Take the Turn!

On my way home today, the cab driver missed a turn because he assumed we were headed a different direction.
When we realised our mistake, we had two options, 1. To continue on the wrong path, 2. To take a turn back to the right path.
The driver was hesitant as first, but I encouraged him to take the turn, because I thought it would be a better option. Upon seeing the traffic that lay ahead of us if we continued, he decided to take the turn. It turned out that we took the best decision, we got to our destination in record time.
My Life Drive's mindset took over as I pondered on the drive home. Here are the lessons learnt:
When there is a situation don't loose your cool, even though you are right, think of a solution first.
It doesn't matter who's right or wrong, solve the problem
Don't travel based on a thought, rather travel based on facts
You are never too far gone on a wrong track, take the next turn to the right track
Let's bring it back home, no matter how far gone you are, God wants you back on the right way. Jesus is the way, the Truth and The Life John14:6

Shalom

Once a Learner

Driving to work today, I saw a learner driving on the major bridge in Lagos, the Third Mainland Bridge, it was an interesting sight as it brought back all the emotions of my days as a learner. If you have ever been to Lagos and especially learnt to drive in Lagos, you will know that driving on third mainland bridge is a rite of passage of some sort.
As I watched her, sit back straight , two hands straight on the steering, no looking to the left or right just straight on, I remembered my first time driving on the same bridge, scared I would scratch or be scratched because of the nature of traffic on the bridge, especially at rush hour.

Just as I thinking about this, I felt a rush of empathy. She took me back to where I used to be and I felt like telling her not to worry, soon you will become a lion of this jungle.
As this thought crossed my mind, I wondered about our lives and how we treat those who come after us, passing through same emotions that once overwhelmed us.

A typical scenario that played out in my mind immediately is the daughter in-law, mother in-law relationship. It's interesting that mother in-law stood in same position daughter in-law stands today, decades back yet there is no enough empathy to create a relationship that will help daughter in-law do better than she did back then. Am I saying this happens to all, no but its prevalent, not just in daughter in-law, mother in-law relationship but in all relationships, Father-daughter/son, Mother-daughter/son, Teacher-student, Boss-surbordinate, new neighbor, etc

Can you and I just light up someone's world with the knowledge we gained while going through the wilderness they now face? Be someone's light! Remember you were once a Learner!

Shalom

Life Drive III

Life on the Road

While Driving home sometime ago after work I learnt some lessons, I thought was worthy of sharing.
So I chose a lane that happened to have a broken down vehicle. The implication, I was delayed for a few minutes, but even that saved me some pains I could have run into had I not been delayed.

Sometimes in life we make decisions that don't turn out so right. Yes we all find ourselves there at one time or the other. Yet while going through the road our decisions have taken us, we must stay positive. Nothing makes life positive more than positivity! Anger, leads to emotions that make you less than who you should be and in the process you hurt people around you, maybe that person you need to get out of your situation.

Remain positive no matter what road you find yourself. For I know all things work for good, especially when you love God and are called according to Purpose!

So what's you bad road, a bad marriage, failed relationship, failure at business or an exam, whatever it is, Stay POSITIVE!

Life Drive II

Driving through life at high speed gets you to the end fast! Yes Fast! But you miss out on the landscape you passed by to get there. You may never notice a sign that tells you about street you might or will need to come back to sometime later. You may never notice the cloud that so beautifully set above you. You may not see the woman who sleeps by the road with nowhere to go at night. You miss out on the opportunity to know how blessed you are for many lack what you have and are yet so thankful for what they have!

Life on the fast lane makes you miss out on so much!
Life is a drive that is not just about your destination but about the path you pass through and the people you meet on the way.

Sometimes you are stuck behind the learner, to remind you, you once know nothing!
Sometimes you are outsmarted by others to make you realize what it feels like to be outsmarted and also learn some people know more than you.
Sometime you get bashed, to let you know the drive does not also go as planned, there are others on the road you should be weary off.
Sometimes you see the drama of how people bash each others to help you learn how to act when its your turn for a battle for the road.
Sometimes you get caught by the law because you lost concentration for just a few seconds! Trust me I have been there! I felt like kicking myself!
Sometimes you meet an old school mate! Just that relationship you need for you next level!
The road is always full of much more than hardened bitumen and coal tar, and cars!

