Yes, It Was You Sparkle.

It was you who opened your eyes to this world on the 3rd day of December, the day that marked the beginning of the festivities. Abiodun was to be your name but that was never to be, for your birth marked the death of another.

She was the beloved of your father and as her blood flowed on you so did her life ebb with the blood. The sorrow of her death forever soiled the joy of your birth. The love he had for your mother was turned into deep hate towards you. Yes! He couldn’t bare the sight of you because in you he saw a reminder of his greatest loss.

On your grandmother’s feeble knees you grew. To her, you were a delight and though she was feeble and frail, she did all she could to take care of you and make you happy. She was a petty trader and earned little. In your later years you wondered where the money she used for your upkeep came from. Though she wasn’t extravagant on you, you knew now that what she spent on you then was beyond her earnings.

You remembered every 3rd Day of December when a package arrived with your name on it. Though you never really liked the gifts in them because they seemed like misplaced gifts meant for a boy child, you had pretended you loved them just to see your grandma's smiles as your face lit up in fake excitement.

The gifts however stopped coming on your seventh birthday on the 3rd day of December. Your grandmother still never told you the source of those gifts or why they stopped.

You were her life and there were nights you woke up and saw her staring at you with a sad countenance. You never made her realise you saw her. You could swear that you saw her shed tears on three of such occasions. Your little mind wondered why you made her cry and each time you promised yourself you’ld be a better kid even though you couldn’t think of anything you had done wrong. She was your world and you did all your little brain could think of to keep her happy. She gave you wings to fly through harmony and you owed her your life.

In retrospect in your later years you came to understand the tears. She knew her eyes would soon close to this world. She knew sadly too how deeply you’ld miss her, but graver to her was the fact that she had no one she could entrust you to.

Every night she prayed. Yes, she prayed that her spirit will stay a little longer within her wearied body. Long enough for her to guide you till you could live life on your own. But as the days went by the pains of age wearied even her strong, determined soul and resolute will.

Then there was that night, the night that would remain forever in your memory. You remembered the scene, you heard the screams, you felt the pain, and you shed tears every time the memory of it flashed by.
More than a hundred times over you’ve played that night in your memory and more than a hundred times over you’ve shed tears…


To be continued.


An unfinished work of mine.

Go Placidly Amid the Noise

Written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s.

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. 
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, 
even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.


If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will
be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career,
however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.


Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. 
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for
high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself.


 Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, 
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. 


Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
 But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. 
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. 
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; 
you have a right to be here. 
And whether or not it is clear to you, 
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
 And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, 
keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery,
 and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

My Favourites Quotes!

 Here is a list of my favourite quotes in no particular order. Naturally, some are more favoured than the others. I've been quite busy of recent so i've decided to have them added here one at a time. I would update them as I have the time too, so you could always check back for updates. I hope you find them interesting and engaging too.


1.  

We Can't afford to wait. The Future Started Yesterday, We're Already Late!

2 .With the drawing of this love and the voice of this calling
    We shall not cease from exploring
    And the end of all our exploring
    Will be to arrive where we began
    And know the place for the first time

   - T.S. Elliot

3. Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well and yet    everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really.

How many times would you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you cannot concieve of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty.

And yet it all seems Limitless!

- Paul Bowels

4. I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides... a place of light, of love, of truth, of peace, of wisdom. I honour the place in you where when you are in that place and I am in that place there is only one of us.

- Ghandi

The Day is Coming

The Day Is Coming

The Refuge of the Early Morning

Will Be Invaded By Decisions to Be Made

And Deadlines To Be Met

For The Next 12hrs I Will Be Exposed To Day's Demand

It Is Now I Must Make A Choice.

Because Of Calvary I'm Free to Choose

And so I Choose

I Choose Love

No Occasion Justifies Hatred;

No Injustice Warrants Bitterness.

I Choose Love

Today I Will Love God,

And What God Loves

I Choose Joy

I Will Invite My God to Be,

The God of Circumstance.

