WALK YOUR OWN WALK

Walk your own walk in this life. Travel down your road; don’t follow other people’s path. Keep your head up and eyes focused on what you know to be true for you. Don’t look down on your feet and even if you would, pick up anything that will help you in your journey. If you come across an obstacle or an impasse, pay mind to it. Find courage to surmount it and continue on your journey. Offer your hand to those you come across who are stuck in their own personal traps, but do not point them in the direction you feel they must go, that has to be their decision. Eventually as you are getting there, take a pause, look back, and appreciate all those who have helped you along the way. Take a look at the footprints you have left. Are they faint or obvious? Can others tread them? Can it help others in their journey? If yes, keep it up, if no, try and effect the necessary changes. Your journey may be worthless after all if it has no prospects of helping others get to where you are. Walk your own walk and leave your footprints. Remember you only live once. 

#WalkYourOwnWalk

#LeaveYourFootprints

#YouOnlyLiveOnce

Adetayo Ojo.

THE CROSSES

Each person with his or her own cross; it's the drama of life that everyone gets to partake in. Everybody will receive the crosses even bosses, you can not deceive the process. The process is in progressions, no one ever jumps a step. So close your leaky faucets, gather up your losses, no one ever said it will be easy. Just try to do your best, then try to do it better, you can never betray the process, the crosses are parts of the success.

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#TheCrosses

THE TRUEST BEAUTY

True beauty is knowing who you are, accepting yourself and then occupying your space. Beauty comes from within and it shines outwardly into the open revealing everything wonderful about you, telling your stories, speaking your voices. There is something special that we all treasure deep inside and no one can ever take that away from us. No one of us is exactly the same, we are all different. You’re an individual. You’re you. What makes you is your smile, your voice, the way you walk, your interests, your love, your personality, your features. They are the most beautiful things about you. Another person’s love, interests, voice, smile can’t be beautiful in you. You can’t be someone else and expect your beauty to radiate. Your truest beauty is when you’re you. Be real. You are most beautiful being yourself.  

#YouAreMostBeautifulBeingYourself 

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THINK OUT'TA THE BOX

Don’t believe in all those stuffs like they do. Don’t believe them when they say it is impossible. Think outside the box, break all the locks, tear down the gates, move all the stops, break the rules, stand out, be great, be amazing, be real, be yourself, do what you want, do what is naturally yours. Play the games, we all know the scores (WIN). Sometimes take the loss; it’s all part of the game. Just try, I mean try, try to be better, finer, stronger, kinder and please don’t ever lose YOU because after everything is said and done, the very essence of it all is to be the best of yourself. The best of yourself I mean not the best of somebody else. I hope to hear from you soonest.

#BreakTheRules

Adetayo

RUN YOUR RACE

Everybody is not going to like you and not everybody is going to understand you. You don’t have to try to explain yourself. Don’t spend your time trying to win over your critics, just run your race. Your time is not enough trying to spend some pleasing everybody. Understand that if you’re going to do anything great in life, not everybody is going to be your cheerleader. Not everybody is going to be your uncritical enthusiast. Not everybody is going to be excited about your dreams. Not everybody is going to appreciate your efforts. If you changed with every critic, you would be living in a revolving door. Stop worrying that somebody might criticize you. Be yourself, run your race, care less about their censures. Your dreams are never tied to what people say about you but what you say about yourself. Quit listening to what naysayers are telling you, stop living to please people and start living to actualize your dreams. You deserve being happy after all.  

#BeYourself

#RunYourRace 

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NEVER TRYING

The biggest failure of all is never trying. There is one thing worse than failure and that is not starting anything at all. It is the most unfortunate method of failing. Being afraid of an idea or a venture not working out that we are scared away to the point where they never get underway. Never trying is much worse than trying and failing. If a person is scared to try because they might fail, they are living life scared and will not get much out of life. To be scared is to be afraid of failure. The biggest failure, even the worst of it beat the hell out of never trying. If you have an idea, get into it and do your best in it. If you don’t try, you‘ll never know your capabilities. If you try, it’s either you win or you lose. You never know what you are capable of until you try. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more valuable than a life spent doing nothing. TRY! Nothing is worth limiting you from pursuing your dreams. 

