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Perception: The mystery of the two white bedsheets.

Little children have overactive imaginations, which is why they see life through colored lenses. One afternoon, two little boys were playing together in their backyard, when one decided to get mom’s white bedsheets to build a fort. They draped the sheets over the low branches of the tree that stood in the middle of the backyard garden. It was the perfect hiding spot for them as they escaped into their pretend world of pirates. An hour later, their mom called them for dinner. They dropped thei...

A word to encourage you - You will be just fine, eventually.

Don’t we all love happy endings? Isn’t that what makes fairytale stories so heartwarming and appealing? Everyone wants to see the villain defeated at the end and the hero win. Everyone likes when good triumphs over bad. Wouldn’t it be great if this was a given in our everyday life? If we could go through our day knowing it will end well? Imagine the new lease on life you would have if you knew for a fact that there was light at the end of the tunnel. That the current tough times you are under...

Managing your day with space to breathe

I was listening to a message over the weekend about the absolute importance of living life with some margin – space to breathe between activities. What I found fascinating about the whole conversation was that the idea wasn’t in the least new or groundbreaking, at least not to me, for I had always prided myself on balance, or at least I thought I did. But as I listened to the message, I realised that it wasn’t about taking that vacation or sleeping in an hour longer; it was a state of heart a...

Unboxed Sounds

I met Olumide during my National Service year in Abuja, many years ago. We were both assigned to the same community development project. One of the things that struck me about him was his love for music. He is one of the inspiring music makers who actually touch your soul with their pieces. It’s not just about listening to good music, there is something soothing and healing about his piano pieces. So, I nicknamed him Magic fingers. It gives me great joy today to know that after more than ten...

Fight like a dance

This is what I love about tenacity; the grits, sweat, drive, emotion, the perspiration that comes with staying in, giving all and never letting go. It’s like a dance, not the one you always enjoy but the one you have to do to keep going. You push and get pushed back, you push and get pushed back again. You keep on going until the resistance is down. Every athlete knows every victor knows that you have to push through the pain. It aches, you keep going. It breaks, you fix it and keep going. Th...

He is risen.

Happy Easter Everyone. Indeed the grave is still empty and the resurrection power is still alive in us today. My prayer for you this season is that you learn to unburden yourself from the things of this world and focus on doing the will of God. Jesus asks us to take up our cross and follow him. I pray these words find a new meaning in you today,  that the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross will not be in vain. I love the way this video expresses the joy and hope of Easter and I pray you e...

Animations by DD

I love and cherish creativity and like to encourage budding talents. Enjoy these animations from the next Walt disney :)

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Re: A Work of Art

I recently came across a great post I wrote a while ago and it reminded me of God's amazing plans for our lives. It's a really refreshing piece and I'll like to share it with you, again. It's easy to lose sight of who we are and who we are created to be according to God's divine plan, when we focus on the challenges of just going through our lives, daily. I pray this piece helps you step back and remember that the Potter is not done with his masterpiece and that piece is you. Please read: HER...

The Sparrow Story

“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31 (NKJV) As a child, I often heard the story about the little sparrows and how they neither worked nor worried about anything. I grew up reading the Bible verse about God caring so much about what happened to these little birds and how, if God cared...

Come alive again

In the rush of living, in these fast-paced times that we live in, it’s very easy to forget who you are, or—even worse—to lose yourself in order to conform to a norm or to achieve some grand ambition. So, here are a few tips to help you remain you or to find yourself again. Focus on your life, your lane, your fight. Have you ever seen an athlete in the middle of the race looking left and right to admire the race another athlete is running? Of course not; all athletes know that in order to win,...