Our Population, An Advantage

Good morning and a happy sunday to you to.....just gisting you about my experience this morning..

I went to the Palms by 10.30, to buy Shoprite's most sought after bread. Thinking that there wasn't going to be a long queue, because it was a sunday, I strolled into Shoprite at about 10.45.....Omo!!!! the queue was long, it was as though people didn't sleep. They were all waiting for this bread..... After standing for over 30 minutes to get the bread, I had to wait for another 30 minutes to be able to pay......

Yes!!!!! As frustrating as it was, waiting for so long just to pick up and pay for a loaf of bread, I was amazed.

How was it possible that Shoprite was able to attract this crowd? What goods were they selling that the other stores didn't sell? Was it their pricing? Was it their customer service? Was it just their brand? Or was it the factor of Our Population?

Nigeria is said to be have at least 150 million inhabitants. Lagos State alone accounts for about 14 million, in some areas that is the population of a whole country..... The poverty rate is high, but businesses are able to thrive very well and quiet fast despite the poverty level....

I have come to the conclusion that our large population can be a big disappointment for us or can be used to our advantage.....Take a look at China...

Today, a lot of products are being fabricated China....I can say that half of the clothes are own are made in China like the french will say fabrique en Chine.......

Leverage: they have used their population of about a billion to create an advantage for themselves....

If we seat back and think we will be able to use our population for the good of the Nation, and also the world.....

Notez Bien: don't forget the story of the akara woman...the lady that sells akara (beans cake) and makes between #15,000 to #40,000 a day ( $100 to $250 a day). In a month she makes #600,000 to #1,200,000 i.e. $3000 to $7,500).... This woman is an illiterate to the core....but like the Chinese, she has leveraged on the Nigerian population.

P.S. go make a killing in whatever you do this week. Have a great week.

LIFE

What did I do to do?

Why have you decided to single me out?

Please answer me, before I loose my mind....

What is it?

Ehhen...I am warning you....I ask you again...What is it?

I have not hurt anybody, I do not lie, I do not steal, the last time I checked I have lived a good moral life..

The question again: why me?

I do not deserve this...

Everybody is laughing at me.. I can feel it....Anytime they walk pass me, they giggle...they laugh..

What is so funny? I often want to ask them, but I can't.. I have lost it...

Why bother....

Hmmm life I ask again, what did I do to you?

I know you send Mr karma for his yearly tour around the world... I didn't ask for him to visit me....

In fact when I checked, I wasn't on the list... Simple reason I am a good person..

But, why did he come? Why did he visit me? Why...

I always thought that bad things don't happen to good people, but now I can't say...

I have been good all my life, yet I get visits very often from Mr Karma

I ask again for the hundredth time..Why me?

Notez bien: Honestly why bad things happen to good people, is a mystery, but I know this for sure. When life seems so unbearable and all hope is lost: it means that life is going to change for the better. It means that the future will be bright...Just hang in there a little longer.....

Take care of yourself and trust me, it will get better.....

Good morning and thank God its friday...

HAPPY WEEKEND......

Hello fellows and what's up? Saying welcome to our new member in the house, Anne and thank you for following secretlilies.......whoa......we appreciate....

Now I don't know where my old wall went to? I just had it up for a day or two and it has disappeared. Oh please come back...where are you? I want you back? ( sobbing....loll...)....

Its the weekend, and what is there to do? what can one do?... Today is the day we usually do everything we have piled up over the week, and after the days chore, we are just fagged out and need some rest... What? Can't any man just sleep and wake up and viola money is by the bedside...loll...

Well my dears, life isn't like that. Life doesn't work like that....In other to succeed we have to work.......

I have decided that I want to sew,,.....hmmm see me now, thinking it was so easy. Fine I went to the market which is (shoprite,, don't mind me , I am not serious abi....how can my market be shoprite) anyways I bought my material, and headed home. Determined to sew myself a table cloth, the old fashioned way... thread and needle...my God my back hurts and I haven't even started, yet. I spent 2 hours just stitching one end to the other....Phew!!!! I thought sewing was as simple as ABC?

Meaning:

The simple things we take for granted are not as easy as we think....magic doesn't just happen, we make the magic happen.

So let's sit back and make the magic happen this weekend...

P.S: I am not a Nollywood fan, but there are some actors or actresses I respect like Olu Jacobs, Joke Silver, Stella Damascus etc...so I am a little excited that I am having a date with Stella Damascus in Church tomorrow...Mennn!!!! I love church these days its so interesting and FUN....lol.... You remember yesterday, the talk about FUN.....I wish everybody will realize that life it too short...why not enjoy it while it lasts....

Notez Bien:

Never take anything for granted...

Take care of yourself and enjoy your weekend

FUN

What exactly is the meaning of fun?

According to my computer, fun can be defined as : enjoyment, amusement or lighthearted pleasure.

Well from this definition I can comfortable say that for the past 1 month I have had the pleasure of experiencing these : enjoyment, amusement and lighthearted pleasure...lol.

From the magnificent experience of tasting the wisdom of John C. Maxwell to the roller coster adventure ride of Michelle Mckinny Hammond the relationship specialist, I can proudly say that I have stepped into the month of August a better person, a better leader...(lol, abeg help me oh, I am blowing my trumpet....hahahaha).......

The must important thing about life is that one can have fun and learn.

I have learnt (while having fun), that it doesn't take a title to become a leader, it takes being a servant to become one.

