MY JOURNEY

 

 

 

 

Hi dearest, it's so good to have you here; I feel like screaming for joy, c'mon it's few hours to the new year; just like yesterday. Hmmm, just before this beautiful year takes a bow, I would want to share some of my experiences with you this year. Usually, I don't do this but I'm sooo going to do this for you my dearest and committed reader and as always, sit back relax and enjoy.............. I forgot to add this, learn.

Eyes kept dashing towards every time device, from wristwatches, to mobile phones to wall clocks.......... Amidst the prayers and praise, as the long and short hand of each time device hit 12midnight on January 1 2012, you needed to have heard the screamings that filled the whole environment. Of course you know that familiar scream, "Happy New Year", and the joy, hugs....... that come along with it.

Hmmm, it's almost a year now, and I remember every detail like it was yesterday. At the very beginning of the year, all I wanted to do in the year 2012 was to affect lives of young people, especially teenagers, via write-ups and speaking engagements. I also had in my mental picture the number of young people I wanted to reach out to. I am such a great imaginer, I hope there's an English word like that, "smiles". Anyways I just kept myself soooooo busy with my imaginations, I mean speaking to soooo large an audience of young people and all. You get that picture right?.

Then, just as I began to imagine those things, they just started becoming sooooo real. It was as iron attracts magnets to itself, I mean I started speaking to young people in schools, sometimes the population for just one session will be soooo mind-blowing and so impactful. Why I know they were impactful was because after those sessions I got messages from these young people of how they were touched and had a change of jist as a result of the session. O well, all glory to God, it got so amazing when I am on the street and I see young people I don't even think I know all smiles and so excited to see me, and I'm like, "ok, where is this coming from?" Of course still nice but just curious and I hear, "You came to my school and spoke to us", and I 'm like, "Okkkkkkk, good to se you, hope you are good, and I also hope you are putting into practice all the things said? Take good care of yourself ok?" After all these, I keep moving .........

A short while ago, I was jisting with my friends and telling them that this year 2012, was the best year of my life, and I meant every word.

Enough of 2012 jist, now let's face our dear and most amazing 2013 which has entered into the labour room and would soon be birthed. Inasmuch as 2012, was my best year ever, dearest I'm so not satisfied, for me and for you my dearest and committed reader, 2013, is soooooooooo going to be our year. The 2012, jist will be nothing compared with the great and I mean it great great great, 2013 jists God has in store for us. Do me a favour dearest, let's fake it until it becomes so real. Whatever we want to see let's really fake it till it becomes really really real.

Hey! Smiling D, enough, I guess this is the longest piece I've written on this blog. I hope I didn't bore you with my long true life story of 2012. Trust me this is not all the jist o, see me in camera for the fullest jist. "winks"

To you my dearest and committed reader, again I say thanks for always being there, without you there's really no Star's Delight neither is there a Smiling D. Congrats on seeing the end of the most beautiful year 2012 and give me the honours to say congrats again on seeing the most most beautiful year ever 2013.

Lots of Love,

 

Smiling D.

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS SPECIALE

Hi dearest, it’s so good to have you here; you can’t imagine how excited I am, infact, at this moment I feel like shouting for joy. C’mmon it’s December, the very last month of this great year.

Hmmmmm! Lest I forget let me sing the Christmas song for just you my dear and committed reader. So enjoy………..  I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I hope you heard how beautiful the voice sounded? “Winks”. Ok that was on a light note, now back to business.

The most beautiful thing about Christmas is the fact that God made a huge sacrifice by sending His son to earth to live like a normal child. Can u fathom that? I mean the most influential, the richest; you name it, in the whole of the heaven and even earth now coming to a “local place” to live and become like the people there. He broke every social class barrier and initiated a classless society. The gist did end well cause  now, the sacrifice made years ago is still speaking today. Thanks to the huge sacrifice made and that’s why you and I are where we are today.

The gist is this, this Christmas should be a very different one, make a sacrifice for someone, make sacrifices for people. Listen dearest; they don’t necessarily have to be the huge things we think of; but the very small things. You could give a hug, a smile, an appreciative note, a listening ear, o you name.  Nothing is too small and trust me nothing is too big. Always remember the little things matter the most.

Merry Christmas again and let’s make this Christmas the most sacrificial, and our returns will be amazing to us.

Loads of Love,

Smiling D.

