366 days of wisdom (November 30, 2020)

Day 335 of wisdom 

“Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.”

Mark Twain

Change is the only thing that never changes and change as much as it takes time to happen, also happens in the twinkle of an eye. Anything can happen at any instant and a man's life can be turned around just with the tap of a finger. Everyday is another opportunity for a new beginning, and whatever a man wants, as long as he is willing to pursue, he will always receive. The present is not alway a true picture of how the future will be, but what we do with the present will always determine what the future will bring.

It may be difficult to achieve whatever we want to achieve, our pursuit of success and happiness may not come as easy as we thought it would be, but if we never relent, if we continue to pursue in spite of the difficulties and obstacles we may face, a change of circumstance is certain and sure. The only reason we will not achieve the change we desire is of we quit in the pursuit of it, if we don not do all we can to get to the desired destination.

As John F. Kennedy would say, “Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” the past has nothing for you, it will only deprive you of your time to act towards a better future, the present must not be out yardstick to measure our success, because the bigger the success, the longer it may take to deliver it, but the future is certainly pregnant with unlimited realities for a brighter and more glorious life.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a very valid and undisputable advice when he said, “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward” change is never stagnant, no one sits idly and expect anything to change, we cannot continue to do the same thing over time and expect a different result, life never pays the idle man, but the hardworking and unrelenting she rewards accordingly. Never look down on anyone today, for before the day ends, change might occur, the caterpillar can metamorphose into a butterfly and fly away. Until it is over, it is never over.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 29, 2020)

Day 334 of wisdom 

“Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.”

C. S. Lewis

Whatever you are not really ready and willing to give, you do not really have, in fact whatever you don't give you don't have even if it is in your possession. The essence of having anything is the usefulness of that thing, so, when such things are needed by anybody other than yourself you must be ready to give it to the one who needs it, that may be the purpose for which it was given to you in the first place. When something cannot perform its primary purpose of being, that thing becomes useless and will not be be reckoned with as important.

If you have skills, talents, and abilities and the only thing you use your them for are such things that benefit only you and no one else, they are useless and irrelevant. If you cannot use whatever you have for the good of humanity, you cannot be said to have it, because it has brought no value to those who it should bring value to. When you use, or give what you have to others they will always refer to you as the giver, you will always be in their minds and memories as the one who gave for reasons which most likely will be the need of such things.

A Nigerian musician in his song said, "olowo ti ko saanu, is a talika" meaning "a rich man that does not do good with his money is poor" It is not in possession that we have, it is in giving what we possess that we have. A farmer that will not give the seed of corn to the ground to be buried, is that one a farmer? What will he do with that seed? If he consumes it all by himself will he have it anymore? But if he buries it in the ground, he will reap in multiple folds what he has planted.

Givers never lack, because the more they give, the more they receive, whatever they give they receive in multiple folds. Giving is the most honourable thing a man can do to anyone who needs what he has at any point in time. Calvin Coolidge once said, “No person was ever honoured for what he received. He was honoured for what he gave.” Giving brings honour, as much as we love to receive, we must learn to give, because the more you give the more you receive, and receiving as a result of what you have given is always a great honour. So, give.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 28, 2020)

Day 333 of wisdom 

“When you win, you don't get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.”

Diego Maradona

Winning is not always the end of the battle, it mostly is a temporal outcome of an unfinished war. Life is a continuous chain of events, and many things happen in succession, one who wins a contest today might be the loser tomorrow, this is why you must not be carried away by the win you have today because, tomorrow you might be a loser. We must always prepare to win any battle we get into, we must do our best to emerge winner at all times, but we cannot always win, and whenever we lose we must take it in good faith, and move on.

All winners were loser, no one ever gets into winning without first loosing, but they learn to win from their loses. As Michael Jordan once said, "I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I have been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." When you lose, don't beat yourself for loosing, rather pick up yourself, gather lessons from your loss, and work towards the next opportunity, the more you go the greater your chances of winning.

You must first learn to lose before you can learn to win. Losing is the stepping stone towards winning and until you learn to lose and lose honourably, you cannot be successful. The most successful men in life are men who failed multiple times but never gave up, and then they won. The world remembers not the loses but their win. They translated their win into wins by consolidating on the win and the loses and using the lessons to create a chain of wins.

Win or lose, never lose sight of your journey, go confidently in the direction of your dreams, never take any moment on that journey for granted but draw lessons from every event, stick to your path, follow the process and as Henry David Thoreau would say "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you have imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler" and winning will be easier. You will go far only if you do not quit when you fall, so, keep moving, fall, but don't stay down, fall, stand up, fall again stand up again, and eventually you will win.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 27, 2020)

Day 332 of wisdom 

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”

Bruce Lee

You must have heard almost more than a million times that, "knowledge is power" this is as true as truth can be. In everything we do we must seek knowledge, it is the key to the reservoir of unlimited powers. A knowledgeable man can never be ridden like a horse. The way to secure your power is by acquiring all the knowledge you can, by all means you can, because without the power that knowledge brings, crossing the line between your current status and where you want to be or get to, will be a mountainous task.

As powerful as knowledge can be, one thing is very important in life; character. Character in the words of Michael Josephson "is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay." Character is who you really are, it is what you are when you are with everybody and when you are with nobody, it is the true revelation of your inner self. Your character is how you behave when things are convenient and easy for you and when they are not.

As Byron R. Pulsifer would say "Character is not something that you buy; it is not a commodity that can be bartered for; it is not a quality suited for only the rich and famous; rather, character is built upon the foundational commitment of love, honesty, and compassion for others." a good character is not about yourself, it is mostly about the people around you, it is about how you treat those that can not pay you back for the good you did to them; how you treat the vulnerable and helpless; how you tolerate those that does not measure up to your status.

