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11/01/2025

10/21/2025

📢 WISDOM FOR PARENTING 📌👨‍👩‍👦

1. Avoid Giving your child everything he asks for. He will grow up believing that he has the right to get everything he wants.

2. Avoid laughing when your child speaks insulting words. He will grow up thinking that disrespect is entertainment.

3. Avoid remaining insensitive to bad behavior that he can display without scolding him for his bad behavior. He will grow up thinking that there are no rules in society.

4. Avoid picking up anything that your child messes up. He will grow up believing that others must take responsibility for his responsibilities.

5. Avoid letting him watch any program on TV. He will grow up thinking that there is no difference between being a child and being an adult.

6. Avoid giving your child all the money he asks for. He will grow up thinking that getting money is easy and will not hesitate to steal for it.

7. Always avoid putting yourself on his side when he is wrong against the neighbors, his teachers, the police. He will grow up thinking that everything he does is right, it is the others who are wrong.

8. Avoid leaving him alone at home when you go to the place of worship, otherwise he will grow up thinking that God does not exist.

9. Avoid talking down about a family member or spouse it will teach them to hurt others and that conflict and hurting others is okay.

10. Avoid showing them that not helping others in need is ok it will give them lack in grace.

To make things simple, teach them grace and kindness in all things and treat them the way you would want them to be treated.

10/21/2025

SEVEN TYPES OF PEOPLE TO AVOID!

1. WHEELBARROW PEOPLE: This category of people are energy drainers and time wasters. Such people would always want you to do everything for them. They don’t care about your own good but only theirs. They believe it’s your problem to solve their problems. One terrible thing about “wheelbarrow” is that, after you have laboured to load it up, you will still have to labour to push before it moves.

Note: Wheelbarrow people are consumers of energy, time and resources.

2. MOSQUITO PEOPLE: This set of people are only interested in sucking goodies out of your life and injected poison in replacement. They are benefits seekers but will never add values to others. Mosquito people have nothing good to offer but always want to derive goodness from others. Here is one terrible thing about “Mosquitos”, they only sing around you whenever they want to suck your blood and give you malaria.

Note: Mosquito people only sing your praises when they have something to benefit from you, while they backbite and backstab you thereafter.

3. SCAFFOLDING PEOPLE: This category of people are glory seekers and takers. Just because they have helped you at one time or another, they would want to be god over your life. They want to always control you and dictate the directions of your life. They won’t want you to be free and shine on your own but to always be under them.

One good thing about “Scaffolding” is that it’s useful but it’s usefulness is for short-term purpose. It is dangerous to be kept for permanent purpose.

Note: You must know when the relevances of scaffolding people have started constituting nuisance to your personal development and progress. And at such a time, all you must do is to discard them without delay, if not, your star will never shine.

4. CROCODILE PEOPLE: This category of people are nothing but pretenders. They don't have good reasons or godly intentions for getting closer to you. They only get close to know your secrets and will possibly use whatever personal information they know about you against you at any slightest provocation or disagreement. Crocodile people are not pretenders, they are liars, backstabbers, gossipers and twaddlers.

Note: Crocodile people would pretend to gain your empathy and make you vulnerable to their attack thereafter.

5. CHAMELEON PEOPLE: This set of people are envious and full of jealousy. They are always in unhealthy competition with you. They pretend as if they are going the same direction with you but only to silently monitor your life's progress with evil and negative intentions. They are envious of your success and as a result enter into competitive jealousy with you. Chameleon people are friends that will neither support you nor celebrate your progress, but would always amplify your downfall and mistakes.

Note: A jealous and envious friend can go any length to sabotage your efforts, frustrate your plans and destroy your dreams.

6. NAYSAYER PEOPLE: This set of people are dream killers. They won't appreciate your dreams and they will never support it. They will tell you 1001 reasons why your dream is impossible. They won't see your efforts but will always capitalise on your failed attempts. They will always see your cup half-empty and not half-full. When you are working on solutions, they would be busy creating more problems for you. They are passion killers and hope drainers.

Note: Naysayer People don't have dreams, so they will neither appreciate your dream nor support it.

7. GARBAGE PUSHER PEOPLE: This category of people are the worst of them all. They don't have anything good to offer. Their lives are full of debris, dirtiness and trashes. They are carriers of bad and negative news. They are carriers and disseminators discouraging and demoralizing information. Anytime they surface, it means they have something negative to talk about. They a peddlers of unfortunate events and negative development.

Note: Garbage Pusher People are always the first set of people to twit, post and broadcast ungodly, unfortunate, unprofitable and heartbreaking information.

