| Gabriel Olatunji
Over the years I have seen ‘not so beautiful’ (those you would call, ugly) girls feel sad about their body, face, looks and everything about them, wondering why they don’t have the kind of beauty Beyonce has or better still the kind of beauty my girlfriend has, lol (that was on a lighter mood). I have also seen the beautiful ones wonder why they attract so much attention, not sure of who love them for them or for their looks, confused about who to marry or petty stuff all because they have unconsciously worship their looks so much so that they pay attention to their looks than why they look that way.
Depression and low self esteem is usually synonymous with girls or boys who have been called ‘ugly’ but I beg to defer, you can be handsome, beautiful and have a heavy dose of low self-esteem and you can be can be called the ugliest duckling and have an esteem big enough to be the president of this country.
To ascertain your esteem status, ask yourself the following questions;
Do you feel inadequate when people don’t complement you?
Do you spend so many hours checking out yourself daily?
Do you feel sad or bad when someone doesn’t seem to like something about me?
As a handsome guy do you need to sleep with several women to feel on top of the world?
As a pretty girl does the fact that you have many men and boys throng over you makes you feel beautiful?
If your answer is ‘yes’ to three out of these questions then you are battling with one form of low self-esteem or the other. Your self-esteem should not be tied to how you look or how you don’t look, what people say or what they don’t say about you, or to the fact that you are ugly or pretty but what you do whether with being pretty or the other way round.
To overcome your low self-esteem you have to change your orientation about yourself. Life does not give credit to people just because they look handsome or ugly (except you are contesting for Miss World or Mr. Nigeria, and even if you are they still get to test you intelligent quotient), life gives credit to men and women who made life better for other people. How many lives has benefited from the fact that you look good? How many lives has benefited from your so called ugly looks? The truth is there is truly no fine or ugly person in the world, we only have men and women who have accepted that as their reality.
If you don’t look good, then do something that’ll make even the most handsome bow at your feet, and then you can inspire other people with this quote, ‘It doesn’t matter if they call you pig or duck, it doesn’t matter if your face is synonymous with being ugly, what matters is for you to live your dreams and those who insulted you will eventually celebrate you’.
If you have been called handsome or pretty, why take it the hard way over something you can turn to an opportunity. Start a worthy cause and ask every single person who throng around you to support the cause, they will because they like you and you will not only live to be called the handsome or pretty one but the awesome one.
As long as your happiness or unhappiness is tied to your looks then you need to check yourself into the ‘High esteem’ academy. You will agree with me that Nigeria’s immediate past two former presidents were far from handsome, Mother Teresa’s picture I saw wasn’t pretty (I could be wrong please correct me), one of Nigeria’s wealthiest comedian ‘I go dye’ is something you don’t want to call good looking, I have been privileged to have friends (female) who are not close to pretty but some pretty girls in my life don’t worth half of what they worth to me. If you cannot turn your advantage or disadvantage into an opportunity you are not yet on your way to becoming happy and successful!
I am Gabriel Olatunji-Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
When I was a Child! #MondayInspiration
| Gabriel Olatunji
When you were a child all you needed was provided but now that you are an adult you should learn to become more responsible.
When I was a child my father would ask me if I was hungry, I would be fed and would also get to tell them I needed more and would still have it. When I was a child I would go to school without worrying about school fees. When I was a child I would eat, get clothed and sleep as I liked because providing that wasn’t my responsibility. The truth is simple, when I was a child I was so irresponsible, yet I was still a very good kid to my parent and to others in the community. Why? Because responsibility is the word used to remind an adult that he’s no longer a child.
Some of the ways to know whether a person is still functioning as a child are as follows:
Looking up to others to do for you what you should do for yourself; it is normal for a child to be that way but abnormal for anyone who claims to be an adult.
A child would have gotten his hand burnt in fire before knowing that it’s dangerous. Ignorance is the first fruit of irresponsibility. Show me an ignorant man and I will show you a child in an adult body.
A child doesn’t understand the word ‘responsibility’; that is why a child would prefer ice cream to shares in Dangote Companies. When you see a man who is eating his tomorrow today, then you have seen a child in an adult body.