Knowledge is indeed power, but beyond power man naturally craves respect. Respect can not be bought with money or anything else, respect is earned and reciprocative. Respect is not reserved for a certain class of people, as much as everyone deserve to be respected, some levels of respect must be earned. Some of the most respected people in the world are people who have earned it through their humane, and sacrificial character and lifestyle, they gave themselves to the service of humanity and earned respect in return. Seek knowledge, and in your desire and pursuit of knowledge, build your character.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 26, 2020)

Day 331 of wisdom 

“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”

Ben Stein

No journey ever starts until one decides to get to a place. The first step towards getting anywhere is to decide on where you want to get to, it is the ignition that starts the journey. Many people are been held down not by what they cannot do, or by what they did not have, most people are held down by their inability to decide what they actually want from life. Life does not give anyone anything unless he decides to get that thing. Whatever you have today is what you decided you wanted yesterday, consciously or unconsciously.

Until you choose what you want, you will always get what you don't want. Your indecision is a decision against you, your future, and your dreams. If you really want to become an achiever, you must decide what you want from life. The only person who will make a favourable decision for you is you, anybody else has not so much good for you. Markus Zusak once said, "I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be. I was standing there, waiting for someone to do something , till I realised the person I was waiting for was myself." until you decide, you will get nothing, and go nowhere.

Make the decision to follow your path, decide what you want from life, it is until then you can begin the journey to the future of your dreams. Things will not always go the way we want or expect it to go, life will not always be fun, but when life happens to you, what you take out of it is determined by your decision to either react or reflect. Your choices and decisions are the ultimate determinants of your destiny, life obeys and respect whatever decisions you make, as long as you are ready and willing to pay the price for its end result.

Theodore Roosevelt once said, "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing." Indecision is worst than the wrong decision, as much as we don't always want to make wrong decisions it is better to make a wrong decision and learn from it than to make no decision at all. We never know what decisions is right or wrong until we get the result of a decision after it has been made. So, decide today what you want from life, it is the first step towards getting that thing, but after deciding pursue with all your heart and might and success will follow you.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 25, 2020)

Day 330 of wisdom 

“Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.”

Laurence Sterne

Light and darkness are non agreeing allies, they do not coexist, but one succeeds the other, they are never united, neither are they ever cooperative. So is pain and pleasure. No one wants to ever feel pain, no one ever wants to be accustomed to pain, but most times, it is impossible to receive pleasure without having first felt, gone through pain, or been through displeasure and discomforts. As much as pain is never wanted sometimes, it is the forerunner of pleasure. 

Abhijit Naskar once said, "Pleasure and Pain participate equally in moulding character." We cannot know the true character of a person until he has gone through both pain, and pleasure. A man could be able to hide his pain and disguise through it, but what will be his disposition when pleasure comes? Similarly, when someone has been in pleasure and comfort, we may not be able to know how well he can adapt to differing situations until he is faced with pain. Pain and pleasure are the mould with which our characters are moulded and revealed.

No man will escape either of pain or pleasure, but everyman must choose wisely how and when he experiences either of them. Sometimes, we have to self inflict pain on ourselves so as to be rewarded with pleasure, so we can at the end of the painful era enter into an era of pleasure. If one desires only pleasure and satisfy himself with pleasure at will, pain will eventually come, because pain and pleasure always precedes each other, one never dwells permanently in any place. You either choose pain and let pleasure come when it will, or go for pleasure and let pain take its place when the time is ripe.

Tony Robbins gave a valid and valuable advise when he said, "The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you are in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you." Learn to use pain, learn to use pleasure, both to your advantage and growth. They are two indispensables that governs us in all we do. So, learning to use them in our favour will put us in absolute control of our lives and bring us to the destination we hope to arrive at.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 24, 2020)

Day 329 of wisdom

“Where there is love there is life.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Love is to life what soil is to a tree. Without the soil, the tree cannot stand nor blossom, without love, life would have no meaning, life would be baseless, and thriving would be impossible. Nothing thrives as much as it should in a hostile environment, maximum efforts will only produce minimum results in an environment where there is no love, where discord and apathy reigns. One who would succeed at whatever he does can only achieve such in an environment where love is present, a positive environment breeds positive results and negative environment breeds negative results.

Erwin D. Maramat once said, "What is virtue when surrounded by toxic people? What is honesty in the maelstrom of the oppressive? For as sweet as you may be, you might as well be a grain of sugar lost in a spoon of salt." Though Lilies grow in the mire, it seldom blossom and last long as it would have if it was cultivated and nursed in an horticultural garden. When an environment is conducive growth will be easy, thriving will be stressless. 

An environment governed by love is an environment where unity, peace and justice reigns, and therefore is an environment that gives her people the opportunity and privilege to live a full life. As Maya Angelou once said, "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." Success is guaranteed only in love. In the words of ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, he said," Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." courage and strength are needed in our pursuit of success.

The best people to always be around, are the people who always want to see you do well, they are the people who always want to see you become your best and highest self. Being around jealous and envious people will deprive you of a sound mind and give you so many things to worry about other than your purpose and how to achieve it. Life becomes unbearable when you are around toxic people, people who are not interested in your growth and progress. As A. D. Posey would say, "Surround yourself with those conducive to you being your highest self." It is only among people whom you are most comfortable that you can thrive the best.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 23, 2020)

Day 328 of wisdom

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.”

George Eliot

No one deserves anything in life, everyone only gets whatever they work for. Nothing just happens, the things that happen are the things you make happen, the things you decide to have you will eventually get. Nothing comes easy, especially what you want, but when you work hard without giving up you will have what you want. Someone once said, "if you want something work for it, if you don't get it, work harder." Life does not reward idleness, but pays a premium to the hard worker.

Luck never associates itself with idleness, it only comes to those who roll up their sleeves, go on the threshing floor and get busy working for what they want, separating their past from their present, and creating the future that they want. Thomas Jefferson once said, “I am a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” Greater luck follows more hard work, the more you work, the more the luck that follows you. You have got to rise up, wake up, dress up, show up, and pursue what you want and you will achieve it.

