I Must Not Lower My Standard!

I was on my way out, I remembered I needed to put something in my bag, then I hurriedly entered the room and suddenly stumbled on a paper stuck to the wall. What’s this? I read “I must never lower my standard for anyone or anything.” It was an inscription of my roommate. I wouldn’t understand what the guy meant. Few days later, I had my experience. I was in a hostel to sell my food. I met one of my guys who lives in the hostel and he joined me to start meeting people in their rooms. Fifteen minutes after, no one had bought food. What’s happening? I questioned myself. I told the guy to go back to his room. I wouldn’t want him to be frustrated with people’s response and attitude. 

Then I began to go into the rooms one after the other, not minding whether they are Africans or not. Then I started from the highest floor. As I was moving through the rooms, I met a Mongolian girl. Hello! Hi! She responded with smile, I’m selling rice, very nice and tasty. Will you like to buy? I said. Hummm, I’m not sure, she replied with curiousity. But can I have a taste? She added. Of course you can. I replied. Then she got spoon and opened the pack to have a taste. She took the first spoon. Humm, yummy! She quietly spoke in surprise. And took the second spoon. It’s very nice, she added, astounded!

Then I said, it’s yours. Go and enjoy the rest. But I don’t want to buy it. She replied. But why? I asked. I just don’t want to buy it, She replied. Is it because you don’t have money or you want me to give you at a lower price? I asked. I just don’t want it. She replied. That was how we were throwing it back and forth. I was dazed. Then I said you know what, since you’ve eaten part of the food, you take it. But I was not happy because the girl looked like she was going to buy it. That was why I allowed her to have a taste. And she confirmed that the food was good. If she had told me she doesn’t have money, that would have been a different case. I wouldn’t mind paying for her. But for the fact that she just replied she didn’t want the food already closed the case. But I was forcing it on her. I eventually left the food with her and went away unsatisfied. 

Then I moved to the other floors of the hostel. I knocked at a door, an Arab guy came out. Hey man, how are you doing? I asked, greeting the guy. I’m good, he replied. Do you speak English? I asked. He said yes I do. I’m selling a very nice, tasty rice, and I’m sure you would like to have some taste, I said. Then another guy from inside the room yelled out, oh this is not the right room, go to the next room. But the food is not only for Africans, I prepared it for all nationalities and everyone that has eaten the food really love it. I’m sure you guys would like to have some taste. I replied them with smile. Humm, ok, give us 3 plates, they requested. Then, I did. Later, they requested for one more. I gave them. I was happy. Then I moved to the next room. There, were African guys. They bought 3 plates. Wow! I was full of surprises. But is it not in this same hostel that the selling was not moving some minutes ago? but just meeting the right people changed the whole thing. 

As I was about to take my leave from that place, I checked my phone, and I saw one of my guys’ message; “we’re waiting for food sir.” I was shocked. But the food is almost finished though, I soliloquized. Then I quickly called him. The food only remained 2 plates, I said. Please start coming now, and don’t sell it again! The guy yelled out in agitation. They’ve been waiting for food as well. Then I thought of how I’ve wasted one plate of food with the Mongolian girl I had met earlier when I felt the market was not going. I had lowered my standard by just forcing the food on her, even though she told me she doesn’t want. I felt so bad. And now, here are guys who want to buy the food, even for any price. I was so sad. It was as though I had lost a huge amount of money. Then I got an important lesson that I must not lower my standard or force myself on anyone who doesn’t want or like me no matter what, but know and be rest-assured that there are many more people out there who are in dare need and are looking for what I have. Peace.

Physical Environment

How much can we say about physical environment? Should we start from the air that we continuously breathe in? Or we take it from the water that we forever drink that takes a huge percentage of our body weight? Or we begin to dive into all the varieties of foods that we eat that have so much effect on our health and many more things like atmospheric temperature that directly affect our body temperature whether we’ll be cold or hot, or where we live, where we work, and where we meet people or buy things and so on? So much to say. 

Anyway, the journey has already started. All those were mentioned to trigger some thought processes and give you a tip of an iceberg of things that go on around us that we most times lose consciousness of but are very vital to our health. The physical environment essentially comprises all the things around us that are not living but affect our living. They are things that we can see or we cannot see with our naked eyes. Just as mentioned, though the air cannot be seen, it's impact can be felt on our body and it’s important for our health. The atmospheric temperature, pressure, humidity, radiation, waves, geothermal heat and other forces and energies around us, that can’t be seen, but their significant impact on our health can't be denied. 

