Action plan, a quick answer to success.
I am so convinced that what the world need right now to overcome this man made challenges and problems we are faced with in our lives is action plan, not just meetings and having discussions when trouble arises and at the end of the whole day nothing is achieved. Why do I have to start on this note? If you must know the truth and the secret behind every successful person in life, the secret is not far fetched from this topic I captioned ***action plan***.
Every human being who wants to command success and achieve their goals supposed to have a working action plan in their daily life, not just written plans in schedule task booklets and jotters, you have to work out your plans and implement all the necessary tools that will energise you to achieve your desired goals. Most times when people try to get work done or achieve a particular goal, they don't actually put to work those necessary measures that will boost their plans to action in other to achieve a successful ending.
You already know that to fail in any task you embark upon does not mean you didn't make plan before hand, but the reason why you didn't succeed is because you didn't activate that action plan during the time you were making plans. In other words, the action plan is that move or step you must make that will activate that plan you have already set for yourself to achieve. You need to apply positive force and energy towards your plan for it to work in the right direction. The push starts from within you, from your inner self.
For you to achieve success, you must first have these important factors already ready in you before you can be able to make a head way with your action plan. These factors includes;
**Emotional ready,**
**Psychological ready**
**Physical ready**
These factors are the forces you need to deal with in other for you to have an effective action plan result in your quest to achieve success.
As a person who needs to achieve a goal, for your action plan to be effective and successful, you need to be morally sound minded, taking control of your emotions and thoughts so as to enable you have a productive plans that will lead you to achieving success in your goal pursuit. Being in control of your emotions helps you a lot in making sure that you have the right attitude and approach in handling situations and conditions that may come to distract you from planning well.
Being psychologically ready is also another important factor that one needs when you want a successful action plan in your goal pursuit. Having a mental stability at all times will enable you have a good decision making approach towards your plans and making every necessary effort to implement that action that will help you get a positive result at the end. When you are mentally unstable I bet you, you will not be able to have a productive outcome in anything you want to achieve in your daily life.
The last is the physical readiness of you at all times when you want to achieve success with your action plan. You have to make use of your physical strength and take every opportunity within your reach to actualise your dreams, maximise every potentials within and around you and don't miss any chance that can help your plans to become successful if implemented. This is the area where you have to do the physical work yourself, meeting the necessary persons and places that can help your plan work successfully is what should be your focus. Remember that faith without action is fruitless.
When you apply these three important factors that activates success in your plans, you will surely not experience any shortcomings or failure in what ever thing you lay your mind and hand to achieve in life.
Every human being in this life surely need an action plan not just planning alone, you also need to add other forces together in other for you to make good result at the end of the day.
I know you have made your plans this week, and surely my prayer for you this week is that all your plans will be successful so long as you have applied all the necessary steps to achieve your plans.
***Thank you so much for coming by to read my article 🙏 Rafd9828***
Oh! My joy fully charged.
I don't know where to start my story from or how to express this awesome gift and love I have been receiving from this particular special platform called ***read.cash***. The love and this great singular act of kindness and charity we all receive from this unbiased and unconditional philanthropist personified and a giver in the person of randomrewarder in whom I call this special name each time I see his visitation with so much tips on any of my article that I post each passing day whether big or small.
****Oh! My Golden hand.****
My golden hand is the name I usually call him in my heart each time the robot comes visiting my post. It's really an experience and feelings you should always pray to have if you are in this platform.
I don't know how to say this today but I must start somewhere and believe me when I tell you that I have been experiencing new positive changes and improvements ever since I joined and started writing and posting in this platform called ***read.cash***. it's not by mistake that I joined this platform as a member, in fact, it was an opportunity that I got from my brother who happened to testify the goodness and beautiful experiences he has been receiving from this place that made me to key into it to experience and follow the band waggon of good well and people who bear good news of what ***read.cash*** has been doing so far in the life of great minds and intellects.
***Before I continue with my testimony, let me take a cup of water to quench this disturbing thirst for water in my system so I can clear my throat very well to sing loud this good news I have for you guys.***
Yes I think I am good right now to start my testimony. Do you know that I never had any interest in writing nor a bookworm as you guys may call it, I was really the opposite of it because back then in school, see what I used to do when exams approaches, I will try and bring a recorder and try to record as I read out all the subjects we were thought in the lecture room for that semester, once I was done recording, I will always keep playing it all over again and again until I was able to master the lines and words, I was using that style as my method of reading my books and handouts, and during exams once I come across any question relating to what we were thought in class which I have already recorded and listened, I will quickly remember the answer and write it down.
So you see I was not actually good in reading because I was not finding it easy to study or read for more than 30minutes before I get tired and sleep off. But when I was told about ***read.cash,*** how one can make good out of it and also the benefits one can get from the articles people are depositing each day to this platform, I decided to take a bold step to start writing and forcing myself to read other people's articles.
When I first started, I found it so difficult and challenging because I was not a good reader and a bookworm, I pushed myself harder and harder to read other people's works, I kept on thinking how to start writing from nothing, I managed to write something the first day by introducing myself to the platform and after that, I began the journey of imagining things, what to write, topics to develop and so on and so forth.
Before I could understand what was happening, I saw myself being active, ready and eager to write something each day, I couldn't see the difficulties of reading and writing stuffs any longer, I could see myself going hours to read and even brainstorm my memories in search of what to develop as an article.
Indeed it was actually my first ever miracle as someone who does not actually believe that such thing could happen to anybody not to talk of me. When I continued writing, I started seeing comments, up-votes from people in the platform and also tips from the randomrewarder and from other people as well.
At that moment of my encouragement which came from these wonderful people in this platform, my joy was fully charged to start having another understanding about life. My joy knew no bounds as I was able to save some ***bitcoin cash token (BCH)*** in my wallet which helped me to live a happy life up till this moment.
Of a truth, I owe so much gratitude and appreciation to this platform ***read.cash*** for building me and helping me to develop that which has been in me for years which I was not able to uncover even while I was in school, I owe a great deal of appreciation and thank you to you my friend that have been writing your daily posts which motivated me into discovering myself through your articles and also I want to finally thank you my dear brother who actually showed me the way to ***read.cash.***
I will forever remain loyal and grateful to you guys for your contributions in my life. Indeed my joy is fully charged.
***Thank you so much for reading my article this Saturday evening. I love you and I wish you a pleasant weekend. Rafd9828🙏***
Only the sufferer can define the meaning of human sufferings.
Having an experience over something as a human is a personal thing, whether you are tall, short, black or white, experiences we have in life comes to us differently for a purpose. Whether the experience comes in bad or good form, it's the person who finds himself or herself in it can explain more better the lesson he learnt from it and can as well say something about it. This is just the truth, you can not attest to the feeling of something when you know you have no business with such thing. You can not say and be sure of something you know nothing about. Most people have seen life and it's experience in an awkward way while some have felt and experience life in the opposite way. Whether you see life and experiences of life in your different ways, you can not conclude on any issue or situation when you have not actually been inside it and have a taste of it yourself.
How can you say you know what suffering is all about when all your life you have been living like a prince and a princess in your beautiful castles and mansions?.
How will you know what other people are passing through when you have everything you need around you at your beck and call?
How can you know the amount of pain that mother that lost her baby during child birth is passing through when you have not had the opportunity and the ability to be pregnant and carry a baby in your womb for nine months for once?
How can you say you know how he or she feels for not eating all through the day when you have food and water to eat and drink on your table any time you want to?
How can you feel the pain and agony some people are passing through in their various countries because of the unfavorable government policies and laws when in your own country everything is moving well and the system is working for everybody in your own country?
How would you know the plight of some people in Somalia who are going through draught, starvation, scarcity of food and water when you are enjoying the favourable weather and climate condition in your country?
How can you know the level of suffering the people of Ukraine and their government are going through since the war started in Ukraine when you are in your own country enjoying the peace and harmony your country is giving you at the moment?
How can you know the feeling of what others are passing through in their marriages and relationships when you have not fallen in love for one day and being in a relationship with someone all through your life?
How can you say you know the type of pain he is currently passing through from the injuries he sustained as a result of the car accident he had while on hid way to work, when you have not even had an scratch on your body from any accident for one day?
How can you judge a book by it's cover when you have not even had the chance or the opportunity to go through the book and know the content of the book itself? This particular case is what we see every day of our lives as humans, when you have not been in a situations and have a feel of it to know what it's all about, instead you go about the whole place saying and describing what you know nothing about. You go about spreading false and bad news about people, debasing people's characters and personalities.
When you are not in someone's shoe, you can not actually give account of how much pain the person wearing the shoe is passing through, you can not understand the level of emotional challenges and troubles the person is passing through at that moment, in as much as you are close to the person, you can not know exactly what they are going through if you don't ask questions and try to hear and know what exactly is going on in their lives.
That's why you have to always find a way to play a major role in the life of your friends, families and that person you care much about.
In as much we are different in so many aspects as human beings, we can not throw away our hearts and minds from trying to be our brother's keeper at all cost. ***Remember we live by lifting others through our show of care and concern when you notice that the next person sitting by your side is not actually doing fine, you have to learn to look beyond the physical appearance of people around and gather the courage to ask them questions to know what is actually going on in their lives.***
Do not feel less concern about other people's sufferings, try and show them that you are with them even in their trial times. It goes a long way in changing the story narrative the feeling of suffering might have written in their hearts for so long.
***Thank you so much and have a great weekend. Rafd9828 loves you🙏***
You don't have to give me a second chance, give yourself one!
In my last article I wrote that was titled ***"learn to open back up again"*** I did tell you that the reason why we have to learn to open back up again our hearts to feel and experience new opportunities when we lose those important people and things we hold so dear to our heart, is for us to give ourselves another second chance to live again and be happy after.
You can't do all of these and help yourself to live again if you still hold back yourself from giving yourself a second chance. To some people in our lives, they find it so hard and very difficult to let go of wrong doings, hurt, and any other type of ill-treatment that were done to them by friends, families, loved ones or even from people they met on their way. I will tell you a story that happened around my area, a friend of mine who was in a relationship that was so beautiful and very jealous by all due to the way they were loving each other and displaying their love lives around the area where we all resided.
My friend was making plans to travel out of the country after he finalised his marriage rites with his girlfriend, he went to the family of the lady he was about to marry to make his intentions known to them about his marriage plans with their daughter, they gave him all the necessary information and assistance he needed to complete the marriage rites, after some weeks later, he came and fulfilled all the marriage rites and they two did their marriage ceremony.
After two months of their marriage, the husband's visa was ready and out while the wife's traveling documents were delayed due to some logistics problems, as the husband was packing and arranging for him to leave, the wife was not happy because she was already missing him.
Now something so surprising and weird happened, prior to their wedding, the wife met her long lost ex-boyfriend who disappeared without any information at the mall where she went to get some items, there they two met each other and were surprised and overwhelmed because they two were so close with each other and all of a sudden, the boyfriend disappeared without giving her any reason whatsoever, so as they saw each other at the mall, they exchanged contact and started communicating without the notice of the husband.
As she escorted her husband to the airport, and the husband boarded the airplane and left, at the airport terminal was the ex-boyfriend who was coming in from a meeting he went to another city, they two met and the lady gave him a lift to her own house for the first time. They stayed and discussed for some hours, she made some food they two ate and before you knew what was happening, they two lose guarded and made love that day, later in the evening the ex-boyfriend left her house to his own apartment. After what happened the wife felt bad and concealed the whole thing to herself.
When the husband got to Germany, he had some issues at the German embassy with the German authority because his travelling documents were fake and he didn't know about it until when he reached to German embassy and was arrested, he was held for days in their custody.
The next day his wife waited for his call to know if his journey was successful, but no call came in, no way to reach the husband on phone or even through messages. Days passed she didn't hear from the husband, she ran to the ex-boyfriend and they started having secret affair.
