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Reading: Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’

If you don’t know that you can want something or have a desire to be something, you cannot demand or work for it. Continue reading Reading: Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’

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My friend, Charles Isidi, has a kind heart. @i_am_pixelhub . We need your donations!! Please read below: . The Lagos Street Store held last year and he wants to take that experience a notch higher and we need your help. . What if we could give your old clothing items, bags, shoes and the others a second chance at a new life? Especially for someone who can't exactly afford them. Please fill this form (I'll have the link up on my bio today) bit.ly/thelagosstreetstore and the team will have someone pick them up from you. @thelagosss . Want to donate in cash for this? donate here: paystack.com/pay/thelagosstreetstore any amount and we will be forever grateful for your kindness. . . . . . #kindness #christmas #giving #gifts

I don't feel like putting this up but maybe it's because of you. . I had a conversation with a dear friend last night who said I always looked fine, so there was no way of knowing that I had anything bothering me. . Let me tell you about the day these pictures were taken. I'd cried (not so pretty tears too 😅) on my way out of the house, feeling frustrated about so many things. I wasn't sure of how I was going to see anyone in that state. You know what happened as soon as I stepped out of the car? Everyone I met seemed to think I'd never looked as good in all the time they've known me. . Outside, reception, staircase (because I wanted to catch my breath walking and make emergency phone calls but kept bumping into people), they just kept oohhinng at the dress, the turban, my face looking fresh (I know my face is looking good tho 😎), and so on. And I kept wondering, are they being serious? My eyes are puffy people. My glasses are only dark when I'm outside so it's not even hidden. Yes. I smiled. But really, I look that amazing when I feel like I'm being crushed on the inside? . The person who took this picture thought there was no way I'd dress up like this and not take a picture. ☺️ . And that's just a quick example of how many of us live. Insta living 😉 On one hand, and for me, it's grace. I ended that day at besties home for prayers. Peace in the eye of the hurricane (DuDe CFi, the message lives) . That's the source of why it doesn't look like there is anything bothering me, because at the Cruz of it, through the madness, & though I feel overwhelmed sometimes, I am settled that God is in control and is the one who has written out my life. Even when I don't feel settled, God's faithfulness doesn't change. His glow is permanent. . On the other hand, I have an aversion to hearing 'fine' when I ask how someone is doing. If I care enough to ask, I want to KNOW. If you're a 'fine' 'fine' friend, we ain't ever gon be deep. I may not be able to solve it, but I'll like to know that we know that there is something that needs sorting. We can do what we can in prayers and anything else. . God holds the rest. . Grateful for friends & shoulders. . #Grateful #peace #grace

Psalm 139 paraphrased. It was going to be more dramatic, but hey 😃 . A big thank you to everyone who was a part of my birthday celebration. The calls. Messages. The gifts. The surprise gift that made me cry 💓. God is and is your reward. . #OTD30 #GodKnowsItAll #Grace #Peace #Joy #Strength #Jer29

I. Am. Speechless. 😭 . Thank you, God. Thank you for friends and family that remind me of you and your love for me. . Thank you for these people you've used to be my help and shoulder. For people I can call on and trust to either jump in or show me why I shouldn't jump out. . Thank you, God, for teaching me the value of people and asking and accepting their hand. Thank you for this breaking and this process of learning the value of community. Not everything is DIY. Thank you for teaching me dependence and trust. . Thank YOU to everyone in my circle, the inner, the bigger, the huge, for being God's vessel of hope and joy to me. . You are blessed. And my God will give you peace and abundant love beyond your imagination. . I am still speechless 😂😅 . #OTD30 #Grace #Peace #Friendship #Family #Faith #God

#OTD30 in two days. . God is mindful of me. He is mindful of you too. But hey, it's my birthday, so 😋. He's shown me so much. I'm a ball of grateful tears. . Sometimes, nah, most times, I just want to jump to the end, to the 'oh snap. This is what you were working out, God?! You coulda just told me!' . But God knows why it's step after step. He knows what He is working out and why you've got to be the best of you for it. . Even now that you're wondering why things are happening the way they are, and you just want to curl up and think and do nothing, He is mindful of you. Working things out in ways you can't comprehend. 😭 . Sometimes I wonder how God can say 'rest' when there is so much to do. And so much to be concerned about. . But He said so. Just obey. . Be careful for nothing! . #Jesus #MyPeace #MyStrength #MyAll

"One Okan" That's what my aunt called me when I was younger. 😂 . It wasn't as much the slim look as it was the flatness everywhere. 😂😂 It wasn't until last year I realized and accepted that I am a 'portable' person. . Seriously, I'm grateful for my health. It was and still remains a thing of Thanksgiving. I just don't fall sick. . So hearing more than one doctor say or insinuate, 'You must have a high threshold for pain' was funny. I usually don't know when I'm sick. I just keep going. . God has been and is always faithful. . . . . #faithfulGod #faith #grace #grateful #OTD30 #peace

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Grateful. 4 days and a whole new decade starts counting. And God already designed that for my taking. . I was thinking of all the lessons the past two to three years have taught me. (My most conscious years) And a picture someone I respect posted brought this to mind. . Stop feeling haunted by the things you didn't have. Stop longing for things that will never be. Stop feeling like the things you missed out on hold the definition of your life. You'll never be 12, 18, 29, ever again to have those things. . The hugs, the dinner table conversations, the love instead of the decoration at Christmas, the secondary school friends that should have stuck forever, the quiz competition you missed for whatever reason, that you had to be shuffled between two homes, that bad things happend because of that, those little family joys your friends speak of that still trigger something soft in you... Don't be haunted by them. Stop wishing for them. . Start a new cycle and weave it with beautiful traditions built on love. . Stop focusing on what you don't want. . Start living the life you want. . . . . Love and be loved. #OTD30 #LifeIsGood #grateful #JesusLovesYou 👗- @houseofgdi 📷 - @durustudios

December!!!!!!! #Dec06 . My birthday isn't today and that's not @lauren_daigle singing in case you almost thought so 😂 . This song. One of my songs of the year. Played randomly at moments it was most needed, including inside a hospital room where I was having a real life mirthless laughter. . I started the year with #fearless as my theme. I thought it meant fearlessly executing and achieving all my big and small plans. . Now, I realize that it means staying faithful even when everything seems to keep going the other way. I wish I realized this sooner. . More than a big plan I had for my birthday, I had a heart place I wanted to be. And I am grateful, that through it all, even with moments I thought I'd break, my heart is in a settled state of faith. . It's just 5 days to #OTD30 and I testify. God is good. God loves me. God carries me. I trust God. . #grace #trust #dvo #December #Decemberbaby #peace #Jesus #loved

7 days to #OTD30. God's grace carried me here and carries me on. . . What do I want for the birthday? Ha! If I start! 😆 . But what my heart beats for is that my mind be fixed on God and all that He has prepared me for and prepared for me. . . . #ofoaksandbamboos #grace #dailybread #Jesus #loved #epicphoto #throwback #livewell #joy #ofatruth

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