Love is but not just a word
It is d strongest and d most powerful to d entire world
Love bridges d gap between the poor and d rich
It gives no preference to human status
With it the world goes round
Without it, the world stay put
With it the wounded heart gets healed
Without it, a good heart gets decayed.
Love is sweet, love is caring
Love is lovely, love is good
Love is willing, love is patience
Love is acceptance, love is trust
Love is two bodies living as one
Two souls with a single thought
Love is two hearts that beats as one
It flows like a river and never looks back
Love is d most important word letters could form
God loves the world and gave us His son
I love u and I give myself to you
Love is you and meeeeeee
Every hearts wants to love and to be loved,
“I LOVE U WITH ALL MY HEART”
gbengacares©2010
30/04/2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
So far...so good!
I give glory to God for keeping me alive this far, I got to the office this morning and was wondering where I would have been if not for Him who kept me and guide me from the evil lions of this world. The Yoruba adage says “he who knows how to think deeply will surely realise how good our God is” and that is what I’ve done, I looked at my right and left, front and back and I realized how God has been so faithful to me from d day 1 of my life, my family and friends. I did not pay him a kobo for the breath I breath neither did I pay a dime for being alive and walking.
Going by the plans of the devil for my life, I know he never wanted me this good but God has the final say…He turns my life around and makes a way where there seem to be no way, he silenced the enemy and commanded peace to be still when the enemies came like a raging storm. He never sleep nor slumber on anything concerning me, He fought for me when I had no strength and sees for me when my sight seemed lost. God is indeed good to me.
For all I am today, who I am, where I am and where you are taking me to, I say thank you Jesus ‘cos I know that all I’ve prayed for that you are yet to do is not because you cannot do them but only waiting for the right time for me…I give you glory because so far…it's been so good.
gbengacares©2010
21/04/2010
Going by the plans of the devil for my life, I know he never wanted me this good but God has the final say…He turns my life around and makes a way where there seem to be no way, he silenced the enemy and commanded peace to be still when the enemies came like a raging storm. He never sleep nor slumber on anything concerning me, He fought for me when I had no strength and sees for me when my sight seemed lost. God is indeed good to me.
For all I am today, who I am, where I am and where you are taking me to, I say thank you Jesus ‘cos I know that all I’ve prayed for that you are yet to do is not because you cannot do them but only waiting for the right time for me…I give you glory because so far…it's been so good.
gbengacares©2010
21/04/2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Cultism in Nigerian Institution...
Observing the Nigerian institution at large, it is certain and obvious that there is no institution where cultism does not exist. This issue of cultism in Nigerian institution is so rampant and alarming, it has also overgrown wings which seems to be the level at which students operate and carry out their activities.
Secret cults started as fraternity with the intention of maintaining law and order in the public and on the campuses in order to allow peace rain, they came into existence with the aim of addressing acts of injustice, cases of victimization and other issues capable of disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of the university community. But nowadays it has turned otherwise; they are the one causing confusion on our campuses; threatening, killing harassing and victimizing their fellow students without a tangible reason.
Based on my personal observation on why students join cultism? I realized that many students join cult for different reasons, “different stroke for different folks” some joined because they wanted to have back up in school and they want to be popular, and many joined because of their stupidity and lack of good orientation from their home.
It is not a curse that cultism can never be eradicated in our institutions because those people that are to help in fighting against this evil act like the Vice Chancellors, professors, top lecturers and co. in our institutions are discovered to be the grand patron and matron of this unprofitable evil society. Taking for instance what happened at Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U) some years ago, when a group of cultist were caught and maximally tortured, they confessed by giving the Student Union Government’s disciplinary committee names of some powerful professors, lecturers and above all, the then Vice Chancellor to be their back bone on which they survive their evil act in the school. So what are we saying? Or how then can we curb the evil act?
The curbing of cultism in Nigerian institutions is rightly in the hand of each parent and Federal Government, parents should give their children a very sound and useful orientation about cultism and let them know the danger behind being a cultist before they leave home for school because I believe that “He who lacks orientation lacks foresight” and once foresight is lost nothing can be seen again. The government should make sure that there is an organized security body on each campus (Cultist Eradication Organization) whose aim is to be guiding against cultism in the institution. Also, seminar should be organized for the new students on cultism immediately they are admitted before they missed up with the bad heads.
Our youth should know that being a cultist is a sin before God and men, they should look for the way forward, they should look for better organization to join if they are so much interested in joining any. Here in University of Ilorin we have JUNIOR CHAMBERS INTERNATIONAL (J.C.I), GLADIATORS, I.S.E.C, ROTARACT, THE ACCOMPLISHERS, BUSINESS SURGEON e.t.c. All these are profitable organizations to join rather than evil and unprofitable organizations as always said by my father that “if people can not praise you for what you are doing, why not change for the better”. Our youth should be very careful of the friends they keep on campus because many cultists today on our campuses were influenced by their friends “If your friends can’t change you for better why not change your friends”. Our youth should understand the simple logic that anything u are doing that you cannot openly is bad. Being in cult can cut your life anytime unexpectedly. It is dangerous, it affects one in all ways emotionally, academically, no rest and can’t even sleep with the two eyes closed.
Finally, I implore people within and outside our campuses that are like god father and mother to this evil act to please repent and turn a new leaf for we shall all give account of everything we do on earth and to remember the seven letters word NEMESIS it will surely catch. Cultism is not the way forward abstain from it because it is as dangerous as HIV virus.
SHUN CULTISM IN NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS!
LONG LIVE UNILORIN, LONG LIVE NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS.
gbengacares©2004
Secret cults started as fraternity with the intention of maintaining law and order in the public and on the campuses in order to allow peace rain, they came into existence with the aim of addressing acts of injustice, cases of victimization and other issues capable of disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of the university community. But nowadays it has turned otherwise; they are the one causing confusion on our campuses; threatening, killing harassing and victimizing their fellow students without a tangible reason.
Based on my personal observation on why students join cultism? I realized that many students join cult for different reasons, “different stroke for different folks” some joined because they wanted to have back up in school and they want to be popular, and many joined because of their stupidity and lack of good orientation from their home.
It is not a curse that cultism can never be eradicated in our institutions because those people that are to help in fighting against this evil act like the Vice Chancellors, professors, top lecturers and co. in our institutions are discovered to be the grand patron and matron of this unprofitable evil society. Taking for instance what happened at Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U) some years ago, when a group of cultist were caught and maximally tortured, they confessed by giving the Student Union Government’s disciplinary committee names of some powerful professors, lecturers and above all, the then Vice Chancellor to be their back bone on which they survive their evil act in the school. So what are we saying? Or how then can we curb the evil act?
The curbing of cultism in Nigerian institutions is rightly in the hand of each parent and Federal Government, parents should give their children a very sound and useful orientation about cultism and let them know the danger behind being a cultist before they leave home for school because I believe that “He who lacks orientation lacks foresight” and once foresight is lost nothing can be seen again. The government should make sure that there is an organized security body on each campus (Cultist Eradication Organization) whose aim is to be guiding against cultism in the institution. Also, seminar should be organized for the new students on cultism immediately they are admitted before they missed up with the bad heads.
Our youth should know that being a cultist is a sin before God and men, they should look for the way forward, they should look for better organization to join if they are so much interested in joining any. Here in University of Ilorin we have JUNIOR CHAMBERS INTERNATIONAL (J.C.I), GLADIATORS, I.S.E.C, ROTARACT, THE ACCOMPLISHERS, BUSINESS SURGEON e.t.c. All these are profitable organizations to join rather than evil and unprofitable organizations as always said by my father that “if people can not praise you for what you are doing, why not change for the better”. Our youth should be very careful of the friends they keep on campus because many cultists today on our campuses were influenced by their friends “If your friends can’t change you for better why not change your friends”. Our youth should understand the simple logic that anything u are doing that you cannot openly is bad. Being in cult can cut your life anytime unexpectedly. It is dangerous, it affects one in all ways emotionally, academically, no rest and can’t even sleep with the two eyes closed.
Finally, I implore people within and outside our campuses that are like god father and mother to this evil act to please repent and turn a new leaf for we shall all give account of everything we do on earth and to remember the seven letters word NEMESIS it will surely catch. Cultism is not the way forward abstain from it because it is as dangerous as HIV virus.
SHUN CULTISM IN NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS!
LONG LIVE UNILORIN, LONG LIVE NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS.
gbengacares©2004
Monday, March 15, 2010
Blessing in disguise...
Just like a gift in a raping paper so is the ways of God to human kind, His ways are unpredictable. His plan we are all sure of because He said “I know the plans I have for you, they are plans of good and not of evil to give you an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11). There are too many approaches to how God can work out his plans in the lives of human being, at times He uses direct means and at times He uses disguise which is His most common way of blessing human being.