NOW

                                                                               

T’was  just the first month, days ago and now! Yes  now, it is the eleventh month. Hmmm, how days fly, maybe faster  than even birds. Goals were set right? Plans were made? O yes! They sure must have been set and made, now before it’s December just look back and try to see how many of those goals and plans that were achieved. All, Some, Few, None?.   Whatever your answer is , yeah, it’s a month left  in this year but trust  me  you can still achieve some things.  Months have gone, time has been spent no doubt, but if you put your heart to it and you involve God totally  in it, He’ll grant you a speed that is faster than even  that of a deer. You just put in your effort one more time and start whatever you were supposed to start now and you’ll certainly see the difference. 

All my special November celebrants, I am singing a birthday song for you at the moment, so receive it with Love. May this new year mark peace  for you in Jesus name. Cheers

HEIGHTS WITHOUT LIMITS

Hi dearest, I’m so glad to have you here; I really hope you’ve been great. Sit back and enjoy……………….

It was a very beautiful morning, birds were chirping, the sun was rising beautifully as always; I just couldn’t but admire the beauty it revealed. I had to be somewhere for an important meeting, hurriedly, I burst into the bathroom to have my bath in readiness for the meeting. Guess what I saw in the bathroom? An ant. Seriously, "what on earth is an ant doing in this bathroom"? Trust me that bathroom was so neat, well maintained so I was wondering where it came from. I just ignored it and continued with my business. At some other time, I was on a very tall building say the tenth floor, neat environment too and I saw another ant. I just got thinking and came up with this, there’s really no where ants can’t get to, deep into the soil and very high inside the tenth floor of a building. Well how they do it, that I don’t know, but one thing I know for sure is this, if an ant as tiny as it is, can reach very high and tall places then you can reach higher places with God by your side. So, you need not worry or bother, cause you can and will reach great heights and places, if an ant can do it, then you can do it and so can I.

Loads of Love,

Smiling D.

WHERE AM I?

Hi dearest,

it’s so good to have you here, I really hope you’ve been great. Sit back and enjoy……

The last Saturday of June wasn’t one of the days I wanted to go out; I simply was going to settle so many pending issues in-house. Well, evening came so did hunger pangs. I couldn’t wait to get something into my tummy, in no time, I got ready and started heading towards the cafeteria.

I was coming from the last floor, few stairs to the ground floor when I saw a friend, as usual, we exchanged pleasantries and I kept moving when she suddenly said, ” Your cologne is nice”, I replied with a dimpled smile, “O thanks”!. Few seconds later, she turned and said,” You really smell nice”, once again with another dimpled smile, I replied, “thank you”.

Dearest, trust me these statements were really amazing because I did not wear any cologne that day so I didn’t expect any comment, positive for that matter or any emphasis. I was thinking deep and suddenly remembered that where I was prior to the time I left for the cafeteria had a very wonderful fragrance and I just happened to pass there at that time, so the beautiful fragrance just rubbed off on me.
My friend simply assumed I wore the wonderful fragrance not knowing I did not wear any, but trust me on this, I did have my bath. *Laughs*

Few hours later, I understood my bestie was teaching me a lesson from that experience that did not last for five minutes. Now dearest, ask yourself, Where am I? What or who is surrounding me?

Dearest, it’s high time you started being around places, people that will add value, beauty and fragrance into your life; I hope you remember that I didn’t wear any cologne but was only somewhere where someone's cologne rubbed off on me. Make sure you have the right people around you, so even if you are not a right person, the right people around you will rub off on you so in no time, you’ll be a right person.

Loads of Love,
Smiling D.

NEED MY ATTENTION? NO WAY!!!

Hi dearest, I’m so glad to have you here, hope you have been good? Relax and let’s get started……

July 5th 2000, was a day I wouldn’t have wanted to be out for anything and I mean anything but I had no choice. As I went out this day, it just seemed like all the vehicles in Lagos, Nigeria were let loose. To worsen the situation, it also looked like they were all heading towards the same direction. This was a day that I could pay a million dollars to be driven by someone, but poor me I was driving myself. I just couldn’t wait to get to my house and land on my bed. I wasn’t only tired, but angry and to crown it, hungry.