You know them on your list as I also have them on my list too.

NOTE:

It is your sole responsibility to examine your life to really understand what categories of people you are surrounded with. Your life can only move in right directions the moment you associate with positive people and disconnect from negative people. Am I communicating?

10/21/2025

AVOIDING UNNECESSARY PRESSURE

1. Put your kids in
schools you can afford
because expensive
schools don't
guarantee good
results. Just ensure
they attend a good
affordable school

2. Rent apartments you
can pay for
conveniently. Don’t live
in a house you struggle
to pay yearly.

3. Let’s plan our lives and
live within our means.
Save more and spend
less.

4. Some women buy food
for their children every
morning before going
to school or even for
the whole family, do
you know it’s cheaper
to cook at home?

5. Some people don’t
earn much, but have
DSTV at home, go for
GOTV and upgrade
when your income
upgrades. It’s still the
same CNN anyway!

6. Eat healthy meals and
protect your family
from mosquitoes to
avoid going to the
hospital always.

7. Take advantage of
food and fruits in
season, its cheaper
and you can be
creative to create
amazing meals.

8.Don’t copy your
neighbor’s lifestyle,
she earns well and her
husband is a ‘big
man’

9. Don’t follow trends,
wear clean well-
ironed clothes and
keep your hair neat.
You would still look
good.

10. Keep your circle
small, keep only
friends that have
senses!

11. Above all things, have
the fear of God, have
integrity, don’t be lazy
and be prayerful.

12. Planning is the key, if
you fail to plan, you
PS:Ifplan to FAIL.

13. Don't do more than
your budget this
Time, there is no
award given to best
family that wore an
expensive cloth for
the year

14.Don't be in
competition with
anyone...
The purpose of shoes
and clothes are to
make us smart and
good.

10/21/2025

5 WAYS TO KILL DIFFICULTIES IN YOUR LIFE

1. Accept the situation: Acknowledge the situation you are in and accept it. Denying or ignoring the problem won't make it go away. Acceptance helps you to remain calm and find a solution.

2. Focus on the solution: Instead of focusing on the problem, focus on finding a solution. If one solution doesn't work, try another until you find one that works.

3. Seek help: Don't be afraid to seek help. Talk to someone you trust, such as a friend, family member, or therapist. They can offer you support and advice.

4. Take care of yourself: Deal with stress by doing things you enjoy, such as exercising, meditating, or spending time in nature.

5. Learn from your experience: Every difficulty is an opportunity to learn. Reflect on what happened, what you learned, and how you can use this experience to become stronger and more resilient in the future.

STAY BLESSED 🙏❤️

10/21/2025

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.

Why did you spill the coffee?

"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.

So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"

When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting tendencies?

Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.

Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

10/20/2025

The power of consistency

10/20/2025

Can you even....

10/20/2025

THE LONELY OLD MAN

A Short Moral Story.

A wealthy man put up a sign in front of his house that said;

"Tomorrow is friendship day! I invite everyone to a party in my house by 2pm tomorrow. Everyone will eat, drink and dance a great deal. You should come with all your friends. However, the person with the highest number of friends will win a cash prize of two million".

At noon the following day, a lot of people began to troop into the wealthy man's house. They gathered with their friends in excited clusters. The music from the party was loud, and everyone danced and cheered. Each group was served enough bread, cheese and wine. Everyone ate to their satisfaction.

At the end of the feast, the wealthy man instructed that each group of friends should be counted and the person who had the highest number of friends to win the prize.

Among the crowd was a poor and lonely old man who had no friends. He looked gloomy and had been standing all alone. Because of that, people mocked and jeered at him. Someone whispered to him in a tone of mockery.

"Hey, lonely old man. What in the world are you doing here with no friends? Don't be silly and unreasonable. Do you really think this party is for loners, huh?".

However, the lonely man was unaffected by those words and kept his silence, praying deeply in his heart. Then, when the counting of the groups had been completed, the wealthy man who hosted the party, came forward and said.

"And the winner of the grand prize is the old man standing there, who has a total number of one hundred friends. That's unbelievably huge! He has the highest number of friends and has just won himself two million! Congratulations to him".

Everyone was surprised and stared at the lonely old man with confusion and wonder. Then someone asked him.

"But you came with no friends. How come you won the prize for having one hundred friends?"

The old man smiled and said.
"When you build a friendship with God, he sends his angels to stand by you and increase your number. If God is all you have, then you have all you need".

When nobody is on your side, never forget that God is always by your side. With him, you have more than enough. His presence in your life can make up more than a thousand people. He can make a way where it looks like there is no way. Always believe, pray and trust in God.