Personally, the "LIFE - MAKE IT COUNT" series has been a blessing to me. It has challenged me, confronted me, and pushed me to be a better person on my journey of making my short life here on earth count. If you have been consistent in following this series, you will remember that we have talked about counting on God first, establishing good and healthy relationships as second to none, cultivating a worthy character, and having a good name. We also looked at the fact that integrity never grows old, the need to build capacity, thanksgiving as a way of life, and being comfortable in your skin. Other variables discussed are consistency, investing time, nurturing others, commitment, putting oneself out there, and leaving the past in the past.  I will want to wrap this series with one last issue that I see as the icing on the cake, without it, fulfilling all the above would be a facade. To make your life count, you have to pay the price of making life count. This entails knowing...

  is going to be one of the shortest pieces in this series, but I dare to tell you that if you open your mind to the realities it carries, it will be the most liberating to you. In his book, " The purpose-driven life ", Rick Warren raised some important variables that drive people's lives. Among those variables were guilt, resentment and anger, and fear. Let me note here therefore that we are all driven by something - good or bad, from the past or the future.  To make your life count, I believe you have to leave the past in the past. Regardless of the experiences and encounters of the past, all you need to carry from there are the lessons learned. Truth is, a lot of people are living less and dragging through each day because they are still stuck in the past. For some, it could be guilt for what they have done, hence they find it hard to forgive themselves and receive forgiveness as well. For others, it is anger and resentment from an event of the past and they find it h...

This piece is one of the oldest I wrote two years ago, but for the sake of this series, it has been dusted and beefed up to help us make our lives count. Thank you for following the series this far, we have two more to go. Please stay a little longer with me. 2017 was a decisive year for me, it was the year I finished my National Youth Service and took some life-shaping decisions afterward such as starting this blog which took me almost three months to finally give it a shot. Why? Because I was not sure I could do it, I was not certain I was ready to put myself out there to public scrutiny and the criticism (Good or Bad) that would follow from many people that will read my kind of writing. So far so good, four years down the line, here I am, putting myself out there. What does it mean to put yourself out there? It is not just about going out on dates, hanging out with friends, being at social gatherings or events, or even being an extrovert. As good and commendable as those things are,...