I came I saw and I conquer is the story and the testimony of any man God has blessed after been through difficulties in life. There are so many people in this world presently going through different challenges who thinks that is the end but they have forgotten the fact that our God is a God of Mystery, a God of Miracle who brought out the living from the death and abundance out of nothing, He turns story to glory and turns shame to fame.
The first blessing in disguise God did was the birth of Jesus Christ, it was indeed a great disguise that the saviour of the earth was born like a sheep in a manger. It baffles my spirit each time I think about it that God allowed Jesus to be given birth to among the sheep but I remember what He says that “my ways are not your ways”. One thing we must know in life is that everybody has a cross to carry at a point in time in our lives, though nobody wants to experience the negative part of life but it is bound to happen and many times, our challenges are what God uses to take us to our desired place. Many times, our difficulties are specifically designed by nature to take us to His will over our lives.
Looking at the life of Jesus Christ; even though God referred to Him directly as the apple of His eyes, He still went through challenges more than any human being can. He was beaten and battered like a thief, should we talk about the thurns on His head, the vinegar, the carrying of the cross in distance, the 8 inches nails put through His palm to the cross and was even made to die among the thieves, yet He fulfilled His destiny to save human kind.
Just like Gold will never shine until it passes through fire, so also there will never be a winner without a battle. The most important thing is to live a holy life and walk on the path of God and never give up for He has promised that “when you pass through fire, I will be with you” (Isaiah 43:2). No condition or situation can stop God from fulfilling His promises over your life. One of the ways people bring themselves down is to always complain instead of working towards solving their problems and believe in God.
The life of Joseph in the Holy Bible is another great Blessing in disguise when his blood brother team up against him and sold him to slavery to potipher, the assistant to the king Pharaoh of Egypt. The brothers thought they’ve done their worse but never knew they were helping Joseph to fulfill God’s purpose for his life. Because God was with him, Potipher made him his helper and put him in charge of everything he owned. Later another problem came against Joseph from when his maters wife to sleep with her but because Joseph rejected the offer, she lied against him and was put in jail and this ugly situation was what God used to linked Joseph directly to the King (PHARAOH) and the beauty of God’s purpose for his life came up and a leader.
Recently, I heard a true life story of an old time friend (Femi) and that was exactly what prompted me to make this write up “Blessing in disguise”. He was mysteriously delayed to meet up with his destiny. Joseph was pushed to meet up with his destiny while Femi was delayed to meet up with his destiny…It all started when Femi was in 300 level in the University, he lived in Lagos but schooled in Kwara State. There was a particular girl he had a quarrel with at home in Lagos and the Lady took it to school and promised to deal with Femi because she was dating a one of Femi’s lecturer. This Lady took Femi’s case so serious using what she has to bribe the lecturer and at the end of that semester (2nd semester), Femi had a carry-over in the lecturers course. Everybody were surprise that Femi could have a carry-over but there was nothing they could do, Later Femi discovered that it was the Lady that was behind it so he went to report the issue to the faculty officer but the man said he should forget it since he did not have a strong evidence to back his claims. It was not funny at all on Femi but he took to the faculty officer’s advice and decided to shoulder the cross.
Several times Femi cried like a baby because his aim of making second class upper (2:1) has been dashed and not just that but also with an extra year on campus not knowing that the experience marked the beginning of his fulfillment in life. On the day of the last paper in 400 level, Femi cried like a baby in the examination hall knowing that he had extra year already when others were jubilating over their last paper in the school. To worsen the situation, the Lady walked up to him and said to his face that “it’s a pity that I’m living you behind on this campus, just carry your extra year cross very well so you don’t fall again” she said it with all sense of humor. To cut the story short, Femi carried his extra year cross diligently and finished but not with his desired grade of 2:1 but 2:2 and went for youth services (NYSC).
It was at this stage(NYSC) that Femi started realizing the power of the common prayer we all pray that “God if my blessing has moved faster than me please hasten my step to meet it at the front and if I’ve moved faster than my blessing God delay me for my blessing to meet up with me”. Now he knew his delayed was actually planned by God. “He had been delayed but not derailed”. During the orientation camp, Femi met a Lady at the camp who was married to the Managing director of one of the best Agro- allied companies in the country and they became good friends. As favour will shine on him, one day the Lady’s husband came to check on her at the camp and Femi was introduced to him and they got talking and the man was happy to hear that Femi studied Bio-Chemistry in the University. He had interest in Femi and they arranged with the NYSC officials on how Femi would be posted to his company to serve.
Everything went smoothly as planned and Femi became a corps member in a very big agro-allied company and as if that was not enough, they gave him all the benefits of a full staff and he began to enjoy life like “an ant in a box of sugar”. After some months that Femi joined the company as a corps member, the company wanted to send some delegates to Scotland in United Kingdom to inspect some of the agricultural products the partner company wanted to import into the country and lo and behold, Femi was taken to be part of the trip to Scotland as a chemist. It was indeed like a dream to him how God used his problem to lift him up which mark the beginning of the next level in his life.
Femi became an executive corps member living far above all his friend who graduated before him and after the NYSC, he was retained in the company with a pay he never dreamed of and benefits he never expected. Within the last one year he was retained by the company, he has travelled to 3 different countries and today he is enjoying himself.
If you are reading this and you feel all hope is lost probably because you are going through though time and it seems there is no way out, I have a message for you that “all things work together for good for they that love God” Romans 8:28. Whatever you are going through might be a blessing in disguise from God; it might be what God has placed on your path to take you to your desired place in life. God has promised to be with you even when you pass through fire so, all you need do is to be bold and look up to him always just as Joseph never yielded to what people will call opportunity to sleep with his masters wife or what what Femi would have done to harm himself because of frustration. Just be diligent in whatever you are doing and trust that God is with you, never confess negative things about yourself because the power to live and kill oneself is in our mouth…may God almighty be with you and see you through your Journey in life.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
14/03/2010
I came I saw and I conquer is the story and the testimony of any man God has blessed after been through difficulties in life. There are so many people in this world presently going through different challenges who thinks that is the end but they have forgotten the fact that our God is a God of Mystery, a God of Miracle who brought out the living from the death and abundance out of nothing, He turns story to glory and turns shame to fame.
The first blessing in disguise God did was the birth of Jesus Christ, it was indeed a great disguise that the saviour of the earth was born like a sheep in a manger. It baffles my spirit each time I think about it that God allowed Jesus to be given birth to among the sheep but I remember what He says that “my ways are not your ways”. One thing we must know in life is that everybody has a cross to carry at a point in time in our lives, though nobody wants to experience the negative part of life but it is bound to happen and many times, our challenges are what God uses to take us to our desired place. Many times, our difficulties are specifically designed by nature to take us to His will over our lives.
Looking at the life of Jesus Christ; even though God referred to Him directly as the apple of His eyes, He still went through challenges more than any human being can. He was beaten and battered like a thief, should we talk about the thurns on His head, the vinegar, the carrying of the cross in distance, the 8 inches nails put through His palm to the cross and was even made to die among the thieves, yet He fulfilled His destiny to save human kind.
Just like Gold will never shine until it passes through fire, so also there will never be a winner without a battle. The most important thing is to live a holy life and walk on the path of God and never give up for He has promised that “when you pass through fire, I will be with you” (Isaiah 43:2). No condition or situation can stop God from fulfilling His promises over your life. One of the ways people bring themselves down is to always complain instead of working towards solving their problems and believe in God.
The life of Joseph in the Holy Bible is another great Blessing in disguise when his blood brother team up against him and sold him to slavery to potipher, the assistant to the king Pharaoh of Egypt. The brothers thought they’ve done their worse but never knew they were helping Joseph to fulfill God’s purpose for his life. Because God was with him, Potipher made him his helper and put him in charge of everything he owned. Later another problem came against Joseph from when his maters wife to sleep with her but because Joseph rejected the offer, she lied against him and was put in jail and this ugly situation was what God used to linked Joseph directly to the King (PHARAOH) and the beauty of God’s purpose for his life came up and a leader.
Recently, I heard a true life story of an old time friend (Femi) and that was exactly what prompted me to make this write up “Blessing in disguise”. He was mysteriously delayed to meet up with his destiny. Joseph was pushed to meet up with his destiny while Femi was delayed to meet up with his destiny…It all started when Femi was in 300 level in the University, he lived in Lagos but schooled in Kwara State. There was a particular girl he had a quarrel with at home in Lagos and the Lady took it to school and promised to deal with Femi because she was dating a one of Femi’s lecturer. This Lady took Femi’s case so serious using what she has to bribe the lecturer and at the end of that semester (2nd semester), Femi had a carry-over in the lecturers course. Everybody were surprise that Femi could have a carry-over but there was nothing they could do, Later Femi discovered that it was the Lady that was behind it so he went to report the issue to the faculty officer but the man said he should forget it since he did not have a strong evidence to back his claims. It was not funny at all on Femi but he took to the faculty officer’s advice and decided to shoulder the cross.
