SO WHAT NEXT?

Preamble

Hi…

Let me tell you something:

I have two older posts that I have stalled for so long yet this post is as fresh as freshly baked bread.

Have you eaten freshly baked bread before?

You know how the aroma of baked smell is, right?

These two posts will get their time to shine but for now, they remain drafts.

Today’s post kept jumping on the trampoline of my mind, so I had to allow it the space. I hope the written words in this post will express it fully.

Lets wishwosh in (don’t take that word seriously 😂😂)

Your dream came true

After waiting all these years, you finally achieved your goal(s)

Congratulations!

You finally completed your educational journey

Congratulations!

You finally married the love of your life

Congratulations!

You finally bought your favourite car

Congratulations!

You finally went on a vacation to the place of your choice

Congratulations!

You finally had beautiful children

Congratulations!

You finally built the magnificent house or bought one

Congratulations!

You opened your eyes, and all your good dreams were now a reality

Congratulations!

You…….

Congratulations

Is there more?

After you tick off your lists, are there more to create?

Why can’t we just end it on one list?

Why do we have to create more lists?

After getting our dream everything, we are posed with handling them well and expecting more from we are.

When you get your dream car or house, you now want them to be plural.

When you get beautiful children, you oiw have to care for their present and futures.

When you finish one educational level, you are now waiting for another.

Must more lists be created?

Why is there more?

Is there more to achieve?

Why can’t we just stop somewhere?

We were made to desire more

It is not greediness.

It is the desire to get better.

I’ll call it that

Even contented people desire more but they are not overwhelmed by their desires.

Overwhleming desires have always been a point of concern

We were made to desire more.

The more we know, the more we want to know more. The more we have, the more we want to have more.

For every new step, there is another step.

The more we know God, the more we want to know God more

We were made for more

O. R. A

So do not percieve it a strange feeling that after achieving your goals, you want more goals to achieve again. That is the feeling of progress.

So what next?

I still have many things I want to achieve.

For example

Have an art exhibition. Own a……. Make vintage collections. Print hardcovers of my works. Write more off my huge book list. Create a…… Do……. Become a…. Complete….

Okay, that is enough for now.

It is great to look forward with excitement but know that it comes with greater responsibilities as well.

There is an advice my mother gave me and I have taken years to appreciate it.

Do not be over excited for anything. Handle excitement with caution. You can get easily disappointed and bored if you are too excited about certain things. (Paraphrased her statement)

My Mama

This advice sums up what I said previously: With every new level we are excited about comes a new level of responsibilty.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.(KJV)

In an opposite way, we may get overwhelmed by the thought of new responsibilities that we do not enjoy our current victory. This too, is over the line in a negative way. Enjoy your victory.

Enjoy your victories, please

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.(KJV)

There is a time to enjoy the results of your hardwork.

Enjoy it

Ecclesiastes 9:7-8

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.(KJV)

And as you continue progressing and meeting new responsibilities, enjoy your victories in every level.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.(KJV)

And while you are in your next level or waiting to get to the next level…

Conclusion

I am currently at this stage of my life and as I hope for the best and prepare for it, I am excited yet cautious of my next steps.

My confidence, however lies in God who orders my steps.

So as you check off your lists and praise God for victories make sure God is your determinant factor.

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CopyCat🐱 (The World of Influence)

Preamble

I love cats.

I say that a lot.

I am a cat person.

Watching cat videos makes me happy. It helps relieve stress.

I have connection with cat behaviours.

Cats are special.

I love cats.

Meow…

Why it is copycat

Studies show that cats mimic their owners. I believe that is where the word was derived from.

Copy copy

This is a commonly used Nigerian tautology in place of copycat.

That is; copying twice.

Anything wrong with imitating?

I find nothing wrong if it is a good habit, pattern or behaviour.

We learn by copying something

I have had so many funny incidences but I will share none

Scratch that

I imitate unknowningly. I do that when I like a particular pattern and have observed it for long. I start doing it without much thought.

For example ‘Scratch that’, a recent phrase is copied from a friend. I recently thought it fun to use and I am enjoying it.

One type of my laughter is a result of watching one of my classmate in secondary school laugh in that manner repeatedly, I found it so cute that I only realized I had started laughing that way months after we parted from secondary school.

