TATAFO?!

Its either am getting older than I reckoned, or My tatafo hormones just got activated. But am having difficulty minding my business these days.
"What's got me on a roll now?" I hear you ask. Don't worry I'll tell you! Its this baby mama fad oh! It starting to vex me now, I must confess. It's like a desk army officer being decorated to an audience of Battle Field officers.
So recently on SM (Social Media), I saw how some lady was being congratulated at her baby shower after she successfully passed through the labour room. Thing is she's from a POPULAR FAMILY AND GAVE BIRTH FOR A POPULAR PERSONALITY. She was being congratulate by OLDER, EMINENT people of society!
Where's the whole s*#t for church mentality? Or is it becomes the 'culprits' are wealthy? Cos it obviously is a case of different standards.

Leads me to the crux of this post. Guys you've got to tell me. Do I teach my child to make enough money so that he can make his own rules? Or do I teach him to develop values which he can be at peace with even in penury? Today's reality beats my reckoning!

Glitter and Glitz...is that the Golden Life?
D2AGE

THIS TERRIBLE BEAUTIFUL THING CALLED HOPE

I just watched this movie – “The Great Gatsby” where the main character was hailed as the most “Hopeful” person the narrator had met. I guess that was high praise. With all the things that can go wrong while existing on planet earth, it’s so easy to get despondent. To despair and fall into a major depression, due to the constant dread of impending doom. (Hmn… why are there so many dreary words that begin with the letter D?! Join the fun, share some of your own words in the comment section). Hope becomes very important to succeed.

Being a Nigerian and living in Nigeria requires that you have high doses of this thing called Hope. You cook and fill the fridge with food to last a month with the ‘Hope’ that Power supply will cooperate to ensure that the food doesn’t go bad. You wake up in the morning and turn the taps with the ‘Hope’ that water board hasn’t gone on the blink again. You get stopped by a traffic warden, and you ‘Hope’ he would be satisfied with a smile and would just let you go after his check of your papers, fire extinguisher and waste basket has ALL CHECKED OUT!

Hope in love, though, is a whole different ball game all together. Gatsby is a great example for hope in love. He fell in love with a moneyed golden girl, who desperately loved him too, but didn’t love his penniless state at all. So she ‘falls in love’ with old money embodied in a brute. Gatsby doesn’t give up hope. He made the money, came back to recapture her heart and win her hand. Relentlessly hoping that he’d succeed. Won’t spoil it for those who decide to watch it. I’ll just say it’s worth watching.

Hope for women is brutal. We rest so much on it, and get so disappointed. We all know the examples. We Hope that he’s changed, and that its just innocent flirtation. We Hope that he meant it when he said he’d never lose his temper that way again. We Hope that he’d be more responsible, be more around, be more involved. We Hope that he’s the One. We Hope.

Then one day, when time has irrevocably passed, we realise that the beautiful pieces of glass shattered at our feet, which we’ve been prancing on, ignoring (or doing our best to ignore) the stinging pain from our feet, is actually our hopes, with the following lost opportunities we sacrificed. 

This terrible beautiful thing called hope…

Living life like its golden.

D2AGE

RAHAB'S REALITY

The 2nd chapter in the book of Joshua, tells us about a harlot named Rahab. She audaciously demanded respite for herself and her family from destruction when Isrealites invaded Jericho.Before you start wondering  if I've turned Preacher, I'll assure you that the Bible is an awesome book to read, and learn from.

So why am I talking about a harlot? Here's why -there's a major lesson I recently re-learnt from her, and good friend that I am, am eager to share it with you all. 

There's nothing really spectacular about Rahab. Harlots' those days, practised the same trade, in the same way as the ones these days. They were disdained, lied to, tricked, cheated, taken advantage of... are you starting to get the drift? Without bias, they offered a service for a fee, which you could accept or refuse. Like most relationships. Its NEVER BY FORCE. You choose to accept or refuse the terms of the relationship. Like most relationships also, honesty and fairness is expected. Okay, before I go on another tangent, lets go back to Rahab.

So some strange men come to her house at night, and she realises that they are Isrealites. The Bible doesn't tell us what they came for, so I wouldn't presume. Your guess is as good as mine, right? Lol! So 'Government' became alerted that they were there, and sought to capture them, Rahab OFFERS them succour and LIES for them to escape capture. So what's so fantastic about this? Stay with me, and I'll show you.

Rahab TRUSTED NOT ONLY HER LIFE, BUT THE LIVES OF HER FAMILY TO STRANGERS SHE HAD JUST MET, DESPITE THE HISTORY OF BROKEN PROMISES, LIES, TRICKS ETCETERA.

Don't ask me why she took that risk, or what convinced her. I couldn't give you an answer. This however, was the lesson for me: NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE BEEN HURT, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO CLOSE UP, AND SHUT OUT, BECAUSE YOU JUST MIGHT BE SAVING YOUR LIFE.

Keep loving, keep believing, and you will happen upon that pot of Gold.

Don't be bitter, just be Golden

D2AGE.

Photo Credit: "The Pious Harlots" - Fineartamerica.com