Hoping, planning, expecting does not guarantee achievement, the only thing that guarantees achievement is hard work. Dreams don't come to pass on the bed, it is on the field of work the fulfillment of dreams is achieved. If your dreams must be fulfilled, you must wake up to the realities of life and pursue earnestly that which your heart desires. As Paulo Coelho would say, “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” Our lives begin to change the moment we begin to put efforts into making it better.

Roses are desirable and pleasant, but they don't just grow, they must be planted, and cultivated, the more you plant, the more you will have. Arguably one of the greatest footballer of all times Lionel Messi once said, “You have to fight to reach your dream. you have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” Nothing is difficult to achieve if we are willing, and ready to go for what we want. Your dreams, however big they are, are valid, attainable, and within reach, but you must work hard to achieve them, and this is the key to a successful and fulfilling life.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 22, 2020)

Day 327 of wisdom

“Who covets more is evermore a slave.”

Robert Herrick

A happy life is not comprised in the acquisition of plenty nor in the gathering of enough wealth and substance, a happy life consist in the contentment with the little that one has. G. K. Chesterton once said, "There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." It is no crime nor offence against any to desire more, to want more, gather more, and acquire more but, great satisfaction is derived in being satisfied with the little that one has, it is the best way out of the slavery of greed.

As much as we must not be give up at becoming the person we want to be and need to be for the betterment of the people around us and the world, we need also be satisfied with who we are, we must understand that until we appreciate who we are, we cannot become who we should be. We must be grateful for what we have, while we hope, expect, and work towards being better than who we are at the moment. We must see our imperfections as an opportunity to grow and become better rather than a disadvantage or limitation to being who we want to be.

A materialistic mindset will always be enslaved by the possession of physical things; materials that will in the passing of time fade away, but a mindset of satisfaction will not only be moved by what he can have for himself but by how he can be of value to everyone around him, how he can cause a positive change in the world. Greed can never be satisfied, but contentment will always receive more through the show of gratitude and satisfaction.

Ancient philosopher, Seneca said explicitly that "True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not." All we have is enough, and all we need we can reach if only we can consistently be grateful for all we have, as gratitude open doors to plenty. Free yourself of the slavery of covetousness it makes a man run in endless circles in pursuit of the needless.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 21, 2020)

Day 326 of wisdom

“Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.”

Benoit Mandelbrot

For everyone and everything there is a place of relevance, life is never dominated by an idea, a person, a certain philosophy or any group of people, everyone has a space in the scheme of life. A phenomenon that is very important, crucial and indispensable in a particular field of human endeavour may never be thought about in a similar field. Every field has its principles, ideals, codes, and guides which must be duly and vehemently adhered to.

When we see a man who considers something so dearly that we do not reckon with at all, we must not reach conclusions on the vainness of his preferences but seek to consider the reasons for which he has endeared such to himself. Life is more about purpose, importance, and usefulness than perspective and perception. A very important tool in a mechanic workshop would be absolutely useless in a baker's bakery, and vice versa, but the lack of that tool in the workshop of a mechanic makes the Mechanic useless and same for a Baker.

Everyone is unique in his own way, and no one is supposed to be another person, or do take another person's place in the fulfillment of purpose we are all meant to shine differently as stars in our own world. As Hermann Hesse said, "We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honour him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement." We are meant to complement each other and not to oppose each other, so, when we see an avenue to be of assistance to each other we must not fail to do the needful.

Everyone has his own space, purpose, and value and must be respected for it, we must not be driven into the web of competition, a straight line is as important to an Architect as his end product, but to a butcher it is of no use, absolutely unimportant. Live your life based on your purpose and not based on another man's purpose or plan for your life, you have your journey and everyone's journey is different from each other, so, take charge of your destiny, consider not another man's ways but yours, and life will be to you a jolly ride.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 20, 2020)

Day 325 of wisdom

“Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”

Joe Biden

Failure is a sign of progress, only one who has been busy trying to achieve success can come across failure. Only those who have recognised the inevitability of failure in life, and know that failure is not the end of a journey but a part of every success journey that must be passed through to achieve success can ever become successful. Most times failure teaches us a lot more than success can ever teach us. Success teaches us only what to do in trying to achieve something, but failure teaches us what not to do as we make efforts to achieve success.

In the words of Denis Waitley “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” As long as we are making efforts to lead the life of our dreams, we may not be able to avoid failure, but if we continue on that journey, on the street of hitch and glitch where we are faced with hiccups and distractions we will surely arrive at success boulevard.

Pardonable and forgettable are failures and mistakes, but quitting and giving up is unforgivable, it will amount to a waste of time, effort and resources. It is the only sure way and guarantee to a miserable life. The pains that failure causes one is temporary especially when he does not quit, but quitting imposes upon one a forever of regrets. As Winston Churchill would say, “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” When your consistent failure never deters you from moving on with your journey your success is inevitable.

Never allow the fear of failure keep you from going after your dreams; never resist the urge to continue in spite of failures; do not let your tears, your effort, your tries over the course of the journey get to waste because you have failed; we must use our failures as stepping stones to success. Unless we give ourselves the permission to fail achieving success may be difficult. Never give up and never fear failure, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” (Robert F. Kennedy).

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366 days of wisdom (November 19, 2020)

Day 324 of wisdom

“An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.”

Margaret Atwood

Indian-American author and consultation Venkatesh G. Rao puts very aptly and concisely about revenge, he said, "... revenge is obviously a deeply messed-up expression of vindictiveness. It is hard to even call it evil. It is just plain insanity. A result of deeply messed-up thinking." Revenge is not a stuff of strong minds, only weak minds are engaged in revenge. A man of sanity and good thought will not consider hurting another man in return for the hurt he has received, rather he would pay him with an opposite coin to show his superiority.

