No, I can not!! I am very sorry, in fact if you would not mind, I will appreciate if you can cast the lot on another. Was the response of a relative who was asked to deliver a valediction for a retiring colleague.
Later when I asked her why she politely refused, she said-I can not mount the podium to go and lie because the truth may be hurting. So I looked up and down, shake my head and think of how a lot of us die without a relevant and significant chronicle both in the terrestrial and the celestial.
Though it is easy to build monument as it takes an extra-ordinary man to make a great chronicle but all the same we need to ask ourselves the kind of monument we are building if it is a blessing or a curse greater than the statue of liberty.
“The world is a promising place where we need to live as a sojourner who keeps scoring point for his recognition”. People would be willing to carry on our vision and accept our legacy therefore we can not afford to miss this unique opportunity of being a choice prince and such a value to the point that people will count it a priviledge even to give their lives in exchange for ours.
To have a noble chronicle we need to:
• Be humble- You stoop to conquer because “pride is like a flood that sweeps away
the top nutrient”.
• Be kind-to all not because of what you want to get but what you can give as a
lifestyle.
• Impart lives- come out of Zoar (little) to Arba (greatness). “Your light is not too
invincible that it can not harass darkness”.
• Be symbiotic- never live as a parasite so as not to be a sure risk.
• Be open- accept criticism and give it with love. Never be a snare and a
chameleon.
• Be consistent- even when you are not appreciated.
• Avoid power intoxication- A bully is always a coward corrupted by power.
• Equate- never move the goalpost.
• Accept people and never judge because “God is the only umpire on the pitch of life”.
Finally, “life is a gun with one bullet, it takes a risk to shoot, to waste might be painful, to discharge may be costly, and to aim is courage”.
January 21, 2011
January 9, 2011
MAKING YOUR YEAR RELEVANT
Before the Cock crows while ruminating over 2010 and what 2011 holds, I remembered Abraham the Patriarch so I picked up the holy book of life to see how it is to read life in books to make a life that could be read.
As I flip through, my heart starts ringing my nerves oscillate and guess what my brain censed panoramically.
Step--Never be afraid to take step for you can never jump to the top. Jump only
brings you down.
Start—Start with what you have. You don’t need the world to make your world.
If you have a nail you can make some woods out of your problems.
Wounds—Your wound is never incurable, take it to the healer He can cure you
and He will.
Covenant—Key to God’s covenant, hearken to him alone, avoid noisome
pestilence, and patiently endures for Rome was never a product of
one day.
Foresight—Look and aim from where you are as far as you can see. Believe the
truth, accept it, and sell it not.
Honour—Honour and respect other people, value your relationship.
Channel—Be a blessing to others and be ready to go extra-mile. Except the grain
falls and die it can not live.
Platform—Do not fold your arms. Create a platform to ride on pedestal of change
that will reveal your creative visibility.
Trust—Let your word be your bond. Be fidelity to the point that people will
follow you while they close their eyes.
Referral—Remember where you are coming from, the people who had made you.
He who forget his root his only preserving his punishement.
Cross—Carry your cross, work on your obedience and the information on your
fingertip. If you don’t, no one will.
Finally, wait for the promise i.e. the good news of your relevance. I believe in your fruitfulness.
As I flip through, my heart starts ringing my nerves oscillate and guess what my brain censed panoramically.
Step--Never be afraid to take step for you can never jump to the top. Jump only
brings you down.
Start—Start with what you have. You don’t need the world to make your world.
If you have a nail you can make some woods out of your problems.
Wounds—Your wound is never incurable, take it to the healer He can cure you
and He will.
Covenant—Key to God’s covenant, hearken to him alone, avoid noisome
pestilence, and patiently endures for Rome was never a product of
one day.
Foresight—Look and aim from where you are as far as you can see. Believe the
truth, accept it, and sell it not.
Honour—Honour and respect other people, value your relationship.
Channel—Be a blessing to others and be ready to go extra-mile. Except the grain
falls and die it can not live.
Platform—Do not fold your arms. Create a platform to ride on pedestal of change
that will reveal your creative visibility.
Trust—Let your word be your bond. Be fidelity to the point that people will
follow you while they close their eyes.
Referral—Remember where you are coming from, the people who had made you.
He who forget his root his only preserving his punishement.
Cross—Carry your cross, work on your obedience and the information on your
fingertip. If you don’t, no one will.
Finally, wait for the promise i.e. the good news of your relevance. I believe in your fruitfulness.
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