SUNRISE : WIN OR DIE

Life is filled with its ups and downs, sometimes we have a good reason to smile, laugh and be in a celebratory mood but at other times one could be left in pain and tears, left to reel in disappointments of fallen expectations. No one is exempted from this experience, the poor face it, and the rich also face it.

This is how life rolls; there would be good times, tough times and very difficult times, the choice we make when facing these situations will determine our next level, a new phase for better or for worse.

No one was born with all the information they need to survive in this world, which is why learning never stops. Not everyone will feel the need to spell everything out for you in black and white or try to open your eyes when they sense your ignorance. You would probably only learn when something hits you, either good or bad, it could be a great experience that will help re-shape your life, if only you allow it to.

Some experiences can be so bad that it throws one’s mind into darkness, we get to have a bad taste of how wicked people can be or sometimes get to learn how great God is.

I am not perfect, nobody is perfect, we cannot always be lucky to have things happen our way all the time because time and chance happeneth to them all (Eccl. 9:11), but our response (positive) rather than our reaction (negative) is quite vital to our survival.

We can choose to win over every circumstance, every situation we find ourselves by having the right attitude, it may not always be easy as a Sunday morning but it is worth a trial. When we choose to win, we keep our hopes alive. Hope is the last thing anyone should lose, because when it is gone, everything will be lost.

A positive attitude goes a long way to open doors of elevation, and is highly rewarding. Choosing to win increases one’s determination to succeed, establishes focus, increases hope and faith. The power of  a positive mind set cannot be so easily defeated, even when faced with failure, disappointment, setbacks, defeat, the mind resets to starting again, never giving up, putting more effort, finding a way to achieve the goal, for where there is a will there is a way. It reflects positively in decision making, going up is the only way forward.

The reverse is the case when we choose to die. Emotions can sometimes be hard to control but the man that can exercise control over his emotions is king. We choose to die when we fail to keep our head up and be in control of our negative emotions. Exhibiting the wrong attitude towards work, people and situations can force a closed door situation and break the ladder of elevation.

A negative mind set can be easily destroyed and can destroy. Choosing to die diminishes all hope and kills the spirit. This choice, more often than not leads one to live a desert life, the thoughts of success can only be seen as a mirage, disappearing into thin air each time we think we have arrived.

The choice to die is highly evident in having a bad attitude, a negative reaction towards life. Most times when one realizes his or her mistake, it might be too late to turn the tide. The pangs of regret begin to bite, soothed painfully by the solemn tune of ‘had I known’, such a pitiful tune, played back to back at a pity party, the worst kind of party to attend.

Though there are times when we have our backs against the wall, we know we are being cheated and being taken undue advantage of, we have no choice but to react, it could be the only way out that would bring positive results, and even at that wisdom needs to be employed to minimize or completely eliminate the chances of an uprising, fatality or near fatality, a breakdown in the management of relationships and so on. It can be laudable at times when you have to get out of your comfort zone and fight for your right, fight for what is right and take a stand for a good cause. There is always a price to pay so before you act, stop to think and ask yourself, if the end will justify the means.

The power to choose lies in our hands, we can choose to win, brave the storm and steer  the ship till we reach the ocean shore or we can choose to die and sink to the ocean floor or land in murky waters.

The choice ultimately is ours to make.

POWER OF SERVICE

Great power and consequent riches lies in offering services sometimes we find ourselves in a fix and we ask, what can I do?. Such a simple question but the answer seems far-fetched, but there is a solution to this question that lies in finding out the needs of others, studying the immediate environment, community or world at large and finding out its needs, while also discovering in what capacity one can offer service to meet those needs.

There is always a need to be met, a vacuum to be filled, even if someone else is already executing the same idea, employing the power of one’s creativity will make the idea to stand out.

The answer also lies in learning how to make life and tasks easier for people in any niche and creatively discover how to satisfy these needs and make work less stressful and more enjoyable.

The power lies in us.

