Fellow Nigerians,
The time to lament is past, this is the time to act in the collective interest of our future.The past is past,and it would do us little good exhuming the skeletons thereof.it is time to soldier on into our future.we have to fight while there is still time and the strength to fight is still available.
A set of people fought for our independence and took actions to protect it; another set came along and rubbished the gains of the first set,bringing along cowardice in the process ,these ones shied away from fighting when they should have.The Nigeria of our day is the blank result of their pathetic inaction.
The question remains do we tow their path and have our children curse us as we turn in our graves , or do we stand up and fight to leave a legacy our children can be proud of? A legacy they can conveniently leverage off, towards achieving the goals of their own day without having to start from the scratch meaning all over again.
Let us learn from the past ,but not continue to sit and lament , the time to act is now.Its a pity some say we have lost everything,and that there is nothing to celebrate,but i beg to disagree.The fact that we still have a nation is something to celebrate; the fact that we still have a chance to fight is something to commemorate .
Its another time to exercise our franchise, a time to cast our votes to choose leaders who are truly credible and ready to exercise our mandate in a way devoid of selfish interest and personal gains.its about time we fought to protect our votes, and refuse that anyone steal our mandate yet again or plunge us into the pains and waste of the past, a time that has brought us no good.We must remember that this is not the time to give up; as a popular adage says "the night is darkest when the day is about to break".
There is real effectiveness in making a conscious effort, to engender change in our nation and our collective lives.We have got to realize that giving up on this nation is as good as giving up on ourselves.we have to work together and harmonize, as this is the only way to harness the immeasurable potential of our national space.
The average Nigerian is smart,driven,bred to survive some of the most stringent conditions.The question is where has our fire gone to? Some nations would give anything to have what we do, but are letting waste, while some nations desire just half of what we are God-given, but have not fully utilized.
I have come to find out that Africa is not truly poor, or how else do you explain the fact that we have only ten percent of the world population but forty percent of the world resources ,yet we complain about poverty in great measures and often resign ourselves to carrying about the bowl of alms , begging for bread while we are really seating on a mine waiting to be explored.It is a thing of the mind; if we refuse to change our mindsets we would yet remain the way we are , but if we choose to act and act right , we stand to benefit a tremendous lot, bettering our lives , our people, our image, and our future in the process.you would be surprised as to how much we can achieve just by stepping out.
Remember we stand a chance of winning if we are ready to fight , but condemn ourselves to the hopeless point of no return in the like of inevitable and total defeat, if we choose not to fight at all.it is our call to make, as the ball truly lies in our court.it is time to make the decision of our lives .its make or mar time.Decide right today!!!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Sunday, September 5, 2010
ONE GOOD TURN BEGETS ANOTHER
One good turn they say deserves another .This is an adage that comes into play in almost every aspect of life and this is further buttressed in this write-up by this next illustration. In the old Great Britain, all they had then were counties and shires .in a particular county, there was a man named Andrew Fleming who coincidentally shared the same environment with another man called Sir Robert Churchill.
On this fateful day, just around where Mr Fleming stayed, a young boy was heard crying and moaning and so Mr Fleming decided to find out what was wrong and to see if he could come to the rescue of the young fellow. When he got there he found the little boy in danger trapped a ditch, and rescued him after which he bathed him and then took him home. The very next day he received a visitor who happened to be Sir Robert Churchill saying he had come to thank him for the good gesture extended his son the previous day. As Mr Fleming was going out to meet Sir Churchill, a little boy ran after him, the boy a son to Mr Fleming prompting the question from the guest confirming that the boy was truly his son. There and then Sir Churchill promised poor Mr Fleming that in exchange for saving his own son’s life he would bankroll an education the equivalent of which the rescued boy had access to, even to the highest level.
Interestingly, the two boys in question happened to be Winston Churchill and Alexander Fleming. In fulfillment of the promise made, Alexander Fleming had the same noble education as Winston, a luxury he could originally not have been able to afford, all because his father decided to take a good turn rightly rewarded by another in the form of Sir Churchill’s outstanding goodwill.
