TIME, ONE OF GOD'S GREATEST GIFTS TO MAN

Most people wonder why others are having results and they don't have. Results are only for time investors not for time wasters. Show me a man who has results without knowing how to invest time, I will show you a failure. Because he needs time management to maintain his results{wealth}.

For most of the big{rich} men we see in our society today, if they are not investing their time personally to produce results, then there are people they must have employed who are investing the time on their behalf to have that result. No man ever succeeded without acknowledging time and its importance to humans.

The reason why time is one of the greatest gift God has given to man is that, It has been given to all men equally. God did not give some people higher than others. God was kind enough to give the same measure of time to all men. But the difference between people and the products{results}they have is in how well they use their time. Now lets look at the definitions of time.

Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future. Can you see how time here progresses and is also irreversible? So for every time you waste you cannot get it back. It is not just that for every time you waste you can't get it back, but for every moment the clock ticks its never regressive but progressive.

Oh God! I wish people could understand how important time is to everyone on planet earth. The amazing thing here is that time has been given to both, the Christians, Buddhist, Muslims, atheist and in fact, to all men. God wasn't partial.

He didn't  give it to a group of people in greater measures than others. Oh! what a merciful God!

Time melts away but a lot of people are still ignorant of it.  Please don't allow your time to melt away before your very own eyes. Always invest your time into producing results. Your worth is measured by how much time you invest into producing results. Lets look at another definition of time.

Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole. The definition of time here tells you how much it doesn't wait for any individual who decides to waste it. Time can never wait for the good, bad, or ugly.

Time does not want to know if you are black or white, if you are pretty or ugly, if you fat, or thin, if you are from a wealthy home or a poor one, if you are tall or short. My dear friends, time has no respect for anyone. Time is only answerable to those who make use of it. Some people might wonder how time is answerable to those who make good use of it. I am going to explain that to you.

If you are a keyboardist and you say to yourself I want to learn all the minor scales on keyboard within one month, and you went ahead,  investing that time everyday learning and perfecting your skills, you sleep just 4 hours out of 24 hours. And even before the one month is over you learnt all the minor scales you have ever heard of and even went ahead to invent your own. That is how you beat the time and that is how time respects you for being the man of your word.

Decisions are very difficult to make but brave men make the greatest decisions of their lives. Great leaders are never time wasters, they are time investors. For you to be an effective leader you have to be a time investor. For men reckon only to people who have results.

If a 10 year old child invest his or her time and make a products out of it, the world will forget that there is a 60 year old man leaving the next door after that child. Why? because people want to associate with men of results. Men who have something to offer to humanity.

 Take the decision today to make your every seconds, minute, hour, day, and year productive. I bet you, you will never regret it. If the people you call unbelievers are being productive with their time, how much more you who are called by his name?

"I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours"
                                                                                                   -Bernard Berenson

A man was wishing that he could stand in a busy corner to beg people to give him their wasted time, so he could invest it into producing results that can help humanity. But the same time that has been given to all men equally, some waste their own time doing what will not profit humanity. In the same time, some pastors are using it to play politics in church, some members are fasting and praying for 21days of miracles. Some churches are holding irrelevant religious activities that do not teach members how they could start being earthly relevant.

I also wish I can penetrate the heart of everyone on planet earth that is not yet using their time wisely, to pour out my heart to them, telling them how time flies and why it should not be taken for granted.

If you wasted any seconds, minutes, hour, day, year, and you can't account for it, then you have just wasted life. Because time is life and life is time. You have to learn to take charge of your time which is your life. Don't allow it fly away without you making good use of it.

Time is also deceptive, that is why some people are always carried away by it. Build your everyday to be a productive day. Before you sleep draft out things you want to achieve the next day, don't allow yourself to be carried away by the glamour and distractions on planet earth. You must be a critical thinker.
It is only the lazy man that does not know that time is deceptive and smart. For example, a man has scheduled to do a particular thing and its 20 minutes to the time, for him  to do that thing, he will say Oh the time is still far let me sleep a little more. And at the end of the day, that same thing wasn't achieved. He then moves it forward, for next time. Procrastinators are time wasters, they do not take charge of the time that is their life.

The question is "How do I invest and take charge of my time?"
Well, In my next article I will show you practical ways on how to go about taking charge of your time which is your life. Thanks so much for stopping by to read through this my little piece. Hope it was helpful?  