Several times Femi cried like a baby because his aim of making second class upper (2:1) has been dashed and not just that but also with an extra year on campus not knowing that the experience marked the beginning of his fulfillment in life. On the day of the last paper in 400 level, Femi cried like a baby in the examination hall knowing that he had extra year already when others were jubilating over their last paper in the school. To worsen the situation, the Lady walked up to him and said to his face that “it’s a pity that I’m living you behind on this campus, just carry your extra year cross very well so you don’t fall again” she said it with all sense of humor. To cut the story short, Femi carried his extra year cross diligently and finished but not with his desired grade of 2:1 but 2:2 and went for youth services (NYSC).
It was at this stage(NYSC) that Femi started realizing the power of the common prayer we all pray that “God if my blessing has moved faster than me please hasten my step to meet it at the front and if I’ve moved faster than my blessing God delay me for my blessing to meet up with me”. Now he knew his delayed was actually planned by God. “He had been delayed but not derailed”. During the orientation camp, Femi met a Lady at the camp who was married to the Managing director of one of the best Agro- allied companies in the country and they became good friends. As favour will shine on him, one day the Lady’s husband came to check on her at the camp and Femi was introduced to him and they got talking and the man was happy to hear that Femi studied Bio-Chemistry in the University. He had interest in Femi and they arranged with the NYSC officials on how Femi would be posted to his company to serve.
Everything went smoothly as planned and Femi became a corps member in a very big agro-allied company and as if that was not enough, they gave him all the benefits of a full staff and he began to enjoy life like “an ant in a box of sugar”. After some months that Femi joined the company as a corps member, the company wanted to send some delegates to Scotland in United Kingdom to inspect some of the agricultural products the partner company wanted to import into the country and lo and behold, Femi was taken to be part of the trip to Scotland as a chemist. It was indeed like a dream to him how God used his problem to lift him up which mark the beginning of the next level in his life.
Femi became an executive corps member living far above all his friend who graduated before him and after the NYSC, he was retained in the company with a pay he never dreamed of and benefits he never expected. Within the last one year he was retained by the company, he has travelled to 3 different countries and today he is enjoying himself.
If you are reading this and you feel all hope is lost probably because you are going through though time and it seems there is no way out, I have a message for you that “all things work together for good for they that love God” Romans 8:28. Whatever you are going through might be a blessing in disguise from God; it might be what God has placed on your path to take you to your desired place in life. God has promised to be with you even when you pass through fire so, all you need do is to be bold and look up to him always just as Joseph never yielded to what people will call opportunity to sleep with his masters wife or what what Femi would have done to harm himself because of frustration. Just be diligent in whatever you are doing and trust that God is with you, never confess negative things about yourself because the power to live and kill oneself is in our mouth…may God almighty be with you and see you through your Journey in life.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
14/03/2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Nigeria...WARNING FOR THE LEADERS
It is no more a news to the entire world that the political system of this country has gone worse than bad, before now, I use to be proud of being a Nigerian but now everything that brings about the pride has been washed off my mind and soul because of the instability in every areas of the system of the country. Many times I’ve thought about it if Nigeria is really a country or a private company where the owner determines what happens at his own will.
Can u ever imagine a country like Nigerian that calls herself the giant of Africa without a stable and half well structured system in the necessary areas of life in terms of Education, politics, power supply and citizens’ welfare e.t.c, it has always been from one problem to the other. The educational system is nowhere in place with other countries in Africa not to talk of the world, the political system has become a mafia war where assassination has become a normal way of life, the welfare of the citizen is never a right again but a privilege…Everything in shamble.
The system of this nation has been turned into the popular round letter ball game (football) where same set of people form a team and determines what happens to over One Hundred and Fifty Million people (150 million). Recently, The nation went through a rebranding exercise and they came up with a slogan “GOOD PEOPLE…GREAT NATION” rebranding indeed…The issue of rebranding Nigeria was just a clear case of changing the case of a rottened egg, the casing can be good but what is inside will always give a bad odor. They have forgotten that in a case like this what we need is to rebrand the system in the country such as good economic system, electricity, education and provide all other social amenities to the citizen then, the nation can be proud of a Good people great nation.
Some months back, the nation’s name was listed amongst the terrorist nation which caused a lot of havoc among the leaders that we are not a terrorist nation but “GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION”…but If am permitted to talk about that I would say “NIGERIA IS INDEED A TERROSRIST NATION” considering what is happening within the ethnic groups and religious group in the country. What has the government done about it? Some weeks back thousands of people lost their lives in the religious crisis in Jos, Plateau state. What has the government done about it? They did not border to address the issue to find out the what really happened and resolve the matter to avoid future occurrence and they were busy making noise on all the media means that Nigeria is not a terrorist nation.
I can say it anywhere that one of the factors America considered before enlisting Nigeria amongst the terrorist nation in the world was the fact that “A man that can kill his own brother will never hesitate to kill another man”. What good news do we have in this nation to back up our claims that we are not a terrorist nation? Should we talk about the assassination of the former Arthoney General of the Federation some years back without any trace of the people behind?, the day to day assassination within the political groups in the country, the non-challant attitude of our leaders toward what is not affecting them because they do not have the interest of the citizen at heart?. Recently in Osun State, a Lawyer was assassinated because he was defending a political case in court, in Ogun State a political leader Dipo Dina was killed like a mere chicken, Last two weeks in Lagos one of the Action Congress (AC) member was assassinated in front of his house after a political meeting and we are saying we are not a terrorist nation…Nigeria is more than a terrorist nation.
Think about the ongoing issue in the country when the so called “His Excellency” YAR’ADUA travelled out of the country for months without a notice not to talk of proper handing over to his vice to fill the gap while he would be away. Why? Because he never sees the nation’s constitution as a factor to be considered and nobody could do anything reasonable on time even the Federal Executive Council because he has bought all of them over. I can’t even imagine and I don’t want to believe it that the president was advice to speak to his citizen and the best avenue to do that was to go to BBC to address the Nigerians. Anyway, I knew he was not the person that made the speech then probably this popular comedian “Holy Mallam” or whoever.
At a time, it was proposed that the vice president should be given the power to act unbehalf of the president and some set of people kicked against it that it was not constitutional forgetting the fact that necessity can at times bypass constitution. On different occasions delegates were sent to visit him at his hopital in Saudu Arabia to know the status of his health but were denied the access of seeing the president. What a shame and a slap on the faces of the bunch of fools who calls themselves the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Nigeria as a country. Part of the havoc the absence of the president caused was the long religious crisis in Jos when there was nobody to give order. Part of it was also the successful listing of the nations name into the terrorist nations list to mention few when he was not around to meet with the American government.
Yesterday his arrival was announced without any confirmation because it was just a news nobody has seen him even his vice (Good-luck Jonathan). Imagine the madness that the Vice President was not informed about YAR’ADUA’s arrival, he said he never knew the president would be flown into the country and yet about 200 mobile police men were at the airport to guide the president. Who made the arrangements for his arrival?, who gave the order to mobilize the police men to the airport?. That means there is no security in the county, for something as big as that to have happened and the assumed number one citizen in the country was not aware is a big shame and that means anything can happen to the country.
Now he is back into the country as said but with no evidence, I think what the Federal Executive Council (FEC) should do now is to make him speak to the media and address the citizen to be sure he is really back and also most importantly for us to really know the status of his health in order to declare him incapacitated and continue with the plans to make God-Luck Jonathan the president. What he has come to do is what I do not understand; a man who came into the country with all sorts of medical gadgets on him, who was rolled into an ambulance directly from the aircraft who could not even stand on his own. One thing I am sure of is that YAR’ADUA can never rule this country again because he is already incapacitated. I will just advice him to resign and go back to Saudi Arabia to complete his treatment or better still go back to his village in Katsina State.
I put it to all the leaders in this country that God will punish you all for turning this country to a football field where you play all the citizens like a ball. If you fail to repent and do what is right, the wrath of God is coming upon you and if you think you have too much money to buy security remember what happened to Sanni Abacha, you will sleep and never wake up. God will shed your blood to wash away the shame you have brought upon this country and one day we will sure a sing a song of victory and we will shout it loud and the whole world will know that indeed we are GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
25/02/2010
Can u ever imagine a country like Nigerian that calls herself the giant of Africa without a stable and half well structured system in the necessary areas of life in terms of Education, politics, power supply and citizens’ welfare e.t.c, it has always been from one problem to the other. The educational system is nowhere in place with other countries in Africa not to talk of the world, the political system has become a mafia war where assassination has become a normal way of life, the welfare of the citizen is never a right again but a privilege…Everything in shamble.