Amidst the tight traffic, a young man selling , came to my window and kept showing me his goods, he just did not want to leave the window, he wanted me to patronize him by all means. Of course, you should know how I must have been feeling, with traffic and all; I was too tired, hungry and angry to look at his side, and to tell you the main thing, I wasn’t even interested in his goods .When he realized I wasn’t giving him any attention, of course after standing there for a long while, he slowly left my window for another vehicle.

Dearest, how much attention do you give what you really don’t want? My mentor will always say and say again, ‘Never Watch What You Don’t Want”. Listen dearest, you think you have a headache? Don’t pay attention to it, act like it’s not there, and when it realizes that no attention is given to it, it just leaves, you wouldn’t even know when it left.

Some time ago, I had this excruciating pain, it was just one side of my head, it was really excruciating, and it was very difficult not to give it any attention but with Christ’s help, I did not give it any attention, just went on with my work, like I was not going through any pain. Dearest, the amazing thing about this experience was that I never knew when the pain disappeared. Enough of giving that pain, negative situation attention, they are motivated to stay and remain when noticed. Get busy, with God’s word, prayers and activities and in no time, that pain, or that negative situation will be gone never to return.

Loads of Love,

Smiling D.

HOLIDAY

“Move to your parts now, let’s get started with rehearsals”. The choir master announced. Immediately everyone did as instructed, the first song for the day was HOLIDAY. C’mon let’s join this beautiful choir and sing this beautiful song; never mind about knowing or not knowing the song, I know you’ll know the song like the back of your palms. Let’s get started………..

Holiday is coming, Holiday is coming, no more morning bells, no more teachers cane, goodbye, teachers, good comrades, I am going to spend my jolly holiday, my jolly holiday. Hmmmmm, beautiful old time song.

Well, it’s July, yeah and holiday mode has been activated or will be activated any moment from now, I know how you love holidays, trust me you are not alone on this cos I’m a huge fan of holidays, and all. This is just for you this holiday. Yeah , I really understand you’ve gone through stress in school and it’s time for you to rest, “flex” have fun and all, but listen friend, amidst all the fun and all, don’t just define your holiday by fun fun and fun. Use this holiday to learn something new, it could be how to cook, bake, drive, plait, speak, whatever. Really, you may not know what value you are adding to yourself by doing one of these or even more. Amidst flexing, having fun still have a short term plan for the holiday stating what you want to achieve before the new session begins. Do not get me wrong, I love vacations and I love to enjoy myself on vacations, but amidst the enjoyment have a plan on things to do that will add value to you and people around you.

Have the most beautiful and eventful holiday yet, the most value adding holiday ever. Oh and to my very special July celebrants a big happy birthday to you. May this new year mark, the beginning of great and beautiful events in your life spiced with people adding value to your life and you in turn adding value to several lives. Happy birthday.

Cheers

SIT COMFORTABLY

Hi dearest,
How are you doing? Trust me, I’m so glad to have you here, I know you’ll have a good time reading this, so just relax and enjoy…………..
Some time ago, I was invited for a programme, and was just relaxing pending the time the programme started.

In my relaxed sate, I saw an elderly man walk into the hall, all the while, my eyes kept following him; he went towards a sit and sat down comfortably. I can hear you ask, ‘what else was he going to do on a seat?’ Sit of course! O yes sit.

Suddenly, something popped into my mind. This elderly man, well, according to my guess did not have to think twice before he sat, he just sat comfortably with no worries.

Dearest, did you really think twice before you sat on the seat you are presently on? That’s if you are on a seat write now; well, I don’t think so. Personally, I did not have to think twice before sitting on the seat I’m presently on. If you do not have to think twice to sit on a seat, or have feelings that you’ll fall, then why do you think twice; weighing if it is possible or impossible when God tells you anything; now this simply means that you trust the chair more than you trust God.

Stop That Now! When God says anything to you through any medium all you should do is to take it. On the other side, if the devil tells you anything, remember his middle name is LIE, do not think twice before discarding it. After using tissue paper, do you think twice in relation to discarding it? Certainly not! Now that’s how you shouldn’t think twice before discarding the nonsense the devil tells you.

The worst thing you can do to yourself is to believe what the devil tells you. Have the best life ever by believing just what God tells you.

Loads of Love,
Smiling D.

RAINBOW!

Rain, Rain, go away, come again another day, little children want to play. Tell me you remember that song and tell me you sang it with joy when you were young. Well, I sang it with great joy when I was young but trust me now that I'm no longer a child, I don't sing that song again.