Revenge does not make you any better than your enemy, it only puts you on the same level as the man whose deeds you detest or hate, it makes you no better than the enemy, but as Marcus Aurelius would say, "The best revenge is not to be like your enemy". Attempting to pay your enemy with the same plate of stew he dished you makes you even worse than he is. If you are hurt by someone the best way to hurt them back is to do to them the exact opposite of what they have done to you, which mostly would be to show them some love, kindness and care, nothing hurts them more.

These words by Jessica Brody can not be truer, "Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don't care who you are. What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve." Whatever you do whether it be a revenge of what someone did to you or an evil deed that originated from you against another person, life will always pay back in the same coin and most likely in multiples.

Always do good, evil never pays, whatever you do: good or bad, you will surely reap. Forgive all hurt against you as Benjamin Franklin said, "it is more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury." Forgiveness is a sign of strength and superiority, show your enemy you are better by loving them rather than hating them, surprise them with care, revenge is a self destructive act, it only multiplies evil, never engage in it, the best form of revenge is living a good life, so, live the good life.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 18, 2020)

Day 323 of wisdom

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”

John Dewey

Success is not a destination, it is a journey, and there is no end to the journey of success, every point of the journey where an achievement is reached is the beginning of the pursuit of a new goal. One cannot relent in the constant pursuit of success but continue to move forward irrespective of previous successes. Attempting to soft pedal on the success journey is a recipe for retrogression and stagnation. Whenever we achieve success, it is most likely to be drawn into the thoughts of having arrived therefore, wanting to relax in our pursuit, but this will do us no good.

On the journey to success, it is not what we achieve that is more important, what is most important is who we become. Whatever we gather as a reward for our hard work can be taken away from us in the twinkle of an eye, we can loose everything our success has given to us, but one thing we can never loose is what we have become on that journey. We must therefore be more interested in who we become and what we learn on that journey than what we gather.

The joy that one derives in doing and performing the tasks that leads to success is second to none, As Greg Anderson would say, "Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." In fact, it is on the journey that one learns more about the destination, when you skip any part of the process, when you try to find a shortcut to the next junction, you might miss a very important lesson that will be crucial in the later stages of the journey.

No destination is ever final, every destination is an opportunity to see life differently, it is an opportunity to explore new grounds, it is an opportunity to take up new challenges. The higher we go the tougher it becomes, and every new stage will require a new version of us, we must therefore work on ourselves to measure up to the standards the new stage require of us. We must see every challenge that may come out way as a stepping stone to greater heights and not an obstacle. Treat every destination as a starting point and not an end of the journey because success never ends.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 17, 2020)

Day 322 of wisdom

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”

Napoleon Hill

The human body naturally seeks comfort, always wanting to be in a state of rest, and never wanting to be subject to any kind of tension or stress. As much as the body does not want to be pressured, the mind of a man understands that there can be no success without work, the mind therefore conditions the body to carry out whatever task it must to achieve that which he pursues. The body is then subject to the control of the mind as aligned to the pursuit of its dreams and vision.

A man who will rise to heights every other person will not get to, must be ready and willing to go through what others will not go through; give what others will not give; and do what others will not do, he must be disciplined enough not to give in to the weakness and meekness of the body but go the extra mile in the pursuit of his dreams in other to achieve it. As Aristotle said, “What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.” We can choose to do or not do, but whatever we do we will duly be rewarded for.

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment” are Jim Rohn's words, without discipline we will go nowhere, but with discipline we are sure to accomplish whatever we set out for. If our dreams are so dear to us, we will consider the pains we go through in accomplishing these goals not as pain but as gain, being the price to be paid for our achievements. As ancient Greek philosopher Plato would say, “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.” If you would have any form of victory in any area of your life endeavours, you must first overcome yourself and everything that may limit your chances of success.

There is a continuous and consistent battle for dominance between your body and your mind. The body wants ease, comfort, and pleasure, but the mind wants greatness, success, recognition and impact, none of this comes easy, if anything must be achieved the body must get to work, get dirty, and busy. When the needful is done, when you have fought and won, when discipline has been put to work, ease, comfort and pleasure will come along.

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John Kamikun

366 days of wisdom (November 16, 2020)

Day 321 of wisdom

“Real riches are the riches possessed inside.”

B. C. Forbes

True riches are not in the possession of physical and material substances but in the things we possess within us. The love you share, the kindness you show, the sanity of your mind, are some of the evidence of the riches within you. As Matshona Dhliwayo said, "You are no richer than what you carry in your mind, no stronger than what you hold in your heart, and no purer than what you harbor in your soul." Whatever you have within you is the true revelation of the wealth that you possess.

If all you can boast of is your fat bank account, the cars in your garage, your estates, and store of food, you are not truly rich. If all you have are the things that money can get you, you are indeed poor. Poverty is not the lack of money, it is the lack of good relationships, lack of good friends, lack of love, care, happiness, peace, pleasure, and contentment. As Dhliwayo also said, "If you need money to be rich, you will always be poor." It is always better to be rich in love than to be wealthy in gold, because when gold finishes, love never dies.

The most treasured things in our lives are not the things we can see with our eyes, they are not the things we can touch with our hands, but they are the memories we have created with the people that are dear to us, they are the love we have shared, the kindness we have shown and received, the peace, happiness and joy we have experienced.

As Dr Salma Farook would say, "While wealth will be a capricious shadow to our lives, true riches lie in strength of character; that is infinitely harder to accumulate. It is the only gold that enhances our potential in terms of what we can offer the world." The strength of our character should be more valuable to us than the amount we can accumulate from whatever we do, we should be more concerned about building valuable character than accumulating physical wealth. Material wealth will give us temporary comfort, but good character will guarantee us a good life. In all as we race in the direction of our dreams we must seek knowledge, follow wisdom, and pursue understanding, for in them true wealth is achieved.