There are lots of qualities to determine a child in an adult body but the purpose of this write-up is to remind you that you were once a child. When you were a child, you spoke like a child, thought like a child, acted like a child and made decisions like a child but now that you are an adult you should learn to put away childish things.
I am Gabriel Olatunji-Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
When you were a child all you needed was provided but now that you are an adult you should learn to become more responsible.
When I was a child my father would ask me if I was hungry, I would be fed and would also get to tell them I needed more and would still have it. When I was a child I would go to school without worrying about school fees. When I was a child I would eat, get clothed and sleep as I liked because providing that wasn’t my responsibility. The truth is simple, when I was a child I was so irresponsible, yet I was still a very good kid to my parent and to others in the community. Why? Because responsibility is the word used to remind an adult that he’s no longer a child.
Some of the ways to know whether a person is still functioning as a child are as follows:
- Dependence
Looking up to others to do for you what you should do for yourself; it is normal for a child to be that way but abnormal for anyone who claims to be an adult.
- Ignorance
A child would have gotten his hand burnt in fire before knowing that it’s dangerous. Ignorance is the first fruit of irresponsibility. Show me an ignorant man and I will show you a child in an adult body.
- Irresponsible
A child doesn’t understand the word ‘responsibility’; that is why a child would prefer ice cream to shares in Dangote Companies. When you see a man who is eating his tomorrow today, then you have seen a child in an adult body.
There are lots of qualities to determine a child in an adult body but the purpose of this write-up is to remind you that you were once a child. When you were a child, you spoke like a child, thought like a child, acted like a child and made decisions like a child but now that you are an adult you should learn to put away childish things.
I am Gabriel Olatunji-Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Power of Belief (My Story) #MondayInspiration
| Gabriel Olatunji
(This article was first published on Facebook on Monday, May 20th, 2013)
I was once told that I won’t amount to much in life when I was growing up, I was once told that I can’t have the most beautiful ladies because I don’t look good enough in their view, I was once told that I would have to beg my friends for money because they seem to be moving faster than me according to their definition of success, I was once told that I cannot speak or write and make people read or listen…
TODAY IS THE FUTURE (Quote Format) #MondayInspiration with Gabriel Olatunji-Legend
| Gabriel Olatunji
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Monday, May 13, 2013)
(Todays' MondayInspiration is coming in form of quotes; I hope you find them helpful)
If what you are doing everyday will not lead you to the future that you want, STOP IT before it’s too late.
If you spend your days recording music in the studio, learning about the music business - the future isn't hard to tell that way.
Write the chapters you need to write today and there's no doubt that you'll become an author tomorrow. Today creates the future.
I'll pay attention to my today and my tomorrow will naturally happen.
Foolishness is when you spend all your money drinking today and expecting to become a Mike Adenuga tomorrow.
Stop talking about tomorrow start working on your today. What you pay attention to today will create the future you want tomorrow.
Tomorrow was created today and today is when tomorrow can be created. Only those with this mindset maximize every moment of the day.
You have made a mistake when you think what you are doing right now has nothing to do with your future - you are creating d future already.
The way we talk about the future so glowingly one would expect that you only need to say it for it to happen; lie from the pit of hell.
To make the mistake of expecting a miraculous future without the pain of creating it is a dream you'll wake up from when it's too late.
God created man but He expects man to create his own future. Don't get it twisted; your future is your creation.
Your future will not show up by magic, you’ve got to create it. As a matter of fact what you did today is part of the future creation.
My name is Gabriel Olatunji Legend and you canfollow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Monday, May 13, 2013)
(Todays' MondayInspiration is coming in form of quotes; I hope you find them helpful)
If what you are doing everyday will not lead you to the future that you want, STOP IT before it’s too late.
If you spend your days recording music in the studio, learning about the music business - the future isn't hard to tell that way.
Write the chapters you need to write today and there's no doubt that you'll become an author tomorrow. Today creates the future.
I'll pay attention to my today and my tomorrow will naturally happen.
Foolishness is when you spend all your money drinking today and expecting to become a Mike Adenuga tomorrow.
Stop talking about tomorrow start working on your today. What you pay attention to today will create the future you want tomorrow.
Tomorrow was created today and today is when tomorrow can be created. Only those with this mindset maximize every moment of the day.