The Road is a place for learning Life's Lessons!
Next time you hit the road be sure to look out for the signs, the people, the cars, the lessons waiting to be learnt!


Peace!

Some of my Cakes!

 

Some years ago, I found that my love for baking is more than a hobby, it has become a passion, the more I go into it, the more artistic I want to be. Sharing a collections of cakes I did in the past.

Enjoy, Comment!

 

 

Life is a Drive I

Some years back it seemed like the only skill I needed to acquire to fix all of my life issues was driving. I just felt like if I could overcome my fear of driving, I would have every other thing figured out.
So I decided to enroll in a driving school, so my journey into the World on the road began.
Its been two years now and I must say driving really fixed a lot of issues and it also is exposing more issues.
Every time I am on the road, I learn new lessons. I have come to a conclusion that life is like a drive after all, you start when you are born and end it when you are dead, then you arrive at your final destination.
I have a good bad habit when driving, which is to always have a companion, my companion to an extent determines how I drive. Most times my companion is my Flash drive, it is filled with all kind of music and gospel talks (Called preaching). So when I am listening to the fast beat gospel jams, I drive faster than usual, I feel high and able! When I am listening to my slow beat jams, I am much more patient with other drivers. I also noticed that when I am listening to my talks my attitude gets better in the course of the day or week depending on what I get from the message.

Now when my companion is human, depending on who my companion is, sometimes I tend to chat all the way to my destination, or I drive to impress my companion, just to show how well I am now able to drive. Sometimes I am teaching or encouraging or learning from, my companion all the way.

I have found that your companion plays a great role that the quality your drive(journey) and who you are at the end of the journey. Your companion may differ at different points of your drive, at some point all you have are your parents and siblings, then you have friends, neighbours, then comes colleagues, people you share religious affiliations with, the person you choose marry, the God you choose to serve etc. Whom you choose to travel with determine a great deal how your fare.

I have found a Constant companion in the God I have chosen to serve. He stabilizes me through the journey and the perfect part is He is with me all through my journey even till the end.

For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Heb13:5b

Peace!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

VOICES IN OUR HEAD II

 

I woke up in the early because the power company was benevolent enough to give us power, rushed to get clothes so I could iron and get ready for church, I spent an expensive 5 minutes deliberating on what to wear, before I knew it power was out again. Wow, then voices came rushing at me, my mum's words, 'you are wasting time picking clothes because you have options, if you had only one! You would have made your decision long before'. I laughed, voices! Then came my friend's words when he heard about L'wren Scott's suicide, this people should come to Nigeria and see people with so much and yet suffering but no one wants to die! I really cracked up when I he said that, we really live in one of the toughest conditions yet we move on every day with hope, holding on to just a thread and climbing the mountain, knowing one day we will get to the top. To our government of the day, if only we could just have constant, affordable power supply! To the so called Cabal, I am growing in my Prayer skills these days; you really don't want me on my knees for your sakes! Whew my mind, that’s why I had to start blogging! It’s always like a circus in here.
Forgive me where was I? Voices, voices in our head all the time.
 

Let's pause for a minute and ask ourselves some questions; how did this voices get into our minds or heads? How come we think the way we think? Why will anyone attempt suicide or think of inflicting harm on another person? Why will another person want to see everyone at peace?

We all are a product of the voices in our head.Like I asked earlier how did this voices make way into our head?

For me I have found that our eye gates and ear gates play a big role in what we hear in our head. We have to be deliberate about what read, watch and listen to. Do you have a challenge in an area of life? Fill your gates with positive information about that issue. Get books, videos, music, friends with positive information on the topic to help you.
I know you will get negative information you are not looking for and I know media is paid to project negative information somehow, directly or indirectly, yet you will have to take responsibility for the gates that lead to your life. Make sure you weed out any contrary information and stay positive!

Finally I leave you with Words from the Book of life (The Bible), I live by, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 ”