"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." -- Mark Twain

Our Sponsor did not send us 10,000 miles to start the race; Our Sponsor sent us 10,000 miles to finish the race. -- Adapted.

“No group of people can spot hypocrisy any better than teenagers”. Want to know how well you’re doing? Ask a teen!

“You can’t judge your brother’s state of need based on your brother’s state of peace.” — David Jackson

Overheard - "Polygamy is having one wife too many; Monogamy is having one wife three many!"

The greatest distance in the universe is the long distance between the head and the heart; the distance between intellect and understanding. Check!

: “…When a man is at peace with his gods and his ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm”. — Igbo Proverbs via Chinua Achebe

: "Let us perform the sacrifice and leave the blame on the doorstep of the gods." — Igbo Proverbs

When life shuts a door… open it… it’s a door, that’s how they work; Now, if life locks the door, go find the key… …don’t go in thru the window!

: "You don't become wealthy by queuing up and standing in line." -- Igbo Proverb

It is difficult to dispel ignorance while filled with arrogance.

Believe That ✊

: “A piece of gold that wants to shine must pass through fire. / Wúrà tó máa dán, á la iná kọjá.” — Yoruba Proverb via Femi Akomolafe

Calm you shall keep, and carry on you must. Yes, hmmmmm.

: "If you cannot reason beyond petty sentiments, you are a liability to mankind! " -- Chuba Okadigbo

: "A large chair does not make a king". -- Igbo Proverb

: "The laughter of a child is the future of a house". -- Igbo Proverb

: "One who ate our food, has forgotten our name!" -- Igbo Proverb

: "A Man cannot have a Son before his Father". -- Igbo Proverb

: “Do not be ashamed of your poverty unless you got it dishonestly.” — Igbo Proverb

Love is what makes us Dance in the Face of Death.

: "A wise person will always be found by the path". -- Igbo Proverb

: "Truth has no color, "Truth does not smell, "Truth cannot be shaded, vanished, or buried - for long, "Truth does not die"! -- Igbo Proverb

"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” – Sir William Preece, Chief Engineer, British Post Office, 1878

‘Time changed everything’ is a big lie - but it is an awesome gift for you to get up and change things that need changing!”

It’s always darkest before it’s totally black.

: "That infant that insists its mother will not sleep, will neither sleep". -- Igbo Proverb

So, you're facing some Adversity in your Life? Congratulations! It means You are Alive! : "Adversity is for the Living, not for the Dead". -- Igbo Proverb

“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the dammed things learnt how to swim.” — Frida Kahlo, via Ted Waz

: "One who listens to the Elders is like One who has visited the Augurers." -- Igbo Proverb

: "A tall man can see tomorrow." -- Igbo Proverb

“Silence is the most terrible sound of war!”

: "When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool" -- Igbo Proverb

: "The beautiful ones are are not yet born." -- Igbo Proverb

: "The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open". -- Igbo Proverb

Sometimes, indeed most times, a man's gotta be big enough to see how small he is.

When people no longer distinguish between truth and lies, they lose the distinction between right and wrong, thereby mocking Elohim. Believe me, God cannot be mocked.

Things don't happen! Things are *made* to happen!!

: "My best friend to whom was entrusted dry smoked fish, turns out a rat; but even a rat does not eat what it was given for safekeeping." -- Igbo Proverb via Osadebe

Without Forgiveness, the Past Determines Your Present. You have to Forgive *Yourself* in order to Move Forward.

"Sunshine, mixed with a Little Hurricane, She's just the way God made her, & I love her so, She don't just Rain, She pours, That Girl right there, She's the Perfect Storm" -- Brad Paisley, country singer

You, my friend, can soar With thinking fast and furious; Busily wallowing in endless belly-aching, Accomplishes nothing but angst!

When the Sun says "Goodnight" to the Mountains, Hear the Mountains, in a still, small voice, whisper.... saying to You: It's time to say "goodnight”, Goodnight to the evils of the day, Goodnight to your worries, Goodnight to your sorrows and sadness... So, you'll be able to Shine with a Rising Sun".

Two greatest tragedies in life - 1) To NOT have your dreams fulfilled; 2) To have your life's dreams fulfilled!

: "A good palm wine by any other name will taste just as good as in the drink of the gods." -- Igbo Proverb

: "Always remember - extreme happiness is pure madness." -- Igbo Proverb

: "Their mosquito won't bite me." -- Igbo Proverb

: "Eneke the bird (the Swallow) says that since Men have learnt to shoot without missing, he has learnt to fly without perching". -- Igbo Proverb, via Chinua Achebe