     THE GREATEST SHOCK I HAVE EVER RECEIVED

At the embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria, in 2016, I received the greatest shock of my life. It was so shocking that I never believed that so many people could live in such an ignorance. It was such a shock, that could make one wonder if people really know what life is all about.

But before I go into details telling you about the greatest shock of which I speak, let me in a quick and a light mood tell you about the word "PURPOSE". I took some time to study this word and realise how important it is to humanity and how little it has been made to be. Well, I know some of you might not agree with me and some might agree. But nevertheless, lets continue.

When we talk about purpose most people don't seem to understand. The word "PURPOSE" can be defined as the reason a thing is made , exist or created. Do you know that it is purpose that tells you the COURSE to study, and the university suitable for that particular course? But in our society today you will find out that people who are called to be doctors are busy studying road construction, singers are studying engineering, bankers, lawyers etc.. The way the world system operates has engulfed most of us, such that people no longer remember the reason for their existence. We are all blown away by the vanities of life. Living a life for emptiness and frivolities, so much so that we don't even remember to ask ourselves "WHO AM I, WHY AM I HERE?" What a world!!!

Now talking about the greatest shock I received in the embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria in 2016. I carried out a quick research on a student off late and I discovered that most people don't even know the reason they are created. Have you taken time to ask yourself why people go to school to study a particular course? OK let me tell you about my research. While at the embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria, in 2016 I took a quick interview on a boy who was going to Ukraine to study without him knowing I was interviewing him. I asked him some life personal and intelligent questions, please read our conversation.

What course do you want to study in Ukraine? I asked and he replied and said to me, road construction and I went further to ask again why do you want to study road construction? His response was, because my elder brother choose it for me and he told me its lucrative.

For some minute I was wowed and astonished because that guy is lost already. I asked few other persons and I was really amazed at the response I got. Some said "I am going to study medicine because my father told me to study it", Some others said "I am going study computer engineering because I want to make quick money by hacking into peoples account and also I can make genuine money because we are in a COMPUTER AGE where every body wants Internet ,such that I will learn programming and come back to Africa to make money" etc. and many more. My whole body could not stand my shaking hands, winkling eyes, stamping feet, and I found it difficult to even swallow saliva.

I just realised that most people don't study a particular course because it's in relation to their purpose. They think that when they become doctors they will be highly respected in our society and be well paid, if their countries are in need of doctors. They also believed that when they become lawyers they will save their father's land and fight those intimidating him.  And so on,

When I was done with my research right there I just knew that our generations is filled with more people who are ignorant of their purpose than those who know why they exist. How can a man exist because of SELFISHNESS?

Take a good look at the world we live in today, and tell me out of the about 7.5 billion people in the world how many are living a purposeful life? You will be amazed that out of every 10 persons, only one may know why he or she exists. Oh my God!!!  Now ask yourself am I among the very few persons that know why they exist? And please make sure you get an answer for yourself.

I left those kids without saying a word because I was also a victim of the same society. Could it be that the purpose for your existence was to go to school, get a good job earn salary, get married, raise your kids, and die?  well, I don't think so, come to think of it, do you know that when everyone is living for the very purpose they were created, the world will be a better place because there will be low rate of jealousy, greed, armed robbery, bribery, prostitution, racism, egocentrism, and corruption etc.

It is so pathetic to know that billions of people in the world today don't know why they are here on earth. A life well spent is one spent in fulfilment of purpose not because you are a president, governor, senator, wealthy, have great grandchildren, have 20 degrees, etc.

If you have all that and never fulfilled purpose am sorry to announce to you that you just lived another mans life. I get so emotional when people tell me that they are living a purposeful life because they have acquired wealth, are famous, and are in authority or because they are donating to the orphanage.

What a misconception of what purpose is!!! it is so wrong for any man to think that purpose is all about SELF GRATIFICATION. This menace has eaten deep into our society and the world at large. What a world where no father, mother, teacher, friend and even most pastors don't remind their members that they are here for a purpose and they should hasten up to discover it and fulfil it. Because that is when they would be regarded to  have lived a fulfilled life.
This situation is very serious and needs urgent attention before it gets worse than it is already. But what then is the way out of this deception? please check out my next article as I give practical ways to come out of this misconception and delusion.   

