The Most Inspiring Words!

I didn't know what else to do with this after forwarding to friends whose addresses I could easily lay my hands on... and I thought I might just bless someone with this if I post it on my blog. Hope you are blessed at the end of this. I want to thank my dear friend, Perps, for sending this to me.

There
was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.
She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'

One day,
someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.
He asked her,'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'

The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.'

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations..

Life Is a Gift

Today
Before you say an unkind word -
Think of someone who can't speak.

Before
you complain about the taste of your food -
Think of someone who has nothing to eat..

Before
you complain about your husband or wife -
Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today
Before
you complain about life -
Think of someone who went too early to heaven..

Before
whining about the distance you drive
Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down -
Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around..

God Bless You!

Tips - Live Your Dreams

During my 'introspection moment' on Sunday, I was pondering over the question 'How many of my dreams have I realised already?' This is a very important question that we must be asking ourselves every now and then. It is so fulfilling when you realise you are living, or have lived, your dreams.

When we are growing up, we have all these lovely fantasies that gradually become real as we mature into adulthood. We spend more time focusing on them than actually doing something to make them come to past. I have decided to be more goal oriented and ask myself all the time what end my actions are aimed at, and if that end ties in, in any little or remote way, with one of my dreams.

I was a child once, a teenager at another time, and now an adult. I had a few dreams, some of which I tried to realise, others I just gave up on (too bad!), and I am still working hard on getting others done. I have realised a few little tricks on realising dreams that have to do with places to visit:

* I fantasised about Switzerland, and told myself and whoever was ready to listen that I will not leave this world without stepping on Swiss soil...I did, 1st trip to Europe, took SWISS AIR with transit in Zurich!

* I was wondering why people want to go to Paris, so I took Air France on a trip with stopovers in Paris, and hurray! I missed a flight and spent a night in Paris!

* I have this fantasy about flying on Qatar air (please bear this ad, I can't resist...'your 5* airline*). I am planning to travel to the UK for a short break at the end of June and I am considering doing Q! Don't mind the long flight, it is worth it!

OK, let me not bore you with these, but I have as many examples of flying experiences that have taken me to places in my dream as you have phalanges (fingers and toes for my anti-biology readers) on your body, including flying business in one of the world’s best (won’t let out on this!)

Tip 1: Book an airline that will have at least a stopover before your final destination. They say 'killing two birds with the same stone'? try this.
Tip 2: If you are a regular flyer, use your miles wisely… they can enable you to fly business or spend the night in a dream hotel

Tip 3: Change airlines as frequently as possible. This means discovering new 'soils'.
Tip 4: Spend a lot of time going around. Buy day/week savers bus or train tickets) and just jump from bus to bus or tram to tram.
Tip 5: Even if your schedule is tight, do not sleep for long hours when you are on a trip! Spend time out.
Tip 6: Budget for travel. It is worth every cent of it!
Tip 7: Never mind where you are, enjoy it!

Easter Wishes

From Renz

Hey! Another busy period in the kingdom of God. A moment of reflection and appraisal. When met with obstacles, find relief at the foot of the cross. There, your life is given a meaning.

And now abideth faith, hope, and love, these three, but the greatest of these is love. Love, you give completely, very honestly and so true. Heard in your loving words and felt in all you do. I look into my heart each time I feel like missing you; for there, I feel your presence, a special existence that shall never depart. It's such a blessing knowing that I am loved and most of all unconditionally. Such thoughts brighten my world. Thank you for all you've done for you've proven that without you I am nothing.

May God fill your Easter with all the happiness your heart can hold.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

Learn all you can while you can!

I have been taking certain things for granted because there has always been someone there taking care of them. Yesterday was perhaps the most exasperating day I have spent in Lagos... I was working on my assignment and my two laptops ran out of power, and there was no electricity to recharge them. I really had to get that assignment to a certain level, and the heat was almost unbearable.

I went out to put on the generator, and behold I could not! I called my hubby, and despite spending almost 10 minutes on the phone with him advising me, I still could not turn it on. I felt so frustrated and I bit my finger for not having learnt enough when my hubby was trying to teach me.

Lesson: learn all you can while you can, even if it doesn't seem useful at the time.

Happy Mothers' Day

This Poem was written by Maya Angelou, one of the greatest Poets of our times. I am posting this, as a tribute to women and the role they play.

Phenomenal Woman - Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Fragility of life

I have been having quite a few secret thoughts since I got to the office this morning, which unfortunately I can't share with you because of they are still not clear in my mind. I have been away for a week, and returned to the sad news of the death of a colleague who sits opposite me. I hear she was in the office up until Wednesday last week, and complained of headache, and then passed-on on Saturday.

I am at a loss here how fragile our existence is. How can one make better use of one's time on earth? Can one prepare enough for the eventual home-calling? And where is Home?

Renz, my beloved sister

Routine? Work - Home, Family - Friends, Self - Others, Spend it - Save it, Hold on - Let go, Fast - slow. Just remember, whether it's Smiles or Frowns, Ups or Downs, Give or Take, It's bound to even out. So hang in there. Read the Bible, Pray everyday and believe in yourself.

Whatever life has to offer us be it good or otherwise we can weather any storm and face any problem that may arise. Let us not get tired of doing what is right for after a while, we will reap a harvest of blessing....

My hugs I send thro' email. Tis' a sweet spirit I long to share. Remember I too am just an email away.

Bless your day with Phil 4:19

Giase