You have made a mistake when you think what you are doing right now has nothing to do with your future - you are creating d future already.
The way we talk about the future so glowingly one would expect that you only need to say it for it to happen; lie from the pit of hell.
To make the mistake of expecting a miraculous future without the pain of creating it is a dream you'll wake up from when it's too late.
God created man but He expects man to create his own future. Don't get it twisted; your future is your creation.
Your future will not show up by magic, you’ve got to create it. As a matter of fact what you did today is part of the future creation.
My name is Gabriel Olatunji Legend and you canfollow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL #MondayInspiration with Gabriel Olatunji-Legend
| Gabriel Olatunji
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Monday, May 6, 2013)
Research has shown that more people have a heart attack on a Monday morning than any other day of the week. This is because many people are looking for success in the wrong places. Not every job will make you successful, regardless of how much you are being paid.
Success is the achievement of your maker’s goal for your life. Your life is not your life; the sooner you realize that the better. If you didn’t create yourself, how then do you think you can achieve success with your life by doing your own thing? Here are a few to-dos in becoming successful;
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Monday, May 6, 2013)
Research has shown that more people have a heart attack on a Monday morning than any other day of the week. This is because many people are looking for success in the wrong places. Not every job will make you successful, regardless of how much you are being paid.
Success is the achievement of your maker’s goal for your life. Your life is not your life; the sooner you realize that the better. If you didn’t create yourself, how then do you think you can achieve success with your life by doing your own thing? Here are a few to-dos in becoming successful;
“Monday Inspiration” with Gabriel Olatunji 1
| Gabriel Olatunji
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Monday, April 22, 2013)
Starting from today, 22 April, 2013 Monday Inspiration with Gabriel Olatunji will kick off as a Note on Facebook and many available blogs, and also #MorningInspiration hashtag on Twitter between Mondays and Fridays;I will be sharing short but insightful wisdom with a strong faith that everyone who reads and follows them will become better for it, thereby helping you solve some major challenges in life.
I woke up early today with the thought of what the end of the day would look like when I lay back on my bed to rest at night. I asked myself some questions like,
Would the cash in my bank account have increased?
Would someone be able to say to me, ‘you are God-sent’?
What would I have been able to achieve when I lay back on this bed to sleep at night?
I also had to ask myself if I would have been more ‘successful’ and ‘purposeful’ according to God’s definition of the two words.
Whooah! That got me thinking and I realized that each day isa gift from God, what I do with it is my own gift to the world. And when I give value (gifts) to the world I get value (money/needs) back in return.
Each day is a 24hour blank cheque given to us by divinity;Seven days of the week is 168hours of blank cheque divinity handed over to us on a platter of gold but how much we are able to withdraw with the cheque is directly proportional to the investments we make with the hours given to us daily and weekly.
Let me ask you, how much will you be able to withdraw with your 168hours of blank cheque handed over to you this week?
See you next Monday!
I am Gabriel Olatunji Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Monday, April 22, 2013)
Starting from today, 22 April, 2013 Monday Inspiration with Gabriel Olatunji will kick off as a Note on Facebook and many available blogs, and also #MorningInspiration hashtag on Twitter between Mondays and Fridays;I will be sharing short but insightful wisdom with a strong faith that everyone who reads and follows them will become better for it, thereby helping you solve some major challenges in life.
I woke up early today with the thought of what the end of the day would look like when I lay back on my bed to rest at night. I asked myself some questions like,
Would the cash in my bank account have increased?
Would someone be able to say to me, ‘you are God-sent’?
What would I have been able to achieve when I lay back on this bed to sleep at night?
I also had to ask myself if I would have been more ‘successful’ and ‘purposeful’ according to God’s definition of the two words.
Whooah! That got me thinking and I realized that each day isa gift from God, what I do with it is my own gift to the world. And when I give value (gifts) to the world I get value (money/needs) back in return.
Each day is a 24hour blank cheque given to us by divinity;Seven days of the week is 168hours of blank cheque divinity handed over to us on a platter of gold but how much we are able to withdraw with the cheque is directly proportional to the investments we make with the hours given to us daily and weekly.
Let me ask you, how much will you be able to withdraw with your 168hours of blank cheque handed over to you this week?
