This piece is simple, relational and confrontational. It will stare you in the face regarding some things you do. Don't dismiss it, ignore it or defend yourself. Adjust where you have to, change where necessary and above all, take positive action.  We all have been its victim at one point in time in our lives. We have danced to its tune and played to its gallery. It has deprived some of the opportunity to move ahead, caging them in an enclave of some habits, making them go round in a circle, revolving in an orbit like they are sitting on a barber's seat and never making headway. And as you read this piece, you may still be a victim of one or two of such caprices.  Let me tell you a bit about my story. Growing up as a pastor's kid, by belief and upbringing, I knew stealing was morally wrong and a sin. So whenever the urge to steal comes up, the routine mental process was, let me just do this for the last time, after which I'm done. Well, that's how the one last time

The Basics Lately, I have been observing the infrastructural projects going on around my community, and it is obvious that every project that is still under construction is not fit and ready for usage yet until completed. No matter how the project itself desires to be used, it has to be properly and thoroughly worked upon before it is certified fit for use.  Your Life Is a Project  Before you came to be, God has travelled through the length and breadth of your life;  He has seen Alpha to Zulu and everything in between. He is the divine architect who has designed the blueprint of your life, the kind of tools and materials needed to build your life and the type of people needed to work upon your life. Your life is a project, God is the supervisor, the chief project lead on-site, and until he is done making you, you are cannot be fit to fulfil any purpose.  Under Construction – The Process  To be under construction simply refers to a building, structure, or project that is unfinished but

So last Friday I was thinking hard on what to share today, it was one of those days that writer's block is my ever-present friend. Well, for a moment I pushed the thought aside believing somehow, I can come up with something at the last hour (if you write you can relate with this). I left home to spend the evening with my doctor friend, little did I know that the conversation that will ensue will not only benefit me but will be what I will be sharing today. It was an evening well spent. I shared with her my trepidation about the future. How that I desire by now things should have taken shape and fallen together for me, how that by now I should have been more established than I am already. Well wishes are not horses and the plans of the heart is always ours but the fulfilment is in God's hand. She patiently waited for me to pour out the content of my heart just like another patient to be diagnosed before responding.   In what can be seen as a twist of events, I am usually the on

  Small daily, seemingly insignificant improvements, when done consistently over time yield staggering results.  (Robin Sharma) The concept of “micro wins” is a postulation of Robin Sharma, in his book, “The 5 AM Club”. He said that a great life is not built by revolution alone but by evolution. According to Sharma, small and steady wins the race and what you do every day is far more important than what you do once every decade. Hence, what you do every day is simply your entire life in miniature, and as you live every day, you are crafting your life, future, and eternity.  Whenever we hear of someone's success story, we often think such person became a success overnight. However, there is no success or any worthy accomplishment that has ever been achieved overnight. Every big success is an accumulation of bit and pieces of micro, silent daily, seemingly insignificant wins. By implication, your future wining starts with how you capitalize every single day.  Each day is a gift and t

This is one of my most reflective pieces, please, glean through these few words, I pray they bless you. The Question To live short but well, or to live long with many regrets or to live neither short nor long yet with no sense of purpose? Clocking 30 So I clocked the Big 30 yesterday as people fondly call it, and today I begin the journey of a new chapter in my life. Honestly, I felt overwhelmed and excited that I had spent above ten thousand days on earth. I felt the love from all directions, seeing people celebrating me in many different yet equally important ways, and above all, I felt fulfilled.   This was different, it was unlike other birthdays for me. Others came with excitement and exuberance; however, this one came with a deep sense of responsibility and commitment to the people looking up to me and above all the urgency and intensity of purpose upon my life – first to God, and then to humanity.  Sometimes I ask myself some weird questions such as who invented the celebration

  I will be using a story of a little girl who is around 11 years to drive the point of this piece home – we all bleed the same. (I know you can relate with this story). B rainstorming over some life issues with my very good friend two nights ago, she shared a heartbreaking yet common story with me that pushed me into thinking about what makes humans truly human. The story is heartbreaking because it elicits sympathy due to man’s inhumanity to man, yet common because we hear such daily. In this part of the world, we all are acquainted with the common practice of rich people bringing some poor girl or boy from the village to help out with house chores and run errands. A stipend would be paid to the girl or the boy, or maybe the person would be trained in school as a remuneration for his or her services. To the parents of such a person, it could be a major relieve, because they may be struggling to make both ends meet. So the fact that their boy or girl is taken t

  The man I t is said that curiosity kills the rat , but for him, curiosity set him on course to become one of the greatest inventors we know today. For him, curiosity was a way of life, so much that he often annoys his teachers with a barrage of questions. To this curious kid, we owe most of the technologies that make modern life modern today. By the time he died, he held 1, 093 patents covering the creation and/or refinement of devices in telegraphy, sound recording, motion pictures, light and so much more. Most of us may have known what this kid ended up becoming and the many things he invented. Especially that he tried many times before inventing the light bulb, but few of us know about the making of the man in Thomas Edison. Menlo Park T homas Edison was a game-changer and a change-maker; arguably, he was the greatest investor of our time. How did he do it? How did he achieve all the inventions credited to his name? What was his secret