The system of this nation has been turned into the popular round letter ball game (football) where same set of people form a team and determines what happens to over One Hundred and Fifty Million people (150 million). Recently, The nation went through a rebranding exercise and they came up with a slogan “GOOD PEOPLE…GREAT NATION” rebranding indeed…The issue of rebranding Nigeria was just a clear case of changing the case of a rottened egg, the casing can be good but what is inside will always give a bad odor. They have forgotten that in a case like this what we need is to rebrand the system in the country such as good economic system, electricity, education and provide all other social amenities to the citizen then, the nation can be proud of a Good people great nation.
Some months back, the nation’s name was listed amongst the terrorist nation which caused a lot of havoc among the leaders that we are not a terrorist nation but “GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION”…but If am permitted to talk about that I would say “NIGERIA IS INDEED A TERROSRIST NATION” considering what is happening within the ethnic groups and religious group in the country. What has the government done about it? Some weeks back thousands of people lost their lives in the religious crisis in Jos, Plateau state. What has the government done about it? They did not border to address the issue to find out the what really happened and resolve the matter to avoid future occurrence and they were busy making noise on all the media means that Nigeria is not a terrorist nation.
I can say it anywhere that one of the factors America considered before enlisting Nigeria amongst the terrorist nation in the world was the fact that “A man that can kill his own brother will never hesitate to kill another man”. What good news do we have in this nation to back up our claims that we are not a terrorist nation? Should we talk about the assassination of the former Arthoney General of the Federation some years back without any trace of the people behind?, the day to day assassination within the political groups in the country, the non-challant attitude of our leaders toward what is not affecting them because they do not have the interest of the citizen at heart?. Recently in Osun State, a Lawyer was assassinated because he was defending a political case in court, in Ogun State a political leader Dipo Dina was killed like a mere chicken, Last two weeks in Lagos one of the Action Congress (AC) member was assassinated in front of his house after a political meeting and we are saying we are not a terrorist nation…Nigeria is more than a terrorist nation.
Think about the ongoing issue in the country when the so called “His Excellency” YAR’ADUA travelled out of the country for months without a notice not to talk of proper handing over to his vice to fill the gap while he would be away. Why? Because he never sees the nation’s constitution as a factor to be considered and nobody could do anything reasonable on time even the Federal Executive Council because he has bought all of them over. I can’t even imagine and I don’t want to believe it that the president was advice to speak to his citizen and the best avenue to do that was to go to BBC to address the Nigerians. Anyway, I knew he was not the person that made the speech then probably this popular comedian “Holy Mallam” or whoever.
At a time, it was proposed that the vice president should be given the power to act unbehalf of the president and some set of people kicked against it that it was not constitutional forgetting the fact that necessity can at times bypass constitution. On different occasions delegates were sent to visit him at his hopital in Saudu Arabia to know the status of his health but were denied the access of seeing the president. What a shame and a slap on the faces of the bunch of fools who calls themselves the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Nigeria as a country. Part of the havoc the absence of the president caused was the long religious crisis in Jos when there was nobody to give order. Part of it was also the successful listing of the nations name into the terrorist nations list to mention few when he was not around to meet with the American government.
Yesterday his arrival was announced without any confirmation because it was just a news nobody has seen him even his vice (Good-luck Jonathan). Imagine the madness that the Vice President was not informed about YAR’ADUA’s arrival, he said he never knew the president would be flown into the country and yet about 200 mobile police men were at the airport to guide the president. Who made the arrangements for his arrival?, who gave the order to mobilize the police men to the airport?. That means there is no security in the county, for something as big as that to have happened and the assumed number one citizen in the country was not aware is a big shame and that means anything can happen to the country.
Now he is back into the country as said but with no evidence, I think what the Federal Executive Council (FEC) should do now is to make him speak to the media and address the citizen to be sure he is really back and also most importantly for us to really know the status of his health in order to declare him incapacitated and continue with the plans to make God-Luck Jonathan the president. What he has come to do is what I do not understand; a man who came into the country with all sorts of medical gadgets on him, who was rolled into an ambulance directly from the aircraft who could not even stand on his own. One thing I am sure of is that YAR’ADUA can never rule this country again because he is already incapacitated. I will just advice him to resign and go back to Saudi Arabia to complete his treatment or better still go back to his village in Katsina State.
I put it to all the leaders in this country that God will punish you all for turning this country to a football field where you play all the citizens like a ball. If you fail to repent and do what is right, the wrath of God is coming upon you and if you think you have too much money to buy security remember what happened to Sanni Abacha, you will sleep and never wake up. God will shed your blood to wash away the shame you have brought upon this country and one day we will sure a sing a song of victory and we will shout it loud and the whole world will know that indeed we are GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
25/02/2010
Nigeria...WARNING FOR THE LEADERS
It is no more a news to the entire world that the political system of this country has gone worse than bad, before now, I use to be proud of being a Nigerian but now everything that brings about the pride has been washed off my mind and soul because of the instability in every areas of the system of the country. Many times I’ve thought about it if Nigeria is really a country or a private company where the owner determines what happens at his own will.
Can u ever imagine a country like Nigeria that calls herself the giant of Africa without a stable and half well structured system in the necessary areas of life in terms of Education, politics, power supply and citizens’ welfare e.t.c, it has always been from one problem to the other. The educational system is nowhere in place with other countries in Africa not to talk of the world, the political system has become a mafia war where assassination has become a normal way of life, the welfare of the citizen is never a right again but a privilege…Everything in shamble.
The system of this nation has been turned into the popular round letter ball game (football) where same set of people form a team and determines what happens to over One Hundred and Fifty Million people (150 million). Recently, The nation went through a rebranding exercise and they came up with a slogan “GOOD PEOPLE…GREAT NATION” rebranding indeed…The issue of rebranding Nigeria was just a clear case of changing the case of a rottened egg, the casing can be good but what is inside will always give a bad odor. They have forgotten that in a case like this what we need is to rebrand the system in the country such as good economic system, electricity, education and provide all other social amenities to the citizen then, the nation can be proud of a Good people great nation.
Some months back, the nation’s name was listed amongst the terrorist nation which caused a lot of havoc among the leaders that we are not a terrorist nation but “GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION”…but If am permitted to talk about that I would say “WE ARE INDEED A TERROSRIST NATION” considering what is happening within the ethnic groups and religious group in the country. What has the government done about it? Some weeks back thousands of people lost their lives in the religious crisis in Jos, Plateau state. What has the government done about it? They did not border to address the issue to find out what really happened and resolve the matter to avoid future occurrence and they were busy making noise on all the media means that Nigeria is not a terrorist nation.
I can say it anywhere that one of the factors America considered before enlisting Nigeria amongst the terrorist nation in the world was the fact that “A man that can kill his own brother will never hesitate to kill another man”. What good news do we have in this nation to back up our claims that we are not a terrorist nation? Should we talk about the assassination of the former Arthoney General of the Federation some years back without any trace of the people behind?, the day to day assassination within the political groups in the country, the non-challant attitude of our leaders towards all the negative happenings in the country just because nothing is really affecting and because they do not have the interest of the citizen at heart?. Recently in Osun State, a Lawyer was assassinated because he was defending a political case in court, in Ogun State a political leader Dipo Dina was killed like a mere chicken, Last two weeks in Lagos one of the Action Congress (AC) member was assassinated in front of his house after a political meeting and we are saying we are not a terrorist nation…Nigeria is more than a terrorist nation.
Think about the ongoing issue in the country when the so called “His Excellency” YAR’ADUA travelled out of the country for months without a notice not to talk of proper handing over to his vice to fill the gap while he would be away. Why? Because he never sees the nation’s constitution as a factor to be considered and nobody could do anything reasonable on time even the Federal Executive Council because he has bought all of them over. I can’t even imagine and I don’t want to believe it that the president was advice to speak to his citizen and the best avenue to do that was to go to BBC to address the Nigerians. Anyway, I knew he was not the person that made the speech then probably this popular comedian “Holy Mallam” or whoever.
At a time, it was proposed that the vice president should be given the power to act unbehalf of the president and some set of people kicked against it that it was not constitutional forgetting the fact that necessity can at times bypass constitution. On different occasions delegates were sent to visit him at his hopital in Saudu Arabia to know the status of his health but were denied the access of seeing the president. What a shame and a slap on the faces of the bunch of fools who calls themselves the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Nigeria as a country. Part of the havoc the absence of the president caused was the long religious crisis in Jos when there was nobody to give order. Part of it was also the successful listing of the nations name into the terrorist nations list to mention few when he was not around to meet with the American government.
