OF IMPERFECT AND PERFECT NATIONS

No nation has attained absolute perfection. In other words, there is no nation that is 100% perfect. The difference is that while some nations are steadfast at reducing their imperfections, some others continue to increase their own imperfections.

Every country is blessed with all that is required to succeed but for some nations, the citizens lack the right mindset, will, determination, innovation, sense of oneness and sacrifice required to highly maximise available natural resources, human resources, financial resources, intellectual resources, cultural resources and spiritual resources for common good.

This is the reason some nations that are not richly endowed with natural resources whose citizens are very rich at heart and cooperative at working together for common good usually flourish better than some of the nations with favourable climatic conditions, surplus natural and human resources whose citizens are poor, divided and evil at heart.

Without sound mind and smooth working relationship to achieve a common goal among citizens of any nation, there cannot be great achievement.

To have excess of all natural resources in your country is not enough to birth a prosperous nation if majority of your people don't value diligence, creativity, accountability, patriotism, justice, fairness, love, goodness and collective prosperity.

What make a nation great (or fail) is not lack/abundance of natural resources, small/high population, no/single/multiple religions, one/numerous race/tribe/ethinicity and language. It is well meaning, willing, committed, industrious, innovative, truthful, rightful, accountable, fair, patriotic, excellent, loving/lovable and united/unified people that make nations great. Any people without such positive value/virtue get their nation stuck.

If it is impossible for any nation to attain perfection, it is possible for every nation to greatly minimise their imperfections. Consistent massive reduction of imperfections sets a nation on the path of greatness and perfection.

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best

WHY NOT YOU?

Sometimes ago, I was discussing with someone on the need for every human being (including the person and myself) to be creative, innovative and productive to further make life and living easy, pleasant, enjoyable and fulfilling across the world.

To buttress my point, I asked; "how would it have been if inventors/creators of all value added services, products and inventions failed to task themselves to deliver such creativity, innovation and solution to human needs when they did - since nobody asked them to do so?

Definitely life would be far difficult than it has ever been but I was shocked to the bone marrow when the person answered: "if they didn't, some other people will do". As correct the answer may be, it is still very shallow because it has an exemption of the person in the task of innovation.

So, I asked; "why are you not among those other people you claimed will invent/create all the things that were created if their inventors/creators didn't?" Then, I waited for a response from the person but there was none.

The truth of the matter is that, very many people around the world shared the same mindset with that person and I hope you are not one of them. Most people feel others should create while they should only consume. They never think about bringing forth new services and products. Even they don't get inspired and propelled to be creative by their most challenging problems and needs in the world.

I put it to you this way; whatever you need/seek that is yet to be, place a demand on you to timely make it available wherever you are instead of complaining and blaming others for its unavailability.

If you expect someone else to invent, why not you? If others had recorded innovations, why can't you? You have not brought forth an invention, innovation and solution because you don't think like it. Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg didn't fixed his mind on connecting people via internet, the world may never witness the birth of Facebook.

I submit; you too can create new things of great value to human life. It will greatly amaze you at your creativity when you unleash your latent creative/innovative ability. All there is is not all that should or could be. To die with those amazing inventions locked up in your loins is sheer wickedness. Just imagine if there is no electricity or internet or aeroplane or modern medicine or ..... Then, imagine what would become of the world if you don't give birth to the best inside you for the benefit of mankind.

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best

PAY YOUR DUES, EAT IT'S FRUITS

Whoever faithfully pays his dues, is highly qualified to enjoy it's fruits in the fullness of time without hassle.

What investments have you made (or are you making) on yourself to be at peak performance in life's endeavours to continually attract, earn and enjoy full dividends ("pressed down shaking together and running over")?

Best result don't answer to poor effort.

Inconsistent performance and commitment don't produce abundant harvest and enjoyment.
Wasteful habits don't make rich.

A man cannot stay there doing nothing/less (or wasting resources) and expect his turn over to be excess.

If you are prudent and diligent at what you do, you are worthy of the rewards of diligence which nobody should object, query or condemn.

Never criticise whoever is lavishly enjoying the fruits of his good labour even in recession (that could be traceable to envy and jealousy on your own part). By the way, the person is not responsible for anybody's predicament. All you need do is to take clue from how he had denied himself gratifications, maximised resources and worked/working with all his might over time that made him to rise above lack and want so much that he can afford anything anytime anywhere. By so doing, you too can rise to such higher echelon and flamboyant enjoyment that knows no recession.

'Pay your dues, eat it's fruits' is a natural and universal law that nothing/nobody can alter, but can only respond to in agreement. It is just like saying; "what a man sow he shall reap".

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best.

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DEVIL IS NOT TO BE BLAMED

Any nation whose citizens usually blame every misfortune (including problems traceable to deliberate refusal to always do the necessary) on forces of darkness or foreign influence, don't record outstanding advancement. This is the main reason some third world countries are still backward.

When citizens of any nation don't value relevant knowledge and are unyielding to how well everything should be done, they don't birth the spectacular, individually and collectively.

Devil is known to be the author of every evil but he is not responsible for all evil acts of mankind and all the challenges/sufferings of every person/country. Self inflicted woes are in no way traceable to devil.

People are responsible for their own evil deeds and the consequences. Every individual have his own mind to himself and can do and undo as he wishes.