One fateful day when she was with her ex-boyfriend in her husband's house at their matrimonial bed, the husband who was later deported from Germany detention returned back to the house without informing her and caught her with the ex-boyfriend on their bed making love, he was devastated and heartbroken, he threw the wife out of the house and divorced the wife. The wife went back to the ex-boyfriend's place to discover that the ex-boyfriend was already married to another woman with two kids.
My friend was shattered emotionally, physically and mentally and could not find a way to forgive or even look at any woman again due to his last experience. The ex-wife came begging him and he refused, he swore never to have anything to do with her again. Months and years went by, my friend stayed alone and never had anything to do with any woman. Then one day we went out to have some drink and eventually bumped into his ex-wife at the bar, my friend became so angry and so bittered at the sight of the lady, he was not able to forgive and forget what happened long time ago, as he was about living the place, the ex-wife said to him, ***"please listen to me, I know I wronged you and hurt you so badly that you don't want to ever set your eyes on me again, I am so sorry for my actions and I pray that you find a place in your heart to forgive and forget all my wrong doings to you. But of a sincere truth, I am not asking you to bring me back in your life again, I am not asking you for a second chance, please you don't have to give me a second chance, give yourself one. I wish you happiness and I want you to live again".***
You don't need to hold back yourself because you were hurt so badly by someone you believed in and trusted so much, you have to find a place in your heart to let go of past hurt and give yourself a reason to live again, a second chance will surely make it right for you again.
Let's start today to build our emotions and feelings to the level where we can always let things slide.
***Thank you so much for reading my article today 🙏 Rafd9828***
Learn to open back up again.
It is quite difficult to see someone who truly lost his dear one to let go of the hurt and pain the situation must have caused him for a very long period of time, in as much as you want to try to let go of the memories, the flash of your sweet moments you shared with the person keeps coming and reminding you of how good and lovely you two were in your life when your dead one was alive and with you.
The feeling of pain at that moment can not be measured or quantified by the next person sitting right beside you who do not see your heart to know what exactly you are passing through at that moment. This feeling could prevent you from embracing new opportunities and moments that could change your life for good all because you were not able to let go of the hurt of losing someone so dear to your heart.
You may feel it's not really a big deal when you see other people passing through such emotional challenges and difficulties not until you find yourself in such situation, then you will understand how heavy and painful that could be losing your dear one.
Not only losing that person that matters most in your heart could bring your heart the pain and sadness that may shot you down for a long period of time, you may also feel so devastated and emotionally bankrupt when you lose that important thing you have been praying so hard for and working so hard in your life to achieve, and when you see that there are no more opportunities or chances left for you to get that which you have been working so hard all your time to achieve, you end up giving up on your self and soak your entire feelings to regret, anger, rejection, pain, lost, sadness, agony, etc. You begin to hurt yourself and **gradually** ***become the shadow of yourself*** all because you lost something you thought you could achieve at the end.
There is nothing so special and new when you let the feeling of your loss engulf your life and your ability to give yourself another opportunity and chance to feel life again. You do yourself no good by choosing to torture yourself and even other people who are still alive and truly love you all because you lost one of your loved ones or the goals you were pursuing to achieve in life.
***I sincerely tell you this my dear friend, one important thing you must try always to remember when such fate comes to your doorstep knocking for you is this, no matter how you feel and think about wanting your loved ones to stay alive with you forever, no matter how you so much desire that goal you are working hard to achieve in life to be successful, one day that your loved one including you and I must definitely die some day and leave this earth to cross over to the great beyond, same goes to that goal you are pursuing, is either you are successful at the end or you lose at the end of it all. When you are faced with the outcome of fate in your life, I plead with you not to hurt yourself so much, not feel sad for a long time or even kill yourself because of the outcome, you have to try your best to learn to open back up again your life, your emotions, your feelings and embrace life again.***
No matter how hard it may be for you to open up yourself to live again, just try and give yourself a second chance and a try once more. You surely and definitely add more value to yourself and to other people who are still alive than to those who are dead and gone. You will surely get it right that which you failed to achieve the first time if only you continue to try and push harder when you fail.
You do not need anybody to speak to yourself and to your spirit to be strong again when you get weak on the way, all you need is yourself to fight back, all you need is yourself to reset the time and change your status and conditions. All you need is to tell your spirit the right words to be strong to fight that hurt, sadness and pain your inner mind is feeding on so you can be strong enough and alive again to live for the living and make good use of your own time on earth.
Finally, open back up again your winning spirit to fight back on your feet and achieve that goal you have set for yourself once more. Everything you need right now is in your hands to make it happen, so use it right now to rewrite your story.
***I love you all and I want you to live again and be happy always. Thank you so much for coming by to read my article today. 🙏Rafd9828.***
Indirect colonial rule, a problem of the African continent.
*I want to start by pleading with* ***Read.cash****, my readers, fellow writers, friends and the entire world who will make out time to go through my article today to please take your time to understand my point of view in this article in a positive direction and not as an article that preaches hate for Western civilization to Africa continent, nor article that goes against western cultures, traditions and norms. The idea for writing this article is to serve as a tool that can actually help the African continent redefine and rediscover their true origin, true identity, culture and also stand as a positive pointer to unite the African people which myself also belong to, and also advocate for all of us as Africans to start believing in ourselves and in our different languages, cultures and traditions and try to make our languages, voices and ideas count for the African continent and the world at large.*
As much as I try to shy away from the truth, from the happenings and stories of events that we see and even hear each day of our lives from this side of the continent Africa where I come from, you will agree with me that African continent and our system is indeed still living and indirectly existing on the control of our colonial masters who left our lands many years ago, we are not yet free from the grip and hands of our colonial masters who came to our African soil to colonise us many years ago.
After so many years of independence and freedom from the white man's rule and control, we still have not actually find it worthy to live and walk in the path of our own dreams, cultures, traditions, customs and norms as a people that have been set free from their master, we are yet to start our lives in the dictates and ways of our forefathers layed for us to follow. We can not in our minds and hearts accept totally the efficacy of our own traditions, religions, cultures, norms and customs. We still believe in the supremacy of the white man's culture and traditions more than our own African traditions and cultures. We have even tagged our own dear traditions and cultures as evil, as something that can not hold more value, and we have failed to follow the ways in which our forefathers have been existing with before the white man came and conquered us through colonisation.
Permit me to state and explain some of the factors that may bring your mind to fully understand the message of my article today, so you can be able to understand my point and try to see reasons with me why it's necessary that African continent should sit up and do the needful in finding the lasting solutions to these problems we have been faced with. These factors are as follows;
**The direct usage of colonial master's language as an official language for communication at the government level and other government offices and functions;** this particular factor is one problem that African continent should find a way to deal with, if you travel to other countries of the world, for instance Germany, whether you like it or not, a German man you meet on your way will surely speak and Interact with you with their own native dialect or language and it's expected of you to make use of your translator so you can understand him and what he is trying to say. Same thing happen when you watch other government officials who come to meet each other maybe for a meeting discussion, they speak their own dialect and make use of their translator to understand what their partner said to them. But in Africa it's not the same, you are expected to express yourself and communicate in your colonial master's language at any office you enter or person you meet with as a means of communication thereby throwing away your own dialect away.
**Enforcement of colonial master's language study in our african educational system as a criteria to qualify and study further professional courses in our tertiary institutions, colleges and school;** it's now a mandatory that you must pass your colonial master's language as a course in our school system as a student for you to qualify to study any professional course in the higher institution. But that is not obtainable in other continents of the world, a German student or Chinese student does not require to pass any colonial master's language before he or she can study any choice of course in the higher institutions of learning in their country. Except if you are studying in another country that is not yours, you may learn their language for easy communication.
**The introduction and adoption of the colonial master's type of traditional marriage ceremony(white wedding) as the main recognised marriage ceremony in African continent;** African continent have now seen white wedding as the most important wedding ceremony to be recognised rather than their own traditional wedding, if you perform traditional marriage according to African culture without doing the white man's marriage style, you are seen as someone that have not done complete wedding. While in the western world the white wedding ceremony is their own type of traditional marriage done by the white men.
**Having trust and believe in the quality of the professional qualifications and skills of the foreigners than the indigenes of the country;** African manufacturing and construction firms, companies, etc now hire foreigners to man some of their businesses and firms instead of our african graduates, elites and professionals who may even have more ideas, knowledge and experience to also run the company and firm better. That believe by the African man that white man does it more better still lives in the minds of the African man and in the minds of African continent up to this day.
**Always relaying on the foreign loans and financial aids coming from the hands of the colonial masters;** This believe that we need assistance and support from the hands of our colonial masters have really made us as a continent to believe that we can not actually achieve our dreams and goals without seeking for help from them. We virtually have trusted our faith and hope in the foreign goods and services without putting our eyes down to what we can produce by ourselves, to our abilities and capabilities as a people and as a continent with great potential and skills, we have become too loose to aspire for greatness as a continent with substance and wonderful resources within our reach.
If we must change from this difficult challenges and problems African continent are facing right now, we must try to unite and free ourselves from this mental slavery we have allowed ourselves to be for too long in our hearts and embrace positive change. We need to start believing in ourselves and in our diversities as a people with great potentials and as people with different languages that makes us unique.
***Africans please let's wake up and make Africa great again!!!***
🙏**Rafd****9828**
Injury to one, injury to all.
I have been crying all through the night watching the news and seeing how once loved and beautiful cities of Ukraine been shattered with bombs and missiles coming from the Russian armies, I could not hold my tears and my heart bleeding in severe pain at the sight of infants and children's death toll count read in the news on the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine.
I have not actually understood the magnitude of the destruction caused by this invasion by the Russian government and army to Ukraine not until I watched the news last night where I saw pictures of homes, hospitals, churches, mosque, schools, hotels, factories, etc, in the cities of Ukraine been destroyed by the Russian missiles, bombs and artilleries, the destruction of these properties by the Russian troops were so devastating and hurting to me and every lover of peace and harmony all around the world.
I couldn't hold my tears from rolling down my cheek as I saw the pictures of baby strollers been displayed at the city centre of the Lviv in Ukraine where the war has not yet reached as a demonstration for the numbers of babies and children that were killed by the Russian bombardment in Ukraine cities. When I saw these images of shattered homes and cities of the Ukrainians who once never thought that they would be homeless last month ago, I began to wonder the actual meaning of human existence to mankind.
It makes no meaning and sense if we feel less concern about what is going on in the world today, it makes no meaning if we say that what is happening in Ukraine today or in Yemen as well as every other part of the world that is faced with war, conflict and fightings does not concern us since the war and crisis is not happening in our country today, it makes no sense if we throw away our human feelings because we have different colours and languages and so, the war does not concern us and we can't do anything about it.
It makes no meaning if we pretend as if the death of that pregnant woman and her baby that died as a result of bombardment of the maternity hospital in one of the Ukraine cities that were under attack by the Russian army is nothing to say no to and speak against in other to stop the ongoing war in Ukraine soil.
***How do we say that we are for each other when we are actually against one another through our actions?***
***How can we speak of peace when we have actually closed our eyes to the evil happenings around the world using Ukraine war and Yemen conflict as an example?***
***How can we sleep and have good night rest knowing that some people are out there running for their dear lives, staying days without eating food nor drinking water even to have their bath?***
***How can we feel satisfied in our hearts when some people are walking days on the cold nights and morning seeking for shelter as a result of the conflicts and war that have befallen them within a twinkle of an eye?***
***How can we the entire world stay in peace and watch the children, infants, young girls and boys cry all through the night and morning in fear, trauma and agony because of the current situation in Ukraine and other parts of the world that are faced with conflicts and fightings?***
I know we have different colours, different orientations, different cultures, traditions, customs and norms, I know we are of different backgrounds with different religions and beliefs, I know we are of different reasonings and thought, but there are few important things we all have as one which can not be discarded no matter what we do, and that things is what we call one blood, one supreme God of the universe, same conscience, and same final destination which is death.
Whether we want to accept it or not, ***"an injury to one is an injury to all"***, just like the Liverpool football club slogan that says ***"we never walk alone",*** these two important statements are what binds us together as one anywhere we find ourselves in this world, we need to stand and unite as one to fight this common enemy of man which is ***hatred, disagreements, war, disunity and rancour*** found amongst us, in our hearts and in everything that concerns man's relationship with one another.
