Thriving Words

I took my cloth to the tailor and asked him to fix the little opening near the pocket. The man turned the cloth inside out and then began to TEAR the pocket with his hands... Hah! I was like, "I said you should sew not tear" So I shouted, 'you are tearing my cloth o'. But he replied "I KNOW". Those two words sank into me like a heavy stone sinks in water. I couldn't talk again. He's the tailor, and I'm just a customer. Even though I couldn't relate tearing with sewing but the Tailor said "I KNOW". God is saying, 'I KNOW'. He hears your complaints. Father, My fiancee just left me... 'I KNOW'. I have no means to pay my fees... 'I KNOW' I was rejected at the embassy again... 'I KNOW' I have no money to cater for my needs... 'I KNOW' So many times when the Lord is fixing us, He starts by 'tearing' us.  Tearing our confidence in ourselves, Tearing a...

This week sport news apart from football has been dominated by the recent victory of Tiger Woods at the Masters. He scooped his Fifth Master. For those who had followed Tiger Woods, this happen to be a rise of a fallen Tiger Woods. There are so many lessons to be learnt from the life of Tiger Woods; from his initial rise to his fall and to his rise again: Lesson 1 In life, always have hope as long as you are alive. When there is life, there is hope. Tiger Woods was a determined man that held long to the hope of winning again. There is always hope for the living. Lesson 2 No matter how fallen you have become, you can still rise if you want to. No one is beyond redemption. Tiger Woods fell from the top, but He was still able to rise back. Lesson 3 Never write yourself off even when other have. The greatest tragedy is not people writing you off, it is you writing yourself off.    Tiger Woods would never have rise up again if he had written himself off. What m...

This week, I was reawaken to the fact that everybody wants a good life where their dreams can come through and true; even if that means they need to travel out of the country, they would. Most folks would want to live in Europe, America and other developed countries. Those places got good system and conducive environment to progress in. While folks do have valid and genuine reasons to travel abroad, they must also know that the grass isn’t always greener at the other side.  I discover that most people don’t even have a concrete plan, all they want to do is to just travel abroad. While there is nothing bad in traveling abroad, but at least have a plan on what to do. Don’t just travel and believe once you get there, you will fit in. And who says you can’t make it in your land. Nigeria is not beyond redemption. Things will get better in Nigeria but it need my effort and yours. That won’t happen if you just leave. I asked if those folks in developed cou...

It’s no news that all over Nigeria, there is a Heat Wave. A Heat wave is simply an extended period of extreme hot weather (heat). Scientists have actually predicted a heat wave for most part of Africans and this is due to the rising temperatures. Unfortunately Policy makers in African countries rather pay more attention to drought and flooding, but extreme heat also poses a significant health risk. Make no mistake about it: Heat Wave is dangerous and it can harm vulnerable groups such as the elderly, young children and outdoor workers (e.g. construction), but heat is often a ‘silent killer’. In African generally, we tend to believe heat is normal and people can cope with it. Well this might be true to some extent. Heat wave is not just ‘heat’ but a longer period of heat which is dangerous to humans, animals, even the environment.  Some part of South Africa are facing water drought as a result of the rising temperature.  Despite this heat wave (which wi...