't. But i have made it a part of my life just like talking. I believed in myself, understanding that i could and with God's help i took happiness by force.
Why? Because, it is not a passive action. The Lion Roars!!! It has its weaknesses but in that one "Roar", It emphasizes all of its strengths without effort.
My dear friend, believe in yourself and project it. wherever you are coming from, remember that you couldn't help it but please help the next steps you take. The past is over lets not overflog it, When the sun rises in the morning does it say."...... yesterday at night; the moon took my shine, i am too weak, does anyone remember that i was there first, that i even set, i will not rise today, infact am i still the sun, are my rays strong enough to light the world?" No it doesnt! It rises morning after morning with all it's glory and brightness.
So should you
Just like the sun doesn't compare to the moon even though they are both constellations. So u can't compare to anyone else
You are a lovely person. Appreciate all the fine qualitiies you have. Thats the starting point to believing in yourself. You will always have faults but do you appreciate the you that you are right now? Do you believe in that person? We all have faults, i have mine.....stop putting your weak points above who you are and can be.
If you can't love yourself today what makes you think you will tomorow?
If you don't learn to be happy today how will you be happy tomorow?
Go out there and roar with cheer, create your climate around you and perhaps one day, in the not too distant future, you may meet a friend in need and you will confidently pass this along truth on because you recreated Beautiful, Confident, Kind, Patient and HAPPY You!
Do you know why i opted to wait at the bank for over 2 hours yesterday?
I was trying to train myself to be very patient with people.
When it seems like they are incompetent, simply obnoxious or whatever it is they do that may potientially irritate, annoy, aggravate or stress anyone, i want to maintain my disposition, be patient, understanding, even kind and still keep that smile
So that no matter what is happening around me, I stay the same person and as cheerful as the sun in the rain
I can't say that i know the depth of what you, my friend is going through right now because unless i walk in your shoes i can't tell where it itches (and besides we wear different sizes so i won't even feel the itch like you do) but human nature is the same everywhere - we all want to be happy!!!!
Fortunately, happiness doesnt come like that.
Why fortunately? Because we each can create it! So often in life, we need to take up that responsibility to ourselves and just do it; instead of allowing others create unhappiness around us.
To stop blaming others and situations for our unhappiness is maturity.
Your life is beautiful when you look at it beyond the maze of the present arrangement of events
Reasons are at the most excuses, we each have what it takes. No body was born happy! I wasn't. But i have made it a part of my life just like talking. I believed in myself, understanding that i could and with God's help i took happiness by force.
Why? Because, it is not a passive action. The Lion Roars!!! It has its weaknesses but in that one "Roar", It emphasizes all of its strengths without effort.
My dear friend, believe in yourself and project it. wherever you are coming from, remember that you couldn't help it but please help the next steps you take. The past is over lets not overflog it, When the sun rises in the morning does it say."...... yesterday at night; the moon took my shine, i am too weak, does anyone remember that i was there first, that i even set, i will not rise today, infact am i still the sun, are my rays strong enough to light the world?" No it doesnt! It rises morning after morning with all it's glory and brightness.
So should you
Just like the sun doesn't compare to the moon even though they are both constellations. So u can't compare to anyone else
You are a lovely person. Appreciate all the fine qualitiies you have. Thats the starting point to believing in yourself. You will always have faults but do you appreciate the you that you are right now? Do you believe in that person? We all have faults, i have mine.....stop putting your weak points above who you are and can be.
If you can't love yourself today what makes you think you will tomorow?
If you don't learn to be happy today how will you be happy tomorow?
Go out there and roar with cheer, create your climate around you and perhaps one day, in the not too distant future, you may meet a friend in need and you will confidently pass this along truth on because you recreated Beautiful, Confident, Kind, Patient and HAPPY You!
September 13, 2006
Facade
The days went by without a memory
No proof that they ever were
Only dirty linen piled for the laundry
The smiles we wear like faded curtains
Hanging for all to see
But no one really notices
The walls of despair they hide beneath
Dancing around in circles
The Mask: We learnt to wear through time
The Smile: A gift from birth
I wonder which is worse
And I wonder who that is?
No proof that they ever were
Only dirty linen piled for the laundry
The smiles we wear like faded curtains
Hanging for all to see
But no one really notices
The walls of despair they hide beneath
Dancing around in circles
The Mask: We learnt to wear through time
The Smile: A gift from birth
I wonder which is worse
And I wonder who that is?
A life of quotes
I love quotes.
Words of wisdom by men and women before me.
Some have defined me; made me laugh, helped me understand, taught me to accept, guided me to think, inspired me to be better, showed me possibilities, encouraged growth......
Oh! the power of the spoken word!
And today i want to unveil some of my favorites
Everyday has been a better day as i learnt to look at life more like a beautiful scene than a sad song; A joyful dance rather than a long walk!; A patient friend rather than an absent foe.
Life is beautiful indeed. It can be tough but i am lucky i have had alot of good teachers in some of these quotes..........
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous - Aristotle
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered - Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the depth of winter I finally learnt that there was in me an invincible summer
- Albert Calmus
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears - Marcus Aurelius
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right - Mary Kay Ash
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway - Mary Kay Ash
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already - Marcus Aurelius
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish - Marcus Aurelius
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend - Albert Camus
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured - Mark Twain
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true - Buddha
Apparently, there is nothing that cannot happen today - Mark Twain
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog - Mark Twain
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you watch the clouds, you will not sow; If you watch the wind, You will not reap - The bible
Smile, it looks so beautiful on you - Albibie
Words of wisdom by men and women before me.