See you next Monday!
I am Gabriel Olatunji Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
VIP - Very Important Purpose - By @OLATUNJISPEAKS
| Gabriel Olatunji-Legend
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Thursday March 21, 2013)
Has it ever occurred to you that you are who/what you are for a Very Important Purpose?
Why do you know what you know?
Why do you speak so fluently?
Why are you so pretty?
Why do they call you Mr Handsome?
Why do you have the brain of a genius?
(This article was first published on Facebook as a Note on Thursday March 21, 2013)
Has it ever occurred to you that you are who/what you are for a Very Important Purpose?
Why do you know what you know?
Why do you speak so fluently?
Why are you so pretty?
Why do they call you Mr Handsome?
Why do you have the brain of a genius?
It Happened Around 3am - @OLATUNJISPEAKS
| Gabriel Olatunji
(This article was first published on Facebook - Wednesday, 20th March 2013)
In the last couple of weeks I have been reading bits by bits more on the Film Industry and the business opportunities it affords, considering the fact that I already have a retail business in the field that is currently growing in leaps and bounds – I sought for higher knowledge on the field.
Everything was knowledge until this morning; I woke up around 2:30am to 3am to a hint I got in one of the articles I read about the industry and right there and then a new business idea was birthed. I am so excited about this idea that I can’t wait to launch but this short piece isn’t about me and it’s not to show off an idea that has not even kick-started yet but to emphasize a quote I heard some time ago that says, “We will be the same person we are 5 years from now except for the books we read and the people we meet”.
The simple question is would you love to be what you are now in 5 years time? The answer is usually a capital letter, NO but what is it that you are doing differently today to guarantee that 5years from now will be better than today? When you do the same things and expect different results, somebody says that’s insanity.
I love Bill Gates, Mike Adenuga, Ali Baba, Dangote, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Deolu Akinyemi, Shola Animashaun and a lot of other great peeps doing wonderful things but there is something I observed in all of them – they know and have access to people everybody don’t and they know something everybody want/need to know; that is the secret of their riches and success.
Read an article, watch a movie, listen to movers and shakers of our world – the idea that will make your name resonate all around the world is just around the corner – you can’t afford to exert all your time on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs reading about other people making things happen. When are we going to read about what you too are making happen?
(This article was first published on Facebook - Wednesday, 20th March 2013)
In the last couple of weeks I have been reading bits by bits more on the Film Industry and the business opportunities it affords, considering the fact that I already have a retail business in the field that is currently growing in leaps and bounds – I sought for higher knowledge on the field.
Everything was knowledge until this morning; I woke up around 2:30am to 3am to a hint I got in one of the articles I read about the industry and right there and then a new business idea was birthed. I am so excited about this idea that I can’t wait to launch but this short piece isn’t about me and it’s not to show off an idea that has not even kick-started yet but to emphasize a quote I heard some time ago that says, “We will be the same person we are 5 years from now except for the books we read and the people we meet”.
The simple question is would you love to be what you are now in 5 years time? The answer is usually a capital letter, NO but what is it that you are doing differently today to guarantee that 5years from now will be better than today? When you do the same things and expect different results, somebody says that’s insanity.
I love Bill Gates, Mike Adenuga, Ali Baba, Dangote, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Deolu Akinyemi, Shola Animashaun and a lot of other great peeps doing wonderful things but there is something I observed in all of them – they know and have access to people everybody don’t and they know something everybody want/need to know; that is the secret of their riches and success.
Read an article, watch a movie, listen to movers and shakers of our world – the idea that will make your name resonate all around the world is just around the corner – you can’t afford to exert all your time on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs reading about other people making things happen. When are we going to read about what you too are making happen?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Private Jet Ownership; In Defence of Pastors
By Gabriel Olatunji
(The write-up was first published on Facebook as a Note on Friday, March 15, 2013)
This is a long overdue write-up but it is better now than later; setting the records straight is a responsibility that should be carried out no matter how many people are against it.
What exactly is your problem with pastors owning a jets?
When did owning a jet become a constitutional crime or a spiritual sin?
If all the pastors and Nigerian billionaires who own jets sell them and donate funds to the less privileged and you are made the chairman of the committee in charge, won’t you embezzle fifty percent of the money? And even if by miracle of some sort you didn’t, will the poor be erased from among us?
