THE PROBLEM IS YOU!!!

Hello people of God... i hope you all enjoyed the series i just finished poseting... truth be told, i didnt intend for it to be a dream but when i saw how brutal the ending was, my spirit couldn't take it so i had to figure out a way to make it a better ending... lolz. i am being tempted to continue ooo(just that some people go get emergency high blood pressure.) 

ok back to my topic for today! i know the topic sounds negative but truly as the year 2014 draws to a close we have to begin to hope and pray for a better Nigeria in 2015.

it is an open secret that 2015 is an election year and already the tempo is really high with a lot of back and forths between supporters of the major political parties or candidates in Nigeria. However i refuse to talk politicson this blog so i won't make much comment on that. Something happened around christmas which got me thinking.

a popular Social Media Strategist and Author of several books, John Obidi,(yea he is a friend of mine, u go fear famzing) put up this post.

"CONTEST! What does Christmas mean to you?

The comment with the FEWEST likes will get a recharge card to any network!"

 

and so people began writing what christmas meant to them and then something funny began to happen, in order to win people started liking other peoples comment, so other comments would have more likes than theirs, this continued for a few days, and my comment began to acquire likes, i commented again and this time i just wrote 'ah' . unbelievebly that also attracted likes, i tried again and wrote 'chai' and that also miraculously attracted likes. so i decided to think of another approach and i deleted my first comment then reposted it. but alas, within a few minutes it had attracted all the likes necessary for me to lose. 

and then i resorted to if you can't beat them, you join them, and i then took my time to like all the previous comments in that thread.

a few days later, after most of us lost the competition, i sat back and wondered, the nigerian mentality of if i can't have it no one else will have it it a prevalent attitude.  in retrospect i wish i could apologize to all whose comments i 'liked' in revenge, but of all  FirstLady tinny roonie stands out. so i use her as a way to reach out to all.  Biggest apology to her. i am sorry.

it's also known as dog eat dog mentality, imagine a society where we all cared about each other, where we all loved each other and where we all looked after the interests of each other.

we need to develop the right mindset if we are to experience change in this country. the change we need does not begin at the level of the presidency and other political positions.

 The Change begins with you!!!

the bible says clearly, Remove the LOG in your own eyes first before attempting to remove the speck in another's eyes.

As Bishop FEB Idahosa would always say. Be the change you want to see.

so as we enter a new year, let's look inwards before we look outwards, how have we contributed to the rot in our dearly beloved nation? paying or receiving bribes? making things difficult for others? stealing? petty thefts? cybercrime? hijacking of products price? cutting corners? lying? cheating? laziness? etc...

Remember you can only punish disobedience when your own obedience is complete... 

So when next you want to clamour for change remember the change is you!!! Happy New Year in Advance!!!