Have you ever been outside in a cold weather, unprepared and you found yourself inappropriately dressed? If you had to stay long, your plan would immediately change and you will want to find a way out because you wouldn’t want the cold weather to have adverse effect on your health. Likewise when it’s summer time, the weather is so hot that you could feel like staying inside cold water. But these are just manipulations of temperature around us, yet have so much effect on our health and lifestyle. What about the water you drink? What about the clothes you put on? What about the food you eat? What about the place you work or study? And what about the places you meet people for events and so on? All these and many more form the components of our physical environment. There's so much to say, but let's take a pause here. Be healthy where you are. Be healthy with what you eat and drink. And be healthy with where you go. Have a great moment.

"I’m So Hungry Right Now!"

What if I tell you I'm so hungry right now? I just need to put something in my mouth to resuscitate those dying taste buds in my tongue. It was yesterday I ate so well that I overloaded my tummy till I went for bowel movement, not knowing that today has nothing to do with yesterday. At that time, I wouldn’t ever imagine that I would ever be hungry again. There’s just something about food that would keep us connected to it no matter what. Yes, we gain energy and nutrients from food, but apart from that, the desire and the feeling are so enormous that nothing else matters again when we are really hungry. Couple of times, I had hoped that no matter what, I would control my hunger, I would wait till I’m back from my trip or whenever I want to, not because I was fasting but just to control the desire to eat. I was so shocked at what I saw. I realized it wasn’t the way I had thought about it. I know significant part of hunger is psychological, and we can manipulate it. But that’s at the beginning part, not the later part when the feeling is so intense. The moment the feeling is getting more and more crazy, you probably might not have control over it again unless you want to starve yourself to death. 

The strong feeling of hunger is important for our survival because that’s how we can search for food and get the appropriate nutrients and energy into our body. Next time you are hungry, don’t be angry, just get something to eat if you are not fasting. But, what if you don’t have anything to eat? You can meet people who have or can help. There’s no crime in asking for what you don’t have, and you don’t need to feel ashamed about it. Better still you can talk to your close friends or family members who can help. It’s better to stay alive and live your dreams than to kill yourself because of hunger. If you don’t have resources, you can make a short and long term plans. You already have the big resources with you- your time and life. 

Short term plan is to offer yourself to help people. A lot of people around us need help in one way or the other. With the time you have, you can offer yourself to help people, and with that, people can give you something back in return. But don’t let your focus be money. Let it just be to add value or help people, you will see how things will work around for you. The long term plan would be to think of the area you are good at and start working on developing yourself in that area. If you develop your gift well enough, people will come and buy it at any cost only you can give it. I hope you are no longer hungry. Enjoy!

Miscellaneous 2

1. Sometimes we think we've worked too hard that we want to play or we think we've played too hard that we want to work. Either ways, balance is essential in life.

2. I have seen it over and over again; nothing happens except you make it happen. 

3. "Everybody is writing a book", Yes, everybody should write their book. The only way we know you live on earth is to keep your word in a book. If you have not written your own book, you can start planning one. I've written two books already available on Amazon, and more are still counting.

4. To maintain a girlfriend is more expensive than to marry a wife. Guy, go and marry! Advice from an experienced brother.. Lol

5. Don't only do physical work, do mental work. Don't only do mental work, do spiritual work. Don't only do spiritual work, do fulfilling work. Fulfillment is the end game to every work.

6. I often wondered why many African leaders always boast of how much money they have but not how much value they add. Money without value is rubbish.

7. We will soon realize that most things that we pursue in life are not necessary. Only smart people will know things that matter in life. 

8. When you think too much about enemies, you end up becoming enemy yourself.

9. Before, I didn't know why women carry mirror and makeups in their bags. But now, I know. If you know, you know.. lol

10. No human technology can turn 9 month pregnancy to 9 days. No invention can make 30 storey skyscraper in 30 days. We need time.

11. The earlier you separate yourself from the world system, the better you start living your life.

12. A lady has no business running after a guy. If she does that, she's lost him. A man doesn't want you to run after him. He wants to chase after you. So it can be part of his achievements.

13. There are times when we need some words of encouragement, some words of hope and love. We may be going through ups and downs in life, and difficulties and challenges. But He that created us is with us. He didn't leave us alone. You will come out of those situations.

