Where Is Your Heart?

The body of David Livingstone was buried in England where he was born, but his heart was buried in the Africa he loved. At the foot of a tall tree in a small African village the natives dug a hole and placed in it the heart of this man who they loved and respected. If your heart were to be buried in the place or state you loved most during life, where would it be? Where is your heart?

 

A young banker was driving his new BMW on a mountain range when his car ran into the woods. Just before it slid down a cliff, the man managed to jump out of the car sustaining severe wounds. A passing trucker saw the accident in his rearview mirror, pulled his rig to a halt and ran back to see if he could help. When he arrived at the scene, he found the banker standing at the roadside, looking down at the BMW burning in the ravine below.

 

Incredibly the banker was oblivious to his injury and only moaned, “My BMW! My new BMW!” The truck driver pointed at the banker’s shoulder and said, “You’ve got bigger problems than that car. We’ve got to find your arm. Maybe the surgeons can sew it back on!” The banker looked where his arm had been, paused a moment, and groaned even louder, “Oh no! My Rolex! My new Rolex!” Where is your heart?

There is an old adage, which says, “Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure is, there is your heart; where your heart is, there is your happiness.” Where is your heart?

 

When we are healthy, we prefer not to look at the sick. When we are rich, we choose to avoid those who are poor. When we are young, we want to avoid those who are old. When we see today, we think yesterday is too old fashion. When we are comfortable, we don’t like to be with people in pain. Where is your heart? Remember, in life, we cannot decide whether or not we will live or die; we can only decide what we will die for! May our Week not be Weak, but with Him! May we have A Prayerful Week!

How She Created A Happy Marriage

During one of those seminars on how to create a happy marriage, the speaker said, “We shall devote this session to sharing our experiences on how to create a happy marriage.” And he continued, “To set the ball rolling, may we have our first volunteer?” Then a shy looking man stood up, cleared his throat, introduced himself and said, “We have been married for 24 blissful years. And we owe it all to my wife, and our experience while on our honeymoon.” At this stage, all eyes were on him.

 

So he continued, “On that fateful day when my wife and went on horseback riding, my wife's horse jumped and my wife fell down. She got up, patted the horse's back and said, “This is your first time." After a while, it happened again. Yet again, she patted the horse and said, “This is your second time.” But when the horse did it again the third time, she brought out a gun and shot the horse dead. Though in shock, I shouted at her, “Are you crazy? What's wrong with you? Why did you kill the horse?” She smiled at me and said, “This is your first time.” My mouth has ever since remained in a permanent position of, “Short up.”

A Motherly Advice

While in the kitchen cooking lunch one afternoon, a West Indian mother looked out the window and saw her daughter up on the mango tree plucking away, and some boys with happy faces at the foot of the tree, catching the fruits. The mother screamed, “You up there, get down this minute and come to the kitchen!” As soon as the daughter entered the kitchen, the mother scolded, “Girl, didn't I tell you not to climb dem mango tree? The boys will see your panty!" And the daughter responded, "Oh mama! You tink me stupid?  Me tek it off, before me climb di tree."

The Church Conference

A pastor called his wife and said, “Honey, I have been nominated to represent our district, at a 4 day church conference holding in Tinapa; and our flight leaves this evening. Please help me pack my usual, as usual.” The dutiful wife did as requested and waited patiently for her husband with mixed feelings. As the husband rushed home, picked up his packed case, kissed the wife bye and was about rushing out, the wife said, “Wait a minute, sweetheart! Aren’t you forgetting something?”

 

The husband froze at the doorway and asked, “What?” And the wife smiled amiably and said, “Let us commit you, the journey and the church conference, into the mighty hands of Papa God.” Agreeably, the husband said, “You are so right! As one of our prayer warriors, please pray for us.” So the wife prayed, “Dear Papa God, I commit my loving and faithful husband, the journey and the church conference into your mighty hands. Grant him the courage not to commit adultery. But if he does, may the holy ghost fire, consume him and his partner. Amen.”  And the husband exclaimed, “Praise God! God has just told me, the conference has been cancelled.”

The Power Of Togetherness

Chinua Achebe said, “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to redeem them from starving; they all have food in their own houses. When we gather together in the moonlight at the village ground, it is not because of the moon; every man can see it from his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so. Let us find time to come together physically and enjoy the power of TOGETHERNESS. Let's smile not because we don't have problems but because we are stronger than the problems.”

Why I Weep For Nigeria

After all my vexations and confusions, I have now been plagued with weeping for Nigeria. I am sure that you would too, when you are sane enough to see how rogues and charlatans in religious robes are exhibiting their opulence and feeding fat on the ignorance, gullibility, moral poverty and the low self esteem of their congregations. And they are doing all these, without a care.

 

You would too, when you are sane enough to see how rogues and charlatans in our national assembly are greedily and heartlessly conducting themselves without any morals, to the detriment of the masses. They have refused to appreciate how dialogues and conversations about the lessons of life can lead us to our salvation. They now hate with passion, the idea of being brought back to moral rectitude and unto the path of sanity. 

And you would too, when you are sane enough to see that while our Mosques and Churches have unfortunately lost their senses of directions, we continue to fail to appreciate the urgent need for us to go back to our roots and traditional religions.

Thou Shalt Not Be Greedy

The current richest man in the world, Bill Gates has over his life time, given half of his wealth to charities and developing nations. During the great depression (extreme recession) of the 1930's, Standard Oil boss and world's richest man back then (and even in modern times), John Davison Rockefeller loaned the America state about half of his net worth. Now that Nigeria is in a recession; them say, Africa's richest man who also doubles as the richest black man on the planet, Aliko Dangote is busy advising the Federal government to sell off national assets, so he and his cronies can buy. (Author unknown, but worth sharing; though I don’t believe in them say.)

 

In 1896, Thomas Edison, the great inventor who invented the electric bulb, was working on an idea to design a car when he heard that a young man who worked in his company had created an experimental car. Edison met the young man at his company's party in New York and interviewed him about the car. He was impressed! He had the same idea as the young man but he was considering electricity as the power source while the young man used gasoline engine to power the car. He slammed his fist down and shouted, “Young man, that's the thing! You have it! I think you are on to something! I encourage you to continue your pursuits!” With these words of encouragement from the most highly respected inventor in the United States at that time, HENRY FORD, continued his work, invented a car and became wealthy.

 

On December 9, 1914, Thomas Edison's laboratory and factory got burnt. He was 67years old and the damage was too extensive, for insurance cover. Before the ashes were cold, Henry Ford handed Edison a cheque of $750,000 with a note saying that Edison can have more if he needed it! In 1916, Henry Ford relocated his home to the building next to Edison's home and when Edison couldn't walk and was confined to a wheelchair by his doctors, Henry Ford also bought a wheelchair in his house so that he could run wheelchair race with his friend and mentor! Thomas Edison made Henry Ford believe in himself and got a friend for life!

 

*LESSON*
Never be jealous of other people's success. If you can't win a race, help the person in front of you to break the record! Your candle will not lose its light when it lights up another candle! Yes! This article is for you! Yes you! For those who think they have arrived, who think some persons are no longer in their circle, who thinks those they wined and dined with yesterday have no values again. Do you know what? They are burning their ladder to success for a short time comfort. They are here and they are reading it. We are light for others to see, only if we know. Be inspired, meet with someone today, speak positive to their lives, save a soul today! “Please feel free to share, for sharing doubles happiness.”