A NEW DAY

Hello everyone, I have not had the time to write on this blog for over 9 months. If I were pregnant at the time I started to publish on this blog, I would have put to bed by now, lol. So many things have happened since the last time I put down a piece here but I thank God for the beautiful gift of life.

I want to return to my love of writing down my thoughts, there was a time writing was part and parcel of my being but alas! the pursuit of money in the achievement of a more comfortable life have almost deprived me of my creativity. Another story for another day.

I have to make a commitment to publish at least one piece in one day, may God Almighty help me. It's not easy, especially as I'm not making #600,000 per month on a blog like my blog mentor, Linda Ikeji.



I and the beautiful blogger, Linda Ikeji

Another reason I wanted to start writing again is because I wish to make a cogent point. Although a blog is supposed to be a platform for a writer's opinion, it should not be used to disparage people or to pass judgment on others. It only shows how low one can stoop when you begin to use this medium to hurt people especially those you call your friends. This is why I would use this blog to impact people's lives positively. How I would do this, I have absolutely no idea but I've never backed away from a challenge.

Anyways, this urge to write on my blog was very sudden, quite unexpected and I'm actually at work with so many assignments stacked on me.

I want to make a little comment about the Aluu4. I remember the day I saw the savage video of the merciless killing of such young lives. I was in such a good mood when I was shown the clip and i recall that i began to seethe and vibrate in anger at the brutal end of these young boys all because of some misunderstanding. An image from the video that proved indelible was the part where one of the boys was lying helpless on the ground and a man struck him hard on the nose with a log, then the boy stopped moving after so much blood gushed out of his nose. Even real thieves do not die this kind of death. Four promising lives snuffed out like festive chicken. So sad. May their souls find the peace they could not find on earth in the land beyond.

I have so many things to say but a little part in my mind keeps reminding me that I should be sending out proposals by this time so I can meet this year's target and I keep reminding myself that I have worked hard enough, I cannot die now.

I also remember the death of Cynthia, the young lady who was drugged, raped then murdered by a group of men. Here's another unpleasant news that shook me, most especially because of the means through which she met her murderers, Facebook. When I heard this news, I remembered I had over 4,000 friends on Facebook, some of them I've met, some I ran into by accident, some I have become close friends with, some I have kept in touch with over the years.

I began to wonder if all these my friends were normal people, I recalled that some of them were so persistent about meeting me and I would usually turn them down because naturally, I felt they wanted something I couldn't give to them and the bi-sexual ladies are included here. One thing my mother taught me was that in life, if you seek to get things that are free, things you have not worked for, you may meet your untimely death or end because people even wish to snatch those things you have worked hard for in life. If this young lady had not been chuffed to get on that free airplane ride, she would still be strutting her stuff today. But then, we ladies love free stuffs, myself included, I mean, who doesn't? This, however, is no reason for those guys to descend into beasts and take advantage of the beautiful lady. May her soul rest in peace.

Okay! Enough of the sad news, good things have also happened so far. But why do I strain to remember them? Someone once said bad news travel fast, I think, they also linger more. If any good news comes to mind about the environment, the nation, your lives, this should be the comment for this newly-written post.

May God bless us and keep us all! Amen.