Papa Pikin

Folks, guess how I woke up this morning. I woke up with a jolt from my phone (I was dreaming that i just got sworn in as the Sec Gen of UN, can you beat that?) ... its was my parents. My mom wanted to find out how i was doing(like she always does, mum I love you)?My Dad told me something that has made me walk around with a swollen head all day, beaming with smiles like a man that just won a million dollar lottery. He told me that he visited my blog and that he was impressed, although he had some constructive criticism for me. This incident made me to start thinking about the bigger picture (I must confess am still feeling a little light headed from pride). How excited will we feel if we heard our heavenly father tell us how proud he is for something we did?But the truth is that this ought to happen every day. He communicates to us through his word, rebuking us each time we err, giving us a little pat on the butt for being naughty and giving kudos to each and every accomplishment. But do we have that relationship with dear Father? Do we hear Him distinctively when he speaks? I must confess my relationship with God is not at its best right now. But I know that all that has to change.If my relationship is my earthly father is going on strong then my Creator ought to have center stage in all my dealings

When is it enough?

It’s an innate nature embedded in man to always want more.(Charles Dickens should have been given a noble prize for writing Oliver Twist). Its more in some people and less in other but basically its the same scenario, its inbred in every living being. You set a target for your self, long to achieve it, work towards it, derive the ultimate pleasure in achieving it. After a while, the euphoria dies out and your mind starts racing. It starts formulating strategies to achieve the next target. After that its the next and the next and the next…..It goes on and on like that. But the million dollar question is; WHEN IS IT ENOUGH. When will all our struggles and worries just vanish into the thin air and we walk in the fulfillment that our dreams and aspirations have been achieved. Some think that only occurs when are retired another school of thought feel it can only happen when we die. I cant stop asking my self that same question, when oh when is it enough.

Abroad Fever

It’s a new month, new resolutions, new goals to achieve, new targets to achieve, for some the goal is to leave motherland. Who in this country doesn’t want to be a “been to” (a vernacular term for one who has been abroad and back). Everybody wants to leave the shores of Nigeria; The rich wants to go for summer, give birth to their children so they can be citizens, business...The not so rich want to go and search for the golden fleece. The favorite destinations are US,UK…..the list goes on and on. So long as it is “oyibo land” and one can earn in foreign currency. Despite the degrading treatment we get at the various embassies (have you been to the US embassy lately? It almost reminds you of a refugee camp, you will shed tears for Nigerians if you do), We still throng out each time with more resolve to make it through the interview (Doesn’t that tell you something about Nigerians? We are resilient). But wait oh! Who says we all go to the embassy? If bobo just find way reach morocco or libya, bobo don enter Europe be that.

I wonder when this craze to abandon Nigeria will end. I wouldn’t say the economy and the job situation is helping matters but the truth still remains the truth. North, South, home is best. No matter where you travel to and how much you earn, you will always be a foreigner, They will always find a way to remind you that you are a long way from home.