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366 days of wisdom (November 15, 2020)

Day 320 of wisdom

“God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.”

Saint Augustine

Without God we are nothing, and we can do nothing. He created us in His own image to show forth His glory on the surface of the earth. He bestowed upon us great power, wisdom, knowledge, and ability, not so we can do without Him, but so we can through His wonderful gifts to us do great things. He created us not to control us, but that we might through our living and gifts create for others and ourselves what we can to make the world a more beautiful place to live, not for lack of beauty but that we ourselves might be creators just as He is (His image).

Though endowed with great powers to do whatsoever we wish to do, we are limited only to things He gave us powers over. There are times we must Trust Him to give us what we need to carry on in our journey. We must exhibit our faith in Him to supply us with some things or enable us to do the things we hope to do, but we must do, we must engage ourselves in doing our own part towards achieving what we hope to achieve. On the high sea of life, when He provides the wind, we must raise the sail in the direction we hope to head towards.

In everything we do, there is a place of divine intervention and there is a place for personal work. We must as a matter of fact put in as much work into our endeavours in life as we put in so much faith. Faith is the enabler of things that are not yet seen, but work is the realiser of things we hope for, so our faith must be as strong as the work we put into everything we do. As the Apostle James said in James 2:18, "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works" (KJV). Faith and work go and in hand.

Whatever we have been empowered to do; whatever is within our reach to change, to alter, to modify, to make better, we must do without delay or expectation of assistance from anywhere else. God gives us rain, we determine what we do with the rain; He gives us sunlight, we determine how we want it to affect us; Our brains, heart and mind are ours to use in ways that will bring us closer to our desired life. "God provides, the wind, Man must raise the sail."

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366 days of wisdom (November 14, 2020)

Day 319 of wisdom

“The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.”

Jawaharlal Nehru

Peaceful coexistence is the only way through which the human race can build a better world, secure a greater future and overcome every enemy that rises against us in whatever form. The extent to which we have coexisted has brought us to the current situation in which we now find ourselves. There are no alternatives to coexistence, the only that exist is 'co-destruction', anything short of living peacefully together is anti-human and a destruction to our growth and progress.

We must find means of educating our minds to accept the reality of our diversity, and leverage on them as tools for forming progressive partnerships and unions that will guarantee us the future we all desire, and will be proud to leave for the generations yet unborn. We must share our similarities and celebrate our differences, rather than fight ourselves over them. The world would be in disarray and in absolute shambles, if we all are monotonous, progress will be just a mirage in the endeavours of humanity.

In the words of Albert Einstein who said, "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." We must seek to understand ourselves in all situations, we must seek peace, and be willing to live peaceably with all men, not esteeming one person over the other, but seeing each other as brothers and children of same parents. We must stand united or fall divided. We are one and until we see ourselves so, we will never see a world where peace and justice will reign.

Robert Muller once said, "Only the unity of all can bring the well-being of all." We cannot all live fulfilled lives if we do not stand together as one, our differences only enriches our experiences, but the absence of differences impoverishes us. We either live together in peaceful coexistence or we cease to exist. Tolerance is key to our progress, we must therefore be tolerant towards ourselves and see our differences as building blocks. Live and let live.

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366 days of wisdom (November 13, 2020)

Day 318 of wisdom

“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.”

Benjamin Jowett

Getting things done is more important than getting accolades for things done. So many people always get entrenched in the mud of who gets the credit for doing what was done or who would get it for what should be done, failing to realise that whatever is worth doing should be done without any thought of being rewarded for doing what should be done. Good leaders concern themselves less of who get the credit for doing things, what they are more concerned about is that the thing that should be done is done.

Harry Truman once said, "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." What has been done so far will be just a tip of the iceberg, if we can think more of doing than who gets the credit for doing. There are so many things to be done, there are so many people who need our attention, there are so many lives to be touched, we must therefore do as much as we can in other to cause the changes we want to see in our world.

Great leaders are doers, but as much as they do, they also allow others do, they motivate and inspire others to do because, they are less concerned about who receives the credit. They are as willing to receive blames for things they even know nothing about as much as they are willing to receive credit for the ones they have done. As Indira Gandhi would say, There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. "Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

The world is in dire need of doers; people who will through their acts and deeds make the world a better place for others to live, thrive and be happy; people who would rather get busy doing than just talk about or think of doing. As Francois de La Rochefoucauld said, "... until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense." A better future is created by todays deeds, and the best way to get things done is, just do it. 

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366 days of wisdom (November 12, 2020)

Day 317 of wisdom

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”

John Greenleaf Whittier

Regret is the feeling that one has about the past but cannot change anything about what has happened. Regrets can either be about things that are done or undone. Sometimes, it is better to regret what you did, than to regret what you did not do. In your pursuit of success, you try all you can just to achieve your goals and desires, it is better you leave no stone unturned as you progress than to leave some unturned just to discover at the end that those once you left unturned were the once you should have turned, that those stones actually sits on what you are looking for.

As Wayne Dyer would say, "You will seldom experience regret for anything that you have done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savour it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you have lost them forever." Leave the past where it belongs, make maximum use of your present it is what you have, and it determines so much of the future. 

Life is about choices, the choices we make determines our future but our future will determine if our choices were right or wrong. If we would have a regret free future, we must be very careful of the choices we make, we must examine every one of them very carefully in other not haunting regrets that will slow our progress. Scarcely will any man not have any regrets about their past, but some regrets can easily be laughed off and overlooked, while some will never go away, it will be around us for a very long time. So, efforts must be made to minimise our regrets and have even less consequential ones.

