Look down on NO ONE!

Look down on NO ONE!

Rif-raff, he/she can amount to nothing.

His/her past is enough to tell me how ugly his/her future will look

Her presence made her future bleakness so obvious

I know nothing good can come out of his/her life.

She is not even educated,

He is even so unexposed,

I am sure he will end up a loser

You are not God!

Never despise your fellow human.

I have seen one, who slept poor and woke up rich,

God is capable of changing a man’s story overnight.

The ragged looking guy today can become a chairman of a conglomerate tomorrow,

That uneducated lady today can become an owner of chains of business tomorrow.

Treat others the way you will like to be treated!

Treat the poor like the rich,

Tables turn you know,

Be careful with people you meet on your way up,

You might meet them on your way down

• Be a good friend, not a backstabbing one,
• Encourage someone,
• Lend a helping hand to somebody in need,
• Give advice,
  
  
• Give your time,
• Give your wealth of knowledge to help others grow,
• Be part of someone’s success story!

NO ONE WILL FORGET THAT MAN/WOMAN WHO WAS THERE FOR THEM OR WHO HELPED THEM CLIMB THE LADDER OF SUCCESS.

DON’T LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE!

I Love you!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

ARISE!

ARISE!

Wicked Leader,

Wicked Looters,

Foolish followers

Complacent followers,

Wake Up Nigerian Youths.

Stop being deceived of being the Leaders of Tomorrow

WE ARE THE LEADERS FOR TODAY!

Your youthfulness is the capacitor that stores the energy of Nigeria.

You are young and energetic not to smoke hemp and engage in politics without sagacity

• Get Educated (Know your rights)
• Get exposed (Network)
• Get Trained (Join online campaigns)
• Get Restructured (Learn about local issues)
• Get Creative
• Be an Inspiration!

Choose a way in which you want to be a solution to NIGERIA today.

YOU CAN:

Be anti-corruption crusader

Run for office

Do surveys and research about political/economic issues and make results public.

Engage in community service

Advocate for legislative change etc.

DO SOMETHING TO MOVE NIGERIA FORWARD

ENOUGH OF ANALYSING THE PROBLEMS

ARISE!

ARISE!

BE A SOLUTION!

I Love You!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

SUPPORTING UPSET/GRIEVING FRIENDS

SUPPORTING UPSET/GRIEVING FRIENDS

Your intentions are good!

You genuinely feel the sorrow of the other person.

And off you go to make a call or a visit

THEN YOU DO IT TOTALLY WRONG!

Awww, but I had good intents

Yes you do but,

When a friend, colleague, family or a loved one is:

Grieving the loss of someone or something dear,oss of a job, or

Going through a rejection e.t.c

All they need is SUPPORT.

When commiserating or grieving with someone,

Don’t:

Ever say you know how they feel-IF YOU REALLY DON’T

Contradict how they feel (Make them know they have the right to feel the way they do)

Ever make it about you (don’t say ‘just like when I ------)

Don’t add any advice- it is wrong to say ‘If you had tried this, then this will never happen’

ALWAYS UNDERSTAND:

That the grieving person is not you, so:

• Learn to just sit there and allow them be
• Squeeze their hand, rub their backs,
• Give a huge teddy bear hug, 
• Learn to listen without interrupting.
• Offer your support and time
• Run errands for them,
• Give them privacy if they asked for it.
• Be genuine in your communication and don’t hide your feelings.
• Unless they ask for your opinion, don’t give it

I Love You!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

THOUGHTS

THOUGHTS

If you think you can’t do it

You won’t do it

If you think you are defeated

You are

If you think you can’t succeed

You won’t

If you think everyone or someone is better than you.

They are!

You are your thoughts

Whatever you think of yourself will eventually come to reality!

Everything you need to get to where you are is within you

And that is your thought

Think consciously and rightly!

Let your thought be on how great you will be

How victorious over life challenges you will be

How everything will work out for your good

How you will have the home of your dreams

How beautiful your life will turn out at the end of it all

Think life

Think love

Think victory

Think success

Think greatness

 “If you can believe that you can do it, the whole universe will conspire to help you.”

― Debasish Mridha

Be deliberate about your thoughts

I Love You!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

Engaged?

Engaged?

Congratulations!

This is a more intentional season of your life!

Not a time to show off,

But a time to learn more.

A time to Share your vision and purpose together,

A time to know and discuss some salient issues

Part of which are:

• Your relationships with God
• How, what and when to pray for and with each other!
• How to create boundaries to avoid sexual sin
• Past Baggage and how to deal with them
• Who your marriage counsellor/mentor should be
• Books to read and deliberate on
• How you can bring out the Best in Each Other
• Sources of Conflict in marriage and how to resolve them
• Talk about financial accountability- Get to know the spender and the saver between you.
• Family and friends (YES! This is so important)
• Talk about sex (I advise you start this when your wedding is close-by, to avoid doing what you are talking about. Lol)
• Talk about anything and everything!
• Prepare for your wedding

AND

HEY BABE!