I have learnt (While having fun) that a leader is a leader by example.

I have learnt (while creating fun) that if you cannot have a good relationship with your friends, you will not have a good relationship with your marriage.

I have learnt (while generating fun) that relationships demand a lot of things from us.... like....patience, love, tolerance and above all forgiveness......

Now you can see why I said: that I stepped into this month with every necessary tool. Omo come meet me for lessons...loll.. ..

If I practice all that I have learnt I will be a better person

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Notez Bien: now I will like to tell you a little secret...I have secretly been holding a grudge against some of my friends...its like they don't remember I exit anymore....

As I drop my pen, I am going to call them to harass them...haba why haven't you called me? I am still alive oh....lol...

Life is better that way don't you think?

Take care of yourself and learn to spot the fun in every situation

Ciao

NEW MONTH

August is here and with it comes some apprehension. The year that just started has almost ended. In a bout of uncertainty you wonder, what are your accomplishments thus far.....

Maybe something good will come, wrapped up in a present box, but

waiting is not an option? How patient can one be.

Well let's just wait and see

Or should I?

Or Shouldn't I?

Maybe I should just rebel and do what is in my heart.

But it will hurt them.

Hmmm!!!!! I cannot help it, its for my own good, not theirs.

Well I will try, I just have to.

Nobody can see it, only me.

I will just hang in there and wait....

Sometimes we are faced with a dilemma, confused about what to do....

You are not alone, I feel like that sometimes, but then I know its only for a while.

Like the song that says "I will get there, I will get there someday", I will scale through.

Despite the ups and downs, enjoy this month,

for it is going to be a month of wonderful adventures...

Ciao.

OPPORTUNITY

Hi fellows, in the space of one month I will be talking about opportunities and its importance in our lives. Sometimes I may use real life illustrations, sometimes just words of encouragement, sometimes something that will serve as an eye opener for opportunities. I hope that every word I say, will make a meaningful impact in your life.....

Now enough of the talk, let's get down to business......today I am so excited because I am going to meet, for the first time, the writer and the relationship specialist "Michelle Mckinney Hammond... I can't wait for that. I love her books especially, " The Power Of Being A Woman". Sorry guys, I am not being a feminist and the book isn't either, I strongly recommend you buy it for your female friends, its a blessing".......

Before I drop my pen, I will like to leave you with these words......." someone once told me......every man gets his opportunity in life, usually wrapped in something funny and most of the time unattractive. What makes the difference is one's ability to be able to decipher it and use it for ons's good.....

Extracts From The Daily Manna of Dr Chris Kwakpovwe, 30th July, 2010

" I asked for Strength and God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom and He gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity and God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage and God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love and God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favor and God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I worked for.....

I received everything I needed.....

A little story to add to this....... " for the past 5 months I have been looking for a french, french person to practice my french with. I wanted it so desperately, because I didn't want to lose my flow of the french language. Everyday I begged God to give me a friend, who was french. Everyday I asked around for a french community. Everyday I searched the internet looking for someone, anyone who could speak french with me.....

Then yesterday evening, lo and behold, two men walked into the reading room, one white and the other an african, and they were both speaking french. Here was I sitting down, staring at them, with my mouths wide open. I tried to psyche myself to get up and talk to them... I was still psyching myself till they left. And you know what; the men were even polite enough to ask me a question, ( but of course in english...lol...)...... Imagine that.......An opportunity lost.....

I have asked for a long while and he gave it to me, but I shied away from it.......A lot of us are like this, and we wonder why things don't work for us.....

Now I am back to square one looking for, begging for and praying for yet another opportunity to get a french french friend.

Notez Bien: Don't lose yours this weekend. Have a great weekend.

I DID IT

Time was ticking, my hands sweaty, no courage within, but I knew I had to do it, I just had to do it. Even though it was going to hurt me. Even though I was going to make some few enemies along the way, I just had to do it, it was for the best.

Walking down the corridor, I considered turning back, running away, after all, I had endured for a while and could still endure more. Why stop now?

But the voice within prompted me, reminding me of what my teacher in school once said "the oppressed will forever be oppressed until the day he realizes that he is too is a master, then he becomes the oppressor". I have to become the oppressor. I have to say no to this slavery. I have suffered for so long. I had watched the pain in my children's eyes for years and turned away pretending that it was just a phase and the hurt will go, but it never did. I have to stand up. I have to do something before I lose everything.

Tolu, my darling, my poor boy, my heart, no longer talks to me. He feels it's my fault, he had told me several times to just go away, to leave, but I refused. "What will people say ?" I thought to myself. I will be ridiculed amongst my circle of friends, but I didn't care. I would go on with it, I would leave him.

I can remember the way his eyeballs grew bigger because of the rage within him, I stepped back as usual, trying to protect myself from his rage, then suddenly I remembered that I wasn't alone, my friend was there with me.

There was no way he was going to touch me, not any more.

With the little dignity I had left, I walked out of the house, vowing never to return again.

I know it will not be easy, I know that life will be unfair, but at least I have my angels. At least they no longer hate me, I am their friend now, cos I finally listened.

I don't know what it going to happen, but I know for sure, I am never going back. I am never looking backward, I will just strive to do my best.....who knows life may smile on me again, but I don't want to bank on that............ Maybe marriage was never meant for me, I wish I had known, I will never had gone through this pain.

For now I can only say " had I known", but that is as far as I will go. I will make a life for myself come what may.