#NeverTrying

#TheBiggestFailure

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KEEP YOUR HEAD UP

Keep your head up through it all. It may be challenging but it’s never insuperable. Life was never meant to be easy, it is a constant struggle with extreme lows and highs, hills and valleys, depths and culminations. The strongest warriors are always made from the toughest battles. The wisest of all people have experienced the most intelligent situations. The most successful people keep stepping, even when they can’t see past here and now. Life is meant to be like that, it is never a lap of luxury. All the troubles of life will never permanently leave; they are parts and parcels of living. Keep your head up, lower your shoulder, stay strong, hold on, stick with it, hang on, stand tall, stand proud, stay positive, never bend your head, hold it high, stick your chest out and run over anything that gets in your way. Do all those and you have no other option than to experience triumph and victory through it all. Never get discouraged, everything you are going through is a requisite for a better end.  “When a volcano erupts and destroys everything in sight, it leaves in its wake the most fertile land ever seen on earth”. Even after the darkest night, the sun still rises. Keep on keeping on. You are closest to your crest.

#KeepYourHeadUp

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DO WHAT YOU WANT, DO WHAT IS YOURS.

Do what you want, do what is yours. Focus on what is yours. Make yourself happy. Create a moment for yourself. Regardless of what people say, make yourself happy first, do what is naturally yours, don’t follow others at your own expense. Satisfy your curiosity, placate your soul, please your heart, fulfill your desire, enjoy your life, actualize your goals, quench your thirst, appease your god(God), meet your demands, fill your vacuum, you know what, just do what is yours. The most natural way to create happiness in this world is to first make yourself happy and that is by doing what is yours; what you want. Don’t focus on others while neglecting yourself. You are never selfish doing so, you are just being generous sharing what you have with others. You can never share happiness with the world when you don’t have it yourself. It’s a natural law, you just can’t give what you don’t have. So, make yourself happy and you will see millions sharing in your ecstasy. Do what you want, do what is yours, life can never be better doing less. 

#DoWhatYouWant

#DoWhatIsYours

#LifeCanNeverBeBetterDoingLess

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WHEN CHANGE CHANGES YOU

Change can be scary, change can be painful, change will change you, it will change the way you live, it will change what you do, it will change your ideas, but nothing is more painful than staying in a place when the seasons or opportunities are over. It's always challenging launching out to the unknown, it always requires stretching and sacrificing. Sacrifices of things that used to make you happy, your comfort zones and your old ways. They are the immovable ruins of the war of change. If change catches up with, you'd better move with it or else you 'll become extinct. Naturally, we all have the tendency to assume the negative of what we don’t know. We are wired that way, it only shows that we are perfectly human but the truth is Change is the law of life and if you flout any law, you must definitely pay for it. It is only those who look only to the past or present without even a hindsight view of what the future may hold that are certain to miss the future. Change is inevitable. Embrace change wholeheartedly as an inevitable part of life, look for ways to use these new changes to make your life better, richer, easier, and more fulfilling. I assure you your life will work out much better than you would have ever thought.  Embrace change, the earlier you do so the better. 

#ChangeWillChangeYou

#EmbraceIt

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THE FIRST STEP

A step, one step: beyond the journey of a thousand miles and it all began with that one step. The journey never starts until that first step is taken. Now, two steps, three steps, all have counted up to a thousand miles. It all started because that very first step was taken. Yes, that very first step; without it, there wouldn’t have been a second, nor a third not even a fourth. The first step began the process; it opened the door for many other steps. The first step is very crucial, it is the first of many steps that must be taken if we going to move forward. The nub is that to really move forward or go a long way in this life involves taking the first leap of courage, sacrifice and commitment. You have to take the first step, then the second, the third and all the steps that separate you from your goals. We really cannot get there without the first move, the first step, the first initiative. The giant pine tree grows from the tiny seedling. The skyscraper – a tower so high starts with a single brick. It is the process of life and it will continue to be so. Indeed, in any journey in this ocean of life; I mean to reach the other shore of our dreams and aspirations in life, we must begin with the first paddle of guts and courage. It all begins with the first step.