Some have defined me; made me laugh, helped me understand, taught me to accept, guided me to think, inspired me to be better, showed me possibilities, encouraged growth......
Oh! the power of the spoken word!
And today i want to unveil some of my favorites
Everyday has been a better day as i learnt to look at life more like a beautiful scene than a sad song; A joyful dance rather than a long walk!; A patient friend rather than an absent foe.
Life is beautiful indeed. It can be tough but i am lucky i have had alot of good teachers in some of these quotes..........
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous - Aristotle
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered - Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the depth of winter I finally learnt that there was in me an invincible summer
- Albert Calmus
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears - Marcus Aurelius
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right - Mary Kay Ash
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway - Mary Kay Ash
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already - Marcus Aurelius
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish - Marcus Aurelius
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend - Albert Camus
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured - Mark Twain
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true - Buddha
Apparently, there is nothing that cannot happen today - Mark Twain
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog - Mark Twain
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you watch the clouds, you will not sow; If you watch the wind, You will not reap - The bible
Smile, it looks so beautiful on you - Albibie
September 12, 2006
Right Here, Right Now
I took a look at my past, 5 years before – University, graduation, NYSC, first Job e.t.c and I smiled. Those were beautiful moments, great times.
But did I know it then? Did I believe it then? The answer is NO!
Is that human nature? where we don’t know what we have till we loose it?
We don’t appreciate who we are and where we are until it’s gone?
That’s when I realized - I don’t want to look back again 5 years from today and realize that I had so so much and I didn’t even see it, value me or appreciate anything – who I am, where, what and why.
Today, I see clearly and there was so much more I was and didn’t know or believe, so much I could have done, could have been save for my fears, doubts, complaints and worries of the future.
And the future did happen!
How come I never looked very long at the positives and I only see them now?
I don’t want to do that to my today. I want to live life at its fullest, be myself, be happy, be grateful for everyday.
Fear only keeps you back, doubt belittles who you really are, unbelief gives you no credit for who you can be and its time I faced it head on and not from the sidelines.
I know I have changed much from who I used to be and even gotten better along the way but I can get even better.
Looking back, I see how truly lucky I was (I still am), how fortunate, how lovely, how precious I the days.
Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t regret anything because somehow I believe it’s all been a lesson in growth but I won’t let history repeat itself.
I never liked history anyway!
So what can I do to change all that, live to the fullest, be the best me today that I can be instead of waiting another 5 years to realize that today was indeed my golden moment.
Whatever it takes, I will give it to be that person who looks today as it were 10 years after and glow at the glory of it all.
That will be to me the gift of a life and I believe that I can have that.
Let today be the best day of my existence.
If everything I have ever faced was to bring me to this point, then it was worth it so I can live the rest of my life really living and not merely existing.
Right here, right now is the most precious moment of my existence and I won’t wait 5 years to see that, to accept and believe that.
I am doing it today!
There's still so much stiring in my heart begging to leap free but i lack the words to capture it completely
Hopefully I understand even if in a little way what and who I ultimately need to be and do because Right here, Right now is the best that I will ever be.
Help me God!
But did I know it then? Did I believe it then? The answer is NO!
Is that human nature? where we don’t know what we have till we loose it?
We don’t appreciate who we are and where we are until it’s gone?
That’s when I realized - I don’t want to look back again 5 years from today and realize that I had so so much and I didn’t even see it, value me or appreciate anything – who I am, where, what and why.
Today, I see clearly and there was so much more I was and didn’t know or believe, so much I could have done, could have been save for my fears, doubts, complaints and worries of the future.
And the future did happen!
How come I never looked very long at the positives and I only see them now?
I don’t want to do that to my today. I want to live life at its fullest, be myself, be happy, be grateful for everyday.
Fear only keeps you back, doubt belittles who you really are, unbelief gives you no credit for who you can be and its time I faced it head on and not from the sidelines.
I know I have changed much from who I used to be and even gotten better along the way but I can get even better.
Looking back, I see how truly lucky I was (I still am), how fortunate, how lovely, how precious I the days.
Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t regret anything because somehow I believe it’s all been a lesson in growth but I won’t let history repeat itself.
I never liked history anyway!
So what can I do to change all that, live to the fullest, be the best me today that I can be instead of waiting another 5 years to realize that today was indeed my golden moment.
Whatever it takes, I will give it to be that person who looks today as it were 10 years after and glow at the glory of it all.
That will be to me the gift of a life and I believe that I can have that.
Let today be the best day of my existence.
If everything I have ever faced was to bring me to this point, then it was worth it so I can live the rest of my life really living and not merely existing.
Right here, right now is the most precious moment of my existence and I won’t wait 5 years to see that, to accept and believe that.
I am doing it today!
There's still so much stiring in my heart begging to leap free but i lack the words to capture it completely
Hopefully I understand even if in a little way what and who I ultimately need to be and do because Right here, Right now is the best that I will ever be.
Help me God!
September 08, 2006
Butterfly
Just thinking
I may not have gotten where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be!
September 06, 2006
Something is happening
I think i am changing in so many ways. I don't know what it is but i am different. It's in the little things, the way i talk, think, my attitudes......... Like i was in some cocoon and i suddenly broke free. It's perfect.
Sometimes you worry about stuff and the truth is, it doesn't matter. Never did and never will. I know now that If and when i worry, i only do it because i want to and not because i have to. and that can apply for just about any situation. Bottom line.........I have a choice and it's up to me to make.
I am probably not making sense but it's somewhere inside of me. I feel stronger, better. I am stronger, no doubt.
Anyway got to go. Just wanted to do some unveiling.
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