It's actually time to speak the right word and preach this gospel of peace to the world so that the world will be a better place for you and I to live in.
It's time to stand and put yourself in that person's shoe who is currently running for his or her life in Ukraine, Yemen and any other place where there is war and conflict around the world today, feel what that person is passing through right now and try your best to add your voice with the rest of the world to stop this fight and say no to war and destruction of lives and properties all around the world.
The world need peace and harmony and that's what we need to be preaching everyday of our lives not war, not conflicts, not fightings.
Always remember this, that injury to one is an injury to all.
***I love you all and I wish the world an everlasting peace. Thanks for coming by to read my article 🙏. Rafd9828***
Build your faith to accept your fate.
The journey to a successful life can not be complete without these two important words being active in our daily lives experiences. So long as life is concerned, challenges and troubles will always come to our doorsteps, and it's the level of your faith that can help you stay strong when your fate is been decided before you.
To build one's faith comes with a lot of responsibilities, it's in your power and your own personal responsibility to build that level of faith you need in your life to receive and face whatsoever challenges that may come your way. Whether the strength of your faith is strong or weak, the power switch to make it work effectively and efficiently lies on your shoulder as the person who takes control and decision of how your level of faith maybe.
It's not so when it comes to fate, fate is something that is beyond man's control and comprehension, the power that decides one's fate is something that comes from supernatural being which man's mortal eyes can not see.
In otherwords, fate can be said to be ***the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.*** This fate may come in positive or negative form to man during his life journey on earth. Whether it comes in positive or negative forms, the most important part of life one should always put energy to is finding a way to build his or her faith to accept whatever the fate offers to him or her in life.
Building one's faith with the right information can go a long way in providing one with the courage to be bold enough to first accept the result of fate and then pick courage to stand tall in hope and positive expectations for better days ahead.
Whether we like it or not, whether we believe it or not, fate must surely bring to our table something we will always look at, be happy or sad about each day of our lives, but the level of our faith is what will help us have a balance of the force that comes with what fate brings to us.
The ongoing invasion of Ukraine sovereignty by the Russian government is one important factor one should look at as a pointer in trying to build one's faith to accepting the fate that may come your way. Just like the Ukrainians are fighting to protect what fate brought to their doorstep today, I must tell you this, the level and the strength of their faith and believe to win this war is what is keeping them strong and United to fight back their enemies. When the invasion started, with the amount of war gadgets and equipments the Russians were displaying as their war might to destroy the sovereignty of Ukraine, a lot of people thought that the Russian government will take over the entire Ukraine in less than a week, but to the greatest surprise to Russian government and the world, they have not been able to conquer Ukraine in more than three weeks of the invasion.
I can tell you that it's not about what fate brings to you that matters, rather it's the level of your faith to embrace your fate that matters in life, the level of your faith to stand tall and make that bold step to face your fears and fight back till you get your victory is what you need as a person.
We could see a lot of Ukrainians, men, women and even the youth who left other countries where they reside to come back to their father land to defend their country from the Russian invaders, that's what faith can do, ***in building your faith to accept the fate that comes your way, you have the opportunity and the ability to make decisions when it's necessary, building your faith requires that you put your trust in what you believe in and stand on it no matter what.*** This exactly what the Ukrainians have shown the world since this invasion started.
In building your faith to accept your fate, you take your future in your hands and find a way to make it better not just for you, but for your children and the generation yet unborn.
As the Ukrainians are standing so strong in their adversities, the level of their faith, believe and love for their country is so high and strengthened that one day they will come out victorious in the war against their enemies.
No matter what you may be facing right now, if you can be able to build up your faith in the positive and right direction to accept your fate as their come to you, no matter the type of situation you may face with, I assure you that you will come out victorious at the end.
**I stand for peace in Ukraine and all over the world.**
**I say No to war in Ukraine.**
**I say No to war all around the world and I strongly stand with the Ukrainians in this period of their adversities and invasion.**
***We need peace not war!!!!!! Thank you so much for coming by to read my article 🙏 Rafd******9828***
The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.
You and I have a lot to do for this world where we live in to become the best of place where we can have peace, love and harmony amongst ourselves. And we can not actually get across to that bridge of goodness and a better world we pray for if we do not put our whole self to work in pursing the right way of life. We are bound by what we believe in to always do those things that will bring togetherness and peaceful coexistence amongst all persons.
By trying to live in that path of good morals, understanding of oneself and your neighbor, we have to start living it out by example not just by words of opinion nor suggestions. If we say we want the world to be a better place for you and I, we truly have to find a way to live and lead by examples not just by saying seek, we have to try our best to impact good moral standards of living to the society where we live in through our actions.
We must not allow our ideas and knowledges to stop at the stage where we talk and write them down in words on papers and other medium of expression for the world to read and see us as people who give ideas for the betterment of the world, rather we should try more in letting the world and people that are around us get the right message we want to pass to the world through our actions and character. You already know that as humans we are, we do not have the ability to know what is in the minds of that person sitting right next to you, but you can actually understand the person's mind through the way he or she acts and behave towards you.
It will not be out of context in our different lives and world as a people who want the world to be a better place for us all to start acting than talking, rather than waiting for someone to carry out your suggestions and opinions, why not start the first step yourself and lead by example so the world will follow your lead to make a positive change, rather than waiting for that right time to share your minds and let people know your thoughts, why not start now in your little capacity to act instead of waiting for that big moment.
If we can actually be truthful to ourselves as humans, we would know and understand that what has been holding the world backward from moving forward is not because we are different people with different languages, ethnicity, religion, colour,etc. None of these have been the reason why the world is not moving forward, but one major reason as to why the world is still where it is right now is because you and I have failed to take action to correct our wrongs, we have failed to stand in that path of truth at all times, we have failed to carry out our individual task and responsibilities of doing the right thing at the right time, we have failed to understand that actions speaks louder than words, we have failed as a people who once believed in fair play, we have failed as a people who supposed to take each other's hands and assist as much we can during difficult times, we have failed as a people by letting our brothers and sisters die every day when we know we can actually prevent war in our various countries from happening, we have failed as a people to value life more than any other thing one could ever desire in life.
Yes, in as much as your opinion counts, but your actions and attitudes makes more meaning in changing you as a person and the world at large, if we say we want the world to be a better place to live in, we have to start today to make corrections of the past and try to act fast with whatever plans and good ideas we have in our hearts so that we all can be happy as one people irrespective of cultural differences, ethnicity, religion, race, etc.
I will always advocate for peace around the world. This is the time to act right now! Peace and harmony begins with me, you and everyone reading this article right now.
***Rafd******9828*** ***loves you more and appreciates you for coming by to read my article 🙏.***
The beauty of life.
I am so happy this moment because I am alive and very strong today, waking up from a night rest is a privilege and another opportunity given to me by God Almighty to make a difference. Even if I do not have any other reason at all this moment to be happy, but for being alive this moment is enough reason to smile, be happy and be thankful to God.
For me to make you have an understanding about this topic I am writing today, I will use my personal experiences in life to explain to you about the beauty of life so you can be able to value the life you have today and try to experience yourself the beauty of life.
When I was growing up as a child, it was my parents that first showed me the beauty of life, I had the opportunity of experiencing parental love from my parents, I never left their sight and they did their best to provide for me all that I needed while I was growing up, they made sure I went to school and had the best education their money could afford, I never lacked nor missed their parental love around me for a moment, even when I made mistake and spoiled things at home, they will correct me with love and made me see reasons why they are unhappy with me and the need to be of good behaviour.
When I became adult and was able to take care of myself, they never stopped giving me their words of advice and encouragement on how to live and have a happy life. I grew up and started making use of their advice to relate with people I came across in life. I made sure that anybody coming in contact with me never had any reason to be unhappy, I tried my best to put happiness and smiles on anybody's face that come in contact with me.
I always remember what my father usually say to me each time we talk;
***"Please my son, the beauty of life is not in the money and the good things of life you were able to achieve in life, No! the beauty of life is surely found in the peace and harmony you were able to have in your heart and give to people that you meet each day of your life".***
And I have always kept those words of life and wisdom in my heart even till this moment I am writing this article, you may think the beauty of life can be found in the type of wealth you have made for yourself, you may feel the beauty of life is found in the powers and authorities you command or possess, you may also think that the beauty of life is actually seen from the beautiful view of the rising sun and in the beautiful weather you see when you wake up in the morning from your windows and balconies, you may think the beauty of life is found in the type of luxury lifestyle you live every moment of your life, none of these can be attached to the beauty of life I am actually talking about.
You can only find this beauty of life and experience that comes with it when you try to impact positively in another person's life, when someone that is blind can see through you and walk with the legs you are offering to him or her, when your helping hand can reach to that person that needs your hand to survive, and when you are able to put a smiling face to that face that have been sad all through the day, that's exactly when you will see the beauty of life.
The war that is going on in different parts of the world right now most especially the Russian Invasion to Ukraine is actually the time the world need to come together as one and find a way to put a stop to it, ***the beauty of life is not found in the destruction of lives and properties, this is the time for all of us to help in any little way we can to assist these people that need our help, the children, nursing mothers and mothers, the aged ones and everybody that the war has affected one way or the another, this is the time for us to preach peace not war, dialogue not disagreements, togetherness not division and love not hate.***
If we can walk in these steps and directions, surely we will experience the beauty of life in our different world. ***Let's give peace and harmony a chance today!***
***Thank you so much and may we live and shine as one. 🙏Rafd******9828***
What can you teach your kids tomorrow?
Our world is gradually becoming a place where so much evil and bad influences are becoming the order of the day. Good old days are slowing fading away from our memories because of the current happenings in our world today.
***Have you thought about what will become the fate of our future generations?***
***Have you asked yourself what values and norms are we leaving behind for the younger generation that are coming up?***
***Have you really asked your consciences this important question, what can I teach my kids tomorrow?***
The world we live in today has been filled with so much negative events and horrible experiences which has made almost everyone if not all of us think and believe that everything that is happening whether good or bad around us today is normal and okay, no need of rejecting or commenting any word about it. We have come to accept everything as normal, nothing seem to be bad or evil any more.
Young men and women who had the opportunity to experience little about ***good old days*** from their aged parents and are supposed to inculcate the life experiences into our present and future generations, are today living a different lifestyle, fixing their minds, thoughts and energies on a different path that can not help educate the younger generation coming behind them.
From the country where I come from, The quest for wealth, power, riches and affluence have taken the center stage in the minds of our youths, only but few are after going for scholarships, educational achievements and professional qualifications and attainments, etc
The energy and morale for greater heights and pursuance of good morals and norms in the lives of our youths have gradually becoming dead like the dried tree where it's leaves are drying off and fading away. Nobody seem to care anymore, so long as it's going to bring us fame, money, wealth at the end it's fine with us. The moral justification of our action is not important anymore.
Our educational system is now the shadow of itself, looking at the type of graduates we have in recent times, the quality of education in terms of lectures and lecturers that teach us in our various universities, polytechnics and colleges, and the relationship between the school authorities and the government these days, you will understand that there is nothing to show to the younger generation coming up, a situation where strike by the school authorities have become the norm in our tertiary institutions due to disagreements and none compliance to discussions and demands by the both parties (government and school authorities), schools been closed and students sent back to their homes until further notice. At the end of it all, the school curriculum is been tampered and disorganised. All these affect the students and the younger generation coming up.
The government of the day is also contributing to this problem, a situation where the government will not provide all the necessary promises of good governance they made to their electorates during election campaign when they eventually win the election, instead of creating jobs, providing social amenities and making life easy for the citizens they govern, they channel all the resources to themselves, embezzling public funds, acquiring properties for themselves and travelling abroad to lavish the common man's money (tax payer's money) without remorse or fear.
