Wishes....

There are so many things i wished for

Wished i could turn back time

I would have done it differently,

Change my past and make my life better

Wish my nose was bigger

Wish i was a bit fairer

Wish i was a little bit slimmer

I would love to be a bit taller

While i am wishing all these someone is wishing the exact opposite

It's amazing that at one point u wished for something

Soon  you are wishing for the exact opposite of what you wished for

For example

In Primary 3, i wished to be in Secondary School

When i got into the Secondary school and

faced punishment from seniors and teachers

I wished i was still in Primary school

As a teenager i wished i was all grown-up

and responsible for my upkeep

Now as an adult i wish i was still that kid

who cares about nothing but reading, eating and attending school.

We wish for the good life

Riding in posh rides and living in mansions

But make no mistake about it

Those, you envy, in that position are not finding it funny either

I know of a star who said he wish he wasn't so popular

Wish he could go back to the days he would just stroll

down the street to buy "fries" (akara and fried yam)

It's amazing that we lack the capacity to

maintain nor acquire most things we wish for

I wish for a private jet

But do you know how much you would

pay to keep it in an hanger for a year?

You want a loving girl, do you have what it takes to

 get so emotionally involved so as to win her heart totally?

I started wishing for a car at age 12

Could remember the car vividly it was a Volkswagen Jetta Saloon car

How did i plan to get it? Like more than 80 million others, Promo from 7up

Now it seems more feasible for me to BUY a Car, not WISH for one.... why?

I have a well-paid job and can afford it.

Life is not a game of chess

It is a set of defined rules, law and principles e.g.

If you sow, you will reap

If you invest, you will get returns

Whatever you do not prepare for

You would miss and even when you get them, misuse

Imagine that God gave me all i wished for

A car at 12,

The death of my Primary School teacher

Who flogged BODMAS into my skull

To become a 20graudate at 18

A manager at 21, Married at 23

Would have been so funny.

Friends i know there are so many things

 we would wish to change

A lot we want to forget

Steps we wish we dint take

And mistakes we all regret

But dwelling on them and wishing we could change time

Is a luxury we do not have

It is a trick from hell to keep us in bounds

No matter what that situation is

You can get up, like a child who fell

Dust yourself and move ahead.

I understand that sometimes it is not that easy

But fellows with conscious effort and practice you will get there

Dwelling on that situation would only shorten your life span

And keep you in perpetual bondage

Do not throw your future away over the mistakes of your past

Keep moving forward.

Instead of wishing to change your past

Get a hold of your today and shape your tomorrow

Into that glorious future you once dreamt of

Anything is possible if you can only believe, not wish.

Let your belief drive you into actions

Stop brooding over your loss

Sit-down and plan your recovery

You might be amazed that the loss is what you needed,

God design to move you into a better place.

Wishes are for Daydreamers

Illusions for the depressed and desperate

Achievements comes when you act

Stop your wishes

Up your Beliefs in a better tomorrow and

ACT!

Grow...

There's this misconception among Gods children

That storms, trials and pain comes as Gods punishment for

Sin and disobedience or as Gods means of trying our faith

But i implore you to look at it from a Parents perspective

Would you as a parent starve your child in order to toughen him up?

Would you throw him into the fire in order to test the strength of his skin?

It's true that sometimes we suffer cos of our disobedience and wrong-doing

But how are we supposed to learn if we don't fall and fail?

God isn't trying to discover who you are by trying you

Remember that before you were born God knew you

He is not trying to know you. He understands you more than you can ever imagine

I believe that everything that happens to one in Life is geared at making him Grow

Friends take a time and consider how a seed grows

It firstly have to contend with its own shell

Break free from itself and just at the point it surpasses that stage

It discovers that it is surrounded by the darkness, rocks and soil,

Another task to be overcome.

Gradually it pries its way through rocks, dirt and soil and

Even when it breaks out to the surface

It has to contend with wind, rain, sun, heat and cold

But soon

That fragile, tiny steam builds resistance to these factors and

become a tree strong enough not just to support itself but others also

and even provide food for many.

The problem with us is we refuse to learn from nature

We get so much engrossed with ourselves that we fail to realize

that for you to grow you have to first break free from yourself and loose shell.

Consider this

Every seed goes through the same process of growth

But at the point they face the weather, storms and wind

Some build up some form of resistance for a short period and give up

becoming sheaves of millet whose relevance lasts for less than a year

While others continue to build resistance to whatever comes their way

throughout their lifetime and become an Iroko whose relevance lasts for decades.

I have never seen an infant who just stood up and started running

He first sits to strengthen his waist,

Crawls to fortify his knees and stands to strengthen his spine

Before moving one step at a time.

Have you noticed that for each of the steps enumerated above

The child through falling learns how to keep his balance?

If he stops trying after the fall of sitting how would he stand?

If he stops at standing how would he run?

Note

The pain a child experiences at a higher stage of his development

is greater than that of the former yet he pushes on and

as a parent you would never stop him going through these process

All you can do is guide him through each stages of his Life

It becomes disappointing when your child keeps crawling

while he should be running and no matter how big he appears

he is considered not to be developing

 So

Why do storms, trials and pain come?

It is a process that measures our progress and gives definition to our growth level.

Everyone faces some form of a storm

What differentiates us is the ones we overcome

Stop being a disappointment to God through complains

Don't be afraid to Grow

Face your Storms for today,

GROW!