There are incidences that what I imitated unknowingly were not healthy and that brings me to healthy and unhealthy imitation.

Unhealthy imitation

Imitation could be unhealthy. The imitator usually starts mildly before converting into a real case of trouble.

I remember an incident that happened when I was younger.

I discovered I was having severe pains in my hip joints and leg. My mother sorted that out for me when she called me out for imitating my cousin’s walking steps. She went ahead to teach me how to walk uprightly, and I have continued walking that way💝

Some traits are unhealthy, and most times we are not aware that we have already picked them up.

When you notice that you are doing things which you would have never agreed to do few weeks ago, that are against your principles and morales, it is important to do a re-check. You may have picked that up from a close person.

Naming all those traits is long work..

E.g Being extremely critical. Unforgiving. Insulting. Angry. Blasphemous. Risky. And the rest.

Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

King James version

Healthy imitation

I said previously that we learn by imitation.

Good habits are learnt by imitating good habits.

I have learnt a lot of good habits by imitating others.

I will share a personal incidence again😂😂

I used to eat so dirty as a child. Imagine someone eating with her mouth wide open because she claims that closing her mouth would not allow her chew properly.

I really irritated my brother a lot with that attitude 😅😅

After many years of noisy eating, my cousin changed that in few weeks when she came visiting. She ate so decently and clean that I watched her in awe. After that experience, I immediately picked it up and have become an advocate on eating properly✌😂😂😆

I have learnt to be more tolerant by imitating the Word of God, and some humans.

I learnt to be honest, confident and stand for the right thing from my parents.

I have learnt about hair, beauty, D.I.Y’s from other human girls.

I learnt to be passionate from watching my Father for years, my mother for years and some classmates.

I learnt about loyalty by observing my siblings.

I learnt to be more creative from some aliens.

I am still learning giving, kindness by watching some humans.

There has been so much learnt by imitating the right attitudes and approach to life and my life is getting more interesting.

N.B I only mentioned some of those things✌

Are you offended?

When someone copies you?

Do you feel threatened that they will steal your shine?

Do you feel uncomfortable about it?

Just to tell you: Don’t feel those negative feelings.

You are being an influencer.

An influencer changes the world by their actions, and you are doing just that.

We change our world when we start from ourselves. Others watch, imitate and pass the change to others.

Change is progressive and starts from an individul who refuses to stop.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good

King James Version

A story about flowers🌻🌼

A friend had been getting flowers some months ago. It was interesting to watch her do that, and I admired the flowers.

I have always loved flowers especially as I am one.

Rose

You get?

But I had never thought of getting one soon. I was planning when I had a static home of my own. I always talked about getting a cat, cats had more plans on my mind.

Some days ago, I saw one of her flowers, she had described them beautifully and when I saw them, I wanted them too.

We went and bought flowers, and I bought an extra one😁

It felt nice to buy a living thing, and since I do not have a cat yet, I could pour that affection to the flowers.

N.B I am a lover of nature😊🍁. Nature is therapy❤

Not a fan of naming my personal items, only a few have names but names came to my mind for the flowers, and they fit perfectly.

INTRODUCING YOU TO

Ada and Oma

COMBINED

AdaOma

They are both in plastic bottles, recycled them for them✌. Flowers help the climate✌

To make it clear, the Orange-yellow flower is Ada. The Red is Oma.

Ada means First girl in Igbo. Oma is beautiful.

They still describe me✌🙈

When I get a Rose, I will name her Rose or Twinnie❤

I am only aware of the Orange-yellow’s specie: Marigold (as told by my friend)

I forgot to ask the florist for the Red, if you know the name, kindly let me know in the comment section below.

What habits did you imitate?

Are you aware of them?

Good or bad?

It’s a world of influence, and we influence ourselves✌

O.R.A

I influence, and I do it right✌

I influence, and I love it when they imitate.

Keep the boat afloat✌

3 John 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God

New International Version (NIV)

Listen to this podcast about Engaging Culture

N.B I do not have a cat because of location. That is on my list🐱

N.B Please give credits to people’s work. Do not steal the hardwork of another creative.

#fromamedicalstudentfaraway