Some parents on the other hand have also failed in their own responsibilities to stay alive and active in the lives of their children. Due to so much commitments and responsibilities in the shoulder of the parents, maybe at their work places or at their businesses, they leave the responsibilities of taking care of their children in the hands of nannies and housemaids to take care of their children for them while they go out in pursuit of wealth. These nannies and housemaids they left their children in their care may take the advantage of that to rough handle the children in their care. And when these children grow with such training, definitely you already know what the result will be like.
***What can you teach your kids tomorrow*** should be what comes through your mind each time you are alone, the way to a better world starts with you and what you teach your kids today. You can not have a better tomorrow if you keep away this important question from your mind, we should always find a way to give our children reasons to be wonderful people tomorrow. Teach them the right way of living for a better tomorrow.
***Thanks for coming by to read my article 🙏 Rafd******9828***
We win together.
I want to start today on a good note, I want to use this moment to tell you that you are what Inspires me most, yes you!. Each time I come online and find myself in this great platform called ***read.cash***, there is this awesome feeling I usually get that I do not get from other social media platforms which I may not want to mention their names for personal reasons. When I go through your different articles in this platform, I begin to wonder how you manage to think out ideas everyday and drop it here as article for us to read and get informed and educated. To be candid, I am overwhelmed by your persistence and determination to change the world through your articles on ***read.cash***. please keep it up no matter the challenges.
Looking at the effort and energy you are putting to change the world through your articles, I have come to tell you this important word today which I captioned ***"WE WIN TOGETHER"***.
As you already know that nothing is easy to get in life, no matter how small it is, you must make an effort in order for you to actually get through and get what you are looking for. The world is a difficult place to live, whether you have all it takes to make it fun and soft for you, you will surely not be satisfied at the end of it all. But we can make a difference if we leave behind all the negative vibes, barriers and challenges of life and try to focus our energy to things that can fetch us satisfaction of heart and mind. Right now, no matter how you may have everything you need in life, if your friend or neighbor is not actually feeling the same way you are feeling, then know it that your joy and happiness is not complete.
The best form of winning is winning together. Yes, You may feel you have the best consolation and fulfillment of heart when you win alone, but you can not quantify and qualify the joy you get ***when you win, I win and everybody win their various endeavours and pursuits.***
Let's take this for instance, in a community where there is only one rich man who the people run to for assistance each day, the rich man in as much as he is wealthy enough, he will not be happy within him, I mean in his heart if he is sincere enough to tell himself the truth, because a lot of people are on his neck for assistance and help at any given time and season. He finds it so difficult to live freely and have his own time all because, a lot of responsibilities are on his shoulder to carry and take care off. No matter how you try to pretend about it, you can never be happy and at rest in such situation.
That was why ***John .C. Maxwell*** in his quote said; ***" working together precedes winning together. Collaboration is multiplication."***
You can not expect growth around you when you are the only one winning amongst your peers, friends and colleagues, when everybody around you does not find success around them but only you, it will be very difficult for you to enjoy that success if you have a good conscience in you. You will not feel satisfied when you are always winning and no other person is winning amongst your friends and folks.
But when you are winning and also helping others to win with you, definitely you are building for yourself that castle of ***inner joy, satisfaction of heart, happiness and growth***. When you carry everybody along and work as a team to achieve success, you will surely never regret your actions and efforts in making sure everyone gets winning.
The burial ceremony of a friend who lost his father I attended today thought me one lesson, about winning together, you could see how friends and families were with him cheering him up and consoling him to stay strong with every support they could send in, the burial ceremony was celebrated in a grand style because the young man that lost his father had friends whom he achieved success together with and they were absolutely represented with their presence, their moral supports and financial supports, had it been he was not able to carry everybody along during the period when he was striving to achieve success and eventually made success alone, surely, he would not have seen much people that will come to sympathise with him at his moment of grieve.
Start today to learn how to win with everybody around you, where ever you may find yourself today and tomorrow, never pray to always win alone, rather show much effort in making sure that everybody wins together and you can achieve that through supporting each other and allowing love to supersede all situations you may find yourself in.
***Thank you so much, Rafd******9828*** ***is my name🙏.***
You did not wake up today to be mediocre.
Good morning to you and I strongly believe that you are doing great this awesome morning. I am so glad to know that you are great.
As the day break with new opportunities and new experience to behold, we are faced with the responsibility to act and behave in a way that will add life and positive values to ourselves and to that person sitting right beside us. And you can not achieve that without first having the ability to set a good record about your behaviour, your attitude, your relationship with yourself and with your neighbors, etc. What this implies is, we are bound to think and do things that will not take us back to that path that will not allow us grow and follow the current happenings of today to achieve success and growth.
Living your life as a mediocre is one lifestyle that can never bring you to that part of success and growth, when you allow yourself to exist within the confines of the mediocrity, nothing ever will push your spirit to accept making effort to achieve greatness, your mentality and understanding totally will be different from others around you. You will find it difficult to align with modern ways of achieving a goal.
Your personal relationship with friends and families will be so hard to get along with, because your reasoning and that of theirs may not fit in and that will surely bring about misunderstanding, disagreements, etc
The world we live in is changing and getting modernized everyday by day through science and technology, and it's very appropriate that one should never allow himself or herself to be left in the past rather, join the moving wagon of change and new trends to experience life.
Being a mediocre can never allow your mind to focus and see opportunities that can change your life for good. Someone that is living in such lifestyle will not avail himself the opportunity to maximize any little opportunity that may be thrown at him. Since the inception of crypto and other online platforms that gives everyone an opportunity to strive, most people who are mediocre in mind and heart have never allowed themselves or avail themselves the opportunity to join in this great financial breakthrough platforms to be financially free from poverty, they have given deaf ears even when you happen to tell them the need to try joining these online platforms that will change their lives for good.
Even when you try to enlighten them about new opportunities, they see you as someone that is not ready to make so much effort and struggle hard to make ends meet, forgetting that when one is not Informed with the recent happenings and trending things, the person will not be aware of what is going on around him in the world.
A Mediocre is someone who does not see any good around him or her, he or she dwell all his or her energy on negative vibes, complain, regrets, jealousy, envy negative thinking and all the bad feelings one could ever get that does not help or contribute positive energy to life. Every step he makes comes with negative result and backwardness. His or her mindset still revolves in the old way of living.
The best form of life one can ever imagine is living a life of positive mindset, thinking and staying in tune with the current and new trends, availing himself that great opportunity to make a meaning out of his life, making use of the opportunity before him to actually make an impact positively. You don't need to wake up everyday of your life with the feeling that can not attract success, greatness and favour to your life, you should always make it a point of duty and as an obligation you owe yourself to stay with right mind and attitudes towards yourself and people around you.
***Thanks for reading my article 🙏 Rafd9828***
Don’t mind me while I drink my tea
I just want to start today with a topic that really sound awkward but really passes a message of great value to you and I.
Yes *"don't mind me while I drink my tea"* was the comment I heard my boss in the office said to his secretary as I was coming to tender my morning report in his office. After I left his office, I went back to my desk and began to read meaning to the comment my boss made to his secretary. And something came to my mind and that is what I want to share with you today.
Most times we see a lot of people that put their eyes and mind to things that does not concern them, or relate to them in any way, maybe because you feel you are in the position to speak or comment to a particular issues, or you have access and the opportunity to be where things are happening and you feel you have the right to concern yourself to such issues or matters.
Why a lot of people find themselves in bad situations that they never thought they would be at times, maybe because they pried in affairs that does not concern them, they involve themselves, families to issues that never matters to them but others, and when such issues escalate to serious problems, it will affect them and their families.
You could also experience such case at your work places, amongst friends and folks, it's some people like to concern themselves to things that were meant for others, they don't like minding theirs own businesses, they feel they have right to say things to you any time they feel like, they don't want to know if what they are saying or their presence and contributions are needed at that particular moment, they just take decision and invite themselves to matters that didn't concern them.
At times people with this kind of lifestyle that try to put their mouth to any issue that concerns others which comes their way, they like to make their own contributions and statements count in your life and thereby making your own words and contributions less important. They make every effort to find fault in the way you talk, it extends to the way you eat, dress, even to the way you do things, they will like to take control of all your matters and dictates for you.
It's does not cost you anything to mind your own business and concentrate to issues that concerns you, it will not kill you if you try to stay in your own lane and focus on your own personal challenges and troubles. Why should you give your whole energy to things that does not concern you? Why should you feel it's your right to dictate what happens in another person's life? Why should you try to control another's pattern of living and running his or her family, business and programs?
Learning how to focus your energy and mind to issues that concerns you is another way of living a healthy life that can bring progress and success to you if you follow the path diligently.
You may try to focus your energy to other person's issues and you end up running out of control with your own problems. Minding your own business can create effective productivity to any establishment you find yourself. In as much as it's good to be your brother's keeper, It's also encouraged and advised that you don't allow yourself to take control of another person's life, mode of living and way of doing things.
Learn to channel every energy you have to living your own life and destiny, you can only advice when necessary but you can't enforce your own decisions to that person sitting next to you.
I may be correct or not with the answers I got from the deep thought I had over the statement my boss made today, but what ever be your own understanding to his statement, let's try to mind our business in anything we do in life. Don't pry in another person's life or way of doing things.
Live your own life, stay positive and focused .
***Have a great day, from Rafd******9828******....***
I have found her!
The feeling of love is something so special and beautiful. It doesn't matter how long it took you to find it in your heart but when you eventually find it, you will surely never remain the same ever after. I was thinking that I would not find someone that will open my closed eyes once again to see the beautiful pictures that comes with love. I thought I was long gone into loneliness and lost because I was heartbroken by someone that I so much loved with all that was in me, the feeling of the past hurt and heartbreak was so overwhelming that I couldn't find myself and my heart ready to go into another love again. In fact, my heart and my emotions were robbed away from me, my whole self was shot down and locked with the keys thrown into the darkest pit of sadness, pain, agony and depression.
For some months, I thought I was going crazy, nothing seem to be working for me any longer because of the condition my heart and state of mind were in at that period. Everything and everybody that comes close to me could not help me to live again, I gave all within me to depression, loneliness, and sadness.
I almost lost my job because I was not coming to work regularly, I was not serious with my job any longer, my director at work would call my mobile line and I will not pick his calls nor even return his phone calls or messages. I locked myself indoors and was not talking to anybody, I couldn't take care of myself nor even eat well again.
My world was torn apart because of the effect of the heartbreak. You may not understand the feelings as I am talking right now, if only you have seen yourself in my state of condition and have experienced heartbreak from someone you truly and sincerely love and was ready to give in your life for. Those moments, days, months were so horrible for me that I couldn't concentrate at all to do anything with my life.
A day came that I decided to try stepping out from my shell of depression, sadness, pain and loneliness, there I met her for the first time. With her beautiful and amazing smiles I couldn't hold myself back from returning a smile to her and the next thing I hear was, ***hello, you really look worried, can I be of help dear friend?.***
At first I pretended that I didn't hear her or maybe she was talking to another person sitting next to me, she came close, tapped my shoulder and repeated the same statement to me the second time, I couldn't but respond back to her with a ***hello***, she smiled to me and said, ***I know you are disturbed of something, I could feel it in my bones and if you don't mind can you tell me what's going on with you?***
I was silent for few seconds and then took a deep breath and replied her question with, ***what's your name?*** She said ***light!***. I was surprised and confused because of the name I got from her, ***you mean light?*** She said ***yes my name is light***. After she said her name, I told her that I am not really in a good mood to share my sad story and that she does not want to hear my story, she replied to me and said, ***I am all ears, tell me about it my good friend.***
I started narrating my ordeal to her and after long discussions with her, she said nothing and left, she didn't alter a word to me as she was living, that move she displayed got me so worried about her and I was eager to know why she left without a word to me and who she was.
After some days, because I was so disturbed by her action, I decided to look for her to know where she is from, and to know more about her. After so many hours of searching for her, finally I met her and she told me her reasons for living the previous day without a word, after that day, I started to feel different about myself and my feeling for her started growing, I began to love her company around me, before I could understand what was going on, I invited her for a lunch date, from there I started falling in love with her again and everything started changing for me.