Well, rainy mode has been activated. Guess what? I'm so excited about this season, my sleep is always very "sweet" I'm sure you can say that about yourself too. Hmm, one thing I love most about this season is the rainbow that comes after the rain. The first rainbow I saw this year was very beautiful I couldn't but scream for joy.

Trust me on this, because this is a season of rainbows, then just know this; this same seaon will be your own season of rainbow. Of course, you know rainbow represents beauty, beauty, and beauty, varieties, varieties, and varieties, then these and many more will be for you and yours this season.

Enjoy the rainy-rainbow season, before we go, let's try to remix our old time song.
Rain Rain, come again, come again, again again, we would love to see rainbow.

Woah! I almost forgot my wonderful June celebrants, well, may this new year be a year of rainbow for you, beauty and variety will be around you this new year. Happy birthday.
Cheers

EXPO AVAILABLE

Hi dearest, I’m so glad to have you here, I hope you’ve been good; let’s get started sit back, relax and enjoy…………..
It was a very beautiful day; everything was working well and beautiful for Teni; she then decided to take time out and just praise God and feed Him in on the latest jist. While she was dong this, something very strange happened. Well, up till today she cannot tell what happened to her, all she knew was that she was asked to open some pages in a particular textbook and asked to solve all the questions there. Now understand the fact that Teni did not see anybody all she heard was a voiceand she obeyed and did as she was told. The following day in school, there was an examination. She went into the examination hall and in no time the examination started. Teni could not believe her eyes, “Am I dreaming?” she kept asking herself.

Dearest, what was in Teni’s question paper was exactly what she was asked to solve the day before, all the examiner did was to make copies of the same pages Teni worked on. She did excellently in the examination. Why won’t she?

Dearest this not fiction, it really happened, when you want to write an exam what or who do you trust? Do you trust your smartest friend or expo? Why don’t you trust God who will give you the question and the answer months before the examination by Himself. Trust me, God’s expo is the best expo, he gives you even before the examiner sets his questions, with this super expo fresh from above, you are a sure success. You want expo from above for all your exams? Just please Him and you are sure to have all.
Loads of Love,
Smiling D.

AM I SURE? Maybe! Maybe not!

O my,I can’t but scream, it’s the fifth month already; hmm, trust me I’m so delighted, I’ve been having a very good time since the beginning of this great year 2012, I hope so for you too. Yeah, May is one of the months in a year, but according to our English classes "may" is obviously an English word and when we analyze it, it’s mostly used under probability that is when an individual is not sure and at other times when one is requesting for something.

 My focus is on the probability that accompanies the word may. For this month and even beyond, I don’t want you to be uncertain about things that concern you, you need to be specific. For instance, a twenty years old young man is asked what he sees himself becoming in the next five years and he’s reply is this” I may be a lawyer, or maybe a doctor, infact I think I want to go into business” Woah!, that’s not cool at all, with the help of the Holy Spirit you wouldn’t be uncertain about any and everything so, you wouldn’t have to use the word may. Don’t get me wrong, May is a beautiful month, filled with lots of goodies but I’m talking about the word may, I hope you get that. Alright, I have to run now; I’ll patiently wait for your great prospects without hearing the word may.

On a final note, all you who have a special exam this month trust me I wouldn’t say , May you do excellently well rather I would speak as one who has great authority in Christ and who is not speaking under probability, so just connect, In the name that is above every other name, you shall excel, when your results are released , you shall be stunned at what God would have done for you. Amen

ALIVE!!!

“It’s a baby boy”, she couldn’t scream out for the stress, she’d just went through, but as soon as she heard  the nurse say, “it is a boy” and showed  the cutest looking baby ever her heart screamed for joy, she was jumping and dancing in her heart. Joy and joy and joy again swept through her, because the long awaited baby had come. It was obvious this baby was special; he started receiving beautiful gifts even before he was one. Years after, this cutie had grown to a very handsome, influential and sought after person, he excelled in every single thing he did.

Very sad, people just “biffed”, him for no just cause. They maltreated him and finally killed him; they killed him like he was a criminal. He died like a criminal because the sin of the whole world was upon him; he died so as to save the whole world from sin and destruction  forever. Seriously, how could they do this to such a good person; tears rolled and rolled, he was taken and buried; what happened still hurt majority.

