Life

This was sent to me by my mom and it touched me because this week, I've  been receiving a lot of things related to this message. So, here goes:

The easiest way to a miserable life is to think everybody is talking about you. Learn to ignore and overlook many things if you truly want happiness in life.

Never allow anyone to steal your joy from you.

Never worry about what people say behind you, it's none of your business as long as you are true to yourself.

Sometimes minding your own business does not keep people out of your business.

FORGIVENESS

This is a topic we hear about daily but most of us don’t practice it. Forgiveness has a lot of benefits added to it. For Example, if someone stole from you and the person returns it and begs for your forgiveness, most people will say I forgive just for you to leave them alone but in their hearts, they actually don’t forgive you. Some other people will actually forgive you, and some will tell you to your face that you are not

Marriage

Please take out time and have patience to read!

I sit down most times and ask myself this question, "why do marriages of nowadays crash so early?".
I certainly am no marriage counselor neither am I married, but I am very well aware of the fact that in the near future I will be. The answer to the question above I have been unable to provide until I watched this movie "WAR ROOM."

People might begin to ask, what will an unmarried girl know about this delicate issue, but you'll be shocked to know. First, I post this not for married women of nowadays, but for the young women of today and the futures of tomorrow. Most women

Man O Man!

Man O Man! 

When without money, eats vegetables at home; When he has money, he eats the same vegetables in a fine restaurant.

When without money, rides bicycle; When has money rides the same ‘exercise machine’. 

When without money walks to earn food. When has money, walks to burn fat; 

Man O Man! Never fails to deceive thyself! 

When without money, wishes to get married; When has money, wishes to get divorced. 

When without money, wife becomes secretary; When has money, secretary becomes wife. 

When without money, acts like a rich man; When has money acts like a poor man.   

Man O Man! Never can tell the simple truth! Says share market is bad, but keeps speculating; Says money is evil, but keeps accumulating. Says high Positions are lonely, but keeps wanting them. Says gambling & drinking is bad, but keeps indulging; 

Man O Man! Never means what he says and never says what he means. Life is not about what you couldn't do so far, it's about what you can still do. 

Wait and don't ever give up. Miracles happen every day, 500 Naira seems too much to give a beggar but it seems okay when its given as tip at a fancy restaurant.  

After a whole day of work, Hours at the gym seem alright but helping your Mother out at home seems like a burden.  

Praying to God for 3 minutes takes too much time but watching a movie for 3 hours doesn't. 

Wait a whole year for Valentine's day but we always forget Mother's day. 

Two poor starving kids sitting on the pavement weren't given even a slice of bread but a painting of them sold for hundred dollars. 

We don't think twice about forwarding jokes but we will rethink about sending this message on. 

Think about it, make a change. Because you can.  

Six Easy ways to earn, even after death. 

1) Give a smile or gift to someone. Each time u give a gift or smile, it will make someone's day, you gain. 

2) Donate a wheelchair to a hospital. Each time sick person uses it, you gain. 

3) Participate in building an orphanage, hospital, school or college. Anybody uses it, you gain. 

4) Place a water cooler in a public place. Anybody drinks water, you gain. 

5) Plant a tree. Whenever a person, animal sits in its shade or eats from it, you gain. 

6) And the easiest of all is to share this message with people. Even if I apply any of the above, you gain. I just did.

Have a nice day!

-Rukky Ujara 

Be Contented

Found some articles while scrolling through a site and I realised that many people are not content with what they have and it has become a serious disease in a lot of the people today and many people don't know it.

Ade met his friend Kola, 2 years after school and he was driving a sleek Mercedes Benz. He went home weeping and feeling awful for himself. Ade didn't know that Kola has never owned a car and got a job as a driver in a small company somewhere and on that faithful day, he was sent on an errand with the biggest car in the company when his friend Ade saw him.

Seyi nagged her husband always for not being romantic by not getting down to open the car door for her as Ngozi's husband did when he dropped her at work. Seyi didn't know that Ngozi's husband's car was faulty and the door could only be opened from outside.

Life does not have a universal measuring tool, so create yours and use it. Looking at people and comparing yourself with them will never make you happy, you'd continue to have pains of what's not even real and making you regret how you are living your life when you should try your possible best to be contented with what you have and not envy the things you see.

Be contented with what you have and in everything, give thanks!

- Story by Anonymous, supported by Rukky Ujara

500 Naira Note

Two important management lessons I learnt from a 500 Naira note.

1. It happened some time ago but . I was in an audience listening to a motivational speaker. The speaker got out his wallet & pulled out a 500 Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this 500 naira note?"