Right now I am so happy again for yet another opportunity I have myself to feel love and be loved again. I never thought I was going to experience love again after my last encounter with love and relationship with my ex.
She has opened my eyes again so I can see through her heart that love do exist, she has brought back that lost hope, happiness, lost feelings and every beautiful things that meant well for two hearts in love. I was able to live again and take my life back.
Let me give you one piece of advice dear friend reading this article, ***no matter what you pass through, the only person that need to change your present condition and state of mind is no other person but you, I mean you!*** If I didnt give myself another opportunity by stepping out from my depression and hurt shell, maybe I would not have found her. I am so glad I found her and this time I will do my best to keep her and grow old with her till the end of time.
***Thanks for reading my article 🙏 Rafd9828***
***This is my story, it's a true life event.....***
The strength of your faith
I am so happy today to discuss this topic with you that captioned ****The strength of your faith****, I believe you went to church today to hear the word of God and received his blessings for those of us that are Christians for the new week that we have entered. Well, I bless you and pray that your new week shall be filled with success, open doors and all that comes with goodness.
I will start with these questions, how much is the strength of your faith?
How do you qualify the level of your faith when it comes to having trust and faith in God?
Often time people tend to believe that the level of faith to receive a blessing from God is ***measured by the much effort of diligence, committment to the things of God, how serious you ever be with the things that concerns God, some people may even believe it's by the amount of self rightousness you try to make your self get to with the things of God, while some people may think it's by the level of their worship, prayers and even their relationship with God***. All of these factors maybe misunderstood and misinterpreted by these set of people who actually think that the level of one's faith can be measured by these factors highlighted above.
Even John the Baptist was among these set of people that believed that, for one to say that his faith is ever strong in God, that person must live it out through his way of life, the level of his commitment to things that concerns God must be of high standard, the person's character must be seen with uprightness and never to be seen with evil persons and things around. That was why the disciples of John the Baptist were seen fasting and praying almost everyday of their lives, they were seen as people that were upright and never to be seen eating and dinning with sinners.
But when Christ came to the world, his ways and how he was going about preaching the word of God were totally different from the ideology and teachings of John the Baptist and his disciples. John the Baptist believed that for you to receive any thing from God, your faith must be as big as the oceans and seas before you can be able to have an answered prayer, but as Christ was going about doing his work, he did the opposite of what John the baptist was expecting him as the expected Messiah. Jesus Christ went ahead doing good, preaching and dinning with the sinners, he became friends with both the Jews and the gentiles, Christ never dwelled much about the method of praying and fasting, he never followed the pattern and method of John the Baptist, Christ became friends with the worst sinners like the Mary Magdalene, Zacchaeus the tax collector, etc. When John the baptist saw what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask Christ if he was the Messiah the scriptures foretold or should they expect another, his reasons were because Christ was actually not acting the way he expected, he expected Christ to be extremist and more serious with the laws and commandments of God, and he expected Christ to use strong hands more than him to teach the gentiles and the Jews the laws and command which himself John the Baptist was not able to do.
But Christ explained what one's level of faith should be like in the life of the woman with an issue of blood, also in the life of the centurion man(army commander) through the level of faith they showed to Christ. The woman with the issue of blood even in the midst of crowd that came to see Christ, she managed to touch the hem of Christ's garment and her little faith healed her of her sickness. The same level of faith happened in the life of the centurion, when he called Christ as he entered Capernaum that his servant was sick, Christ wanted to go with him to his house, he refused and told Christ to say only a word, his servant at home will be healed and when Christ did as he said, his servant was healed.
These two examples I mentioned right now are the strength of faith Christ is talking about, and it's the same level of faith I want to you to have in you. You don't need a house filled with faith for you to receive answers from God, you don't need to be so holy and fast your life all day all because you want your faith to be strong enough so that God can be close to you and hear your voice when ever you beckon on him.
All you need is that same amount of faith been displayed by these two persons that had encounter with Christ, all you need is to stay with Christ and learn his ways and don't be so fanatic about it. Christ ways are simple and easy to follow if only you can trust in him totally and your faith being little as mustard seed, surely you will move mountains.
I believe strongly that I have made some points that you can learn from today. ***Thanks for reading my article 🙏 Rafd9828***
You need wings to fly.
Life they say is a lesson, the experience we gain everyday of our lives is what teaches us how to survive and how to live with our fellow neighbor. Nothing is so special, nothing is so new about life, what we see in life today is a repetation of what has happened before when we were not yet conceived.
No one has ever existed in life all alone and no one has ever lived to be above everyone except God the creator of universe. You may want to claim that you have all within your reach at beck and call due to the power and wealth you control, but without people that work and serve you, you may not have all that you ever wanted even with your wealth and power is in your hands.
No one can achieve success all by himself without the help of someone standing next to him, you may have all the strength, brain to think out good ideas and solutions to problems, but without that person standing next to you to assist you with his own knowledge, you will end up not being successful with your pursuit. This is what we see everyday of our existence on earth. It's not in your hands alone to achieve that success, you may try on your own to get through that difficult path all by yourself but because you are all alone, it will be very difficult for you to make that desired positive impact and success without someone standing at the top to give you a supportive hands for you to cross over to that successful end. Without words of encouragement from people that care about you, friends and families, without that constant research and studying of other people's works, reading stories, listening to advices and people's experiences through books and other study channels available to you, you will surely not get that desirable success you may be looking for.
In a field of play where two football teams meet one another to fix a football match competition, individual displaying of skills and playing to win alone during competition can not help a team to win a match, except they come together as a team and play with coordination and togetherness, that's when they can be able to win their football match competition.
This can also be seen in a company that makes use of man power as it's labour force to actualise company's goals and objectives. Without division of labour in the company, the success of the company is unachievable, but when there is joint force and cooperation amongst the different units that make up a company, surely there will be a productive result and success. The success of a person or an organisation is not dependent on self abilities and strength, rather on the strength of each other, that's why you need wings to fly.
Just like the eagle that fly high above the sky, without the strong wings spreading so wide and swinging at its best, the eagle will not get to it's best height to conquer and see where it's prey may be hiding.
As someone that is pursuing success and greatness in life, You don't need the wings of bird like the eagles to achieve your dreams but these wings of;
***FOCUS.***
***TOGETHERNESS.***
***TOLERANCE.***
***PERSEVERANCE.***
***TEAMWORK.***
***STEADFASTNESS.***
***HARD-WORK.***
***COOPERATION.***
***COURAGE.***
***DETERMINATION.***
***LOVE.***
All these and many more are the the wings you need to make your dream come true. When you apply these words to your life and in your daily hustle and living, I tell you my dear friend reading this great piece of information that you are going to fly above your limits and achieve all your dreams.
Don't feel you can survive and make a difference in life without your neighbor, just like the eagle can't fly without it's wings, so is you my friend reading this article can't make a positive difference without your neighbor. You surely need me and I also need you too to fly.
***Thanks and have a pleasant weekend... Rafd9828 loves you.***
The functional mind!
The mind of a man is the power source that makes him what he is today and what he is likely going to be tomorrow and in the nearest future to come. The mind stands as the decision room in human life where every self-discussions, self-arguments and self-decisions are been taken when a man wants to make a step to a particular journey in his life. The step that determines man's success and failures starts from the mind. That is why it is important to take a careful thought, proper check and scrutinize your decisions of mind before embarking on any journey you may have agreed in your heart to make as choice.
Do you know that a functional mind is one that can carefully examine his thought, decisions of mind and self-examination of consciences before acting up on it?
Do you know that a functional mind is that mind that can stand and accept what ever outcome or result the decisions he made brings to his table at the end of the day whether good or bad?
Do you also know that a functional mind can create an alternative way for solution in the midst of problems?
Do you know a functional mind has the ability to adapt to different conditions of life?
Do you know a functional mind has the capability to plan and see what the future may look like through the decision the mind may take today?
Do you also know that a functional mind can achieve anything whatsoever in life so long as the mind can constantly function and strategies in that direction of plan?
All of these and many more can be found inside a functional mind, human mind is so designed in such a way that it can create something out of nothing in his or her mind. It also have the ability to destroy what ever castle you have built in your life to ground zero if you don't make use of the good resources it sends to your brain, and that's the reason why you can see someone who lost his mind, lose control and lost grip of himself starts to misbehave and go out of track to destroy all that he or she has built for years.
For instance, some months ago, the cryptocurrencies market flow was totally on a downside with so much losses, and because of that, a lot of people lost so much money and assets, those that do not have the mind to withstand the negative effect of the market loss lost out totally by selling off their remaining assets out of fear of liquidity, while some other persons because of the negative effect of the market flow went into psychological and emotional trauma due to the huge amount of losses they have incurred upon themselves. And some other persons who had strong mind and heart encouraged themselves, stayed focused and proffered alternative ways to support themselves during those period of bad market flows.
This is exactly what a functional mind can do to a man who seem confused over a particular issue. It's only a functional mind that have the ability to take the right decision to make a change that can effect life positively. The functional mind is in every human being and it's only you that have the power to put it on to work effectively and efficiently for you. One may claim I have the ability to take risk and bear all the effects that may arise, but if you have not had a total decision within yourself and the mind to take the risk and bear the consequences that may follow your decision, then your functional mind is not at work in you.
To have a functional mind is to be brave enough to take decision and act upon it.
To have a functional mind is to stay alert and goal oriented minded.
To have a functional heart is to live without fear or failure.
To have a functional mind is to stay focused and never let negative effect change your mind.
To have a functional mind is to always see light through that tiny hole in the dark and make use of the opportunity to great a positive difference.
To have a functional mind is to always stay positive and never give in to negativism.
And finally, it's only when you have the functional mind that you can succeed and progress in life, even though you may be facing challenges during these period of applying the positive decisions of your mind to achieve a goal in life, don't give up on yourself yet, keep being positive and trust the decisions your mind is offering you, soon you will get the result you have been looking for.
***I wish you a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for coming by to read my article🙏 Rafd******9828******.***
Be charitable no matter what!
Well, I will like to start with what my mother usually say to me each time we are having a mother and child talk. My mother will always say to me, my child! ***Always do good to people anywhere you find yourself***. And ever since I started knowing what is good from wrong, I have never stopped remembering and repeating those words my mother told me in my heart up till this moment you are reading my article dear friend.
I believe that being charitable to people is another way of serving humanity and projecting peace, togetherness and love amongst ourselves and the world entirely. It does not matter where you are from, your tribe, your religion or your ethnic differences, all of these factors does not matter and not important when it comes to charity. No matter how small you think you have and can give out, no matter the countenance you may receive from the person you are being charitable to, whether good or bad response you get from that person you are being good to, do not hesitate to continue being charitable and do not turn off that spirit of giving in you.
I want to share with you my personal experience that happened some days ago, the experience and response I got from someone I wanted to assist as a result of the way I saw him appear as he came to work for me.
I needed to repair my beloved mother's shoe that got spoiled, so I saw one shoe mender that was crossing my gate, so I beckon on him to come and do a repair work for me, as he came close, I noticed he was so dirty, the cloth he was wearing was not in good form, so worn out with so many torn parts, I could sense he has not taken his bath for days because of the way he was smelling and looking. I couldn't hold my breathe and my heart was bleeding in tears and pity towards this young boy that I called to work for me.
After repairing the shoe, I felt compassionate for him and the way he was looking, as he finished his job, I paid him above what we bargained for, then as he wanted to leave my place, I called him back and asked him if he can accept some cloths from me, he gladly said yes. I went inside my house and selected few cloths that are good which I was still using so he can take them and change the worn out cloths he was wearing. When I came out and gave him the cloths, he said thank you and was so happy that I gave him some cloths, out of pity I appealed to him to come inside and use the visitor's convince room and have his bath since he was so dirty and the weather was so hot and sunny, he obliged and said he was coming.
I went inside my house to get my phone as someone was calling me, as I finished answering the call, I heard someone's voice outside calling sir!, I came out to know who was that, I was shocked to see the young boy returning the cloths to me and said he is not taking them, and also he is not interested in taking his bath either, he quickly left and never looked back. I was asking him what really happened? he didn't want to answer me and he left at once.