Yesterday his arrival was announced without any confirmation because it was just a news nobody has seen him even his vice (Good-luck Jonathan). Imagine the madness that the Vice President was not informed about YAR’ADUA’s arrival, he said he never knew the president would be flown into the country and yet about 200 mobile police men were at the airport to guide the president. Who made the arrangements for his arrival?, who gave the order to mobilize the police men to the airport?. That means there is no security in the county, for something as big as that to have happened and the assumed number one citizen in the country was not aware is a big shame and that means anything can happen to the country.
Now he is back into the country as said but with no evidence, I think what the Federal Executive Council (FEC) should do now is to make him speak to the media and address the citizen to be sure he is really back and also most importantly for us to really know the status of his health in order to declare him incapacitated and continue with the plans to make God-Luck Jonathan the president. What he has come to do is what I do not understand; a man who came into the country with all sorts of medical gadgets on him, who was rolled into an ambulance directly from the aircraft who could not even stand on his own. One thing I am sure of is that YAR’ADUA can never rule this country again because he is already incapacitated. I will just advice him to resign and go back to Saudi Arabia to complete his treatment or better still go back to his village in Katsina State.
I put it to all the leaders in this country that God will punish you all for turning this country to a football field where you play all the citizens like a ball. If you fail to repent and do what is right, the wrath of God is coming upon you and if you think you have too much money to buy security remember what happened to Sanni Abacha, you will sleep and never wake up. God will shed your blood to wash away the shame you have brought upon this country and one day we will sure a sing a song of victory and we will shout it loud and the whole world will know that indeed we are GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
25/02/2010
Can u ever imagine a country like Nigeria that calls herself the giant of Africa without a stable and half well structured system in the necessary areas of life in terms of Education, politics, power supply and citizens’ welfare e.t.c, it has always been from one problem to the other. The educational system is nowhere in place with other countries in Africa not to talk of the world, the political system has become a mafia war where assassination has become a normal way of life, the welfare of the citizen is never a right again but a privilege…Everything in shamble.
The system of this nation has been turned into the popular round letter ball game (football) where same set of people form a team and determines what happens to over One Hundred and Fifty Million people (150 million). Recently, The nation went through a rebranding exercise and they came up with a slogan “GOOD PEOPLE…GREAT NATION” rebranding indeed…The issue of rebranding Nigeria was just a clear case of changing the case of a rottened egg, the casing can be good but what is inside will always give a bad odor. They have forgotten that in a case like this what we need is to rebrand the system in the country such as good economic system, electricity, education and provide all other social amenities to the citizen then, the nation can be proud of a Good people great nation.
Some months back, the nation’s name was listed amongst the terrorist nation which caused a lot of havoc among the leaders that we are not a terrorist nation but “GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION”…but If am permitted to talk about that I would say “WE ARE INDEED A TERROSRIST NATION” considering what is happening within the ethnic groups and religious group in the country. What has the government done about it? Some weeks back thousands of people lost their lives in the religious crisis in Jos, Plateau state. What has the government done about it? They did not border to address the issue to find out what really happened and resolve the matter to avoid future occurrence and they were busy making noise on all the media means that Nigeria is not a terrorist nation.
I can say it anywhere that one of the factors America considered before enlisting Nigeria amongst the terrorist nation in the world was the fact that “A man that can kill his own brother will never hesitate to kill another man”. What good news do we have in this nation to back up our claims that we are not a terrorist nation? Should we talk about the assassination of the former Arthoney General of the Federation some years back without any trace of the people behind?, the day to day assassination within the political groups in the country, the non-challant attitude of our leaders towards all the negative happenings in the country just because nothing is really affecting and because they do not have the interest of the citizen at heart?. Recently in Osun State, a Lawyer was assassinated because he was defending a political case in court, in Ogun State a political leader Dipo Dina was killed like a mere chicken, Last two weeks in Lagos one of the Action Congress (AC) member was assassinated in front of his house after a political meeting and we are saying we are not a terrorist nation…Nigeria is more than a terrorist nation.
Think about the ongoing issue in the country when the so called “His Excellency” YAR’ADUA travelled out of the country for months without a notice not to talk of proper handing over to his vice to fill the gap while he would be away. Why? Because he never sees the nation’s constitution as a factor to be considered and nobody could do anything reasonable on time even the Federal Executive Council because he has bought all of them over. I can’t even imagine and I don’t want to believe it that the president was advice to speak to his citizen and the best avenue to do that was to go to BBC to address the Nigerians. Anyway, I knew he was not the person that made the speech then probably this popular comedian “Holy Mallam” or whoever.
At a time, it was proposed that the vice president should be given the power to act unbehalf of the president and some set of people kicked against it that it was not constitutional forgetting the fact that necessity can at times bypass constitution. On different occasions delegates were sent to visit him at his hopital in Saudu Arabia to know the status of his health but were denied the access of seeing the president. What a shame and a slap on the faces of the bunch of fools who calls themselves the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Nigeria as a country. Part of the havoc the absence of the president caused was the long religious crisis in Jos when there was nobody to give order. Part of it was also the successful listing of the nations name into the terrorist nations list to mention few when he was not around to meet with the American government.
Yesterday his arrival was announced without any confirmation because it was just a news nobody has seen him even his vice (Good-luck Jonathan). Imagine the madness that the Vice President was not informed about YAR’ADUA’s arrival, he said he never knew the president would be flown into the country and yet about 200 mobile police men were at the airport to guide the president. Who made the arrangements for his arrival?, who gave the order to mobilize the police men to the airport?. That means there is no security in the county, for something as big as that to have happened and the assumed number one citizen in the country was not aware is a big shame and that means anything can happen to the country.
Now he is back into the country as said but with no evidence, I think what the Federal Executive Council (FEC) should do now is to make him speak to the media and address the citizen to be sure he is really back and also most importantly for us to really know the status of his health in order to declare him incapacitated and continue with the plans to make God-Luck Jonathan the president. What he has come to do is what I do not understand; a man who came into the country with all sorts of medical gadgets on him, who was rolled into an ambulance directly from the aircraft who could not even stand on his own. One thing I am sure of is that YAR’ADUA can never rule this country again because he is already incapacitated. I will just advice him to resign and go back to Saudi Arabia to complete his treatment or better still go back to his village in Katsina State.
I put it to all the leaders in this country that God will punish you all for turning this country to a football field where you play all the citizens like a ball. If you fail to repent and do what is right, the wrath of God is coming upon you and if you think you have too much money to buy security remember what happened to Sanni Abacha, you will sleep and never wake up. God will shed your blood to wash away the shame you have brought upon this country and one day we will sure a sing a song of victory and we will shout it loud and the whole world will know that indeed we are GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
25/02/2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Power of Influence...
Influence is one of the natural phenomenons affecting the world of ours today and it’s the oldest phenomenon started in the garden of Eden when the snake influenced Eve to eat the forbidding fruit which later affected Adam too. It is something many people never take cognisance of but it affects them in ways they can never explain. Influence has the greatest power in the life of human being. It is the power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort. Influence could either be positive or negative but the purpose of this write up is to sensitize us to beware of negative influence.
Many people do not believe that they can be influenced, their believe is that you are only influenced because you want to be influenced. The visibility of the power of influence can be seen in the ongoing issue of the newly discovered Nigerian terrorist ‘Abdulmutallab’ who has dragged his name and that of his well respected family in to mud most especially causing the nations name to be listed among the terrorist nations of the world. Come to thing of it, what would have made the young innocent looking boy of 23 years thought of engaging in suicide bombing to kill himself and also kill other innocent people if not that he has been influenced negatively. He has wined and dine with the terrorists group called the AL-QUAEDA who are the world terrorist group headed by the most wanted man in d world “Osama Bin Laden”.
The ideology of many people is that it is only when u are not comfortable that you can join bad heads but this case of Abdulmutallab has over ruled that ideology. The young boy has everything he needs around him at his beck and call yet he did what someone who does not have anything who is even tired of life may never thing of doing,
Citing more examples about the power of influence is what we can notice on our university campuses in the area of Cultism where u see a young boys and girls who finds it difficult to kill mosquitoes in their homes but on coming to campus after being influenced by initiation into cultism, they turn into wolves harassing, victimizing and even shedding blood of fellow students as they like…
Lets us also look at the lives of some innocent girls who comes to the campus with decent character who were well nurtured and brought up in a good and God fearing environment but on getting to the campus they turn to something else joining the so called happening babes popularly known as ARISTO. At least I personally know some of these girls who put on skirt and blouse when they are under their parents at home but on getting to the campus they put on crazy wears like spaghetti, off shoulders, boobs tube, alter neck, hot pants, waistless jeans e.t.c
Still o the campus scene about influence, it is interesting to know that most of the Aristo girls on our campuses to day were products of influence. A story in OAU when a zonal pastor went to Oshogbo for a pastors conference and after the conference in d evening he decide to visit her daughter on the campus before going back to the hotel from where he would leave d following morning. On getting to the hostel where his daughter stays he met a lady outside and sent her to his daughter room but unfortunately d lady was an Aristos too so she thought d man was one of d daddy arristo whon normally comes
around on weekends so she went to the girls room and told her that a man was looking for her outside.