Corruption and artificial hardship wouldn't have been a stronghold anywhere if the people in question are well meaning and patriotic. Is it not people that decided to become fraudsters and looters or is it devil that loots public treasury? Spirits don't mismanage or embezzle public fund; only human beings are capable of mismanagement and embezzlement.

When you refused to do the right things, you make wrong things happen. Both the deed and the repercussions are your own making, not devil or someone else - even if the idea is/was given to you by another person. All fingers point at me/you/us for my/your/our wrong deeds and their penalties.

This calls for everyone everywhere to be realistic, reasonable, logical, thoughtful and responsible about/for the things they have made and consequently be spurred to align with how things should be made.

Devil don't loot treasury, people do.

Devil don't give or collect bribe, people do.

Devil don't manipulate electoral processes, people do.

Devil don't form terrorist groups, people do.

Devil don't rape people, people rape people.

Devil don't kidnap anybody, people kidnap people.

Devil don't poison people's foods, people poison people's foods.

Devil don't indulge in laziness, people do.

Devil don't produce or sell fake and expired products, people do.

Devil don't indulge in forgery and examination malpractices, people do.

Devil don't dress provocatively or indecently, people do.

Devil don't abuse liquor, drugs or substance; people do.

Devil don't rebel or disobey constituted authority and divine order of countries, people do.

Devil don't perpetrate racism, tribalism, favouritism, favouritism, Nepotism and vandalism; people do.

Devil don't perform ritual murder; people sacrifice fellow human beings for power, fame, wealth and whatever quest.

Devil is not to be blamed for human wickedness and cruelty; it is people that do wickedly against people.

Be careful about any spirit you give a chance to possess you.

When a thief or corrupt person or any criminal is nabbed and proved guilty in the court of law; he is the only one (not devil or demon) that faces the penalty though he or his sympathisers may claim it is the handiwork of devil or demons or evil spirits. Should he be sentenced to life imprisonment or death; he goes there all alone. Devil or spirits don't stay behind bars nor can either be sent to gallows. Only the person that eat sour grape have his teeth set on edge it doesn't matter who give him the grape.

Be thoughtful before you do anything lest you blame your error on the influence of devil or demons or spirits or people.

By now you would understand that you are responsible for the impact of your negative actions on your life and society. This would help you to put your life in the right perspective not to be found wanting because devil is not to be blamed for your lapses.

A people who do not understand that  devil is not to be blamed for their bad, won't be spurred to change their conducts to achieve the best.

Devil or demons are not voters nor does either occupy any electoral offices. When bad people are voted to power, devil is not to be blamed.

People make policies. Wrong policy/bill passed into law with its negative result, is caused by people in charge and devil is not to be blamed.

How an individual or members of a community chose to coordinate their personal and collective affairs is a big deal. Wherever falsehood, injustice, bribery and corruption or any malpractice is/are made adopted norms need no enemies' attack to be destroyed having fallen to self orchestrated downfall. No weapon of warfare does work of massive destruction of a person/people as ignorance (lack of relevant knowledge) and wrong doings.

EFFECT AT HOME THE BEST OBTAINABLE ELSEWHERE

Good leaders unhesitantly take the challenge to make sure the best life achievable anywhere is also possible in their own communities/nations. Whenever they are opportune to go elsewhere, they keenly observe how things run and take note of whatever is worthwhile that is missing in their own place so they could reproduce the same back at home.

Only bad leaders travel the whole world solely for personal pleasure without being inspired by the excellence of their host nations to ensure their own nations are also built up and measure up to excellent standard. Since they are not interested in the prosperity of their own people; the enjoyment and wonderful experiences they often have in those well organised, well governed, well developed and well secured places don't provoke reflections and thoughtfulness in their hearts to take initiatives for reproducing the same at home.

To worsen the case, instead of taking efforts required to make their homeland a good place to be for people all over; their usual practice is to relocate their own children to those successful nations (under the pretext of security reasons) not minding what becomes of those left behind.

It is not of good leaders to shut their minds against taking clue at the wellness of others to effect the same in the lives of their own people.

Never hesitate to judiciously effect in your life the good you see in others. Never hesitate to make possible in your own country the best life achievable anywhere.

Attempts to build our lives as individuals without building the societies wherein we live or hailed from render us uncompleted.

Development and under development of any nation are deliberate and intentional acts of/by the stakeholders and the rest citizens.

#Pepperish-Food-For-Thought for all national stakeholders across the world especially, leaders and citizens of under developed and developing nations.
#changetheworld

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best

POTENT AFFIRMATIONS SPECIALLY FOR YOU TO ALWAYS DECLARE

In good conscience, kindness and greatness; I am established.

I blow out in substance, influence, affluence and relevance.

My significance, importance and prominence will not fade out.

I enjoy and spread fortune.

There are always good reports about me.

I am not slack in well doings.

I exhibit only godly values, virtues and principles.

In me is found no evil.

I influence every people to lose appetite for all evils.

My victory is not seasonal.

My blessings are limitless.

My glory remains fresh within me.

My light wanes no more.
I shine with great intensity forever more.

My fame spread all over like the sky.

I am unbreakable like Holy Spirit.

I love like God, l am loveable like dashing angels and loved by all.

I bring forth value added services and products that are not in existence.

I prevent potential problems and solve already existing problems everywhere.

I lead others through the right way of life; cause revolution in my generation, raise instruments of divine intervention across nations for global transformation.

I am built to last and endless is my peace and prosperity.

I remain eternally grateful unto God for my life and my joy has no end.