Look into the future, prepare for it, plan for it, work towards it, "It is better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret" are the words of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, when you look back and you see regrets, never flog yourself over it, but remember that you are human and you are not immune to mistakes, you are not perfect, and life is always a learning process. If there is something you strongly desire to do, do it and do it well, nothing pains one more than what could have been but, never was.

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366 days of wisdom (November 11, 2020)

Day 316 of wisdom

“If you are not willing to let go of the person you say you love, you never really loved them, it was something else.”

Kamikun John

Love is the most powerful force in the world. Where there is love there is peace, growth and progress, but where love is lacking there is chaos, rancour and destruction. In relationships, when you love someone, it is not just for your own gains, it is more for the gains, the progress, and growth of the one you say you love, it is mostly for what you want for them and what you have to give them and not what you can gain or receive from loving them. Even if they have all they think they need, there is no one who does not want to be loved. Love is every man's need.

If you love someone, you will always want the best for them, you will always want them to have whatever they think is good for them irrespective of what it cost you. Sometimes, what they want may hurt you, they may not want to be with you, and if that is what they want and will make them happy, your love for them will respect their decision without ill-feelings or grudges. You cannot threaten to hurt someone you once confessed you love, you cannot hate someone you once said you love, love never turns to hate irrespective of what happens and love never hurts another man.

That you love someone does not necessarily mean you must have the person to yourself, the true test of your love is in your ability to love someone even when they are no more yours, your genuine appreciation and care for that person is a revelation of how truly you have loved them. The best place for a bird you love is not the cage, leaving a bird in a cage because you love it is limiting the bird from flying into the sky, hindering her of maximising her powers and potentials. If you truly love her let her go.

Whatever is loved is not to be tightly and forcefully held on to. If you love someone well enough, you should not be too possessive of the person, you should not be seen to have control over them, rather they should be as free as a bird around you. As Deborah Reber would say “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realising that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” When you love someone, let the person go, if they come back they are yours, if they don't they were never meant to be yours.

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366 days of wisdom (November 10, 2020)

Day 315 of wisdom

“Each man is the architect of his own fate.”

Appius Claudius

A man's life is determined by no one else other than himself, no one has any right over another man's present or future, whatever you will receive, have, or become in life will be determined by your own actions and inactions. You are solely responsible for your own life and whatever will become of it, you therefore must ensure that the decisions you make are absolutely yours and not the product of another man's thought for you or about you.

The key to leading a successful life is taking responsibility, deciding on what you want for your self, sticking to it, prioritising it, and taking necessary action towards ensuring that you achieve that which you sincerely want. As long as you deny yourself the privilege of taking responsibility for your life, and hand over that privilege to another man, you will never be happy with yourself, life will never turn out the way you want it to. Decision making is an integral aspect of taking responsibility for your life, you must be willing and ready to take decisions that will move you in the direction of your dreams. 

As H. K. Abell would say,, "If you can take responsibility for your own life, then you will begin to realize that you can change it." The moment you discover that you are responsible for your life and start to take responsibility, that moment you become powerful such that you will begin to see how drastic things can change in your favour. Never blame anyone for your misery, failure, and disappointments, doing so gives them the right to determine your happiness and peace of mind, it is an escape from taking responsibility, as Craig Lounsbrough said, "Blame is the coward’s solution to his fear of accountability." 

Never be scared of taking responsibilities, it is your power to creating the life of your dreams, it opens your mind to abundance of creativity, and helps you decide what you want for your life. "Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you." was Ralph Marston advice for being responsible, and it should be seriously considered and taken to heart. Take responsibility; it is where your powers live.

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366 days of wisdom (November 09, 2020)

Day 314 of wisdom

“Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.”

Oscar Wilde

Whatever a man does in life, the place of experience cannot be overemphasised. Experience is the cumulative knowledge garnered over time in a specific field of endeavour and in life generally. Experience is key to our growth and development as human beings, without the requisite experience for a particular stage of life we cannot sail through that stage undented, we will definitely struggle to go through every phase for which we do not have the required experience.

Experience they often say, is the best teacher, but sometimes it is very expensive to be taught by experience. Some things are best learnt through personal experience, but some are best learnt from people who have personally experienced the situations, or know someone who have. We cannot endeavour to experience everything we have to experience in life before we would be able to do some things the way it should be done, we must find ways to learn from people's experiences and use it to our own advantage.

As in a Belgian proverb which says, "Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald" sometimes, our experiences are not actually useful for us rather, they are to be shared with those who will need it, it is thereby our responsibility to ensure that we do not allow these experiences go to waste, but pass it on accordingly. As much as experience cannot be taught, it is wisdom to learn from other people's experience, it saves us a whole lot of stress.

Experience is not cheap, it is not gotten on a platter of gold neither is it available to everyone, but it is duly paid for. As Thomas Carlyle would say, "Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other." Your time, money, and sometimes your body are some of the wages paid for experience. You can't get experience for nothing, you have to pay the price, and there is no price too much for an experience that is sure to take you to the next level of your life. Give all it takes to gather meaningful experiences in life, a little experience will do a lot more than truck loads of advice.

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366 days of wisdom (November 08, 2020)

Day 313 of wisdom

“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”

Marianne Williamson

Lewis Smede once said, "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." Forgiveness, as much as we think it is shown towards someone is actually for our own good. When we forgive a person the larger chunk of the benefits of forgiveness is enjoyed by the forgiver. When we refuse to forgive someone for the bad they did to us, we deprive our self the peace of mind that is needed to live a happy life, we put ourselves in situations that gives us a disturbing mind whenever we come across the one that has offended us.

Love is the foundation of forgiveness, without forgiveness there is no love, and without love there is no forgiveness. You can not forgive someone you don't love, but you must also realise that, as long as you do not forgive the person you should forgive, you do not love yourself. Loving yourself will amount to you doing everything possible to keep yourself in the right frame of mind to carry out your necessary responsibilities and live a peaceful life, and forgiveness is key to that.

