And The Door Was Not Locked......

I had a sweet funny experience this morning. 

....... and the door was not locked........

I wanted to use a particular door in the house since I woke up in the early hours of the day. Getting to the door, I didn't see the keys, so I resulted to using another door which is a longer route to the main stairs leading to where I wanted to go. I had to use this route a couple of times.

 And at a point I decided to go search for the keys, at least to make moving around less trouble. So, I searched and Voila ! I found the keys. 

 Inside my handbag. Excitedly, I rushed to the door, inserted the key, and to my amazement , the door has only been shut and not locked. 😳.  I was dazed and wondered, why didn't I attempt to open the door all along, what have me the impression the door was locked..... different questions raged my mind. My hub came along and said, he had used the same door today and he never thought I assumed it was locked because the key was with me. 

 .. and the first answer I got from within was "did you attempt at opening the door once?" I sighed, and several thoughts flooded in. Leading to this piece.  How many times do we assume a door is locked and we walk away from it, without attempting to open it , putting in our efforts , trying to make it work. Many of us withdraw from opportunities and potential opportunities by merely looking at it and assuming it's a heavy task. You never know which door will lead you towards your dreams until you have the courage to walk through it. 

  

 If you pull up the courage and Confidence to walk into opportunities and grab them. How many times have we sat down waiting for chances to come and happen to us, meanwhile the chances are out there, waiting for us too. Be an opener of doors. 

 Sometimes, just as in my case, the situation only looks closed and locked. It's not! Let your mind be open and make attempts before giving up. Many opportunities in life appear disguised.  Never underestimate anything or anyone. Have a mind open to miracles, and lots of good things. Like attracts like. Your mind will attract what it looks like. Stay bitter attract bitter; stay good attract good. 

 

Never give up at anytime. Keep reaching out for your goals. 

 Attempt it, it may lead to the miracles that look so far fetched. 

If the door does not open. Never think fate is not in your favour. Sometimes we struggle with the wrong things while Better things await us. Maybe what's not working isn't meant for you, what if something greater is just in the next door and you're busy struggling in this room because it's door opened first. Why not look ahead and see   

 Until your expectations come real, stay thankful and full of praise. You have more gifts of life that money cannot buy. Be full of gratitude, it makes the heart and spirit healthy. 

 Don't be like me this morning, assuming the day is locked and walked away. Just do it. Write that proposal, approach that person, propose , make that move, submit the application. What you fear sometimes, is equally afraid of you. Take the bull by the horns and watch doors swing wide open in your favour. 

And whenever a door shuts, it's a sign of a new entry. Look forward to it and discover it, then enter with full faith. 

 Exit the old and enter the new. 

 Make positive confessions and let your mind be tuned do positive things. Wake up each day with hopes and see how reality interprets what your spirit speaks right into your world. 

  Walk into your doors of opportunities and take over territories, that's why you are here. Not to watch things happen , but to make things happen. 

ADERONKE OLUBANJO 

PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTOR- Ibadancity Fashion College. CEO - Dgvstyles/DressForLess Nigeria. 

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Wake up And Smell The Roses

Morning to me is not necessarily that time 'in the morning', when you wake up and get off the bed after long hours of sleep. Morning is when you wake up to the reality of life. That time when you wake and see life the exact way it is. That day you finally see and know why You are here. That moment you see the purpose of your living. To me, that is morning.
Many of us sleep through life, we take things easy , we enjoy the moments and our comfort zones, until the day reality jerks us up and we get startled , seeing things exactly the way they appear.
Maybe too late. Maybe early enough. Maybe early enough to make amends and  necessary changes. Maybe too late to go back? But I know one thing for sure. While there is life, hope abounds. The fact that you have breath says you have that chance to kick off your 'Day' from any moment.
The chance you have today is not because you earned it,  it is because God chose to give you that Grace to still make it happen. The dream is a part of your purpose. Come out strong and make it work. Your world, the world where God has created you to dominate and rule earnestly awaits your manifestation.
Waiting for the right time?.....  It may never come. The weather won't always be right. You have to take the bulls by the horn and choose to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
DARE TO DREAM. DARE TO MAKE A CHANGE.
YES YOU CAN.

Slowly But Surely

The Rush to make it. ... the Rush to be like Mr A or Mrs B or Ms X...... the anxiety to have something like what they have...... is so strong these days that many youths are missing out on the importance of 'Living The Dream'.
Every dream, every vision requires Time. Time to grow, time to bud, time to blossom. So many start out every journey with a great zeal that can light up a city, but on the way, certain factors creep in and events change. Distraction steals the show and the vision changes.
You can never get to the land of achievement when you walk in haste. Slowly but surely if you face your game. The role model you're looking at didn't get up that ladder in one day. If you could get chanced to hear some stories, you may end up not praying for their kind of journey.
While on your own journey to Greatness, follow your own path, that's the only way that leads to your success story.
Rome wasn't built in one day, allow Events, Nature and Life play their cause. It may be slow, just keep walking, keep moving.

GIVING TO YOURSELF. ..

Giving is no doubt one salutary act we all need to engage in. Givers never lack, we all hear. 
I sit and ponder over all these and i discover many of us fail our bodies, soul and Self to this cliché. Yes we should give, but at what cost or costs?
     Religion makes it worse sometimes, I have no hesitation to Giving; based on our religious beliefs, but where I ask questions is do we give at the detriment of some crucial and important things. I've met people who'd give religiously before seeing to their home front needs. "Faith" we call it.... hmm.... not bad.
    How many of us take out that 'Me--Time' and give quality time and gifts to ourselves?  I am as well guilty of this,  and I know many of us are. You have time for the kids, time for In-laws, time for religion, time for work and more, but that time for ourselves seem out of view.
        Isn't this why fulfillment is far from our souls  sometimes. We have a lot and seek for more like Zacheaus; people see you a little less than what exactly you are.
  Self discovery is the starting point. When you give,  before and after you give, start determining to give yourself a little 'something' , no matter how small.
Let's learn to spoil ourselves a little,  just a little. The people we give a lot and most of our time, things, emotions etc to are actually doing more self pampering than we know sometimes.
One of what makes us better individuals is self satisfaction, when you are happy with yourself, you will most definitely be happy with others and life as a whole .
If you don't have it, you can't give it.... What's not in you can't come out of you.
Give give but give to yourself too.....
Get a 'me-time' and look within to be better without.