ALL OF US VERSUS EACH OF US

What belongs to all of us should be highly valued, cherished, maximized and jealously guarded by all of us for all of us.

Our collective heritage, blessings and everything that enhances peaceful and prosperous coexistence should be faithfully embraced, explored, practiced and promoted by every person.

Advancement of each of us should be the interest of all of us and advancement of all of us should be the interest of each of us.

None of us should (attempt to) make gain at the expense of all of us (or any of us). An attempt by one/some of us to have dominion and control over the rest of us profits none of us.

It could and should be a-win-win-experience for people everywhere.

We can all grow, flourish and prosper together in our respective communities if we are willing. The job is made easy if our minds are together with the mentality that we are of the same bloodline and brotherhood whether or not we are related and regardless of our differences. A people living together whose minds are apart, are incapacitated to always bless one another thereby, cannot prosper together.

If citizens of all nations operate with the understanding that their commonwealth and collective prosperity is of paramount importance above each person's interest and everything else, they will turn their respective nations to paradise.

Since human beings are made and ordained to live together as families in different communities and nations, every person have moral obligation to ensure advancement of the community and nation he/she belongs to.

All is more than one or some. One person or some people should not dare (or be given a chance) to take the rest to ransom. Problems abound wherever an individual or a group handles collective issues with levity or advances to take over what belongs to all for their own personal benefits as against collective benefits.

Do not get to a level that you will be indifferent or work against the prosperity of one or some or the totality of your fellow citizens and the rest of humanity. You don't win by making gains at the expense of anyone or your organisation or your society and the global family.

I leave you to always bear in mind this philosophy of mine I always tell myself to ensure I don't lose it as given in capital letters below. I LOSE NO MATTER WHAT I MAKE FOR MYSELF AT THE EXPENSE OF ANYBODY AND COLLECTIVE SUCCESS.

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
http://stephenoj.blogspot.com.ng/

INTENTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

If any people truly want to live in a well organized, developed, secured and prosperous society; they must be collectively deliberate/intentional and committed to make it their reality.
Those who are indifferent or totally against the vision to achieve a common goal with others for the good of all in their society, slow down its possibility.

Nothing can hinder a people that are intentionally walking and working together with one mind, one purpose and one interest to ensure collective advancement.

Until every person of every nation (especially third world countries) across the world get their minds renewed with an understanding that they have to be intentional about collective progress, they cannot fast track the possibility of the much needed positive shift in their public affairs to effect sustainable growth.

People's reasoning, expectations, actions, habits and lifestyles must align with their desire to have successful communities of their own for it to materialise.

You cannot wake up the next day a changed person if you only wish to change but refused to embrace the process of change. Mere wishful desire of prosperity without deliberate initiatives in the right direction is too weak to birth the expected. Unexpected poor result is the outcome without deliberate efforts to birth an expected good result.

Always be deliberate at advancing your life, your society and entire humanity. Personal and community success is made easy if everyone is intentional.

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
http://stephenoj.blogspot.com.ng/

IF I WON'T IMPROVE...

When I reach out
to walk with you
When I reach out
to be your friend
When I reach out
to be your lover
If I don't meet up
with your standard
If I don't represent
the best you deserve
Please, never hold my hand.

May be,
I would wake up
to brace up
and build up
to be someone
nobody can do without.

Perhaps I refused to work on my mind
to be a better person,
May be I failed to upgrade on every side
to be desirable,
Or it is certain I won't change for good
to always do what is right very right.
If I won't improve on myself
to be the very best I should be;
you are free and permitted
to walk away without looking back.

However, on the other hand
Before you close your heart
Or hastily take your leave
Ensure your inference is correct
not to make a wrong decision.

If I am judiciously striving
to be my very best
If I am always improving
to empower the rest
If I am fervently working
to attain perfection
Surely, there is hope for me
to be a sought after everywhere.
So, don't write me off yet;
I am still a work in progress.

Come tomorrow,
your soul won't depart from you
at a glimpse of my advancement
should our path meet again
or you read my exploits on the headlines
or hear of my excellence from a far country.

Nevertheless,
if the direction of my life
don't lead to (or won't get you to)
your own desired destination;
suffer not yourself to bounce with me
until I make a timely and necessary switch.


Food for Thought:

Never give up on whoever is yet to thrive but is earnestly striving to get there. Whoever refused to give up on himself/herself cannot be underestimated.

It is only someone who chose to remain the same on a spot and unwilling to improve on himself until death that lack glorious future.

No matter how much people love you and willing to be there for you, you render them incapacitated if you have chosen to be the same forever. You become pissful for as long you decide to remain a failure.

Be careful of those you let into your life. Whoever will consequently draw you back from making tremendous progress is not worthy to be in your life. It is very dangerous to take on someone who is not committed to leading a meaningful life. People that mess up their own lives rarely do contrarily to another person's life.

Whoever does not change his/her mind in good time cannot change his/her bad habit(s). It doesn't take eternity to correct oneself. You cannot afford to suspend your own life unnecessarily waiting for people to improve on themselves. Move on with your life if those in question have unbreakable resistance to positive changes. Only people that are committed to timely improvement are worth dealing with.

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
http://stephenoj.blogspot.com.ng/