When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Wanted to have chain of industries. I always dreamed of f managing business of fast moving goods. How I was directed by society to government employment instead of my stars guiding me to corporate world is still a mystery. Maybe I lost the ⭐✨::;;
In school, I was no fascinated by any of those dreams children have, neither engineering or pilot not teaching seemed appealing. I felt like I wanted something that integrate all of them. I knew I like selling things and creating things, the idea of getting one career and chasing it for all your life was not attractive, after all, life seemed to big to do a single thing like teaching for 40 years. I wanted to move from industry to another and from company to another. Deep inside I knew I wanted to work and interact with people of different culture and background. The concept of multinational company had not been formed, but when I discovered online work, I knew it is what I wanted.
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?
Every day I say no to a couple of things like no to going out, no to keep scrolling through social media, no to endless chatting, no to watching TV for more than 40minutes, no to some relationship, no to sleep some more few hours of sleep in the morning, no to strangers and acquaintances that need some money from me urgently and the list is endless .
Mostly, I have no choice but to say no, lest I be left broke, left with projects lagging behind schedule, left with failed examinations and with unfulfilled course grade, and be left with many tasks uncompleted.
You see, each day we are confronted by soo many things that need our attention.
If I say yes to everything that comes my way, I will be overwhelmed, frustrated, sick, mad or even dead. We have to make choices because we meet many things daily that can make or destroy us. Ability to say no is a great skill because you only need few things in life that will help you have a fulfilled life, otherwise your efforts will be distergrated soo much so that we end up with nothing at end. Each daily we have to make any choices and things entices us to say yes to them.
Social media is meant to look attractive in order to distract your mind, and so all things that are distractions to a worthy course. As a matter of fact , things that are more important to us are less attractive when engaging in them than those that are just time wasters. For instance, it is easier to scroll through social media for hours than reading a physics text books for hours. It is easier to enjoy time with friends in drinking spree than sitting down and working on a project. Our flesh is inclined to pleasures but most of things that will give meaning to our lives are usually difficult and Not appealing to us.
It is easier to watch with uttermost concentration when watching sexual explicit materials than reading holy scriptures.
It is easier to complain about circumstances than work on things that can help solve our problems.
It is easier to be mad and angry than maintaining a calm spirit amidst things that tries our patience.
The Holy Scriptures says:
Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
It is easier to be recently and bitter than loving and showing grace to those that have hurt us. That is why saying NO is important but many a times quite difficult, because we so no to things that are easy and mostly pleasurable to do in order to give attention to things that are difficult to do.
The fact that, it is difficult to do things that matters is what makes success more sweet. As it is said, “success is not easy to get, otherwise everyone should be successful”.
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?
Einstein’s most famous equation describes the relationship between energy, mass, and the speed of light. It says energy (E) equals mass (m) times the square speed of light (c2), or E=mc2. It means that mass and energy are related and can be changed from one to the other. Mass is basically the amount of material an object. we should never confuse mass from weight, because weight is the force of gravity exerted on an object of a given mass. Given mass of an object as m, then weight w is given as w=mg.
Mass changes depending on the object. In contrast, the speed of light is a constant—it is the same everywhere in the universe.
The speed of light is incredibly high. Because the speed of light is squared in Einstein’s equation, tiny amounts of mass contain huge amounts of energy.
According to my professor, as object increases it’s speed, it’s mass becomes less and it’s energy increases. Using the equation E=mc2 , Einstein argues that we can be able to change our mass to energy and assume wave like behavior. The professor said that if we can be able to move at a speed of light, we will be having such a large frequency such that we will be behaving like light. That means we can penetrates sum transparent materials and becomes totally invisible.
I would like to have power to move at a speed of light so that i can overcome the earth’s physical limitations of movement and physical barriers that hinders me from going where my heart and spirit wants to go. I would like to have ability to move at 300 million meters per second and explore the earth and the universe. I want to go and see the galaxies, the hundreds of planets and millions of heavenly body, i want to go tourism in space and have immeasurable fun.