Meanwhile, d girl was expecting someone to come around to pick her so she thought d person asking for her must have been d person so she quickly applied all d make ups, put on one crazy Boobs top in d name of cleavage and ran out. On getting to the car he saw his father…what a great shock and an unexpected scene. The father was shocked to his marrow…he shouted “is this my daughter”, he entered into his car and drove off d scene. The girl couldn’t bear it that she busted into tears in d public.
Influence is like injecting someone, no matter how strong u may be it will penetrate with time. So, d best thing to do is to flee from all trace of negative influence just like the Bible warns to flee from all evil. It is better to be alone than associate with the bad heads and become bad because human being are liable to be influenced by those we associate with. Guide your association carefully and not carefreely. The Bible even confirmed the power of influenced in the book of proverbs 13: 20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, associate with evil and become evil”.
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. Show me your friend and I will tell u who u are, the type of friend u keep tell more about u because your friends contributes 60% of what u are presently and what u’ll become in future. Bad heads corrupts good manner “if a man keeps company with those cursed, he will soon find curses and complaints flowing from his mouth like a river”…be wise as doves in associating with people because the power of influence can never be underestimated if not u’lld have been doing what u can never imagine yourself to be doing.
“Guide your association carefully and not carefreely” and be conscious of the fact "the sheep that walks with dog will surely eat bone”
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
30/01/2010
Many people do not believe that they can be influenced, their believe is that you are only influenced because you want to be influenced. The visibility of the power of influence can be seen in the ongoing issue of the newly discovered Nigerian terrorist ‘Abdulmutallab’ who has dragged his name and that of his well respected family in to mud most especially causing the nations name to be listed among the terrorist nations of the world. Come to thing of it, what would have made the young innocent looking boy of 23 years thought of engaging in suicide bombing to kill himself and also kill other innocent people if not that he has been influenced negatively. He has wined and dine with the terrorists group called the AL-QUAEDA who are the world terrorist group headed by the most wanted man in d world “Osama Bin Laden”.
The ideology of many people is that it is only when u are not comfortable that you can join bad heads but this case of Abdulmutallab has over ruled that ideology. The young boy has everything he needs around him at his beck and call yet he did what someone who does not have anything who is even tired of life may never thing of doing,
Citing more examples about the power of influence is what we can notice on our university campuses in the area of Cultism where u see a young boys and girls who finds it difficult to kill mosquitoes in their homes but on coming to campus after being influenced by initiation into cultism, they turn into wolves harassing, victimizing and even shedding blood of fellow students as they like…
Lets us also look at the lives of some innocent girls who comes to the campus with decent character who were well nurtured and brought up in a good and God fearing environment but on getting to the campus they turn to something else joining the so called happening babes popularly known as ARISTO. At least I personally know some of these girls who put on skirt and blouse when they are under their parents at home but on getting to the campus they put on crazy wears like spaghetti, off shoulders, boobs tube, alter neck, hot pants, waistless jeans e.t.c
Still o the campus scene about influence, it is interesting to know that most of the Aristo girls on our campuses to day were products of influence. A story in OAU when a zonal pastor went to Oshogbo for a pastors conference and after the conference in d evening he decide to visit her daughter on the campus before going back to the hotel from where he would leave d following morning. On getting to the hostel where his daughter stays he met a lady outside and sent her to his daughter room but unfortunately d lady was an Aristos too so she thought d man was one of d daddy arristo whon normally comes
around on weekends so she went to the girls room and told her that a man was looking for her outside.
Meanwhile, d girl was expecting someone to come around to pick her so she thought d person asking for her must have been d person so she quickly applied all d make ups, put on one crazy Boobs top in d name of cleavage and ran out. On getting to the car he saw his father…what a great shock and an unexpected scene. The father was shocked to his marrow…he shouted “is this my daughter”, he entered into his car and drove off d scene. The girl couldn’t bear it that she busted into tears in d public.
Influence is like injecting someone, no matter how strong u may be it will penetrate with time. So, d best thing to do is to flee from all trace of negative influence just like the Bible warns to flee from all evil. It is better to be alone than associate with the bad heads and become bad because human being are liable to be influenced by those we associate with. Guide your association carefully and not carefreely. The Bible even confirmed the power of influenced in the book of proverbs 13: 20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, associate with evil and become evil”.
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. Show me your friend and I will tell u who u are, the type of friend u keep tell more about u because your friends contributes 60% of what u are presently and what u’ll become in future. Bad heads corrupts good manner “if a man keeps company with those cursed, he will soon find curses and complaints flowing from his mouth like a river”…be wise as doves in associating with people because the power of influence can never be underestimated if not u’lld have been doing what u can never imagine yourself to be doing.
“Guide your association carefully and not carefreely” and be conscious of the fact "the sheep that walks with dog will surely eat bone”
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
30/01/2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
A piece of advice...
I sat outside my house this last Saturday receiving fresh air from nature, I saw a vendor passing bye then I decide to get a news paper from him and what I saw gave me a great concern. The headline reads ‘University undergraduate caught with two fresh human heads’. My heart melted like an ice cream and my marrow receive the biggest shock ever…I was so deep in thought of what could have caused this, I asked too many questions which I later realised they were all rhetorical.
I started wondering what life is turning to and what on earth could have pushed this young handsome looking boy into such an evil act. Still in In my state of being flabbergasted, I considered some values and philosophies of life and juxtaposed them with situation of things happening within the human race. Too many question I asked myself about what is the future of the Nigerian youth and what could be the cause of the recession in the moral standard of our youths.
The response I got was that the main cause of the moral decadence of the youth is because of the epileptic nature of the Nigerian economy…well, in a way yes and in many ways I will say no. Yes in the sense that it is true that the economy is not helping situation but in the other way round to be factual, we need to know that no country in the world can completely satisfy the needs of its citizen. Our youth fall into the doom of destruction not just because d economy is bad but because many of them are so lazy to open their eyes to see opportunities and utilise them.
Our youth are so selfish, black minded and too anxious to get quick wealth without being ready to pay the required price which is hard work, they are too engrossed with the goodies of life forgetting the fact that fingers are not equal. They only look at the people better that them using luxury things of life, they do not consider many people they are better than. They never thought of the simple philosophy of life that says “enjoyment in life is a step, never try to climb when u are not close to d starecase”.
It is commonly said that when one is in a hurry, there is every possibility of not getting things done in the right manner. Naturally, it is everyone’s desire to be rich and get the best out of life but we must be ready to pay the dues. We all want to live in a big mansion and go around town with porch cars but there is rule…’’he who does not work must not eat’’.….Also, Proverbs 10:5 (New Living Translation) says “a wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.”
Wealth or riches according to the dictionary is the accumulation of abundance of items but sincerely that is to the black and white paper. In the naturalness of life, the real meaning of riches is the value u attach to yourself. Bishop David Oyedepo (Shiloh 2009) in one of his teachings says “the riches of a man are not in what he has but in who he is and the values he has”. He further explained that whatever wealth u gather today might disappear tomorrow but if your riches are in you then u have no problem because the real you in you will always be able to gather another wealth. There is no doubt that struggle can take u to the top but if you do not have the required values to manage it, it will disappear one day.
Our youth should work towards adding values to themselves and also have it at the back of their mind that fingers are not equal, they should be conversant of the saying that life is about back and front. A man looking at the people at his front using porch cars and lives in mansions complaining to be like them should also look back to see the people who are struggling to be like him. Never allow other people’s riches push you to do things that will negatively affect your future.
I want the Nigerian youth to know that “it is not solely about where you stand but more about how u stand”. Nigeria is not bad because the country is in Nigeria but because of the poor state of mind and negative mentality that nothing works in the country. In more than we can ever imagine, it is good to know that our mind-set controls our life just as the Holy Bible say that “as a man thinketh in his heart so is he”. One of the greatest philosophers says “I will never fail because my mind never fails” Let us stand up for the challenges and keep flying the flag of “Nigeria o ni baje”. Lets open our eyes wide and maximise every opportunities that comes our way
My philosophy is that “life is what you make it to be”, you can never go through the wrong route and get to the right destination. Let’s work hard to play our own part then nature will play its own part too…Think front and back before u act and know that fingers are not equal.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
17/01/2010
I started wondering what life is turning to and what on earth could have pushed this young handsome looking boy into such an evil act. Still in In my state of being flabbergasted, I considered some values and philosophies of life and juxtaposed them with situation of things happening within the human race. Too many question I asked myself about what is the future of the Nigerian youth and what could be the cause of the recession in the moral standard of our youths.