I started wondering what could make him to reject the good deeds I offered to him. I was confused and didn't know what to say at that moment. When my mother came back from where she went to, I narrated the ordeal to her, after narrating my story, she replied and said;
***My son, you know in this life there are different strokes for different folks, for him to turn down your helping hand and good deeds does not mean another person will also turn your helping hand down, it does not mean your gift is bad or what you are trying to do for him is bad either, but you know as the situation of things are in this country and in the world where we live in, I can tell you that maybe he is afraid and trying to be safe and protect his life, maybe his reason for rejecting your helping hand could be because of how insecure the country is, or maybe because of the stories we hear of late about of how people are used for money rituals, serial killings, kidnap and disappearance of people, etc through gifts and arms giving. These could be his reasons for rejecting the gift and the offer you made to him.***
***But don't change your heart from doing good any little moment you see an opportunity to, quite alright the days are evil but we can not because of that change from being good to bad. Even when you try to be good to people, don't expect to receive good back or expect to be treated the same way you did to people, when you are doing good, have it at the back of your mind that you are already sending positive signals to the minds of the people who see you, even to that person that rejects your good deeds today, one day he or she will remember your kindness you offered to him or her and feel remorseful for not accepting it and would want to try being kind to another.***
After the discussion with my mother, instead of being sad over what happened, I became happy and increased my charitable spirit. I have promised myself that I will never ever give up in giving and sharing love to those that I am better off and even to those that are also better than me. For through giving, we share love, peace, togetherness and harmony amongst us.
***Have a great day.... Rafd******9828*** ***loves you.***
You do have a talent.
We are gifted with so many talents individually by our creator, and this talents is what makes us so unique, different from each other and very special from each other. This talent that is given to us has been with us right from the day we stepped our feet into the world. There are different gift of talents which are installed in man for exploration and use. To some people that saw theirs in time, used it for good while some people that didn't see theirs in time allowed it to waste without using it to achieve a goal or success during their time on earth. On the other hand, some people don't even know that they have any gift of talent in them and will never accept that they were gifted with any talent even when you see an atom of their gift been displayed through their character and the way they handle situations and solve issues that come their way.
Whether it's something they want to believe about or not, the fact still remains that everyone God created has something so special and unique embedded in them as talent which they need to find out and make use of. That is why in the western part of the world, when a child is been born, the parents take proper close watch over him or her to actually know what type of talent that child is been born with, if the child likes drawing with anything that he or she sees or holds, the parents will gradually channel the child interest towards drawing and becoming a fine artist or art painter, same thing goes to a child that likes dancing to any music or song that comes close to his or her hearing, once the parents notice such unique moves, they will try their best to channel their child's interest to dancing classes and training schools so that the child can harness the talent for positive use.
You may have also seen where a child loves listening to music, playing an instrument, trying to repair and fix broken toys and any other gadgets that are broken in the house, once the parents notice such character from their child, you see them swing into action to make such talent come true. There are so many instances of special characters that are found with children that when you guide and help them positively they will become useful with it in their lives in future.
When I was growing up, I noticed I loved drawing as little as I was even with anything I see, I remembered I started with drawing on the ground filled with sand, from there, I made use of writing slate and chalk to draw cup, pot, book and the rest of things I was able to draw that time. I graduated from using writing slate and chalk and started using pencil and papers to draw in school and when I come back from school, my class and lesson books were filed with different kinds of drawings and cartoon drawings. At times my mother will shout at me and even flog me yet I will continue to draw.
I remembered one fateful day when my grandmother came visiting, she was sitting on a chair in the sitting room, I started sketching her and before I knew it, I finished sketching her and everybody at home got surprised that I was able to sketch her, although the potrait was not that good but my parents and siblings were proud of me, so from there, I got encouraged and the courage to continue drawing and making some sketches.
I stopped sketching when I got admission to study in the polytechnic institute, where I studied a different course from the talent I had, after graduating, I noticed I was not actually happy within me because of the course I graduated with. One early morning, I brought out my convocation pictures and tried sketching it, and to my greatest surprise, I did a perfect job with it, I posted it on Facebook and people started liking it and contracted me to do pencil sketched potrait for them, and boom! That was how I began to sketch images for some people and deliver the jobs to them.
Gradually, I started doing some imaginary and non-imaginary art works, charcoal painting and other artworks for people. Since I love drawing and fashion so much, I developed a means to add it to fashion, where I draw some designs for some tailors and with fabric materials and after drawing, the cloth comes out the same way I sketched it, I combined the fashion and artworks together and that was how my name ***RAFD9828*** came to existance. Rafd means( ***Ricky's Art and Fashion Designs***).
Today I am so happy that I followed my talent regardless that I didn't harness it with educational qualification, yet I was able to locate it and developed myself in it, I am still growing and developing the talent, my brand name and the business the talent has put me into, soon I will get there and be fully satisfied.
***These are some of my pencil sketched artworks;***
So you see, I tell you this with full conviction that you can make your dream come through if you follow your talent to actualise your dreams. We all have that special gift in form of talent that we need to find out, work with and develop our lives with so that our future will be fulfilling and happy ever after. Go back and ask yourself this important question;
***What is that specific thing that I loved doing when I was a little child?***,
I bet you, you will be surprised what you will find out, and if you can summon the courage to develop what you have found out, you will be happy after and thank me later.
***Rafd9828 cares so much about you. Thank you so much for reading my article today.***
Now is the time!
*Oh my dearest one, have you finally accepted to let go of your worries and troubles?, have you woken up from your slumber, sadness from your past hurt and broken heart and start finding that peace of heart and mind?, have you decided to live again once more after years of living in the dark and all alone? Today is a new day for all the happiest moment you have wished and prayed for to come as you wake up this morning from your yesterday's bed of unhappiness, loneliness, pain and sorrow to begin to live, smile again and march with me in this new month of greatness and blessings that this month of march comes with.*
According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, he said;
***"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air."***
I am also joining my voice with him to tell you this great new day of ***1st march, 2022*** that it's time for you to start living your life and doing things that makes you happy, it's time for you to drop all those worries that have kept you in the dark and prevented you from seeing the light across the road where you supposed to follow to reach your final destination.
Now is the time to clean up that past hurt you have been keeping in your heart since the beginning of this year, is time now for you to say to yourself I am sorry for stucking my heart with hate, grudge and pain of heartbreak, restricted my whole self from moving forward and trying to live again all these time.
Now is the time to march with the month of march to pursue success, greatness, good things of life and anything that makes life meaningful, now is the time to make that bold step with this new month of march to achieve your dreams and take control of yourself again.
Now is the time to stand with your loved ones and fight against that forces that will shake the peace and harmony you have built in your relationship for years. It's time to live above your challenges, it's time to stand very tall with your loved ones over all the bad and negative vibes that may come into your lives to pull you down and create disunity amongst yourselves. Now is the time to live in solidarity with your neighbors holding so strong with your neighbors to ward off the enemies that have come to terrorising your neighborhood, ***just like the people of Ukraine who have joined their spirit and hands together to protect their lives and country from the Russian invaders.***
Now is the time for you to stop the intimidation your co-worker at the office is giving your whole self and making you not to feel free to give in your best for the company, now is the time to ignore his or her antiques and mind games and make your voice heard and your contributions known in your office. Now is the time to go for that promotion in your workplace that you have yearned for so long. Now is the time to prove yourself that you are the best amongst your colleagues at your work place.
Now is the time to make yourself happy and strong again, you have been torn apart and separated from the things you so much love to do and be happy with, now is the time to go look for those things that makes you happy, fulfilled each moment of your life, now is the time to look for those things you have passion for.
Now is the time to say I am ready both in spirit and in truth, this is the moment of your new beginning and your moment of let go of the past. *Now is the time for you to live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.*
Let us all take this golden opportunity that this new month of march has given us and try to live happy, stay positive and open our hearts to embrace love amongst us, give peace a chance in our minds and hearts and above all, stay safe and be our brother's keeper in this month of march.
**I am wishing everyone of us a prosperous new month!**
***Thank you so much for coming by to read my article 🙏 Rafd9828***
Fear!
Before I start this article, I want to use this moment to actually say a very big thank you to ***read.cash*** for being kind enough to still show me some love through the ***randomrewarder*** tips so far even when I am not active, thank you so much. And to you my fellow writers who have been doing their best to inform the world through this medium, I want to say a very big thank you to you as well and encourage us all to keep doing our best to project good and positive information that will change the world for good.
Let me come back to the topic of my article that captioned ***fear***.
I have taken my time to do a proper study about this word called *fear* and it's positive and negative benefits to human life. What most people believe about fear in life is not something good or pleasant, they have taken fear as something that comes with failure, sadness, pain and anything that can bring negative result when entertained or allowed to exist in one's mind or heart when trying to achieve a goal. One may also attach the existance of fear in one's mind as a devil's messenger or as an evil spirit that have come to change one's ability from grabbing an opportunity before him that can change one's life for good, or preventing one from making right choices and taking bold steps towards achieving success in life. All of these and many reasons why most people see fear as a negative phenomenon in man's life are abound.
Have you also considered reasoning beyond the negative attachment most people have attributed fear as in human life, and try to also see fear in the positive direction to man?
I may be sounding weird and not actually making sense to you with what I just said right now, but if you will calm down and continue reading my article till the end, you may have a rethink and understand me more better.
According to ***George Addair***, he said something about fear that struck my mind, he said; ***"everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."***
When I saw what he said about fear, my mindset and view about fear changed, you may think that fear is only for bad and negative benefits in human life, but I want to also tell you that fear can also be something so positive and helpful to man.
In a situation where armed robbers were robbing a bank and you are about going to the same bank to make some transactions without knowing what was happening, then you got a call from a friend telling you about the ongoing robbery incident happening at the same bank you have finished preparing yourself to go to, would you now say because I am not afraid and nothing will happen to you, you now go to the bank when the robbery is still on, or would you stay back in your house due to fear of getting killed or hurt by the arm robbers that are attacking the bank and for your own safety?
In another instance, a situation where you are told not to invest in a business you do not have any idea about the business and how it works, that there is this fear that the company is likely to liquidate any moment, and after hearing such information from your friend, you heed to your friend's advice who was afraid that the company may close up if he allows you to invest your money in the company, and after everything the company finally liquidates. Would you not appreciate your friend for giving you that piece of advice to save you from losing your money?, and would your friend not appreciate that voice of fear that kept on telling him not to invest his money to that company because of his fear that the company might liquidate at any moment?.
The same way will the woman that stayed back in her house out of fear as she heard about the robbery incident that was going on at the bank she was supposed to go to that morning be happy that she heed to the voice of fear that came calling to her ears when she received the information from her friend.
Sincerely speaking, fear can benefit one in a positive and negative way. Whether we want to accept the truth or not, being fearless in life in all things can lead one to danger if one does not take proper care. Most strong people you may have heard that died in their life time, may have died because they were fearless and never thought in their heart to heed to that voice of fear that always speak to them to stop at a point and retreat.
There is this popular saying that goes like this ***"he that fights and run, live to fight tomorrow"***
I have come to understand that fear and its benefits are not solely to the negative effect to man, you can also use fear to your own advantage to be safe and be alive. As you ponder on this article today, always remember that everything you have ever wanted is on the other side of fear. The other side may be the negative side or the positive side. Everything is in your hands to make the right decision.
***Thank you so much for your time. 🙏Rafd******9828***
It does not matter how slowly you go.
The lessons of life we learn each passing day comes from the experience we get each passing second of our time on earth. The moment we sleep and wake up each morning, we are assured of a new experience in our lives. We are either closer to reaching our final destination to success or to our final destination to failure in life whether we like it or not. That's why when each day breaks, we make one step forward to getting close to our last days on earth.
So as we are closing up to our last days on earth, there is still one important factor that comes with life that we should not take for granted when we are living our remaining days on earth. This important factor I am talking about is what I call ****time****.