I want to go and explore space, see the planets and their motions from heights above the earth and enjoy the beauty and goodness of God’s creation. I want to go and see the orbits, see the arrangements of planets and heavenly bodies first hand because they fascinates me. I want to be in the moon’s surface and feel the walking without gravitational pull. Gravity makes our lives here on earth a little bit hard because we need extra effort to move.
when light falls on objects and object does not reflect light back to our eyes, that object will become invisible to us. I want ability to absorb light that falls on my body so that i can be invisible sometimes. it would be fun when i can see people without them seeing me, then i will stalk my friends without them noticing and discover what they say about me when am not there. It would be fun, won’t it?
The sunny weather with cool breeze or with calmness feels like heaven to me.
I have special connection with sun Especially when i see her in the morning after cold night.Her sight gives me a sign of hope, joy and peace. When it is rising, it seems like beautiful queen with golden fingers that sweeps the sky, Brushing night’s canvas and bidding it goodbye. If i had a sickly night, a contact with the sun brings healing as it is said “Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning”, with the sun Offcourse.
If i don’t see the sun, my morning will feel gloomy and i may need somebody or something to cheer me up;(.
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, hot ball of plasma, inflated and heated by energy produced by nuclear fusion reactions at its core. Part of this energy is emitted from its surface as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation, providing most of the energy for life on Earth.
According to NASA The Sun’s gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything – from the biggest planets to the smallest particles of debris – in its orbit. The connection and interactions between the Sun and Earth drive the seasons, ocean currents, weather, climate, radiation belts and auroras. Though it is special to us, there are billions of stars like our Sun scattered across the Milky Way galaxy.
Sun rules the days on earth, don’t take it for granted.
My University lecturer helped me see that math is not as complicated as I thought it to be. The good doctor taught with passion making the concept soo easy. It is from there I liked math and started considering it as my career path. It is through this teacher that I developed analytical and numerical mind and also problem solving skills so that am able to solve any mathematical problem that comes my way.
longitudes which are also known as the meridians are imaginary lines that divides the earth by running north to south from pole to pole, but measure the distance east or west of the central line that divides the earth into two parts .
This line is known as the GreenWich Meridian which passes through a city called Greenwich, England.
Longitudes are lines running from north pole to south pole and parallel to the greenwich meridian.
The greenwich meridian is the reference line from which positions of other meridians on the earth’s surface are measured in degrees east or west.
Consider the figure below.
using figure above as a reference;The longitude passing through C to South pole is α west of the Greenwich Meridian. The longitude of the meridian through B to south pole is θ east of the Greenwich Meridian.
A cross sectional view from north pole for the some lines of longitudes is as in figure below
The meridian directly opposite the Greenwich is 180o East or West.
Ambitious and hardworking people always wish that they could accomplish more than what they have already done every day. It is a common feeling for those that have set high goals for themselves.
We want to read few chapters of a book everyday, we want to finish our projects on time, we have scheduled exercise, there are children to take care of, work demands are taking toils on us, our friends expects us on their functions, societies we are affiliated to need our attention, our significant others want our time …..and the list goes on.
It is common to feel overwhelmed with events and if not well checked , it can cause you stress because most often you find yourself accomplishing half or less of your to-do-list.
When taking account of your day you realize you have not accomplished this or that, you know procrastination is bad, but nevertheless you have postponed sending an assignment, you have skipped your reading schedule or your exercise. It feels bad,right? Sometimes it develops feeling of hopelessness in us which is a sign we are fatigued and doing too much.
Having too much to do makes our schedule be full of activities and denying us opportunity for self reflection and fun.We skip for many days the opportunity for meditation and eventually self awareness. It causes us to neglect our friends and loved ones and may also hamper our creativity because of having a crowded mind.
Having too much to accomplish per day will cause you lack clarity of though and reduce efficiency in executing your important functions. As a coping mechanism, most of us will be glued to their phone and keep scrolling aimlessly and we may find ourself spending many hours on social media as a way of running away from soo much demand on ourselves, eventually wasting most of our time.
