The major reason why children are regarded as naive is because of their inquisitive nature. A Child can be so inquisitive to a fault, and since they don’t nurse the fear of being considered foolish or stupid, they maximize their right to ask whatever their minds long to understand.
This is solely responsible for the rapid acquisition of knowledge in children.
Almost the reverse is the case as we grow older; we become less curious to always ask why, not really because adulthood is synonymous to being an highland of knowledge but because it is easier to live by assumptions, though the consequences are high.
A native adage explains that “he who asks for direction wouldn’t miss his way” apart that asking questions provides one with vital information, proper personal questioning serve as a medium: for personal check and balance, self assessment and self actualization.
The human life is quite short and if we must maximize our life and potentials genuine, sincere, precise and thought provoking questions must be asked from time to time.
For instance one of the most crucial questions you could ask yourself is what exactly is my purpose here on earth? But the paradox is that this is a question that too many never ask throughout the journey of life.
If a manufacturer manual came out with our placentas, it would have made the search for purpose easier, however, that we came with no manual is no assurance or indication that there isn’t. We only have to connect to ourselves and God the manufacturer to search out the purpose of our existence.
When purpose is lost or hasn’t been discovered abuse is utterly inevitable, the major reason why some people keep feeling frustrated, dejected and depressed to the extent of committing suicide is simply because they haven’t gotten the question of purpose settled from within.
No doubt at all challenges will appear from time to time in the journey of life but we can be rest assured that achieving our purpose will come with benefit that will bring us long lasting joy.
It’s been discovered that more money comes with more bills and higher taxes, more friends comes with more commitments. In short more materials things do not bring the long lasting joy and fulfillment that we really desire, but understanding and working in ones purpose brings eternal joy.
Since we all want to experience joy, happiness and fulfillment the only source of joy and eternal fulfillment comes from the knowing that we are on the right course and that we are making a difference in the life of others with all of our gifts and talents.
God hasn’t given everything to one person but He has given at least one thing to one person. Come to think of it no country has abundance of all the natural resources required to make life easy and very comfortable for her citizens. Everyone has a distinct uniqueness which could add to the progress of humanity.
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion to help others. If the older generation have done so much to make life more comfortable through positive contribution and creative inventions. We shouldn’t only be beneficiary; we also owe our generation and the next the responsibility of making our own positive impact by making the world better than we met it.
The earlier one gets on the journey of purpose the better, science has proved that once a person is above twenty five years the bones starts getting weaker and brittle and when over thirty years of age you begin to lose thousands of brain cells each day. Little wonder why the bible encourages carrying ones yoke while one is young.
Enough of chasing the air, enough of doing things that we wouldn’t want to recognize with in future, the same energy use in perpetrating social vices like internet fraud, robbery and kidnapping to mention a few could be channeled to more worthy courses that would make the world a better place, thereby bringing long lasting joy, happiness and fulfillment to oneself.
Year by year we are becoming better equipped to accomplish the things we are striving for. But what are we actually striving for? Asked a French political scientist. As the New Year approaches you should pay more attention to things that you naturally and passionately love doing because if you check deeply you are most likely born to do that thing.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Learn To Always Cherish Your Mum
One of the best things that can happen to man here on planet earth is to experience the unconditional love of a mother. Most times when we talk about love in its various forms, we forget that the purest form of affection is that which flows from mother to child. It starts from when the child is unknown to the mother in the womb; the pain of getting through a nine month pregnancy is excruciating, the cost of raising a toddler is demanding but in all she wasn’t thinking of herself it was all about you. She didn’t mind being cold so you could stay warm; being hungry so you could be well fed.
If a mother could be paid for all her effort, how much would she charge? How much can you afford to pay? Loving your mother isn’t always synonymous with buying her gift and doing house chores though these too are very important. Living responsibly is your best gift to her; this is especially true for girls. When a child misbehaves, the mother is blamed. When that same child excels, the father takes the glory. Society‘s double standard should spur us to make our mother proud. Always consider how your conduct affects other people. Your mother is insulted when people call you an untrained child and an insult shouldn’t be taken lightly. It is always a pride to mothers when they get good report about their children from strangers. It would make all her effort at bringing you up worthwhile.
Respecting your mum means respecting yourself and those around you. That way your mother would feel blessed she has you for a child when she is accorded respect because of you. But when she is scorned, mocked and ridiculed on the street because of our misbehaviors, she would begin to regret our existence and in fact the day of our conception. Spend time with your mother, talking with her assisting her with house chores. Do not wait till when you are through with school and now earning money to show appreciation. Your mother may be long dead by then, why not show appreciation today? If you care to find out your mother may be more interested in being involved in your life than how much you can give later.
We should learn not to only buy her gift on birthdays alone or mother’s day. As much as you can, cultivate the habit of buying her things she would really cherish or that would hold loving memories of her. It doesn’t really have to be very expensive or rare; the most important thing is that it is coming from your heart.