Lots of hands went up. Including mine. A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout "Me!" "Me!" I began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would choose. And I also secretly wondered (and I am sure others did too ) why he would simply give away 500 Naira. Even as the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman running down the aisle. She ran up onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and grabbed the five 500 naira note from his hand. "Well done, young lady," said the speaker into the microphone. The speaker simply say "Most of us just sit and wait for good things to happen. That's of no use. You've got to make things happen. Make a move" 'Simply thinking about doing something is of no use and not gud enough'. Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities around us. We all want the good things. But the problem is we don't take action. We all want the 500 naira notes on offer. But we don't make the move. We look at it longingly. Get up, and do something about it. Don't worry about what other people might think.

Take action.

2. later, the speaker got another 500 naira note and held it up for all to see, I thought I knew what's up. But he just asked a simple question. "How much is this worth?" "Five Hundred naira!" the crowd yelled in unison. "Right," said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled it into a ball and asked "How much is it worth now?" "Five Hundred naira!" screamed the audience. He then threw the note on the ground, stamped all over it and picked up the note and asked one more time: "And how much is it worth now?" "Five Hundred naira!" was the response. "I want you to remember this," said the speaker. "Just because someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note does not diminish. We should all be like the 500 naira note. In our lives, there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let your self-worth diminish. Just because someone chooses to crush you, that doesn't change your worth one bit!

Don't allow your self-worth to diminish because someone says something nasty or does something dirty to you."

Never let your self-worth diminish

-Anonymous

Fight for your belief

I realized that we most times don't fight for what we believe in and that's not the way it's supposed to be. I believe that if people fought for the right thing which is their right, like Martin Luther King Jr. did some years back, we would get what we are meant to. Fighting against this gay right is the right thing to do. This is because the Bible goes against any kind of relations that isn't between two certified people.

The Bible said, we shouldn't have sexual relations with animals, same sex but the world we live in today don't respect it. Everything they do is just all about what they feel is good and how everybody has a right to do what they want which is the thought of the wicked one and not the thought of Christ. When I say fight, I don't mean violent fight, I mean nonviolent fight.

I really believe that if every other person disagrees with this gay right then, we are surely going somewhere with this. I'm not happy that I don't feel safe whenever I'm in a room with certain females I don't know because I can't tell who is what. We need to find a way to stop all these. I speak with God in my heart and not from my head.

-Rukky Ujara

HAPPY NEW YEAR

In everything you do, thank God. Thanksgiving is a very very good way to reach out to God. Anytime we give thanks, our healing and understandings are perfected which is what everybody desires no matter what they try to cover it up with. God never gets tired of listening to your thanks.  

God has a way of blessing us. He never blesses two people in the same way.  He works in the most wondrous ways.

Think of it, whenever your mum or dad or even your friend gives you something, he/she expects you to say thank you. When thank you is said, they are always joyful because it shows how much you appreciate whatever they have given you. That is the same way God is joyful when you say thank you to him.

In everything you do, give thanks,  I didn't quote that, the Bible said it all. Thanksgiving is application and supplication for more.

In all, let us thank God for a new year and also a new month. He gave us the opportunity to see this year.

-Rukky Ujara

CHRISTMAS TIDINGS

Christmas
A time to share
A time to give
A time receive
A time to think on everything
This is a period
Where people look back
And thank God for all He has done
On this day
Christ was born
He came into this world
As a Saviour
He came and brought joy to the world
On this day
There are smiles on people's faces
Many questions are asked
Many are answered
Some are not answerable
But let us not forget that
Jesus is the reason for the season
Give and be Blessed
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

-Rukky Ujara

The ABC of life

As we climb up today,life will get more challenging but when life’s challenges

overwhelm us, we must remember our ABC- the ABCs of life.

We should take the A and Accept the challenge;

the B and Believe in ourselves; 

the C and Confess our hopes and dreams;

the D, the Determination to achieve our dreams;

E, Expect some obstacles on our way; 

F, we should Fight until we finish our course; 

G, we should Get God on our side; 

H, Have a hand in helping the leadership; 

I, Inspire someone else; 

and J, take Jesus on our journey; 

we should K, Keep on keeping on; 

and L, be Leaders; 

M, Make every day count;

and N, Never give up; 

we must O, Overcome our obstacles; 

and P, Put on our best performance; 

we must Q, Quit quitting; 

and R, Run the race with patience; 

S, Strive on;

while T, Trusting in the Lord, 

we should U, Use our talent; 

and V, Value our time; 

W, Wait for understanding; 

then X, X-ray, our own lifestyles;

Y, Yearn to achieve all that we seek; 

and Z, be Zealous when reaching the top!