Time is one important factor that stays so close to man during life journey, the time is permanently there ticking each second and counting minutes and hours for man to see and make proper use of his moment while living on earth.
The question now is;
***How do you measure up with your time to things you want to achieve in life?***
Most people have misunderstood the importance of time, they have misunderstood the importance of waiting for their own time to meet their greatness and following their time to achieve what ever dream they have in their lives. They have failed to walk through that path of patience, endurance, taking life easy, and they have failed also to take one step at a time in their pursuit to greatness and greener pastures in their lives.
That's why we read today from the internet, hear on the radio/television stations and read from the newspaper of horrible news of how young men and women of these days indulge in different kinds of crimes and ritual killings all in a bit to make it fast in life, they throw away the moral standard of living all because they want to run faster than their own time and have the best of things life and money can get before their time. They forget that life is all about living right and waiting patiently for your own time of success to come to you. Some have blocked their ears, covered their eyes and harden their hearts and consciences from having human feelings, sympathy and fear of God on people and towards the dirty kind of life they live all in the name of getting rich today and die young tomorrow.
When some of them who managed to succeed through their evil and dubious means showcases their ill-gotten wealth to the public, some people that have been genuinely hustling and patiently waiting for their own time to come may begins to feel intimidated and sad, and immediately start seeing all the efforts they have been putting in their struggle as a waste of time and energy.
Now listen to me, you that is reading this article right now, you that is feeling you have been wasting your time waiting patiently for your own time of success to come and yet your hustle never paid you, just relax your mind ok and try to read this I am about to tell you now.
The road to success is so not easy that's if you want to make it through the right way. Listen, It does not matter how slowly you go in life when you are looking for greener pastures and trying to make it in life, as long as you do not stop, definitely you will get there. No time that one used in achieving success is said to be late in life, so long as you are patient enough and follow the right way to achieve that success, at the end joy and satisfaction of heart will overwhelm your whole self and you will forget that you ever passed through pains and challenges before achieving success in your life.
I always say that it's not an idea for you to stop walking on that path of greatness when challenges and troubles come knocking on your door, keep pushing and never stop grinding until your success time ticks and finally click.
***Thank you so much for reading my article 🙏 and have a pleasant weekend, Rafd******9828***
Real love is worth a risk, be brave.
I know this period is a time where so many people are faced with lots of challenges both in their families, busineses, personal lives challenges, even from what has been happening around the world today. And in all of these challenges facing all of us, we still have people we care about, love and want to please with all we have just to make them happy and feel loved.
It is not out of place for one to risk all the options within his or her reach to make that person who is so special to his or her heart feel happy, comfortable and loved. Finding someone that can totally connect with you in love without having any second thought about your looks, character, your personality, or even how you feel about him or her and still do all with his or her reach to prove to you that burning fire of undying love towards you should not be taken for granted when you have the opportunity to meet such a person in life.
Most people in life have never had the opportunity of meeting that person that will offer themselves, time and energy just to show how much they meant to them, some have prayed fervently to experience just once what it means to love and be loved yet, they have never had a chance to live and experience that all through their life. To some people, they have been experiencing so much sacrifices and love been shown to them from that person that truly love them and care for them without complaining, yet they feel so entitled for what they receive from that person showing them so much love and sacrifice, even when they have the privilege to meet someone who professes undying love towards them, they still don't appreciate such privileges, they feel it's so easy to find love and meet that person that will love them without stress. They refuse to appreciate and show their own sacrifice back to this same person that have proofing his or her undying love towards them.
I have seen where a lady who is madly in love with her spouse goes extra mile to disagree and disobey her parent's orders just because of love, I have also seen where a man will deprive himself that opportunity of buying or getting what he wants in his life just because of the love he feels for that special woman in his life. I have also seen where people do crazy stuffs and stand with each other when they are caught and when you ask them what they did, they will tell you that it was because of love that made them committed the crime. I am not advocating and encouraging lovers to commit crimes that will put them in jail all because of love and trying to be brave for love, but what I am saying is this, when you find yourself with that special person that compliments your heart, body and soul, do all you can to show them how much they meant to your heart, show them how special they are to you, and do all you can to prove to them that you can go extra mile to prove your love for them.
Looking at what is going on around the world today most especially the raging war between Russia and Ukraine, the love that most Ukrainians have for their country made them to come out irrespective of the outrageous military forces and might Russian government have displayed to the world and the bombardment of the Ukraine cities, still these young men who have not had any military training for one day volunteer themselves out to carry guns to defend their country and her territory. This act displayed by these courageous men and women is a sign that shows how much they love their country and their families living in the country. Risking their lives for the love they have for their families and country is what I call bravery.
And as the rest of the world today is praying for peace to reign between the two countries, let's also show our true love by saying no to war and do all we can to give peace a chance all around the world.
***Thanks for coming by to read my article 🙏 Rafd9828***
Life can get boring after being married for a long time.
The life one experience during marriage is something one should be worried about and never take for granted, the moment both parties come together in marriage to live as one body in love and togetherness, the period of child bearing, training of children and taking care of the home and making sure everything in the family goes well may take your whole time and life and make you forget to take good care of your own personal life and also prevent you from catching your own fun even with your partner.
You may find it so difficult to handle and comprehend when you enter a marriage relationship with your partner without having a serious and proper plans on how to go about with your own personal life and that of your family responsibilities and challenges when children starts coming into your love lives with your partner in future. This particular issue affects both parties in the marriage relationship.
For instance, when the role and daily routine duties of a woman in marriage relationship are to wake up early, prepare breakfast for the family, make sure that the children gets up from bed, helps them take their bath and prepare them for school, at times takes them for early morning school runs to catch their school bus that comes to pick their children to school, goes back to the house to clean up the house and prepare herself to go out for the day's activities, during the time she goes out for her day's activities, when time to pick the children from school approaches, she runs back to pick the children from the school bus dropping point back to the house and give them their lunch, stays with them, helps them to solve their take home assignments their teachers gave them at school till evening when she will prepare dinner for the whole family to eat, and at night she prepares the children for sleep, read bed time stories to them until they go to sleep. After doing all these routine duties each passing day of her marriage life, The effect of these may throw her mind away from trying to find new experiences and ideas that can ignite fun and love back in her mind, in her love life with her husband if care is not taken, all her attention is channelled to her children and the home. This eventually can bring boredom, lack of affection and love passion, loss of sweet taste of love feelings and love memories in the mind of this woman faced with this type of life situation.
Coming to the man of the house, when his daily routine duties are to go out every morning weather rain or sunshine to work and look for money so the family can eat and have all the best of life money can get. He barely remembers to think more about his love life and feeling with his wife, all he can think of is to make money so that the bills in the house can be taken care off. When he gets back from work at night, he gets so tired and have little time to check up on the children and the wife he left at home to go to work in the morning, after spending little or no time with the family, he goes back to his room, have his shower and sleeps off due to tiredness. The next day he repeats same routine without knowing it, after a while, you see the man getting attached more to the routine duties and his responsibilities to his family and forgetting to find a way to ignite his love life with his wife and trying to explore new ideas and experiences that can bring back beautiful memories, love and affections to their marriage, and if care is not taken, he begins to feel bored, tired and lose the love, affection taste and the purpose of being together.
Other factors that can contribute boredom after being married for a long time maybe, ***family issues, misunderstanding, constant quarrel and fighting, inability of the both parties to find ways to handle issues and challenges when they come knocking at their doorstep, inability of both parties to forgive each other when being offended and not being able to explore new ideas and experiences that can lighten up their marriage relationships, feelings and love.***
It's very important that you come together as two persons who promised each other of undying, unconditional love and togetherness to find a way to make the love you have for each other in your marriage not to die because of family issues, child bearing or other challenges that may arise during the period of your marriage life.
It's also important that you(couples) make out time to go for vacations, create time for yourself more and try to build your cracked walls of love due to family issues on time to avoid loss of interest in the things that makes your marriage strong.
And finally find a way around your challenges to always uphold each other's love and affection so high above your worries and challenges in your marriage life. And if you can be able to do some of these things I mentioned as a solution to having a fun-filled life in your marriages, surely you will never ever feel bored in your marriage lives **for** a long period of time.
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Can you hear yourself?, Your attitude speaks ill of you!
You have been treating me like trash, you have failed to give me that respect I truly deserve from you, there is nothing that I do that makes you happy, every time we have discussion it must surely end with quarrel, I have done everything I know I can to make you have little respect for me and control the way you talk to me, yet you don't seem to find a way to deal with this your constant abuse you always give to me each time we have little misunderstanding and argument.
Can't we talk and act like two mature adults we are?
Must you always see me as your rival each time we are having a discussion or deliberating on issues that concerns us?
I must confess that I am so fade up with this constant irritating and disgusting attitude of yours you always throw at me, I am so tired of it please. I must advise you my dear, if we continue with this lifestyle in this our relationship, I bet you we will end up not making any good head way at all.
This little drama you read now was what happened today between my neighbor and his wife as I woke up to leave for work, and this has been happening in so many people's lives and relationships around the world. You may say it's has not happened to me before and I will not allow myself go through this kind of torture, embarrassment, or receive this kind of insult from any person in my life be it my husband, my wife, my boyfriend or even from my girlfriend. You may have control over it now that you are still single but when you are married tomorrow and you are faced with this kind of challenge, I tell you, you will be confused and may not know how to handle the situation.
Whenever one is faced with this kind of challenge, it is so difficult to make a positive head way in your relationship, everything in such a relationship gets stuck at a place, no progress, no happiness and peace of mind in the relationship. All the plans you may want to carry out for the betterment of your relationship ends up not being achieved. If you are the victim, even when you go out to your work place, you will not have rest of mind to make a positive input in your work, you may lack focus all through the time you were faced with this challenge from your partner in your relationship.
People may not trust you enough to hand over certain projects and business deals to you because they feel you can't concentrate due to your physical, mental and emotional state of mind at that moment of your life challenges.
For the person found with such character, people may not want to associate themselves with you because your attitudinal approach towards things does not paint good picture about you in the minds of people around you, your attitude surely will scare good opportunities that may want to come your way, no rest of mind or peace of heart when you live with such kind of attitude. No matter how you try to cover your bad attitude away from people, once you have not dealt with your attitude and find a way to make things right with you, you will surely not hide it away from yourself and from people for a long time, because this is what and who you are, one day it will surely show and people will see your true self.
No matter how you may try to understand it in life, always remember that ***a bad attitude is like a flat tire. You can’t go anywhere until you change it.*** Nothing good comes with bad attitude except you have a rethink and do all you can to change it to better. You may not understand the importance of having a good attitude in life, but I know that there are lots of positive effects and advantages attached to good attitude. If you want to feel and experience the positive effects and advantages attached to good attitude, you have to do all you can to live better, right and show good attitude to yourself and to that next person sitting next to you so you can feel and experience the consolations that comes with good attitude.
To live with good attitude does not actually cost a fortune in life, it's a matter of choice and personal decision to accept being good and doing good at all time and live it out in your daily life. No matter what you do in life, bad attitude can not give you that peace of mind you are hoping to get from yourself and from people around you. Why not start now and be of good attitude and behaviour to yourself, to your partner and to that person you may meet on your way out.
*****Thank***** ***you so much for making out time to read my article.🙏 Rafd******9828***
The effect of keeping photos. Mine affected my whole day!
The essence of taking pictures, making videos of ourselves, friends, families, events and anything that our eyes and minds come across in every moment of our lives is nothing but to keep memories of us for future references and for posterity sake.
Pictures and videos stored in our archives and storage devices can stay for many years without having any problems or getting lost if only we try to always make sure that the storage device is always safe, good and protected from being corrupt by virus or been damaged by anything.
The pictures or videos we have always take us back to the old memories we had in our lives, the experiences we shared and the event that took place in our lives, these pictures and videos help us to remember them whenever we get hold of them or watch them again.