#TheFirstStep

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REMEMBER WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO

Remember why you do what you do when you feel discouraged and defeated. Remember why do what you do when it feels difficult to push forward even just for a little bit. It’s the only thing that will keep you going to the end. Take a pause, think about why you started the venture, reflect about the dreams you had, mull over the visions you foresaw and cogitate on the plans you made. Look back, think of the joy of saying you did it. The ecstasy of reminiscing and appreciating all the efforts you have used; they are often times worthwhile. Moments will come when everything is not going the way you would have expected, when the sun is not shining bright enough, when the stars refuse to shine in the night. You‘d have to trust on your dreams and goals; what made you start in the first place and hope they take you to the end. Consign on them, they are the only things that can keep you moving even when it feels like stopping. Remember why you do what you do. It will help you to finish the race you started. 

#RememberWhyYouDoWhatYouDo

#ItWillHelpYouToTheEnd

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'IF WISHES WERE HORSES'

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. If turnips were watches, I’d wear one by my side. If you could achieve your aims simply by wishing for them, then everyone would be living in golden mansions. If one could readily have what one wanted, then life would be so damn easy but unfortunately and woefully, life is not; you must struggle, fight, tussle, strive, toil, scuffle and battle for whatever you want. If pigs had wings, they would fly but justly they don’t have wings so they must do whatever is possible if they wish to fly. So, unluckily, if you want peace, prepare for war. If you want a thing done, do it yourself. If the mountain won’t come to you, you must go to the mountain. Every gain you will ever get in life has some inches of pain attached. Life will not give you what you wish for but what you have fought for. Even the Supreme Being “God” recognizes prayers in answering to a need. You must fight for whatever you want until you have realized it. Remember wishes are not horses so beggars would never ride unless they have owned a horse.

#IfWishesWereHorses

#NoTheyAreNot

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DECIDE!

We’re all going to die, we don’t get much to say on WHEN or HOW but we do get to decide how we’re going to live. We do get to elect how we’re going to subsist. We do get to adopt how we’re going to survive. Yes we do. So do it. DECIDE. Is this the life you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? Is this the best you can be? Is this the highest you can reach? Can you be stronger, kinder, better, more compassionate? Decide! Breathe in, breathe out and decide. We’ve got only one life to live, at least on this planet. So why not make it an adventure in living? Why not explore the lengths and widths of living? Why not discover what you can do and what you can have? Why not decide to have the best? Why not now take the challenge? You get to decide whether history will forget you or keep you in mind. You get to decide whether you will have footprints or your prints are so faint to be seen. Why not take your choices as your last chances and make a name for yourself in the annals of greatness. Sincerely, your voice deserves being heard in the hi-fi of history. DECIDE!

#Decide

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I AM THE NEW YEAR

I am the New Year. I unfolded like a blossom with petals tightly concealing the beauty within. I am unspotted, unblemished, unused, unspoiled.  I am a new page in the book of your time. I stretch out for some three hundred and sixty-six days presenting each days with new opportunities, new memories, and new experiences. I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months. I am your only opportunity to correct the mistakes you made in my predecessor. I am a virgin never being touched by any man. I am your opportunity to make all things new. The goals you never scored, the dreams you never dared, the hopes you never willed, and the plans you never actualized can all be rekindled in me. Every day, I will give you twenty-four complete hours to achieve your dreams. Every hour, I will bless you with sixty perfect minutes to score your goals. Every minute, I will present you the best sixty seconds you’ve ever seen just so you can actualize your plans.  I am the New Year! I wish you well. Be your best in me and I promise you will get the best out of me. 

Yours Sincerely,

                                                                                                                               #TheNewYear

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