I Want To Listen To Myself!

Like you might have guessed wrongly, I am not in love with hearing myself talk not to talk of caring to see if the sound of my voice has changed for the worse or better.

I am actually opining about the innermind and inner voice - the one that is called the guiding angel or conscience - the Silent One. Depending on your belief, you have the right to accept my drift this morning as I'm in the spirit to listen to myself.

Most times I have had the honour of listening to my inner mind and have come out feeling on top of the world simply because God helped me to be an obedient creation of His whenever He sends His angel to guide me aright.

Unfortunately, this innermind plays tricks on people because of the fact that it lacks the ability to be loud hence, it always ends up being pushed to the back. That is the reason we hear such things like; "Oh my God! Something told me to do it this way and I refused to listen! and, 'Had I known?"

Please save these for the real time. Real time being the time you set aside to listen to whatever your innermind has to communicate you. It is not only pastors that have the exclusive reserve to have and enjoy Quiet Time. Do yourself a favour and pamper yourself to a quiet time.

Whatever it is that is giving you sleepless nights, take time out and rummage over it (them) in your mind and figure out those ones your innermind is telling you to do. Take note of them and take heed.

Funny enough, those things your innermind is telling you are usually the things that would cause you to say...."over my dead body!" So you see why the innermind is not an interesting burden to bear? Yet, the innermind is your best friend sent to you from above to keep you human. When you say over your dead body, the innermind is given a red card from the referee of your life which is you.

Most times, we are simply stubborn if only to show our traducers that we have the mind to show them the stuff we are made of. Looking inside of you, you'll see the innermind feeling uncomfortable and getting ready to leave you alone as It does not dwell in a dirty place called an unforgiven and stubborn heart.

Just the other day, someone wronged me and I said in my mind that if only this guy would apologise promptly to me, that he would be forgiven. Unfortunately, he is yet to do that to the point that my mind clamped up on him. Resentment! My innermind screamed.

I battled the innermind of mine to a standstill until I did what He required of me. That was when I secured my peace back. All the while the battle raged on the inside between the good guy in me and the bad guy in me, there was no peace for me to the point of feeling weak in the early hours of yesterday until I had reconciled with my traducer within me first before giving him a call and everything was settled just like my innermind had suggested.

Phew! I am now free because I listened to my innermind. You too can try that today.

A Great Quote To Make You Think

"On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed and those who fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong." John Ruskin

Learning To Be Humble

It is obvious that humility is a term that does not exist in our vocabularies anymore how much more having to show acts of humility in our daily living.

In Nigeria today, when a young man stumbles on fortune, his new status becomes a symbol of intimidation and a clothe to asphyxiate everything that use to show humility in his once humble life. The newly acquired status becomes a symbol of everything disgusting and disrespecful and, heaven help those who don't know the young man has 'arrived', his new status would be shoved down your throat and surely be made to stuck in your anus.

In a society devoid of humble youths, what is the future of that generation that the yester-gone generations would most likely fall back on when they are old to get the joy from knowing their youths are humble? Humility comes with respect and when humility is gone, there goes respect too. What fainty trace of humility that would be existing and coming in cracked patches would be selective humility.

So, how does a youth born in this age of arrogance and disrespectfulness do to ensure he/she is as humble as they should?

Start by re-orientating yourself. In other words, learn to stay clear of the crowd. Nothing corrupts easiest nowadays as joining the bandwagon all in the spirit of 'belonging'. That's crap! The effects of peer-group pressure is what every parent should look out for in their children - be they teenagers or youths.

Another way of getting to acquire the art of humility is by learning to show compassion to those who deserve your compassion. They might be the elderly ones and the handicapables.

Thirdly, you can learn to use such words as: please, thank you, you are welcome etc.

Another way is allowing yourself to let other people air their views on anything that is a topic for all. Be more of a listener than a talker. Learn not to fall in love with hearing the sound of your voice all the time.

On the fifth lane is compelling yourself to smile even when you have no course to be smiling. A tough one? Nay! Someone would definitely be blessed seeing that there are people out there who still smile in this age of global financial meltdown.

And the last and definitely not the least is prayers. Learn to say your prayers to God whenever the evil of arrogance comes to take away your humility from you.

Now, don't you think you are already improved by reading this piece? Lookout for that change in you and pray yourself into being humble for through that way, you stand to live life like a child who is free from worries and other vagaries of walking your own side of the STAGE.