I Will Refuse the Temptation to Be Cynical...The Tool of the Lazy Thinker

I Will Refuse To See People as Anything Less

Than Human Beings, Created By God

I Will Refuse To See Any Problem as Anything Less

Than An Opportunity to See God

I Choose Peace

I Will Live Forgiven

I Will Forgive So That I May Live

I Choose Patience

I Will Overlook the Inconveniences of the World

Instead Of Cursing the One Who Takes My Place, I'll invite Him to Do So

Rather than Complain That the Wait Is Too Long,

 I Will Thank God For A Moment To Pray.

Instead Of Clenching My Fist at New Assignments,

I Will Face Them with Joy and Courage

I Choose Kindness

I Will Be Kind to the Poor

For They Are Alone

I Will Be Kind to the Rich

For They Are Afraid

And Kind to the Unkind

For Such Is How

God Has Treated Me

I Choose Goodness

I Will Go Without a Dollar Before,

I Take a Dishonest One.

I Will Be Overlooked, before I Will Boast

I Will Confess, before I Will Accuse

I Choose Goodness

I Choose Faithfulness

Today I Will Keep My Promises

My Debtors Will Not Regret Their Trust

My Associates Will Not Question My Word

My Wife Will Not Question My Love

And My Children Will Never Fear

That Their Father Will Not Come Home

I Choose Gentleness...

Nothing Is Won By Force, I Choose To Be Gentle.

If I Raise My Voice, May It Be Only In Praise.

If I Clench My Fist, May It Only Be In Prayer.

If I Make a Demand, May It Be Only Of Myself

I Choose Self Control

I'm A Spiritual Being

After This Body Is Dead, My Spirit Will Soar

I Will Refuse To Let What Will Rot Rule The Eternal.

I Will Be Drunk Only By Joy.

I Will Be Impassioned Only By My Faith

I Will Be Influenced Only By God

I Will Be Taught Only By Christ

If I Succeed, I Will Give Thanks.

If I Fail

I Will Seek His Grace

And Then, When This Day Is Done

I Will Place My Head on My Pillow and Rest

To these I commit to today

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self Control

by Max Lucado

The Wisdom of Flying Geese

   1. In the Spring, when you see geese heading North for the Summer or South in the Fall, flying along in "V" formation, you might be interested in knowing what scientists have discovered about why they fly that way. It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.

      Basic Truth #1- People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

   2. Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front.

      Basic Truth #2- If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are heading in the same direction as we are.

   3. When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.

      Basic Truth #3- It pays to take turns doing hard jobs, with people or with flying geese.

   4. These geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

      Basic Truth #4- We need to be careful what we say when we honk from behind.

   5. Finally, when a goose gets sick, or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out, two geese fall out of formation and follow him down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he is either able to fly or until he is dead, and then they launch out on their own or with another formation until they catch up with their group.

      Final Truth- If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other, protect one another and sometimes make new friends who seem to be going in our direction.

This article is curled from  - http://www.skywriting.net/

There's Greatness in All of Us

We each have within ourselves the ability to shape our own destinies. That much we understand. But, more important, each of us has an equal ability to shape the destiny of the universe. Ah, that you find more difficult to believe. But I tell you it is so. You do not have to be the leader of the Council. You do not have to be king or monarch or the head of a clan to have a significant impact on the world around you. In the vastness of the ocean, is any drop of water greater than another? No, you answer, and neither has a single drop the ability to cause a tidal wave. But, I argue, if a single drop falls into the ocean, it creates ripples. And these ripples spread. And perhaps - who knows - these ripples may grow and swell and eventually break foaming upon the shore. Like a drop in the vast ocean, each of us causes ripples as we move through our lives. The effects of whatever we do - insignificant as it may seem - spread out beyond us. We may never know what far-reaching impact even the simplest action might have on our fellow mortals. Thus we need to be conscious, all of the time, of our place in the ocean, of our place in the world, of our place among our fellow creatures. For if enough of us join forces, we can swell the tide of events - for good or for evil.