She, Her, SoMeBoDy!!!!!!!

She, Her, Somebody comes from a culture where right from inception till you become a young adult, you're raised more like cautioned never to share your personal issues with others. I feel led to do this because in some communities there's little or no awareness about certain things, plus to some people this is probably a TABOO ( you feel me) probably due to fear or several superstitions or just plain lack of understanding, I believe this experience based on a true life event can encourage others...so here it goes........

It all began like a dream in late summer of 2011, She had been a waitress as usual at this Bar just to make enough to pay for her transport to and from University, the daily struggles and hustle of a young single lady. At a young age, she never once laid her hands on eating healthy and as she got older her eating habits got worse...."old habits die hard".

She was completing her table rounds when she checked her watch, it was 11pm ,...."gosh I have to get home, I have to start again at 6am tomorrow" all of a sudden she felt a sharp pain to the right side of her lower abdomen, she clutched herself as she thought "it must be because I've had nothing to eat all day", ignoring the pains she made her way to the bus stop.

On arriving home, her favorite meal had been prepared for her but for some reason every time she ate this pain got worse, but at least now she had some food in her stomach so she took some strong painkillers and went off to bed, everything seemed fine the next morning and she carried on as usual without even thinking once to report these symptoms to the doctor.

She was fine for almost a year, when in the summer of 2012 everyone around her started reporting that she looked very lean, trying to cover this up she blamed it all on MSc stress....in her heart she knew she really had not been able to keep food down for the past year, everything had been a force-feeding experience which had never happened to her before, she had once been healthy, glowing and happy and now she looked like a shadow of her old self and still she ignored the warning signs, by late Aug 2012 the pain had spread throughout her body (joints, back, chest think of it ), as she got home day after day she would clutch herself with a hot water bottle and she would say silent prayers, "God, where are you? help me I don't want t die" but then again in her heart she knew she had to call the doctor but was very afraid to do so out of fear of being told she had "CANCER" the words rang through her head "ha emi ke, God forbid". Her first warning alarm should have been when her bathroom habits changed from twice a week to 10 times a day, but she still ignored this.

The next morning she ran to the bathroom, only to discover that she was passing blood, as she screamed "JESUS", her entire family rushed in.......

THE STORY CONTINUES.......

Never judge a book by it's cover, until you've read, understood or experienced the complete story - Benspired2014

Survival Guide to 2013!!!

So the New Year’s here and I bet a lot of you guys out there have made some resolutions. Whether you decide to stick with them or give up at the end of the month (like I always do) is really up to you but I have 12 simple tips which (as my Pastor says) will help you SURVIVE this year!!!

 1. Pray, read and mediate on the word of God more, Joshua 1:8.

 2. Believe your dreams and believe yourself – if you don’t believe in yourself and your abilities then no one else will.

3. Don’t waste time on gossips - the time you spend listening to and spreading rumours about issues which really have nothing to do with you, can really be spent achieving something valuable or more on improving yourself as a person.

4. Dream more while you’re awake – you have to realise that good dreams don’t only happen when we go to sleep but think of ‘OPPORTUNITY’ as a dream that occurs while you are awake.

Remember: “Opportunity once lost can never be regained” - even if you try making up the time which has been lost.

5. Envy is a waste of time – all you require to succeed has been deposited in you by God so in order words, “You already have all you need”.

6. Make peace with your past – the more you hold on to what could have been, the less time you’ll spend trying to move forward.

7. No one is in charge of your happiness except you – you are not out to please the world and the people within it, so QUIT TRYING TO.

8. You don’t have to win every argument – let the fruit of your labour and the way you live your life speak for you.

9. Try and make at least 3 people smile (if possible) every day - you don’t know whose life you’ll be changing by doing this simple thing.

10. What others think of you (my dear) IS NOT your business – so stop dwelling on things you cannot change.

11. However good or bad the situation may be, BE THANKFUL – but remember as well that no condition in life is permanent and that the ONLY thing constant in this world is CHANGE and your situation will DEFINITELY get better.

12. No matter how you feel, GET UP, DRESS UP and SHOW UP – you never know when your breakthrough will come knocking. Apart from tip 1, I particularly find this point very powerful.

So there you have it my crash survival guide to 2013.

HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR!!!

Inspired by (RCCG AGC) Pastor Aleshinloye’s message.

© Beinspired4u

Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, Vanity, Love and Time

A STORY TO MAKE YOU THINK ! 
Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others......, including Love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island until the last possible moment. When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave.She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Riches was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Riches, Can I come with you on your boat?"Riches answered, "I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you."Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." I can't help you", Vanity said, "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat."Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, "Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be alone now."Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, "Happiness, please take me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him. Love began to cry.Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder. Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?" "It was Time", Knowledge answered. "But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is. Only Time can tell who YOU truly love and who truly loves U...I didn't come up with this