CELEBRATION OF RESPONSIBILITY OR VICTORY

I have watched with amazement the many jubilation that go with political (electoral) victory and consider two vital questions.
Should this celebration be that of victory or responsibility?
Are the opponents enemies?
Please note that no political party in Nigeria is exempted from this malaise.
The rejoicing go on for so long with too many choruses portraying the loser as an enemy.
I wonder, because, this is a call to service and responsibility, so why would celebrate victory?
Victory according to Gandhi is beyond word of mouth; it extends to peace.
Enjoy a great day people, remembering that our actions should spearhead a call of responsibility rather than a celebration of frivolities.
  

ONCE IN A WHILE: DRIVING HOME SANITY

"I love you Sniper"....
I could not hold myself from these words this morning as I gently stepped into my Kitchen, seeing dozens (isn't this exaggeration?) of cockroaches lying dead.
My point more importantly:
Actions in the head can only strive to drive action in reality, but no further.
It had taken too long to finally opt for the insecticide despite the troubles the insects have caused me. It's been more than a year. It worked, that's my greatest joy. However, this joy is insufficient to gratify months of trouble meted on my foodstuff-cooked and uncooked.
Troubles can continue, if only we allow them.
Stand up and Act on what you believe
Best wishes...DESIRE
Today, a very special friend is celebrating her birthday-using this medium to congratulate her.

SOUND AND SMELL

SOUND AND SMELL

Can sound affect smell?

These two are perceived by different organs of the body: with sound perceived through the ear; smell is through the noise.
However, I have a slight query in my mind and that is if sound can affect the nose’s ability to perceive smell.

I just woke with this and felt to share even if it doesn’t make sense

ME AND MAD MEN

ME AND MAD MEN

This morning as I tried to understand more the peculiarities and similarities of our human endeavors, I got to understand that as according to a Pathologist, that “all men are equal on the slab”, we truly are one.

Imagine what you inhale and drink.

A mad man sneezes and the air carries it unto a wealthy man’s compound without seeking permission and dumps it on his wife’s lips and he kisses that lip; how nice #wink.

Just kidding, but that’s the reality of our existence.

Enjoy your weekend…

Best wishes…DESIRE

PRIDE AND VALUE

PRIDE AND VALUE

“No bad thing is extremely bad except without value; my pride has value”…Oladele Femi

In your pursuit of relevance, please remember that:

“Restraint is a virtue”…Oladele Femi

“Compromise is a measure of strength”…Oladele Femi

Moving forward and ahead!

ONE CHALLENGE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

ONE CHALLENGE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

Looking for a more suitable scenario; I will just relate this:

If a young newlywed discovers after her wedding day that her husband’s parents and siblings didn’t really approve of her. Would she feel motivated to relate with them or obligated?

In Nigeria where we still have prevalent very strong traditional (socio-cultural) inclinations, she might see it as a point of duty to reach out to them, not as a desire to be friendly.

This scenario typifies and justifies common realities of life with respect to interpersonal relationships.

Most times we get caught in the web of finding out. We find out that things are not as they seem and they end up affecting/distorting existing ties. At such points, one is tempted to have a rethink of the existing or potential bond.

Striving for excellence requires a critical and drastic step, not analysis which could plunge you deeper into the hate. This step might be confrontational, which I decline or situational, which I most likely will suggest.

I have heard people in their relationship find time out to appraise their meeting through discourse-dialogue and they relate plainly to themselves what they didn’t like or what their perception was and some even go to the extent of frankly exposing even the not so savory things they said about the other.

Most times also, these discourse end with cracking hilarious jokes, while some might at that moment laugh it out, but shell in later to reevaluate the circumstances and use them as battle-weapons to crack down any friendly.

We Strive For Excellence

Best wishes…DESIRE

AMEN! Sir!

AMEN! Sir!

Traditional inclinations can shape our every life…Oladele Femi

A senior colleague said a prayer and by impulse I responded Amen, Sir! Afterwards I paused to evaluate my response.

Two questions came up:

Did I mean to use Sir for GOD?

Did I have to show to him that I respect him by my response?

Respect is very good and necessary, but was it relevant in that sense? I have tried to answer that question a dozen times in my mind; don’t seem to find a satisfying answer.

But I suppose, it was grossly inappropriate; I didn’t have to express respect in response to prayer that is said in GOD’S name and to GOD.

RED ARROW AND GREEN CIRCLE

RED ARROW AND GREEN CIRCLE

I had a wonderful experience over the weekend as I joined some students to embark on a trip that is quite over fifty but less than a hundred kilometers.

One interesting part of the event was a short game between two groups named Community A and Community B after a dual selection of two numbers by each participant.

The game gave the opportunity to assess strengths of the Community’s map and identify weaknesses of the opponent’s map. The title of this post distinguishes the maps.

One point I failed to stress during and after the contest is that we can find the SWOT of each community, but at the end, the truth be said; we are complementary.

No one Community is better than the other. We help each other, making indelible impressions on ourselves as we meet daily, interact, argue etc. We need each other…

We Strive For Excellence (WSFE)

IS IT A CURSE TO NOT TO BE BLESSED?

IS IT A CURSE TO NOT TO BE BLESSED?

Literature is replete with insinuations that blessings and cursing are word and opposite.

In my little imagination, I want to critically but succinctly examine this with one biblical scenario and differ mildly.

If blessing is pronounced for an act,
does refusal to carry out the act incur curse automatically?

Let’s examine this verse below:

As it is written in the law of the Lord,
Every male that openeth the womb
shall be called holy to the Lord (Luke 2:23, KJV)

Can I pose a question?

Does this verse have a reverse implication for females that open the womb?

I don’t actually suppose that those two terms are word and opposite.

You could consider it too…

TRIVIALIZING ISSUES

TRIVIALIZING ISSUES

Some days ago after the gross situation that took place in #BUI, the Vice-Chancellor addressed the University community charging us not to trivialize the circumstances, the rumors, and the outcome.

Some weeks later I was in Ibadan for the Easter break for some rest and I was home alone. One evening I heard knocks at the door and I was dumbfounded, as I didn’t know how to respond to the person at the door.

For some time I have been living alone having no visitors, not having need to respond to calls or knocks at my door. So as the knocks intensified, I just rushed to answer the door by opening without considering the security challenge or anything.

The main point in this post is to emphasize how I trivialized methods of answering the door.

So, my suggestion, we should not trivialize issues that make us who we are…