14. Before, I didn't know why fathers love their daughters, but now I know. If you know, you know.. Lol

15. When we do too many things at the same time, we end up doing nothing at the end of the day.

16. Religion has taught us to remember God on Sundays and Fridays and to see some as believers and others as unbelievers. But God said - I am The Life that you live. If you are alive, I am.

17. If I make money to make others unhappy. How am I sure that the money will make me happy?

18. Many people run with passion. Only few people run with vision. 

19. Before, I didn't know why women love pictures. But now, I know. If you know, you know.. Lol.

20. About 450million people in the world suffer from mental illness that could easily be prevented. You and I can help.

What Is The Bible?

Couple of weeks ago I was in a conversation with someone, then all of a sudden the tone of the conversation changed, I just got an answer to an important question in my spirit. What is the bible? I’m sure many will want to give religious answer or become fanatic about it that they lose out of the simplicity of the question. This is not to be religious or want to defend God, but to understand something important. The bible, though over the years has been attached to religious settings or only for Christians or believers, but for me, it’s a book of life, a life guide, and a book of principles and laws.

Now, how can we simplify this in a way that we can understand? Let’s illustrate it this way; The bible is a set of alphabets of a particular language, in this case, heavenly or kingdom language. When you want to study a language, usually you start with learning the alphabets. Everything you would ever need about the language is predicated on the alphabets, all the words are from the alphabets, the phrases, the sentences and everything about the language come from the alphabets. Now, you don’t stop at learning the alphabets and say you've known everything about the language, even though everything about the language is from the alphabets, but you go ahead and start learning the words, the sentences, the grammatical rules and constructions. You go ahead to learn the language words from simple to complex. The alphabets might not make sense on their own until they are used to form words, and then sentences. 

Every word in a language comes from the alphabets of that language. Now, one thing about language is if you studied the alphabets well, you will know when you see a word from another language. However, someone can learn how to speak a language or just know it without necessarily starting from learning the alphabets. But such person might not be able to differentiate the language from other languages because they didn't start from the alphabets. That might be what happened with people who know the truth but can't differentiate it from falsehood because they've not studied the bible. All the matters and issues of life have their origin from the bible. Whether one is a Christian or not, it doesn’t matter. The blueprint of life is in that book. Science, technology, inventions, business, arts, communications, music, and so on all originated from that book. You may wonder how, but that’s the truth. 

All the foundation of whatever is being created, innovated and produced today all came from the wisdom of that book. It’s a book of all the alphabets of life. People use it to form different words and sentences. Those are products, ideas, services, skills, innovations and so on. They all came from that book of alphabets of life, the bible. If you don’t believe, check anything around you right now, and you’ll see that the principle that produced that thing is from the bible. For instance, a chair or table; the furniture came from wood, wood came from plants. When you read the bible you know where plants came from. Everything we’ll ever found here are made from the earth; plants, animals, minerals and every other things here on earth. When you read the bible, you know where the earth came from. 

Now, to succeed here on earth, you can’t stop at knowing the bible and think you’ll succeed here on earth. You must move to learning the words, the sentences. That’s why you don’t read the bible to become a medical doctor, but you go to medical school, even though we understand that all the knowledge came from the bible, the book of alphabets, but we’ve got to advance and begin to put the alphabets together to form words and sentences, that’s only when it has become meaningful and useful. 

Imagine if you don’t have clothes on your body. Imagine if you don’t have shelter. Imagine if there’s no means of transportation from one place to another. Imagine if you can’t eat good food. All these products came from people who have mastered their skills, crafts, professions and so on to produce something good for humanity. They could use the raw materials from nature to produce beautiful things that are now valuable to us today. That’s why you must also advance your knowledge. But we know the basis of all knowledge came from the book of all alphabets, the bible. The bible is the book of foundation of life and everything about it. Peace. 

Start Working!

Everybody is doing their work. Why won’t you do your work? Everybody is facing their business. Why won’t you face your business? The plants are growing new leaves. They are working. The animals are reproducing new offsprings. They are working. The sun is producing new light everyday. The seas and oceans have not gone to rest. Neither has the air or wind retired of circulating themselves around the world. The insects are multiplying. Why won’t you be productive? Why won’t you work? Imagine the plants say they won’t work anymore. Imagine the animals say they won’t work anymore. Then you as human would die soon. Because your livelihood is dependent on these things. Work is essential for life. Working is important for living. If you are not working, you are not living. What differentiate living things from non-living things is work. Work makes you relevant. Work makes you valid. Work gives you your worth. Start working! Check up article on 'Types of Work'.

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