This illustration only goes to show that there is great benefit in doing Good and one is advised to do it always because you may never know when an angel would be passing just waiting to reward the good turn.
On this fateful day, just around where Mr Fleming stayed, a young boy was heard crying and moaning and so Mr Fleming decided to find out what was wrong and to see if he could come to the rescue of the young fellow. When he got there he found the little boy in danger trapped a ditch, and rescued him after which he bathed him and then took him home. The very next day he received a visitor who happened to be Sir Robert Churchill saying he had come to thank him for the good gesture extended his son the previous day. As Mr Fleming was going out to meet Sir Churchill, a little boy ran after him, the boy a son to Mr Fleming prompting the question from the guest confirming that the boy was truly his son. There and then Sir Churchill promised poor Mr Fleming that in exchange for saving his own son’s life he would bankroll an education the equivalent of which the rescued boy had access to, even to the highest level.
Interestingly, the two boys in question happened to be Winston Churchill and Alexander Fleming. In fulfillment of the promise made, Alexander Fleming had the same noble education as Winston, a luxury he could originally not have been able to afford, all because his father decided to take a good turn rightly rewarded by another in the form of Sir Churchill’s outstanding goodwill.
This illustration only goes to show that there is great benefit in doing Good and one is advised to do it always because you may never know when an angel would be passing just waiting to reward the good turn.
Friday, September 3, 2010
LIFE AND THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
Life to various schools of thought means many different things throwing up differing opinions in definition and individual or collective outlooks. One particular one simply defines life as the period between a person’s birth and death equalling the time they spend while alive. Everything in life, they say comes with a spirit and so does life in itself not choosing to remain an exception. It is driven by the spirit of life.
According to a popular maxim which quotes as follows “when a man has lost the will to live, almost all hope is lost because he feels there is nothing else to live for. Life definitely does come with its own fair share of challenges but these must be seen as stepping stones rather than hurdles, an adventure worth embarking on. Most times when life brings on its challenges, it is often an opportunity to move to a greater height.
The very peculiar thing about the spirit of life is that as long as you stay positive, you would continue to scale the many hurdles of life one way or the other; but the moment you begin to confess negative, you are beginning to lose the willpower to live. This further explained means that life is driven by a will to live often determined by our various personalities.
It is a proven fact by science and reality alike that people who tend to stay calm even in the face of trouble often live longer than those who tend to panic quickly or easily accommodate anxiety. Some people had committed suicide in the past and some may still consider it an option just because they rationalize wrongly that there maybe nothing else to live for anymore. The most effective solution to life and its seeming myriad of problems is to stay positive, confess positive, think positive and to try as much as possible to stay calm even in face of trouble. Know that trouble does not portend an end to life but stepping boards to greater heights and opportunities.
Always realise that there is something to live for and you are not meant to take your own life because in fact you o not own it and that is in the real sense of it.
According to a popular maxim which quotes as follows “when a man has lost the will to live, almost all hope is lost because he feels there is nothing else to live for. Life definitely does come with its own fair share of challenges but these must be seen as stepping stones rather than hurdles, an adventure worth embarking on. Most times when life brings on its challenges, it is often an opportunity to move to a greater height.
The very peculiar thing about the spirit of life is that as long as you stay positive, you would continue to scale the many hurdles of life one way or the other; but the moment you begin to confess negative, you are beginning to lose the willpower to live. This further explained means that life is driven by a will to live often determined by our various personalities.
It is a proven fact by science and reality alike that people who tend to stay calm even in the face of trouble often live longer than those who tend to panic quickly or easily accommodate anxiety. Some people had committed suicide in the past and some may still consider it an option just because they rationalize wrongly that there maybe nothing else to live for anymore. The most effective solution to life and its seeming myriad of problems is to stay positive, confess positive, think positive and to try as much as possible to stay calm even in face of trouble. Know that trouble does not portend an end to life but stepping boards to greater heights and opportunities.
Always realise that there is something to live for and you are not meant to take your own life because in fact you o not own it and that is in the real sense of it.
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