We shouldn’t always wait for special days to celebrate our mum and all those who mean a lot to us or those who have influenced us positively. In every way we should be creative in expressing our sincere gratitude and love at the slightest opportunity, bearing in mind that they wouldn’t be always around.
If a mother could be paid for all her effort, how much would she charge? How much can you afford to pay? Loving your mother isn’t always synonymous with buying her gift and doing house chores though these too are very important. Living responsibly is your best gift to her; this is especially true for girls. When a child misbehaves, the mother is blamed. When that same child excels, the father takes the glory. Society‘s double standard should spur us to make our mother proud. Always consider how your conduct affects other people. Your mother is insulted when people call you an untrained child and an insult shouldn’t be taken lightly. It is always a pride to mothers when they get good report about their children from strangers. It would make all her effort at bringing you up worthwhile.
Respecting your mum means respecting yourself and those around you. That way your mother would feel blessed she has you for a child when she is accorded respect because of you. But when she is scorned, mocked and ridiculed on the street because of our misbehaviors, she would begin to regret our existence and in fact the day of our conception. Spend time with your mother, talking with her assisting her with house chores. Do not wait till when you are through with school and now earning money to show appreciation. Your mother may be long dead by then, why not show appreciation today? If you care to find out your mother may be more interested in being involved in your life than how much you can give later.
We should learn not to only buy her gift on birthdays alone or mother’s day. As much as you can, cultivate the habit of buying her things she would really cherish or that would hold loving memories of her. It doesn’t really have to be very expensive or rare; the most important thing is that it is coming from your heart.
We shouldn’t always wait for special days to celebrate our mum and all those who mean a lot to us or those who have influenced us positively. In every way we should be creative in expressing our sincere gratitude and love at the slightest opportunity, bearing in mind that they wouldn’t be always around.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Good Values are Ingrdient for Rebranding
If only we had good values and right belief system we should have gotten a place among the richest countries in the world. But since we are otherwise as a people and nation, we can’t but be available at the top of the world’s poorest table.
Our poor perception about governance, wealth, power and respect for rule of law is becoming dreadful, awful and getting more unsafe. This discrepancy of knowledge hasn’t only affected us as individual it has also affected us collectively as a nation. Therefore, we can’t but remain poor.
Poverty for example, is a thing of the mind. Before poverty manifests outwardly it must have taken a whole of the inside. Since we can only manifest from the abundance of the resources that dwells in our inside our minds remains the major battle field.
The abundance of natural resources we have hasn’t brought us out of poverty as a nation. From the look of things pumping more money into our economy might not solve many of our national problems.
Quoting Sam Adeyemi “It is not the absence of money that makes one poor but the absence of values”
Our sense of value must have been stained by our crave and craze for material things. For instance, until you own huge material possessions like good cars, houses and fat bank account you might not be recognized or well treated in the society. We are quite unmindful that such actions reduces the value placed on “dignity of labor”
We pay little or no serious attention to people’s sources of wealth and personal values rather we shower some selected few with so much attention and respect even when all indications shows that their sources are questionable. Thereby, unconsciously, building a wider gap for inequality.
Emphasis are no longer laid on good sense of judgment, sound morals, dignity of labor, good manners, ethics and self discipline. The in thing amongst youth is the saying that “the end justifies the means”. Or “Just do it” like Nike says.
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But if we must take back our place as the real giant of Africa that we are meant to be. First we must trace our steps back by paying much more attention to those trivial things like self discipline, good manners and most importantly our values and beliefs because they fuel all of our actions and our reactions.
Our poor perception about governance, wealth, power and respect for rule of law is becoming dreadful, awful and getting more unsafe. This discrepancy of knowledge hasn’t only affected us as individual it has also affected us collectively as a nation. Therefore, we can’t but remain poor.
Poverty for example, is a thing of the mind. Before poverty manifests outwardly it must have taken a whole of the inside. Since we can only manifest from the abundance of the resources that dwells in our inside our minds remains the major battle field.
The abundance of natural resources we have hasn’t brought us out of poverty as a nation. From the look of things pumping more money into our economy might not solve many of our national problems.
Quoting Sam Adeyemi “It is not the absence of money that makes one poor but the absence of values”
Our sense of value must have been stained by our crave and craze for material things. For instance, until you own huge material possessions like good cars, houses and fat bank account you might not be recognized or well treated in the society. We are quite unmindful that such actions reduces the value placed on “dignity of labor”
We pay little or no serious attention to people’s sources of wealth and personal values rather we shower some selected few with so much attention and respect even when all indications shows that their sources are questionable. Thereby, unconsciously, building a wider gap for inequality.
Emphasis are no longer laid on good sense of judgment, sound morals, dignity of labor, good manners, ethics and self discipline. The in thing amongst youth is the saying that “the end justifies the means”. Or “Just do it” like Nike says.
.
But if we must take back our place as the real giant of Africa that we are meant to be. First we must trace our steps back by paying much more attention to those trivial things like self discipline, good manners and most importantly our values and beliefs because they fuel all of our actions and our reactions.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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