THINK – DISCOVER – CREATE - EXECUTE

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SUNRISE : PHASES

IMAGINATIONS

Thoughts are seeds, planted through the inspiration of beliefs and dreams, brought to limelight by the one empowered to see the vision of the future.

Through unspoken words or ideally crafted pictures, they give life and hope to the bearer.

Step by step with faith, courage, the grace of God and wisdom to direct, amoebic thoughts - the springboard  to success captured by how far the mind can see begin to take shape and gradually form beautifully in reality.

Then the big ' IF ' and ' BUT ' rears its ugly head because fear and doubt  try to cast their shadow over the big picture, trials join the party like a tempest storm, nothing good ever comes easy. The road is filled with potholes and the sea is not smooth sailing, sink or swim the mind contemplates. 

Only the willing and able will strive through its turmoil, because the power of the hope of a better future stands strong and will faint not.

There is light at the end of the tunnel, hard work pays, the sweat of the body will not be in vain. Walk, run, fly and soar higher, spreading the wings of imagination like an eagle boundless from coast to coast, the view from the top is beautiful through the eyes of the beholder.

Look to the horizon, sunset beckons, the evening tide gently rolls in and darkness creeps in over the earth.

There is time for everything and the set time is now. Rise up like the super sun; let the world behold the glory of the shining in which you were created.  If you can believe it, then you can achieve it.

The world awaits you.

                                 

RESOLUTIONS

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock the clock sounds in earnest, beating in resonance with the heart, announcing to all who cares to listen that time is of the essence and is running fast, waiting for no man. The seconds turn to minutes, minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days, days turn to weeks, and weeks turn to months which are known for the seasons they usher in.

Season in, Season out; man walks about in circles, each desiring a change of direction but not having enough willpower or strength to enforce change.

Plans are made coined beautifully by the name ‘Resolutions’, but the planner is almost never resolute in strength to execute, failing each time by succumbing to the power of procrastination,  the greatest thief of time, putting off everything to be done at a later time till the years go by like a rolling stone.

Making resolutions becomes no more than a recurring bad habit that develops into character, defacing the essential personality of the man.

How will change come?

How will stories turn to glory?

How will a new name be attached to this life?

Without much gainsaying; No pain, no gain, No risk, no reward, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes a strong resolve to learn to rise up above the shadows of our weakness that haunts us and submitting ourselves to the will of our creator, bowing our minds in full acceptance of our deficiencies that will welcome the spirit of change.

Change, though sometimes gradual but surely it will come eventually. Unsavory habits, bad addictions, wrong attitudes and behaviours will become a thing of the past, leaving the bearer in total liberation from the chains of their personal albatross.

Result is the perfect medicine for insult.

Make the effort to become the change you seek.

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, and Tick Tock the clock sounds in earnest.

THE HOPE OF A NEW DAWN

The dawn ushers in a new day.

The Lord's mercies have kept you still through every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week and every month. Another year rolls by taking along with it the pains, joy, sweat, sorrow and dreams, leaving each person with their story or glory of yesterday that could linger on in the feelings of fulfillment or failure.

No one has the power to turn back the hands of time, the past is gone forever, and only the future waits.

The choices made today will determine how the journey on the long road of tomorrow will be. If we choose not to be weary, the blessings of God will keep us standing strong in glory.

In His words ever sure and true, He does make everything beautiful in its time.

As we move along in grace and wisdom, the toils of our hands would not reap rewards of futility but would bring big beautiful bountiful harvest that elevated our status quo in due season.

May the glory of our lifting be felt like the strong harmattan winds in its full force making every unwanted leaf to wither, leaving only the fruitful and able to stand item awe.

May the glory our lifting come down like the rain in its season; watering the seeds of our labour into blossoming trees and plants that decorate our world.

May the glory of our lifting arise and shine like the ever blazing super sun, the world would see and admire.

There is no hiding place for the goldfish.

A new dawn beckons, embrace it.