I needed to send your brain on a journey if you are one of those castigating pastors for owning jets because obviously you are not using it enough (Apologies to those who don’t take corrections lightly).
I have listened to this argument of private jet from well meaning Nigerians and those who are the direct opposite of well-meaning. I am particularly disappointed in some notable young Nigerians that I admire; as some of them used the debate to garner followers by opposing pastors owning jets. I want to debunk most of the reasons some people have for opposing pastors who own jets.
Several decades ago when men of God were synonymous with poverty and their lifestyle was what you would not want for your enemy, a lot of you distant yourselves from them so much and even see their circumstances as fate rather than ignorance. Today, we have men of God who are not only wealthy, but also famous, internationally respected, and even have members who own private jets without getting involved in shady deals and yet you scream to the rooftop that they are not fulfilling the real mandate of the church.
Who says the real mandate of the church is for the pastor to be poor while the church members live large?
And what is it that I hear when you say that pastors use the offerings contributed by poor members of his church to purchase a private jet? It is a proof that you are not using your God given brain fully because if do you, will realize that only those who have been fed and have extra cash pay the kind of offering and tithe that can buy a jet - churches where almost half of the church or more have exotic cars (maybe you should visit these churches car park to have an understanding).
I simply don’t care whether you own a jet or you don’t as long as you didn’t steal the money, as long as your board approves the purchase (you might have forgotten that all these churches have board members as stipulated by their Corporate Affairs Commission registration), as long as the pastor and the churches are paying their taxes, and as long as no “church member” who goes to them for genuine financial help is turned down on the basis of lack of money. This is my stand on the issue!
I know you are still not satisfied but let me romance your mind with some 'truths' before you insult them some more for owning jets. Have you or any of your fellow critics ever praised them when one of them built about five “world-class” schools inside Ikeja cantonment (the schools that were ravaged by the Bomb blast some years ago)? Have any of you given them kudos for having over 100 people they are paying school fees for yearly (mostly private universities- you can do the maths)? Have any of you gone to social media and created an hashtag that talks about their donations to the flood ridden communities?
If your answer is No, that is a proof that you are an hypocrite. Is it until pastors knock on your door and give you crispy naira notes before you know they are helping the poor? Do you know how many lives have being transformed just by listening to some of them? There are paupers who came to church and today are wealthy beyond their own imagination, just by listening to the pastor. I know of a non-entity at a time that attended one of these churches and is today a celebrated speaker and author because his pastor invested in his personal development? Why didn’t you shout to the rooftop when one of the pastors advocated for some innocent people in incarceration and they were pardoned? Those are the stories to share and peddle, not ask for the sins of your politicians on the innocent men of God when they have truly not committed any sin whether to God or to man. Transfer your aggression to the people who are milking you dry, your politicians.
Why should a means of transportation generate so much heat from ignorant minds? Maybe you have forgotten that Nigeria may not be growing as it should but we have pastors who have gone beyond the things that limits us in this part of the world; they have branches scattered all around African countries, Europe, Asia and the rest, they have the same twenty four hours just like you and your own twenty four hours isn’t enough for you yet without as much responsibilities as they have; and you expect that they sit inside Lagos traffic for six or seven hours before catching a flight and also do the same when they are returning? Business executives in Nigeria fly jets everyday for business meetings within and outside of the country and you expect a pastor not to do that when it comes to the business of lives? I am sorry to tell you that your priorities are not right! You own, a twenty million naira jeep and you are wishing that pastors should be riding ‘Okadas’; you are suffering from low self esteem.
It is worthy of note that private jet ownership is not peculiar to Nigerian pastors alone which further validates the point that private jet is not a luxury but a necessity - alhough not for everyone of them (think well before you criticize any of them and ask if it’s a necessity or a luxury looking at their present responsibilities). Search google if you don’t know that other busy men of God own jets abroad. I also do not believe in ‘private’ jet ownership but ‘ministry’ jet ownership when necessary, not for luxury; talking about pastors.
This is not a call for men of God to become irresponsible with money and jump at owning a jet but a plea that critics should think about the pros and cons before leading the people astray in thought. Pastors should be accountable to their board, the government and their people but we shouldn’t take the failures of our society out on them for working for the progress of the ministry.
