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          I hope you enjoyed volume 2 and picked vital lessons. This volume promises not to fall short of that standard. Today, we’ll be looking at ‘your heart as the background of your life’! I’m sure you’ll like to know what this volume has for us.           Before going into that squarely, let’s just establish a footing again. Students know that to experience academic success, they have to make efforts to ‘hide themselves’ at some point to study. By this I mean leave public view and distraction associated with it to study well. This is also a function of the background.  Also, many people believe that the spiritual controls the physical. I believe this too. The spiritual in this sense can be regarded as the ‘background’ certainly because it seems invisible. This is why we return to our closets (background) to pray sometimes. You can then tell from this that the background seems to...

In the previous volume, we were able to establish the truth that the background although hidden and sometimes undesirable, it is much more important than we thought. This could be seen from several life illustrations. With that mind, I’ll like us to forge ahead in paying attention to the background with ‘No Roots, No Fruits’.  When we look at a tree, we are interested and attracted by the fruits which we consider desirable and useful to us but we fail to ever imagine if something called ‘a root’ ever existed. Of course, we barely compliment the root. ‘Nice root’….sounds awkward in your ears right? But here’s the blunt truth: ‘there could have been no fruit on that tree without the root! The root appears first even when it is hidden. I’m sure you’re aware of the relevance of roots to the entire plant (anchorage, absorption of nutrients). Furthermore, the root bears the weight of the plant and even the fruits that are appealing to you. This means that a t...

The background is usually the hidden part or portion of things. The fact that it is hidden poses a major challenge to several people who are concerned with the visible, outward and attractive appearances. I’ve discovered not just from nature but life generally that although the background seems ‘undesirable’ to many, it has the most tremendous effect! It seems to be the driving force or engine, thus giving room for the need for us to pay close attention to it. Finding it hard to believe thus far? Here are some examples you can relate with: ·          When you look at a beautiful house, of course you applaud the nice painting and structure but you forget that there’s something hidden that keeps that beautiful house standing. It’s the foundation! The foundation represents the background! Imagine a house without a solid foundation. Collapse is looming! ·          For every interesting...

I’m sure you must be wondering and asking yourself ‘What quest?’. Here, our quest is to touch lives positively, put smiles on the faces of other people and encourage the right things. And of course, I hope you know you are important with or without this quest! You are unique, one in a million and a rare gem but for the sake of this topic, let’s bring it down to our quest! Having identified our quest, let’s move on. We all want our world to be a better place! We want things to be done in much better ways. We want good living conditions. We want unity and harmony in our various communities. We want people to be happy. We want things to be done the right way but the big question is: ‘Are you contributing to achieving the above mentioned things and more?’, ‘Have you been playing your part well at all?’ Here is where your importance comes in: Let’s take a look at this illustration : Imagine a dark room. Now, introduce one lit candle in the room. There’s beginning to be ...

Silence is not always the best answer, posture to take or step in life. There are moments when we just must break the silence and lend our voices to affect lives positively, to channel a right course, to make a difference, to bring about progressive changes among others. Silence at such moments hold negative returns. There is no doubt that there are some cases in life where silence is considered important to yield good results but not in the following cases: HERE are just a few cases where silence could be simultaneous to several demerits: 1. When you are faced with situations​ where the truth is needed, speak the truth!... Don't shut up! 2. When you begin to feel certain discomfort, irregularities & changes in your body system & health, generally, .... Don't shut up!..Report immediately...Time is important! 3. When you have an idea about something 'progressive' and you appear to be in the midst of a group of people who are finding solutions... D...

‘I’LL RATHER BUILD ORPHANAGE HOMES THAN BUY MANSIONS’              Living in a mansion(s) happens to be the dream of some very ambitious people. Having an opportunity to see such a dream being fulfilled and forfeiting it to build a comfortable bungalow or duplex while you spend the rest of the money to build orphanage home(s), is what some people regard as ‘foolishness’.  Why would someone in his ‘right senses’ choose to deprive himself of such ‘good life’, ‘comfort’ & ‘fame’? I’m sure you were almost welcoming the thought of it being foolish but before you conclude, go a step further in finishing this article.  In this article, we’ll be considering a typical case of a situation which is very much related to this subject matter. HERE COMES THE SHORT STORY: "He struggled for his life after being shot in the chest by an armed robber that fateful night when a gang of robbers attacked his home...

THERE'S NO POINT KEEPING YOUR 'EXCESSES'        Like I always love being practical about issues such as this, this volume promises not to be an exception. We’ll be looking at just one story out of the numerous cases we have in our society. Do well to get the message and learn the vital lessons. The series 'QUIT WASTEFULNESS, START GIVING' is geared at eliminating 'excuses' some people give in order to boycott giving to the poor and needy. It’s also our goal to see to development of the habit of giving among individuals. This is in line with the blog’s vision to touch lives positively. You’ll agree with me that ‘giving’ is one of the ways to make positive impact. Let’s make giving our business! Coming back to today’s volume, we'll be laying emphasis and placing our focus on ‘GIVING OUT YOUR EXCESSES'. Here comes the short story: Peterson had just returned back from work with two loaves of bread. It was barely up to 5 minutes before ...