Eze Anthony Oluchukwu

01/07/2025

WE SHOULD DO THE SAME

The truth we are yet to accept is that colonialism aims first at destroying a people's culture and religion in order to control and assimilate them.

In Igboland that dirty job of destroying culture was done by our missionaries.

My research for now shows that many missionaries in Igboland did not understand the political consequences of their actions.

This, however, does not exonerate them. Ignorance is never an excuse.

Before I visited some retired missionaries in Ireland in 2007/2008, I used to think that they understood what they did.

My discussion with them showed the opposite. They thought they were working for God.

Our duty today, especially as African Christians, is to apologise for those crimes and assist in finding ways to repair what can be repaired.

When Pope Francis visited Canada in 2022, he expressed deep sorrow, pain and shame when he learnt how the activities of the missionaries contributed to the destruction of the people's culture, which in turn aided their being colonised.

We need to do the same.

See the Vatican report of the pope's visit in Canada in the comment section.

Fada Angelo Chidi Unegbu

01/07/2025

01/07/2025

This is a good start for the month.

Happy new month!

JULY: WELCOME TO THE SECOND HALF OF 2025

July is the first month named after a human being. The others before now are named after deities or religious events.

The month known as July today was the birth month of the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar, who was a successful wārlord. He loved wārs.

Thus, he became a symbol of strength among his people. That is why the names Julius,
Julian, Julia, Julie, Julien, Juliette, Yul and Juliana were and are still common names to date.

The pope Julius II, who was nicknamed the warrior pope, also chose his name in honour of Julius Caesar and not pope Julius I.

Pope Julius II was the pope who established the Swiss Guards that protect the pope to date. Pope Julius II followed in the footsteps of Julius Caesar, who believed that only wārs stop rūbbish. He fought in various battles as pope.

Back to Julius Caesar. To honour Julius Caesar, who reigned from 49 BC to 44 BC, his month of birth, which was formerly known as Quintilis, which used to be the 5th month in the Roman calendar, was named after him.

Furthermore, the Julian calendar, which replaced the present Gregorian calendar, was also named after him.

Dear African, reading this, do you now see how Oyibo made sure that he is in the picture of life? Do you now see that there is nothing like pagan and holy history in their own history? History is history!

The months of the year, the days of the week, and the planet, including the earth, are named after Oyibo deities and human heroes. You can see their pictures scattered in the album of life.

You, where are you in the picture of life? Where are our own African deities, heroes and heroines? Or have we none? Where is our own history? Or have we no past?

Listen to this: those who know their past will always understand their present and can easily peep into their future. They will rule over those who do not know or cherish theirs.

As we begin the second half of the year today, may God strengthen us in body and mind to overcome every adversity that we are battling with right now, both as a people and as individuals.

Happy new month!

Fada Angelo Chidi Unegbu

01/07/2025

There are things we can change and there are things we can't change.

01/07/2025

Are you letting your strengths fall into disuse in a way that is not sustainable?

Are you on a path where your strengths are not available to you anymore?

Are you being cornered, at work or elsewhere, in a way that requires you to be “not you” most of the time?

Is the real you slowly going to sleep?

Do you fear that your real you may not be able to be reawakened?

If your answer to any of these questions is "YES", this is really for you.

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Eze Anthony Oluchukwu

30/06/2025

As a result of obstacles, there are things we will never be able to do as we planned.


In life, a lot of things will happen that will be contrary to our plans. If not today, then probably tomorrow. But the good news is that these obstacles will not be as bad as they seem, because our mind has infinite elasticity and high adaptability quotient.


We have the power to turn obstacles upside down, take negative circumstances and use them as opportunities to practice unintended virtues or other forms of excellence.


For instance:

• If something delays us from getting to our destination on time, then it is a chance to practice patience and put our mind to work on other alternatives.

• If we are hurt, it is a chance to practice forgiveness.

• If something is hard, it is a chance to get stronger.

• If we are broke, it is a chance to get financially literate and create financial strategies.

• If we are spiritually attacked, it is a call to build spiritual strength.


MARCUS AURELIUS wisely observed,

“While it’s true that someone can impede our actions, they can’t impede our intentions and our attitudes, which have the power of being conditional and adaptable. For the mind adapts and converts any obstacle to its action into a means of achieving it. That which is an impediment to action is turned to advance action. The obstacle on the path becomes the way.”

The Bottom Line:
The obstacle can become the way. There are infinite possibilities beyond what we know if only we can see. Sometimes, what we need most is found in that which we never intended to do. Every impediment can bring an advanced action in one form or another.

Eze Anthony Oluchukwu

30/06/2025

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