Celebrating Nigeria at 54.......

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY NIGERIA!

I know with everything Nigeria has been through in the past few months, this is bitter sweet but it is, nonetheless, a celebration. You can not deny that with Her weaknesses, Nigeria is still strong. Boko Haram hasn't broken her neither has ebola, corruption, or any of the many issues she is facing.

Fellow Nigerians please celebrate your great country today, because if we don't, who will?

Love you, that's the first step.....!

I stumbled on this site one day; http://phoenixrisingcollective.org/ and was immediately inspired to do this piece. The initiative sees all women who have grown into their own and accepted themselves for who they really are as, phoenixes. That single feat is one of the most difficult things a woman can achieve in her lifetime. To be able to be your own woman and not be defined by your challenges is in itself challenging.

Jump! Take that leap of faith!

I remember back in high school when programs were organized for us to find our God-given talents. It made people think that these skills were hard to find and would be discovered through divine intervention, sort of like speaking in tongues. People ignored the skills that were already there, not knowing that talents were innate and not treasures dug up. And so for a long time lived their lives without an aim hoping that one day their talents will shine on them. They kept themselves busy with qualities they call hobbies. Not knowing that these qualities they find interesting, these qualities that take up their time, these qualities they are passionate about are actually not random but they are what makes every individual special, they are talents.

Why do you hate her? She is you!

I was on instagram one day when Toke Makinwa posted something like "queens are women who help each other grow". Annie Idibia also put up a post like that once and I thought to myself, why don't we ladies do this to ourselves? Why do we bring each other down? Why don't we help each other grow?

I'm here! It just took me a while to figure that out!

Some of us might see the title of this post and get confused as to why it is and what exactly happened to this blog.