Then something absolutely strange happened, he wasn’t in the tomb again, he had risen from the grave. Yippee!! It couldn’t be fathomed but it was absolutely true, he came to say hi to his loved ones so that they’ll really know he is alive. Dearest, this young man killed is very much alive today, smiling to me now, and telling me He loves me and I’m smiling back to Him telling Him I love Him and I’ll keep loving Him. This man is Jesus, He’s no longer in the grave, He’s at God’s right hand smiling at you too and telling you He loves you and that He wants both of you to be besties, if you’ve not accepted Him, trust me it’s not late, He’s being waiting for you to come to Him.

If you want to accept Him and have the best of life as I have now, courtesy of Him, it’s as easy as smiling, just sincerely say this, “ Lord Jesus I’ve heard your jist, I’m very sorry for all I’ve done to hurt you, I confess all my sins to you and I ask you to come into my life and be my Lord and savior, I look forward to us being beties, thanks a bunch for accepting me, I’m now all yours In Jesus Name(Amen). Dearest, you could see how easy that was. Welcome to the family, so have and start enjoying a beautiful life.

Loads of Love,
Smiling D.

APRIL FOOL

Woah! Its April already,  when I was younger and well, even up till now, when its April 1 several people come and tell me things and then few minutes or even hours afterwards, they go, “April Fool”.

Does that ring a bell? Ok, well it’s April again and a beautiful month at that, I am so excited because I’m going to be hearing lots and lots of beautiful things and the most exciting part is this, it’s not April Fool, all of them are for real. Could you just hear and hear well? There are so many goodies for you this month, but trust me it’s not April Fool, it’s as real as the air you are breathing now. Have a most amazing month filled with lots of goodies which are for real.

Happy birthday to you whose birthday falls within this month, you are going to have the most amazing year ever, everything you want shall come to you even sooner than you think, trust me this is for real, it’s not April fool.  “Wink wink”
Cheers

MARCH ON!!!

Attention! At ease! Attention! At ease!
Left! Right! Left! Right! Left Righhhhhhhht! Left Righhhhhhht!
Does that ring any bell? Well for me, it does ring a bell, primary school days, secondary school days and of course National Youth Service Orientation camp days. I understand that you may not be a fan of marching.Personally, I love the beauty that comes from a parade but of course, not the stress that comes with marching.

Every march requires movement, this is the third month of the year, its March, decide for yourself to march into greater heights this month. March from where you are to where you are supposed to be. Do not procrastinate to the next month, next week, next day or next hour, march into it now, march into that skill, school, business, academic prowess, you name it. I really hope you’ve started marching into those beautiful events. No delay, c’mmon now, Left! Right! Left! Right! Left Righhhhhht! Left Righhhht!

A big shout out to you if your birthday falls within this month, just march into the most amazing year of your life ever.

Cheers!

I CARE!

Hi dearest, I'm so glad to have you here, I really hope you've been good. Sit back and enjoy as we get started............
My short term goals had to be achieved, I was putting in all efforts and of course my very best into it.As a result, I was on a particular spot for several hours,no food, no water and of course no company.I was beginning to get hungry, tired and bored too, I needed food, rest and company; even in my tired state I still didn't mind company.

As soon as I knew my condition and knew that I needed all those, I simply told my bestie, the way things were, I needed company first. The jist is this, I did not need any kind of company because trust me some company could just come and add more spice to the boredom, I sure did not want that. So, I gave my bestie the details of the company I wanted, and went to get snacks and a drink; sonner than I could imagine I got exactly the company I asked for and I had a swell time. Some time after, I had been so busy,, probably busier than busy, and I forgot to eat, when I was done, it was not possible for me to get food anywhere again, that meant I was going to sleep hungry, I was thinking of how many songs and how many dance steps my tummy will showcase that night when all of a sudden my friend came into my room with food just for me.

Dearest, it was my favourite, I really wonder how she knew I was very hungry, when all these things happened I knew for real that my bestie which of course is Jesus really cares for me. The jist is this; no matter how silly or unnecessary you think the situation may be, Jesus really cares. Never let the devil make you think He doesn't care cause He really does; I have experienced his care over and over again, amazingly even for very personal things; He really cares and He wants to show you He does. So, let Him.

Loads of Love,
Smiliing D.