***Do you know that going through your old pictures can actually ignite old hurt and pain you once forgotten in life?***
***Do you also know that going back to the old pictures and videos you saved in your storage device years ago can make you to start all over again to miss that experience and moments you once had when you first took the picture?***
***Do you also know that pictures can make you have a change of heart? Most especially when it has to do with love, life and relationship?***
***Do you also know that stored old pictures and videos can institute peace in one's disturbed heart and to another, can cause a fight that can last for ages?***
***Do you also know that old pictures and videos can change ones mindset into making a decision that can affect his or her life positively or even negatively?***
***Do you know that one stored old picture and videos can effect change in the minds of people all around the world.***
To explain more about this, personally just this morning, I don't know how I feel in my heart today, since I woke up till this moment I have been in a confused state of mind, not knowing what to do, where to start from for the day. All of these moody state of mind I am getting since morning is as a result of the pictures I saw in my laptop that I took years back with my friend whom I so much loved even till this moment with all my heart but don't actually know what happened to us that we had to go our separate ways. I can't call her my ex because I still love her in my heart and can't replace her with another person. Ever since I saw those beautiful pictures of us and the wonderful moments we had together, I have never been myself and it's as if something so huge have been placed in my heart that I can't lift it up.
I have been fighting so hard to come out of this present state my heart has fallen into ever since my eyes saw the pictures, yet I can't see myself making any progress. The more I try to push myself out of it, the more her beautiful smiles and all our funny moments we had together keep coming into my head. I have been so moody and sad ever since I saw the pictures in my laptop. I have not stopped remembering how she prayed for me with her tears falling on top of my head as she was praying for my success and progress on that faithful new year early morning of 1st January, 2019. I am still remembering how bold she will look at my face and tell me how important to always pray, stay focused in life and be positive in what ever you want to achieve in life. This is what pictures and videos can do in one's mind and heart most especially when one is missing someone so dear to his or her heart.
***Let me show you some of the memories I have always missed and wished I can go back to it.***
This is also what many others maybe facing when they come across old pictures that reminds them of the memories and wonderful moments they once shared with someone so dear to them, this can also take another turn by making one so sad, angry and very pained in his or her heart when one see's old pictures and videos that remind him or her bad experience, unhealthy relationship and unhappy moments and memories they once shared with one another. This can make them feel sad and want to hurt themselves or the next person in their lives.
Whether good or bad experience you may derive from the old pictures and videos you stored in your storage devices when you come across them, the most important thing you have to take note about is that, taking pictures and videos and keeping them for future use has a serious effect in one's life. As for me, I do not regret taking pictures and videos of me if I have the opportunity to do so, and also storing them in my storage device. You may need them in future to make right decision that will change your life for good. You too can start today to save and store your pictures and videos, you may need them in future.
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I will do anything for love. Except that. And that. Or that. Or...
Let's talk about something important today, I know many of you who have found themselves in the web of love with their love partners and will possibly want to do anything and everything just to please the one they love, they will go extra mile to fetch whatever they feel that can make their spouse happy and comfortable. In this condition of mindset and energy of love moving around in their hearts, they can go out of their way to virtually step on people's toes just to make sure that they prove their love to their loved ones.
To some that misunderstand and misinterpret the actual meaning of love and what true sacrifice in love stands for may try to sacrifice everything and even their lives just to prove to their loved ones that they understand what it means to love which is sacrifice and pain. Which in the other way round, they have missed the right track of showing true love to their partners and also failed to interpret a true process of love through their actions to achieve a successful love relationship in their lives.
It's important that we tell ourselves and our consciences the right truth and stand in that light of truth during any love relationship we may find ourselves in life, ***what am I trying to say?***. Yes, to be very Frank with you my dearest friend reading this article right now, there are things you can't possibly do for your spouse/ partner even when they plead with you or even coax you into accepting their request. There are things you don't actually accept from your partner when they tell you to help them do it for the sake of love, there are things you need to use your senses to handle which may cause problem in future in your relationship if you accept to obey your partner's demands or request.
I will use this particular story to explain to you more about this topic I am discussing today.
A certain woman who married a rich man and her husband was a very influential man in the society, this woman in question was a federal government worker (civil servant), it happened that they needed to refurbish their setting room ofostry chairs, she carried all the chairs to the furniture maker and they bargained price, the price she was bargaining for was not up to what the materials needed for the job were costing in the market and the workmanship charge inclusive. The furniture maker pleaded with her to make the money #250,000 Nigerian money, but the woman insisted that she will give #150,000 Nigerian money. As she was about leaving, the furniture maker asked her to bring the #150,000 but pleaded with her that if he goes to the market and the prices of material changes, that she will still balance him with some money, she just nodded her head and said to the furniture maker, I have settled with you on the price and in two weeks I will be coming to carry my seats from your workshop. immediately, She drove off with her security men.
When the furniture maker went to the market and saw that the prices of material has changed and everything so costly, he was confused and didn't know what to do, he tried calling his client to inform her about the latest developments, but she refused picking her calls, when the time she gave the furniture maker reached, she came to the man's workshop and saw that the seats were still not touched, there she became angry and asked the furniture maker why her ofostry chairs are not yet ready?, the furniture maker replied her and said, the money you gave me was not enough and I have been calling you so I can Inform you about the latest development concerning the price of the materials in the market.
Because the woman was so influential and has connection, she left in anger and told the furniture maker that she is giving him an extra 5days to finish the job she paid her for and if he fails, that she will deal with him. When she left the furniture maker's workshop, she went straight to her husband and reported the matter to him. She asked her husband to make sure he deal with the furniture man for disappointing her, In fact, she personally told the husband that she would want to see the man spend some months in prison if after 5days he didn't finish the job she gave him.
When the husband heard all she said, the husband accepted, and said he will do as she said. The next day the man drove his car with his security men and paid the furniture maker a visit to know what happened. After hearing from the furniture maker's side of the story, he understood the man's plight and had pity on him, he went inside his car and brought out another #250,000 Nigerian money from his purse and gave to the furniture maker to use and finish the work the wife gave him, he instructed the furniture maker not to tell his wife that he gave him money to complete the work, and also asked him to make sure that he finishes the work before the time the wife gave him.
When the man went back home, the wife asked him what happened, he said the furniture maker is doing the job and will finish the work with the amount they agreed on.
Now do you actually understand the story I just told you now? I tell you from the story I just narrated above, you will agree with me that, you may be so much in love with your partner, but it's not an ideal that you should surely do what ever your partner wants you to do. In as much as you are in love with your partner, you should also be with your senses and make use of them wisely and maturely. Don't take any rush decision just because your partner wants you to.
When you walk in love with your partner, always give room for self examination of thought, words, request, etc from your partner before you act. And finally, learn to handle every situation in your relationship with a mature mind and always try to make the right choice and decisions whenever you are faced with such situation.
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
Being thankful is one of the greatest roads one will ever choose to follow in other to find and receive the unlimited blessings from God. It's also the only way that could give a man whose heart is filled with gratitude the access to receive more from God and from men, and always be at peace with himself and with his God. It's so painful and heartbreaking to say that most people do not know how to be thankful in life, when they receive goodness and favour from the next person sitting right beside them, they feel too proud of themselves and could hardly open their mouth to say thank you or even send it as a message to the person.
The other day I was watching a program anchored by **Oprah Winfrey** in one of her talk shows online and she was talking about showing gratitude and thankful when you receive a favour from someone, she said;
*****"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."*****
Yes, in being thankful for what you have, it will surely open the doors of more blessing unto your path that you won't be able to control the blessings when they start coming. Most people that find it so difficult to remove their minds from the things that they don't have, finds it very hard to make a difference and that also makes them to stay at a place for a long time without achieving anything in life. It's your duty to always say thank you when ever you received a favour from anybody, you may not actually understand the effect and importance of saying thank you when someone does something good to you not until you need another favour from the same person that showed you kindness which you refused to say thank you to him or her, the person definitely will not like to assist you again because you failed to appreciate the first one he or she did for you.
The man that receives an unending blessings is that man that knows how to say thank you and shows appreciation for that little favour he receives from God and also from the next person beside him.
***How well do you say thank you to people that showed you goodness and kindness?***
***How do you feel when you say thank you to people?***
I have learnt and made it a compulsory in my life to show gratitude and be thankful when ever I receive any little kindness from people irrespective of the person's age, gender, etc, it does not cost anything to say thank you. God our father in heaven appreciates it more when we say thank you to him for the gift of life he has given to us, he appreciates it when we thank him for all the good things he has given us in life as humans, he expects nothing from us except thank you as a sign that we really appreciate what he has given us.
Same way is required of us that we should learn how to show appreciation and gratitude towards our fellow human being when they show us kindness and goodness. When you refuse to say thank you when you receive kindness from people, you are definitely closing your door for more blessings to come your way.
I want to tell you this, since I joined **read.cash** family, I have noticed that people in this platform have really exercised that act of saying thank you and show of appreciation when ever someone shows them kindness or even when someone drops comment on their article comment section. They are really practising this important ritual of showing gratitude and being thankful to the **robot RandomRewarder**, **the sponsors** and **friends** that come to visit their article every moment. I am really excited learning from this great platform.
If you have not learnt how to be thankful in any little kindness or goodness you receive from people, please start today to be thankful and you will surely get more blessings from God and from men.
***I wish you a pleasant week ahead. Thanks for coming by to read my article. 🙏Rafd9828***
If you give, you begin to live.
The foundation of life and it's existence is dependent on the ability of the world to learn and appreciate giving. We may overlook this important aspect of life and hope that the world will be a better place for you and I, but I tell you my dear friend, the world will be far away from being better, if we keep overlooking this important aspect of life.
You may not actually understand the power of giving until you try it yourself. One may say, ***I don't have much with me, so I can't be able to give anything to that person that needs my help***. But of a truth, no one can say he or she does not have anything to give in life. If you don't have money to give, you have words of encouragement to give, if you don't have hands to offer a helping hand to someone, you surely will have legs to help the person that needs your leg to work cross the bridge, if you don't have eyes to help your neighbor see, definitely you should have mouth to whisper to your neighbor what will help him or her make a great difference in life. This is what life is all about, you can not live all your life and find the happiness you are looking for when you don't know how to give in life. Everything that concerns life revolves around giving.
***Lucky Dube*** of blessed memory said in one of his songs that ***"blessed is the hand that giveth than the one that taketh"***. Going by the song and what the scriptures said about giving, it's by giving that you obtain all the blessings you may be looking for in life. Do not feel it's someone duty to always give you at all times, do not feel it's your right to always receive from people all the time. One thing I have come to understand about life when it comes to giving is that, no matter how difficult it is for you to give a cup of water or anything to that person right beside you, there is this inner happiness, joy and fulfilment of heart you always feel in your heart when you see a smiling face on that person that once felt sad for not having.
The joy is so immeasurable when you give with your whole heart. I tell you my friend, the best form of giving is giving that one that cost you so much, and in so doing, you definitely shall begin to live and feel fulfilled. No matter how you may want to understand or read meaning to this I have just said about giving in my article, you can not take away the fact that we derive and obtain more life when we apply the principle of giving in our lives.
I have taken time to understand the reason why in read.cash, a certain robot called RandomRewarder always find it worthy to keep giving to people randomly on their post every minute of the day without expecting in return their own tips back to the robot. This is because, the robot finds it so fulfilling, encouraging and happy giving and sharing love through tipping your article with bitcoin cash token. Now you can understand more that in giving, you surely share love and encourage hope to that person that everything is alright.
When you learn to give, you surely have learnt the best teaching and footstep the holy book encouraged us to always follow in life. When you start to give to your neighbor that you are better off, you have ignited that power of togetherness amongst yourselves in your local area where you belong.
You even get more blessings when you learn to give to those that are better than you. It's not only those that are better than you should always give you. When you give to people that are better than you, you have created an impact that will change the entire world and make the world a better place.
No matter your status, no matter your financial level, no matter your personality in life and your indifference, always have this at the back of your mind that when you start to give, you have saved the world and made the world a better place to live in.
***Start now to give so you can live again. Thank you so much and I wish you all a happy weekend. 🙏Rafd9828***
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