IF A GUY DON GIVE YOU ENGAGEMENT RING FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AND E NO TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE,

Haaa! Call a solemn assembly with him, IF HE DOESN’T HAVE A DATE AFTER THIS,

ABEG, RETURN THE RING; YOU NO BE LORD OF THE RINGS O!

  

I Love You!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

To My Single Babes & Bobos

To My Single Babes & Bobos

I love her so much,

I care for her,

Ask her,

I always do things that make her happy.

I might even marry her one day!

That is good!

No Sis, I have an issue though:

Oh, what is it?

Since, we know we will marry ourselves one day,

Why can’t she have sex with me?

After all, she told me she isn’t a virgin.

She is a child of God,

And she knows how much sex before and outside marriage displeases HIM.

She also knows her worth and value NOW,

Having sex is like giving a part of you out,

If you give yourself to every guy who comes to your life,

What will your husband eventually hold on to?

What if you get pregnant (Are you ready for a baby?)

What about contacting sexually transmitted disease.

Living with sexual guilt can be debilitating.

Shine your eyes wella.  (Love’s blindness has been cured tipetipe o)

Sex is responsibility,

Sex is holy ONLY in marriage

Instead of spending your emotional energy while you are single on wishing you could have sex now,

Why not start working towards serving God more and

Preparing yourself to be a great marriage partner to whoever you marry in the future?

Guys, if you love her,

Then wait!

Get married to her,

Then enjoy your sexual life together with her forever!

BE WISE!

NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SEXUAL PAST IS,

YOU CAN REFUTE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE.

I Love You!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

Health is Wealth!

Health is Wealth!

Take care of your Health!

Pamper your skin

Do things that make you Happy!

Surround yourself with worthwhile friends.

Eat to live!

Instead of that gala, puff-puff or biscuit,

Please, take a slice of water melon, orange pawpaw etc instead

Use a bottle of chilled water to suppress the urge to take soft drinks.

E no go easy o, but it's worth it.

You have JUST this one life to live!

Live it by:

• Loving God!
• Taking care of yourself!
• Reaching out to others and
• Fulfilling Purpose!

I Love You!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS,

Oh! She/he has hurt me,

You can’t believe what he/she did,

Such person deserve death for hurting me so badly,

Forgiveness is eating poison and expecting someone else to die.

FORGIVE!

Forgiveness shows your strength,

It makes people believe more in your faith,

Forgive yourself

Forgive others

God has forgiven even the inexcusable in you.

Until you learn to forgive the situation, yourself and others,

You cannot move forward.

Forget? No, that is almost impossible, (When I am not Olodo)

But you can forget the hurt, the pain that comes up whenever you remember the situation.

How?

Pray for the offender,

Call to say he/she is forgiven

Learn to appreciate God for making you stronger through the experience.

Remember to work at it as forgiveness is a constant attitude.

“People have to forgive. We don't have to like them, we don't have to be friends with them, we don't have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don't we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!”

― C. JoyBell C.

Forgive someone today!

My Thursday Musings

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

PRAYER

PRAYER!

Prayer is not ONLY ASKING!

Prayer is Worship

Prayer is Praise

Prayer is Adoration

Prayer is Confession of sins

Prayer is Intercession (asking on behalf of others)

Prayer is God talking to us (It’s a two-way communication)

Pray! Pray! Pray!

When you pray:

• You proclaim God as All-sufficient
• You connect yourself to divine solution to everything!
• You get to know God’s Will
• You receive peace that no man can give……..etc

How should you pray!

• Get a place void of distraction
• Get focused in your mind, body and soul (This requires discipline/self-control)
• Get a jotter to write down all distractions and inspirations.
• Get talking with God about everything and anything.
• Start with a heart of thanksgiving. (Na only the living fit pray nah)

After Praying

Believe, your prayers have been answered

Then PRAY AGAIN and AGAIN until your joy is full.

PRAYER WORKS!

‘My Thursday Musings’

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018

Before Salvation..

Before salvation,

We take everything as it comes,

We receive whatever the devil throws at us,

We take every word spoken against us without rebuff,

We allow people treat us as they like

Why?

We don’t know our place in God!

We don’t know how valuable we are.

Now,

We know how much God love us,

We know it cost God His Son for us to be redeemed,

We know we are valued and worth a whole lot

We know we have to work together with God to take charge of our lives

So,

You are who God says you are: You are great, lovely, wealthy, worthy, beautiful, influential………

Take charge of how you feel, how you relate with others and what you do with life

You are not accepting what the devil brings anymore,

You should negate every evil spoken word by the Word of God,

You won’t allow anyone treat you with less value.

TAKE OVER!

TAKE CHARGE!

Olukemi Gbenga-Dada

©2018