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DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.

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I entered a bus this morning heading to my place of work, at some point the driver stopped to pick two extra passengers who happened to be a fine girl and a cute handsome young man, (when i say cute, i mean a kind of cuteness that gave the vibe of a young doctor with lens and smart dressing). And luckily for me, they both sat beside me.  As it is my thing to admire fine guys, i had this "awwww, he is so finee, God can create" thoughts in my mind. I turn to look at the girl he came in with, "could this be his girlfriend or sister? I thought, "she is cute too". As the journey processed, another woman beside me asked the bus conductor for her change. The bus conductor, still focused on finding passengers, only looked at her and continued calling the location the bus was heading to. The woman became very worried. She started complaining about being in a similar situation where a bus conductor forgot she gave him money and made her argue to prove hersel...
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WHO CAN WE TRUST ?

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There is this recent trend of action that the movie industry has adopted in most movies. I don't know if am the only one who had noticed the fact that we can no longer identify the villian or "bad guy" in movies these days.  I mean, before now a villian or "the bad guy" was always presented as an angry, devilish-looking character fighting the progress of the hero. But recently, villians are surprisingly not that evil-looking. They have been replaced with good looking ,calm and sometimes supportive characters that nobody ever suspects — i mean the most friendly ones. What is this proving anyway?  Well, the recent trend is a pointer to the sad reality in our society. A perfect prove that "bad guys" are no longer those who poses as the enemies but most times the ones we see as friends.  Our world is so complicated that, the people backstabbing are the ones who pretend to run around stopping the blood that's flowing.  They are the same peop...
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LIVING A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE (IS YOUR LIFE YOURS? — LIFE METAPHOR)

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  Rick Warren in his bestselling book,THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE, explains in one of the chapters what he called - Life Metaphor.  He said that life metaphor is the way an individual picture life and how this picture informs his values, relationships, goals and priorities.    According to Warren, if a man see life as a party, his primary goal will be having fun. If he sees life as a race, he will value speed in all he does, and probably be in a hurry much of the time. If he views life as a marathon, he will value endurance.   If he views life as a battle or game, then winning is all he care about.  The Life Metaphor theory broadly explains the individual differences between people.   A lot of people think, life is all about fun, some speed, some endurance, other winning. They tie all their lives to seeing that that happened without minding the consequences. There is more to life that those things listed.  God, our creator, see...
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APPRECIATION IS A TICKET TO RECEIVING MORE

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 I attended a church's one year anniversary  and was amazed by the practicality of God's love there. The church workers were joyfully active and accommodating.  As the service unfolded, i noticed something about the resident pastor. The man, whenever given the opportunity to speak,kept appreciating his workers.  It got to a point that i began to wonder why he kept doing that. Then it dawn on me… maybe that was the secret to the workers' devotion and zeal — the constant appreciation they received.  We all know its one thing to put all efforts to seeing something succeed  and another for such effort to be recognised and appreciated.  No matter how we deny it, everyone wants to be seen and appreciated.  And we feel discouraged when we are not.  One special thing appreciation does is to opens the mind to do things its never imagined it could.   We may feels its unnecessary to say thank you for the least assistant we get. Or ...
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ITS ALL ABOUT PACKAGING

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 Have you ever come across John Gray's book, MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS?  Well, i have!  The first time i heard about this book, its title sparked a high level of curiosity in me. "How are men from Mars and Women from Venus?" I had asked myself.  In a bit to silence my curious mind, i decided to look for the book, read it, and understand how men came from Mars and women Venus.  It took me months to find a hard copy of the book. And when i did, i was super excited — the kind of excitement you get when you finally get what you have desired for a long time.  As i went through the book, i discover that there was nothing really "special" about the information the author was dishing out . Special as compared to the way i was anticipating.  Do not get me wrong, the book itself was very educational and impacting( i really enjoyed it and might share some points later ) but it was not so alien as the title made it seem. It was all abou...
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KEEP YOUR MOTIVATION ALIVE

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I was very impressed by the performance of one of my students. The student in question was not really serious with having good grades,but, this term he beats everyone to it. He became the 2nd best in his class. I mean a student that wasn't close to the first 10 last term.  Out of curiosity, i called him to inquire about the sudden revolution. His reply marvelled me.  I: You surprised everyone this term Elisha. Mind to tell me the secret?  Elisha: Ma, its because of a bicycle.  I: A bicycle? I do not quite understand.  Elisha: I was promised a new bicycle if i could bring home a better result.  Funny right? It was quite funny , but that was it! That was all it took to bring out the scholar in him.  *To be honest, the situation made me realise that anyone can become anything with the right mindset and motivation.  *Motivation is that one  reason that keeps you focus when the going gets tough. For some people its the fear of failing....
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