THE NEED TO DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE

       

      THE NEED TO DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE

Purpose as important as it is, a lot of people still take it for granted. People haven't yet realised that the reason for their existence is because they have a role to play in the lives of others. Now let me in a quick and a light mood tell you about the word "PURPOSE". I took some time to study this word and realised how important it is to human life and how little it has been made to be. well, I know some of you might not agree with me and some might disagree. But nevertheless, lets continue.

Purpose, some say its a reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. well it's simple and clear that purpose is the reason a thing is made.

If you agree that its true, then  it simply means that purpose is the reason you are made and should live for. So having known what purpose is, now ask yourself some life transforming questions.

Who am I and why I my here on earth? You know what, most times the way the world system operates can get you confused and make you think that life is all about certificates, money, power, possessions, getting married, having kids, getting a job and then having fun. Come on people! How long do we sit under this deception of the world system?

We need to wake up and readjust our mind-sets, set it to the direction of our purpose and calling. Any man who sees life as just for meant for eating and drinking is already a failure, for life is much more than that. Living for possessions and power and the rest is nothing but living a mundane life and a life of emptiness.

Purpose precedes creation, it simply means that before you came to being purpose was first considered. So your utmost priority in life is not power, possessions, getting married, having kids, going to school, getting certificate and having money but to live to discover purpose and fulfil it.

I don't think that a man would create a thing just for that same thing to while away its time doing what it was not made for. To me, it would mean that the creator would have wasted his resources, energy, time  and the greatest of all, intellectual capacity. Because a lot of brainstorming was involved in creating that particular thing to suit its purpose. You need to know who you are and what you have been called to do here on earth.

If you live on this planet earth without fulfilling purpose you just lived another mans life and you also wasted your time on earth. I know that most people would be wondering and asking themselves how can I discover who I am? never to worry I have just have two ways on how you can discover who you are.

• Go back to your creator and ask him who you are and why you were brought here on earth. Because it is only him that have the accurate answer to your questions. When you buy an iPhone and it develops a problem, for you to fix it properly you need to take it to the same company that produced it. In the same vein, if you are having problem finding out your purpose, you should go to your creator.

• Doing what you love to do, look inward and search for that same thing that you can do without remembering time and food. Check yourself properly, what is it that you love to do without looking at time and without being forced to do it? what is it that you love to do that even when not paid you still want to do it and you derive so much joy doing. Now having known this and discovered who you are, please don't forget this quote:

                             

 “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, don’t lose faith, am convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did, you’ve got to find what you love”

                                                                      -Steve jobs

Steve jobs was a school drop out and he went into doing what gave him joy and even though he is dead, Apple products still speak of the tremendous effort he put into doing what he loved to do. You know what! please know that your purpose is not selfish but its for the benefit of  humanity. He vowed to create something that would give joy to humans and help them live a better life and that was exactly what he did.

He never dedicated his life to emptiness. You know what, one interesting thing about the quote above is that it talks about you not someone else. It helps you to focus on your potentials and it also reminds you about the ups and downs of life. 

Most times life doesn't offer  you what you deserve but what you need to get to where you are going. So take this bold step and start doing what you love to do. You never know the millions of people you will be saving. Don't also forget this quote it can help you to hold on much longer.

                "Winners never quit and quitters never win"

                                                       -Vince Lombardi

Thomas Edison failed for 99 times trying to light up his world by producing the electric bulb for humanity and at the 100th time he succeeded. He could have given up at the first attempt when it didn't work, but he was pained by the lack of something that could light up the world. He therefore went ahead to solve the problem of darkness for humanity. So this is just for you to know that you are never considered to be a failure when you fall and stand but you are only considered a failure when you fall and remain in the same position.

If peradventure you are doing a particular thing and you lack the finance to continue, please don't give up on yourself and don't go about complaining about it. Instead, you can get a job make some money and then come back to complete that same thing. If Thomas Edison had given up or had gone about complaining, I don't think he would have been able to complete his tax.

In life, there will always be ups and downs. Please don't forget, let it not be your discouragement but let it be your strength. Forget about all the distractions around you and focus to fulfilling the reason why you are here on earth because that's the essence of your existence. If you leave this earth without fulfilling your purpose, you just lived a wasteful life and you just wasted your time. Please discover your purpose and live it to the fullest. Remember, the greatest tragedy in life is not death but a life without a FULFILLED PURPOSE.