The Rich Man and The Noodles Seller

While waiting for the lady preparing my breakfast; noodles and a fried egg, a smartly dressed elderly man in a new looking black Toyota Camry (Spider) attempted to park at a tight spot close to her noodles kiosk. Out of sight, he had missed her cooler filled with drinks which was perched on the side…

Day 31: Thoughts Shape Your Life

I had a bad dream last night. I dreamt that two colleagues of mine at the office died. Before I slept, a dear friend told me of how two people, a lecturer and a student died at the University she works at in the space of a few days. We spoke at length about it,…

Day 30: Jealousy Burns Like Fire

  Jealousy is one of the strongest drives known to man. It comes from the root word for zeal and means, “to burn with an intense fire”. Is jealousy good or bad? It depends on the form. There are two forms of jealousy: legitimate jealousy based on love and illegitimate jealousy based on envy. A…

Day 29: Sprinkle A Little Kindness Daily

“How much is it?”, my father would ask. “N1500 Sir”, he would reply. “I will give you N300”, my father would say. In my mind, seated at the passenger’s seat, I’m thinking, “Daddy, haba, which kind of pricing is this one na. Pity the poor man”.  My father can price for Africa. The kind of…

Day 28: Learn to Learn Like a Child

  “Uncle Charles come and see”, my little 3-year-old cousin beckoned as I approached her. “Uncle Charles, see. I can read”. “Osheyyyyy”, I shouted enthusiastically. “Oya open your Bible to Romans 8:28 and read for me”. She joyfully opened the Bible and read with aplomb. I was elated. “That’s my girl. Well done baby. I…

Day 27: Really, What Would Jesus Do?

I left for the market after church to get a few things to cook, bachelor style. As I was navigating a bend where this young man was blending tomatoes, absent-mindedly, he threw away the tomato water onto the road and it poured on a beautiful looking woman. Before she could say, Jack Robinson, the boy…

Day 26: Is prayer your Steering Wheel or your Spare Tire?

Have you ever been driven in a car where the tire gets blown or flat and pulls off to the side of the road? How many of us know how to locate the spare tire, or how to change the tire? Not many? As important as a spare tire in a car is, it serves…

Day 25: Shape Your Relationships

    “So it’s true!”, I said more in astonishment than anything else. “Of course, it’s true. We use hot water and press her head to give it shape”, she replied. I wasn’t sure it was true when I first heard it but she confirmed that since a newborn baby’s skull is still very soft,…

Day 24: Be Pregnant with Patience

Ask a woman desperate for a child if she wants a child, “Definitely” would most likely be her answer. A few months down the line, she conceives and in the 3rd month, you ask her, “is it okay for the baby to come out now since you can’t wait to hold your baby”. She’s probably…

Day 23: Listen With Your Heart

  Chinonso met Angela at the park heading to Abuja from Lagos. They had a lengthy conversation which culminated in Angela telling him about her dad’s passing and how much she missed him. A few days after they met, Angela was surprised to see Nonso at her house with a bag filled with a box of…