Some will advise saying "forgive and forget" but it is near impossible for a sane mind to forget, except for short memories. We must learn to always forgive but we should not always forget. Sometimes, our naivety exposes us to the reasons we hold grudge against some people that we tend to find difficult to forgive, if we forget we risk being exposed to such situations again, but if we forgive but not forget we become wiser in our dealings with people and approach to life on certain issues. As Thomas Szasz would say "The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget" forgive, but it is wisdom not to forget.

If we seek a better world, we all must be contributors to her growth, development and healing, if we cannot do great things, we must do the little things we can, one of which is forgiving our offenders unconditionally. As Roberto Assagioli once said, "Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation" resentment and retaliation are not ingredients of peace, neither are they weapons of development, but of destruction and desolation, our widows mite to a better world is our commitment to having a spirit of forgiveness irrespective of how we have been hurt. To make the world a better place, we must learn to forgive.

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366 days of wisdom (November 07, 2020)

Day 312 of wisdom

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

Zig Ziglar

As John Lennon said, “Life is what happens to You while you are busy making other plans.” Life does not always give you what you want, sometimes life surprise you with unexpected events and happenings. As much as we may not always get what we plan for, nevertheless we must always expect the best. In life it you expect nothing, you will most likely get nothing, though life may seem easier for you, you will not enjoy it to its maximum height. It is better to expect much and get little than to expect little and get nothing or even expect nothing at all.

As we endeavour to raise our expectations and keep them high, we must be ready to accept whatever comes our way, we must be prepared for the disappointment that comes with expectations. You will be happier if you don't allow the disappointment of high expectations get to you, life will be a lot more easier for you. You must have inbuilt shock absorbers, that will keep you in shape when life presents you the exact opposite of what you expect. Find a reason to move on irrespective of what comes your way.

Whatever life gives you is an opportunity to grow, to learn, and to develop yourself to becoming a better person. As a popular saying goes, "When life give you lemons, make lemonades out of it." Every bad situation has a lesson in it for us, it is up to us to find out the lessons that are in every situation for us. We must not despise any situation, we must see them as phases that must be passed through to get to our desired destination because that is what they are truly for.

Steve Jobs once said, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." The future is clearly unseen and unknown in the present but, when we get to that future and we retrospect, we will discover why our journey has been the way it has. So, never lose hope, “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

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366 days of wisdom (November 06, 2020)

Day 311 of wisdom

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

In life, what you give is what you get, life cannot be cheated neither will life cheat anyone, whatever you sow you will reap. If today you are receiving receiving the reward of yesterdays work and you are not satisfied with what you are receiving then, you have to reexamine your actions of yesterday, it must have been the direct cause of todays happenings. Todays harvest is a result of the seeds sowed yesterday.

As it is with sowing and reaping, you cannot reap today what you sow today, there is an harvest time that must be waited for, there is a waiting period, a germination period, and a maturity period before harvest is reached. So, whatever seed you plant today you don't reap from today, but what you have planted in the years, months, and days gone by are the ones you will harvest today. One should therefore not judge each day by its harvest but by the seeds that was planted in it. If todays harvest is not good, watch the seed you have been sowing, because if you continue to sow the same seed you will continue to reap the same fruit.

Meister Eckhart once said, "What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action." Doing is the guarantee for growth, contemplation takes you nowhere. If you want to have a thing tomorrow, you must work today to get it tomorrow, what you did not work for yesterday, you can not get today. We must also remember that during an harvest you reap in multiple folds what you sowed, so, if you sow little evil deeds you receive multiple evil rewards, and if you sow little good deeds, you will reap multiple good deeds.

Someone once said, “If you want change then make changes, if you want to be treated well then treat others well, if you want to be loved than love others. Don’t expect to get something when you aren’t doing it yourself. Too many people expect perfection from others yet fail to give out what they expect.” Whatever you expect to get, to harvest, is what you should be ready and willing to give, and sow. You can't reap what you did not sow, so plant good seeds today and reap pleasant harvest tomorrow.

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366 days of wisdom (November 05, 2020)

Day 310 of wisdom

“And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The true test of a man's strength is his ability to keep moving in spite of difficulties. Life is not particularly a smooth ride, things get tough and rough along the way, but how we respond to these challenges and difficulties is more important and determines how far we will go on that journey. It was Wilcox who also said, "It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong." When life is free of troubles, anyone can be gentle, calm, polite, and happy, but the man that maintains these virtues in the face of difficulties is the man who deserves praise.

Difficulties are not terminal situations, they do not come to destroy us but to build us and make us stronger, we must find ways to sail through our difficulties and come out of them better than we went into them. As Thomas Paine would say, “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection." Getting into trouble, facing challenges are not acts of crime, but it is dangerous to wallow in the ocean of self pity when faced with challenges, it only destroys your power.

We must be careful how we treat everyone who comes our way, we must not assume that everyone who wears a smile has everything going for them, we must realise that many are at their breaking point waiting only to be bent a bit more, we must not be instrumental to the denigration of someone whom we are not sure of what he is passing through as a person. Rather we must make our self a tool for growth, and development, we must inspire and encourage people to be at their best at every stage of their life journey even during the tough times.

Never allow situations get the better of you but take advantage of every challenge and use it as a stepping stone towards your desired greatness. In the words of Doe Zantamata who said, “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” It is in the darkest night that light shine brightest, so even in the dark moments, shine your light.

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366 days of wisdom (November 04, 2020)

Day 309 of wisdom

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”

Mignon McLaughlin

The guts to move forward despite the presence of ferocious obstacles and oppositions; the ability to do a thing even in the face of fear; an act of bravery towards a just and progressive cause, these are the definitive implications of courage. Courage is not just the act of being brave, bravery can be foolishly applied, one can be courageous in ignorance and stupidity, but true courage is the one that is tailored towards the realization of a positively impacting course.