Things to note
Just have a few things to do every day.
don’t beat yourself very hard if you did not succeed in accomplish somethings, instead revise tomorrow’s schedule to see if it is crowded.
Live each day at a time
socialization is as important as chasing the bag
appreciate that time spent with loved ones could be the most precious things you will ever have.
note that you may never remember all the work activities you did each day to get money, but definitely you will remember moments with important persons in your life
Your life purpose is not in soo many things you do, but just in one single thing that you will be passionate about.
No matter how much you try, there is no time you will feel that you have done enough
English dictionary describes the word tenacious as an adjective that describes somebody who does not stop holding on something or give up something easily. It is also used to mean determined.
Another dictionary meaning is one that is continuing to exist or having influence for longer time than expected, that is, persistence. For example in a sentence,
My aunt is in intensive care unit of a hospital but she is tenaciously clinging to life.
why does it describe me?
The reason that words describes me is because i rarely gives up. I have pursued dreams and goals for years and will not rest till i see them achieved. Sometimes pursuit of goals leaves me emotionally drained and physically fatigued and socially isolated. This is because i give total concentration to pursuit of a goal even when failure is imminent.
I have endured difficulties of life, gone through very difficult circumstances that could results to nervous breakdown or severe depression but am still here, strong and enduring. Sometimes i consider it a sheer luck or miracle that am a life. I have refused to die when i was very sick and i refused to die when i was drowned in river.
Just like a tree in desert places, i have endured storms of life.
I usually fight through situations everyone else considers hopeless but i see victory and success even if they say it is hopeless. But thank God you are not me, i doubt you have capacity to hold my pains, endurance and my heart. I have been deeply hurt by people i keep loving. I keep trying amidst aggressive resistance, That is why i confidently say that am tenacious.
My secrets to success
I have a God that helps me. If you have not a God to help you, you may not endure like me.
Be like a palm tree
In the past palms were symbols of victory, peace, and fertility. Palm trees endures strong winds but they don’t fall but remains grounded and standing tall regardless.some palms can live for more than a century meaning palm trees will outlive most of us. There is also recent evidence that, at the cellular level, palms may indeed be the oldest living trees because their cells are not replaced with new cells, as is the case with other trees.Palm trees don’t easily gives up in life.
Learn from Cedar tree
Cedars are evergreen and are known to stand tall and fight for their space among the other vegetations around them, dominating in the area they grow with height and horizontal space. They can endure seasons without giving up in difficult weathers and drying up.. They grow in dry areas too because their roots can go deep into the earth and fetch water. Be deep rooted in your faith for God so that you can endure the storms of life.
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?
I used to wonder why one person person would want to travel on a car that has a capacity of carrying 5 persons.
You see our family could not afford a car, or even a motorcycle, the train was only accessible from the city to another city. Other means of transport like ships and planes were things that only existed on books as far as my life was concerned. I grew in remote country side where the only means of transport was a bus. In my village there were two buses that were great blessing to the village. They were owned by the rich people in the village but had given it to two employees to operate them. They were the main systems of communication between the village and the city. They left the village early in the morning and came back in the evening. If they take you to town, you have to wait until evening so that they can take you back to village. If you plan to go to town, you must be at the bus stage at the schedule time of departure, if you happen to delay and departure time pass you before you arrive on bus stage, you must postpone your journey until next day. It was one way we learnt strict discipline in time management. There operations was like today’s air transport, if you have many laggages to carry to the city or any other place, you must book a space with the bust one day before.
You see when you are born in poverty, you don’t need to study a degree in economy to be an economist, you are naturally one by birth because you learn how to manage scarcity and optimize whatever resource within your reach.
Poor poor considers cost minimization over any other benefit or convenience. If you are traveling, you pick the cheapest means available to move you from place A to place B. Buses were the cheapest available means of transport and I wondered why people in person cars were that wasteful. One gallon of petrol should move 5 people not one!, So I thought. But now that I have manged to increase my income and get myself out of extreme poverty, I see things differently.
I have realized that time saving and convenience are much more important than using more resources.
So most of the time I prefer personal car to bus or train.
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