The response I got was that the main cause of the moral decadence of the youth is because of the epileptic nature of the Nigerian economy…well, in a way yes and in many ways I will say no. Yes in the sense that it is true that the economy is not helping situation but in the other way round to be factual, we need to know that no country in the world can completely satisfy the needs of its citizen. Our youth fall into the doom of destruction not just because d economy is bad but because many of them are so lazy to open their eyes to see opportunities and utilise them.
Our youth are so selfish, black minded and too anxious to get quick wealth without being ready to pay the required price which is hard work, they are too engrossed with the goodies of life forgetting the fact that fingers are not equal. They only look at the people better that them using luxury things of life, they do not consider many people they are better than. They never thought of the simple philosophy of life that says “enjoyment in life is a step, never try to climb when u are not close to d starecase”.
It is commonly said that when one is in a hurry, there is every possibility of not getting things done in the right manner. Naturally, it is everyone’s desire to be rich and get the best out of life but we must be ready to pay the dues. We all want to live in a big mansion and go around town with porch cars but there is rule…’’he who does not work must not eat’’.….Also, Proverbs 10:5 (New Living Translation) says “a wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.”
Wealth or riches according to the dictionary is the accumulation of abundance of items but sincerely that is to the black and white paper. In the naturalness of life, the real meaning of riches is the value u attach to yourself. Bishop David Oyedepo (Shiloh 2009) in one of his teachings says “the riches of a man are not in what he has but in who he is and the values he has”. He further explained that whatever wealth u gather today might disappear tomorrow but if your riches are in you then u have no problem because the real you in you will always be able to gather another wealth. There is no doubt that struggle can take u to the top but if you do not have the required values to manage it, it will disappear one day.
Our youth should work towards adding values to themselves and also have it at the back of their mind that fingers are not equal, they should be conversant of the saying that life is about back and front. A man looking at the people at his front using porch cars and lives in mansions complaining to be like them should also look back to see the people who are struggling to be like him. Never allow other people’s riches push you to do things that will negatively affect your future.
I want the Nigerian youth to know that “it is not solely about where you stand but more about how u stand”. Nigeria is not bad because the country is in Nigeria but because of the poor state of mind and negative mentality that nothing works in the country. In more than we can ever imagine, it is good to know that our mind-set controls our life just as the Holy Bible say that “as a man thinketh in his heart so is he”. One of the greatest philosophers says “I will never fail because my mind never fails” Let us stand up for the challenges and keep flying the flag of “Nigeria o ni baje”. Lets open our eyes wide and maximise every opportunities that comes our way
My philosophy is that “life is what you make it to be”, you can never go through the wrong route and get to the right destination. Let’s work hard to play our own part then nature will play its own part too…Think front and back before u act and know that fingers are not equal.
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
17/01/2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wisdom of the foolish...
Life they say is a mystery and a lesson, a lesson to those who see it as a place to learn and acquire more skills. It is a lesson to those who will never give up to situation and who does not believe in stagnancy. The lesson behind the mystery of this life is that no man is an island. We are living in the world where one should not depend solely on his/her own understanding alone because one way or the other, we need to learn from other people to help us in our own way to take us to our desired place in life.
There is a fiction that “the wise at times learn more from the foolish” and this has been a mystery to many people over the years. To me, the simple interpretation of this is that some wise men are so foolish and fool of themselves that they always think they know better than every other person around them, the impression they always create is that they are better than everybody especially the people below them in age, rank or position forgetting the fact that “no man is an Island”.
The real nature and meaning of these two saying that “no man is an island” and that “the wise at times learn more from the foolish” never really occurred to me until the day I realized that there is only a very tin line between the wise and the foolish and the tin line is that a wise man easily becomes foolish when he needs to apply his senses in solving a problem and he could not do it and a common foolish man helps him out…It happened last week when I was traveling to Ibadan to sign a business proposal for a contact, it was towards evening and I was driving very fast with the highest speed in order to meet up with the appointment.
The journey was going smoothly on Lagos Ibadan-express way until suddenly after Shagamu when I unavoidably entered into a ditch, the tyre bursted on speed which almost caused a fatal accident, my mind was gone but still managed to stop the car and came out to see how bad, on getting out of the car I realized that the tyre has been damaged beyond adjustment and also realized that the four bolts holding the tyre to the real were all gone. I looked up and down with so much disappointment knowing that even though I have extra tyre where do I get the bolts to fix it with the real to continue my journey? I opened the boot and brought out the extra tyre and how to fix it was now the challenge as it was already getting dark.
I was going up and down the highway looking for where to get a mechanic to help out, making calls to my friends to come see if anything good will come out but nothing came out of it all. As I was moving up and down in dismay, I noticed that a mad man was sitting close to the scene of the accident and was looking at the way I was struggling with the issue; he was laughing and saying all kinds of abusive words to me. The mad man concentration on my side gave me another reason of discomfort when I remember Clifford Orji but never knew he was looking at the foolishness of a wise man.
Suddenly, he stood up and walk towards my side and immediately I saw him coming, I was moving away with style applying a Yoruba adage that says “Ogbón ní àgbàlagbà fi ń sá fú malu” (An elderly man run for a cow stylishly so as not to show their fear). He started calling me names like Òde, Dìdìrìn (Lunatic). All these never bordered me ‘cause of his nature but he now said something that really challenged my senses, he said it in Yoruba that “so u are putting on a tie and u don’t have a common sense to help urself, don’t run for me o, I only want to help u and prove to u that u are a foolish man without senses” he laughed with so much noise exhibiting d normal character of a mad person. When I heared help, I was like what can a mad man offer but still listen to him. After listening to him, I realized that “the foolishness of a mad man has just helped the wisdom of a wise man”
He said u are a fool, u still have three tyres with four bolts in each of them, why not remove one bolt each from the other three tyres to give u another three then use it to fix the extra tyre, at least u can still manage that to move out of this dangerous highway and make sure u reduce ur speed…He said it and moved away dancing and exhibiting the normal characteristics of madness.
As he was going, I was just looking at him with so much surprise that a mad can could give solution to the problem that has almost run down my emotions, then I remember the common saying that “no man is an Island and truly that the wise at times learn more from the foolish”. I did exactly what the mad man suggested, I removed one bolt each from d other three tyres which gave me another three and I used to fix the extra tyre. Wao! I shouted, so a suggestion from a common mad man can actually help save a situation that has taken me hours without solution; I said to myself. I entered my car and drove off, I reduced my speed and I got to Ibadan safely with the help and knowledge of the person I called foolish, a mad man.
This experience opened my eyes to the mystery behind the saying that “NO MAN IS AN ISIAND” and also confirmed what the Bible says in Proverbs 12:15 “A fool thinks he needs no advice but a wise listens to advice”. If u are d type that thinks u are d best in all ways and considers every other people around u as nothing, I believe u have learnt from this story of how the foolishness of a mad man gave solution to the problem of a wise man…Remember “No man is an Island”
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
10/01/2010
There is a fiction that “the wise at times learn more from the foolish” and this has been a mystery to many people over the years. To me, the simple interpretation of this is that some wise men are so foolish and fool of themselves that they always think they know better than every other person around them, the impression they always create is that they are better than everybody especially the people below them in age, rank or position forgetting the fact that “no man is an Island”.
The real nature and meaning of these two saying that “no man is an island” and that “the wise at times learn more from the foolish” never really occurred to me until the day I realized that there is only a very tin line between the wise and the foolish and the tin line is that a wise man easily becomes foolish when he needs to apply his senses in solving a problem and he could not do it and a common foolish man helps him out…It happened last week when I was traveling to Ibadan to sign a business proposal for a contact, it was towards evening and I was driving very fast with the highest speed in order to meet up with the appointment.
The journey was going smoothly on Lagos Ibadan-express way until suddenly after Shagamu when I unavoidably entered into a ditch, the tyre bursted on speed which almost caused a fatal accident, my mind was gone but still managed to stop the car and came out to see how bad, on getting out of the car I realized that the tyre has been damaged beyond adjustment and also realized that the four bolts holding the tyre to the real were all gone. I looked up and down with so much disappointment knowing that even though I have extra tyre where do I get the bolts to fix it with the real to continue my journey? I opened the boot and brought out the extra tyre and how to fix it was now the challenge as it was already getting dark.
