MOMENTS WITH TOLU

It's been like forever since I wrote to you all, I'm sorry, its been an emotional traumatised week for me and most Nigerians especially in the last two weeks. It's been a lot. I pray God heal of our hearts and help us birth the New Nigeria of our dreams.  The Scent of Hope is so dear to me because It was a revelation that weighed on my heart as a burden. I thought about it every time until I decided to yield to my spirit to put it down into writing . I'm also being blessed by it.  The past 3 months for me has been quite eventful. I've had to make decisions that I never thought I could make so easy and swiftly . I've had to go against my words and make choices beyond my emotions. They've been really unprecedented. Decisions that looks like my future pointing its guns at me saying choose between your present pleasure over your future pain or future pleasure over present pain. They were tough guys. I cried making some of them. I literally have to borrow courage

Excuse is a common word found everywhere. It's just like a piece  of paper that when not properly disposed, it liters every where including our lives and liters are dirt.  Excuse begins first in your mind as a thought then you take actions towards those thoughts.  Excuses are flimsy, yet very interesting and easy to come up with but they produce nothing. It's funny how we easily come up with something to say especially when a task is to be done. You know how a child quickly come up with lies after being caught red handed, that's the way excuses are. The painful part of coming up with excuses is the acceptance by the society that is why a lot of us settle for status quo.  We all live with this enemy called excuse. This enemy is the reason you've not started the business, its the reason you've not written that book. It's the reason your still where you are. It's the reason you are not praying but you are saying to yourself, I would be praying in my mind. It

  Hmmm… A journey is a long trip filled with unknowns. Unknowns mixed with   lots of emotions Emotions that have different bus stops and tides Tides of emotions, not a function of smartness or experience. Emotions subject to self-awareness.   Self-awareness itself is a journey never-ending. Its ends only when breath takes the halt in your flesh. The flesh then gives way to your spirit. Well, the Spirit is always the teacher.   The Journey called WHY... WHY is a question A question of the heart A question of motive A question of purpose A question of strength A question of fulfillment A question of hope A question of end A question of beginning A question of fight. ...And the list goes on and on... The Question of WHY is really a journey that has no end It’s a journey but yet in the answer, therein lies our peace. The answer to WHY births our freedom.   The question of why is a question of vulnerability Answer your WHY and fight ba