You cannot become what you are supposed to be if you don't have the courage to grow up, own up, and be responsible for your life, courage is one of the greatest virtues one needs to live a full life, as Maya Angelou would say, "Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest." Courage gives you the impetus to do the right thing at the right time without fear or favour but, only positive outcome in mind.

It was John Petit-Senn who said, "True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher." When one is on the right track, if he does only what is right, and he is courageous about it, oppositions will only raise him to higher levels, antagonism will only make him stronger, and he will eventually achieve his desired goal and purpose. Courage is not vulgarism, it is not cruelty, neither is it brutality, courage is the firm resolve of virtue and reason. True courage is revealed in love, in kindness, in meekness, in generosity, and in honesty. 

Think for yourself, follow your heart, in the end, it wouldn't matter what people say or think about you, what would matter most is what you think and say about yourself. Even if you fail, you must know it is not the end, you must realise that failure is also a part of the journey and quitting is not an option or failure will be sealed. Hill Harper succinctly puts about courage, he said, "The word 'courage,' one of my favourite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life.

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366 days of wisdom (November 03, 2020)

Day 308 of wisdom

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

George Bernard Shaw

Living is a life long process of learning, doing, and becoming. No one has ever become anything only by wishing everyone who has become anything has done so by trying, failing, trying again and again until they succeed. Living is not merely the act of existing or surviving, it is a conscious, deliberate act of ensuring that our presence in the world is felt, it is an act of making impact, it is an act being useful.

It is far more honourable to be known as a failure in a particular field or endeavour in life than to be known to do nothing at all about anything, to not be recognised as someone who have attempted to do anything, even if it ended in failure. A person who has failed at something has learnt lessons from that failure that someone who hasn't tried doing that thing can ever learn anywhere else. Failure in itself is not a permanent situation. There are no failures anywhere, only quitters, it is the man who quits that fails.

Nikki Giovanni once said, “Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.” Sophia Loren also said, “Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” It is only in a meaningful endeavour that one make mistakes, no mistakes can be made on a journey that leads to nowhere, there are no mistakes on an endeavour that has no purpose, but a worthwhile cause will always be prone to mistakes because no good thing ever comes easy. Mistakes increases our knowledge, triggers our minds to keep a state of alertness that gives us the ability to think outside the box and retrace our steps.

A life lived in caution is a life not lived, we must explore, we must put our strength, talent, skills, and abilities to use, we must not allow them remain dormant and wasted. As Fyodor Dostoyevsky would say, "The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for." We must live for a cause or else we would live for nothing and die for nothing. Fear should not limit us from experiencing new horizons, from reaching new heights, from pursuing our dreams and life purpose, we must dare to go, and to grow or forever remain low.

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366 days of wisdom (November 02, 2020)

Day 307 of wisdom

“Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.”

C. S. Lewis

It was C. S. Lewis who also said, “Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.” The world is a miracle, everything in the world is a miracle, the man who does not believe in miracles is a man who has not woken to the realities of life, and the reality of life is that there is nothing that happens in the world that is not a miracle. Sometimes, the greatest miracles travel in disguise, they can easily be taken for granted, but we must look closely to realise we have received a miracle.

Miracles do not break natural laws rather, they are supported by the laws of nature. Is it not a miracle that a seed is buried in the ground and it brings forth fruit, and more seeds? Is it not a miracle that the moon comes at night in darkness, and the sun comes by day giving light, both causing day and night? Is it no miracle that the foetus in a woman's womb would become the father of another child? Do you see the rains, the nonstop flowing of the river, the waves, and the tides? Are there no miracles all around you? Perfectly supported and guided by the laws of nature?

Miracles are everywhere, happening every day. We are all miracles waiting to happen, and we must not only expect miracles for ourselves. Sometimes, we are the miracle that someone else is expecting. If we do not get our expected miracle, we can be a miracle to another man, either ways there will be a miracle. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow" if we give ourselves to making others happy in the way of sacrifice and service, we are helping miracles grow, and multiply.

"Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing." are the words of Wayne Walter Dyer. We must have an open mind at every moment, at every time because, the manifestation of miracles often come unannounced. We must live in the present and not in the past, we must tune ourselves into the realities of life and come to terms with the fact that everything is a miracle. You must not let all the little miracles in your life go unnoticed, though little they are the bricks that make up the building, you must own and cherish them.

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366 days of wisdom (November 01, 2020)

Day 306 of wisdom

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The eyes is a very important part of the human body, they would say it is the light of the body, but the sight of the eyes is limited only to physical things, the most important things in life, the most essential things, the things that most threatens or advance humanity are never seen with the eyes but with the heart. The eyes sees the visible but the heart sees the invisible, it is only with the heart that one can see what the eyes can not see. It is typical for anyone to say they are fine when asked how they are doing, when in the real sense they are absolutely not fine, this can only be seen with the heart, not the eyes.

It is with the heart that we feel and show love, it is with the heart that we show empathy, it is the heart that sees who we truly are through the eyes of others. Our hearts deserve our full attention, we must always pay attention to what our heart is telling us because, it never deceive us. Our heart should be our most trusted friend, we must not take it for granted. As David Pink would say, "Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place." It is with the heart that we can build a better world for ourselves because, there can't be empathy without a sound heart.

Barbara Johnson once said, "Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness." when your eyes have lost hope in the reality of what it can see, your heart must see beyond what is visible, it must see what is possible, that is when your heart is still alive, only a dead heart will give up on life based on the report of the eyes. Keep your heart alive by hoping for a better world, a better life, a better future.

Love truly; care for the weak, helpless, hopeless, and less privileged; never look down on anyone; show love to everyone let your heart guide you more than you allow your sight guide you. Forgive easily, this comes from the heart, make your heart a source of everything good, be open, be free, and you will live a peaceful, productive, and pleasant life.

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John Kamikun.