I was going up and down the highway looking for where to get a mechanic to help out, making calls to my friends to come see if anything good will come out but nothing came out of it all. As I was moving up and down in dismay, I noticed that a mad man was sitting close to the scene of the accident and was looking at the way I was struggling with the issue; he was laughing and saying all kinds of abusive words to me. The mad man concentration on my side gave me another reason of discomfort when I remember Clifford Orji but never knew he was looking at the foolishness of a wise man.
Suddenly, he stood up and walk towards my side and immediately I saw him coming, I was moving away with style applying a Yoruba adage that says “Ogbón ní àgbàlagbà fi ń sá fú malu” (An elderly man run for a cow stylishly so as not to show their fear). He started calling me names like Òde, Dìdìrìn (Lunatic). All these never bordered me ‘cause of his nature but he now said something that really challenged my senses, he said it in Yoruba that “so u are putting on a tie and u don’t have a common sense to help urself, don’t run for me o, I only want to help u and prove to u that u are a foolish man without senses” he laughed with so much noise exhibiting d normal character of a mad person. When I heared help, I was like what can a mad man offer but still listen to him. After listening to him, I realized that “the foolishness of a mad man has just helped the wisdom of a wise man”
He said u are a fool, u still have three tyres with four bolts in each of them, why not remove one bolt each from the other three tyres to give u another three then use it to fix the extra tyre, at least u can still manage that to move out of this dangerous highway and make sure u reduce ur speed…He said it and moved away dancing and exhibiting the normal characteristics of madness.
As he was going, I was just looking at him with so much surprise that a mad can could give solution to the problem that has almost run down my emotions, then I remember the common saying that “no man is an Island and truly that the wise at times learn more from the foolish”. I did exactly what the mad man suggested, I removed one bolt each from d other three tyres which gave me another three and I used to fix the extra tyre. Wao! I shouted, so a suggestion from a common mad man can actually help save a situation that has taken me hours without solution; I said to myself. I entered my car and drove off, I reduced my speed and I got to Ibadan safely with the help and knowledge of the person I called foolish, a mad man.
This experience opened my eyes to the mystery behind the saying that “NO MAN IS AN ISIAND” and also confirmed what the Bible says in Proverbs 12:15 “A fool thinks he needs no advice but a wise listens to advice”. If u are d type that thinks u are d best in all ways and considers every other people around u as nothing, I believe u have learnt from this story of how the foolishness of a mad man gave solution to the problem of a wise man…Remember “No man is an Island”
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
10/01/2010
The power of focus...
Interestingly, it is good to know that life itself is about focus but filled with distractions here and there. There is nothing that can be achieved in life without being focused because even God was focused in creating the earth. In life, I have noticed that people do have things they want to achieve in different arrears of life but still struggling with those things because they lack focus.
Focus is a point upon which attention, activities etc is directed or concentrated. It has to do with being determined to achieve a goal with full concentration; " a life without a focus is like a man who put his car on the road with no desire to go anywhere".
Many people have no idea of the giant capacity they can immediately command if they focus all of their resources on mastering a single area of their lives…the true and the unchanging meaning of focus is “wherever u find urself, find ur feet by finding ur way to succeed”.
Here is a story to know how far the power of focus can go a long way to help…There lived a man in a village called Iwaya, this man was so rich and at the same time very generous, he helps anybody that comes his way as his believe about live is simplicity. Because of his generousity, the king of the village did not like him because he is a wicked man himself. So, one day out of jealous, the king summons the rich man to his palace and gave him two conditions to punish him. The first condition was to pack from the village and the second was to put an egg in a spoon and run round the palace with it and the egg must not fall off the spoon or else he would be tortured to death. The rich man looked at the two conditions and said to himself he would never run from challenges of life so, he picked the second option.
On the day of the event, the king had put people round the palace to muck and ridicule the rich man in order to distract him. When the rich man got to the scene, he saw people shouting and mucking him but he decided never to allow distractions but rather focus on his way, so he started running and he never looked, listen or allow distractions and finally he finished the race achieving what they thought he could not achieve.
After the whole thing, the king was so surprised that the rich man could escaped his trap and he asked how it was possible for him to have achieved that despite all the distractions around him and the rich man answered and said to the king that “I was able to achieve it because I focused my attention and directed all my concentration on my goal which is to conclude the task with the egg still inside d spoon”.
My people, this is a lesson that FOCUS is as important as life itself and without focus nothing can be achieved. You can not depend on ur actions when ur imagination and concentration is out of focus, life is not about jumping around, its about staying focused. Remember that “Jack of all trade will always be a master of non”...Live a focused live this 2010 and see urself at ur desired level.
Wishing u all a focused year 2010...
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
06/01/2010
Focus is a point upon which attention, activities etc is directed or concentrated. It has to do with being determined to achieve a goal with full concentration; " a life without a focus is like a man who put his car on the road with no desire to go anywhere".
Many people have no idea of the giant capacity they can immediately command if they focus all of their resources on mastering a single area of their lives…the true and the unchanging meaning of focus is “wherever u find urself, find ur feet by finding ur way to succeed”.
Here is a story to know how far the power of focus can go a long way to help…There lived a man in a village called Iwaya, this man was so rich and at the same time very generous, he helps anybody that comes his way as his believe about live is simplicity. Because of his generousity, the king of the village did not like him because he is a wicked man himself. So, one day out of jealous, the king summons the rich man to his palace and gave him two conditions to punish him. The first condition was to pack from the village and the second was to put an egg in a spoon and run round the palace with it and the egg must not fall off the spoon or else he would be tortured to death. The rich man looked at the two conditions and said to himself he would never run from challenges of life so, he picked the second option.
On the day of the event, the king had put people round the palace to muck and ridicule the rich man in order to distract him. When the rich man got to the scene, he saw people shouting and mucking him but he decided never to allow distractions but rather focus on his way, so he started running and he never looked, listen or allow distractions and finally he finished the race achieving what they thought he could not achieve.
After the whole thing, the king was so surprised that the rich man could escaped his trap and he asked how it was possible for him to have achieved that despite all the distractions around him and the rich man answered and said to the king that “I was able to achieve it because I focused my attention and directed all my concentration on my goal which is to conclude the task with the egg still inside d spoon”.
My people, this is a lesson that FOCUS is as important as life itself and without focus nothing can be achieved. You can not depend on ur actions when ur imagination and concentration is out of focus, life is not about jumping around, its about staying focused. Remember that “Jack of all trade will always be a master of non”...Live a focused live this 2010 and see urself at ur desired level.
Wishing u all a focused year 2010...
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
06/01/2010
Great is thy Faithfulness...
I woke up this morning with Joy in my Heart
I look to my right and to my left
I asked a question…where am I?
I picked my phone beside me on d bed
And I checked d date and I saw its 31st of Dec. 2009
I was still not sure dt my phone wouldn’t lie
I stood up to check d calendar but to my surprise
I saw the same date and that was when I realized that
Indeed God has been so faithful to His promises upon my life (Psalm 91:10)
I couldn’t do anything but burst in2 tears with praise
and worship songs in thanksgiving for keeping me this far
I know it is neither by power nor by me but He that is in me…
God accept my song of thanksgiving…
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Refrain
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
31/12/2009
I look to my right and to my left
I asked a question…where am I?
I picked my phone beside me on d bed
And I checked d date and I saw its 31st of Dec. 2009
I was still not sure dt my phone wouldn’t lie
I stood up to check d calendar but to my surprise
I saw the same date and that was when I realized that
Indeed God has been so faithful to His promises upon my life (Psalm 91:10)
I couldn’t do anything but burst in2 tears with praise
and worship songs in thanksgiving for keeping me this far
I know it is neither by power nor by me but He that is in me…
God accept my song of thanksgiving…
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Refrain
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Cheers!
gbengacares©2010
31/12/2009
Monday, January 11, 2010
Forever in ur arms...
God in His infinite mercy is so perfect
Dt He created everything to suit a place
Living in their habitation to wine and dine
Fish to lives in d water
birds to live in d nest
animals in d bush
Man lives in houses
thought lives in d mind
and memories lives in events
And just as birds sometimes denies their nest to fly in d air
and some dogs go modern to live in houses
I have decided to always be in ur "ARMS"
'Cos i've discovered dt d secret of my happiness is d function of d warmt I feel in ur "ARMS"
Cheers!
gbengacares©2009
29/10/2009
Dt He created everything to suit a place
Living in their habitation to wine and dine
Fish to lives in d water
birds to live in d nest
animals in d bush
Man lives in houses
thought lives in d mind
and memories lives in events
And just as birds sometimes denies their nest to fly in d air
and some dogs go modern to live in houses
I have decided to always be in ur "ARMS"
'Cos i've discovered dt d secret of my happiness is d function of d warmt I feel in ur "ARMS"
Cheers!
gbengacares©2009
29/10/2009
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