...Now

I will start the task;

can’t wait any longer,

not for the sun to rise

nor the sky be blue;

I will set out and do it.

I will be instant now;

can’t snooze anymore,

not for superfluous nap

nor for inept slumber;

I will act and now.

Why I'm still Single

A new friend, after a brief chat said “my regards to your wife and kids” as a parting shot.  Before I could explain to him in my modest words, another guy just cut in “it’ll make more sense if you send those regards to cockroaches and rats in his room because he neither has a wife nor a kid.” Yekpa!  All I left the scene with was a lame grin. I went back to my cockroaches and rats; after a thought for a while I see no reason why my decision should change so suddenly especially because someone who doesn’t care about what I think of marriage made a joke out of my bachelorhood.

The rate at which people ask me when I will be getting married these days is embarrassingly becoming a thing of concern to me.

President Goodluck Jonathan's Independence Day Speech 2012

“Beloved countrymen and women, on this day, fifty-two years ago, our founding fathers brought joy and hope to the hearts of our people when they won independence for our great country. Nigeria made a clean break with more than six decades of colonial rule, and emerged as a truly independent nation. That turning point was a new beginning for our nation.

Those who witnessed the lowering of the Union Jack and the emergence of the Green White Green flag continue to relish the memory, because that ceremony was not just about the destiny of a nation, but the future of a people.

That future is here; we are the inheritors of a great legacy that goes even much farther into the past.

The Wonders of Perspective

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

Purpose Driven Life: Rick Warren's Experience We Can Learn From

Rick Warren and Kay, his Wife

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, author of  'Purpose Driven Life ' and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:  

People ask me, What is the purpose of life?  

And I respond:

In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.