Island Expression

MY APPARENT DISCOVERY ABOUT LIFE's GOAL Growing up I used to be inquisitive…full of dreams and somehow… goal driven. I remember taking sixth position in primary one (grade one) and did not like it at all. Then getting to primary two I wanted first position but ended up taking third and then second position- it seems like first position hated me and I was pleading to at least know how it feels like to be number one. Unfortunately, I didn’t take first position until JSS2 (High school) and surprisingly, I didn’t feel anything special. I recalled one time I took second position in primary five and was very miserable- I was crying and didn’t want to go home. Yeah that was how serious I was about life but is that the best approach? We will see I had dreams of becoming great and becoming a philanthropist. I simply wanted to make a difference in my world. Like me, I know you have dreams, goals and great feats you want to accomplish in your lifetime, which is even why you...

TACKLE THE THING I often hear young people say things like ‘Abeg this is not my thing’ (Nigerian Pidgin). Well that’s cool but what is your thing? What is that thing that your life represents? What is your goal? Life is meaningless without a goal. I once heard the man of God Pastor Chris Oyakhilome say Life without Christ is meaningless. And that burst my bubbles. In fact it got my attention. Your life is a gift to you; and you have the responsibility to make it what you want it to be. But the tragic thing is that quite a lot of people don’t even know what their live represents. They don’t have goals in life. So everything goes. They often times enjoy this song ‘I can’t kill myself’ by a Nigerian musician… LOL Interestingly, I don’t blame them. Life is made to be lived and enjoyed so please don’t kill yourself. Hence, I want to help you learn how to enjoy your life. And it is very simple   “TACKLE THE THING” Find your thing and tackle it. Your thing in our conte...