If you were a Pastor or CEO and your business or ministry keeps loosing clients and members because of a rigid transportation system, won’t you look for a flexible one at a cost?
I am Gabriel Olatunji Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
(The write-up was first published on Facebook as a Note on Friday, March 15, 2013)
This is a long overdue write-up but it is better now than later; setting the records straight is a responsibility that should be carried out no matter how many people are against it.
What exactly is your problem with pastors owning a jets?
When did owning a jet become a constitutional crime or a spiritual sin?
If all the pastors and Nigerian billionaires who own jets sell them and donate funds to the less privileged and you are made the chairman of the committee in charge, won’t you embezzle fifty percent of the money? And even if by miracle of some sort you didn’t, will the poor be erased from among us?
I needed to send your brain on a journey if you are one of those castigating pastors for owning jets because obviously you are not using it enough (Apologies to those who don’t take corrections lightly).
I have listened to this argument of private jet from well meaning Nigerians and those who are the direct opposite of well-meaning. I am particularly disappointed in some notable young Nigerians that I admire; as some of them used the debate to garner followers by opposing pastors owning jets. I want to debunk most of the reasons some people have for opposing pastors who own jets.
Several decades ago when men of God were synonymous with poverty and their lifestyle was what you would not want for your enemy, a lot of you distant yourselves from them so much and even see their circumstances as fate rather than ignorance. Today, we have men of God who are not only wealthy, but also famous, internationally respected, and even have members who own private jets without getting involved in shady deals and yet you scream to the rooftop that they are not fulfilling the real mandate of the church.
Who says the real mandate of the church is for the pastor to be poor while the church members live large?
And what is it that I hear when you say that pastors use the offerings contributed by poor members of his church to purchase a private jet? It is a proof that you are not using your God given brain fully because if do you, will realize that only those who have been fed and have extra cash pay the kind of offering and tithe that can buy a jet - churches where almost half of the church or more have exotic cars (maybe you should visit these churches car park to have an understanding).
I simply don’t care whether you own a jet or you don’t as long as you didn’t steal the money, as long as your board approves the purchase (you might have forgotten that all these churches have board members as stipulated by their Corporate Affairs Commission registration), as long as the pastor and the churches are paying their taxes, and as long as no “church member” who goes to them for genuine financial help is turned down on the basis of lack of money. This is my stand on the issue!
I know you are still not satisfied but let me romance your mind with some 'truths' before you insult them some more for owning jets. Have you or any of your fellow critics ever praised them when one of them built about five “world-class” schools inside Ikeja cantonment (the schools that were ravaged by the Bomb blast some years ago)? Have any of you given them kudos for having over 100 people they are paying school fees for yearly (mostly private universities- you can do the maths)? Have any of you gone to social media and created an hashtag that talks about their donations to the flood ridden communities?
If your answer is No, that is a proof that you are an hypocrite. Is it until pastors knock on your door and give you crispy naira notes before you know they are helping the poor? Do you know how many lives have being transformed just by listening to some of them? There are paupers who came to church and today are wealthy beyond their own imagination, just by listening to the pastor. I know of a non-entity at a time that attended one of these churches and is today a celebrated speaker and author because his pastor invested in his personal development? Why didn’t you shout to the rooftop when one of the pastors advocated for some innocent people in incarceration and they were pardoned? Those are the stories to share and peddle, not ask for the sins of your politicians on the innocent men of God when they have truly not committed any sin whether to God or to man. Transfer your aggression to the people who are milking you dry, your politicians.
Why should a means of transportation generate so much heat from ignorant minds? Maybe you have forgotten that Nigeria may not be growing as it should but we have pastors who have gone beyond the things that limits us in this part of the world; they have branches scattered all around African countries, Europe, Asia and the rest, they have the same twenty four hours just like you and your own twenty four hours isn’t enough for you yet without as much responsibilities as they have; and you expect that they sit inside Lagos traffic for six or seven hours before catching a flight and also do the same when they are returning? Business executives in Nigeria fly jets everyday for business meetings within and outside of the country and you expect a pastor not to do that when it comes to the business of lives? I am sorry to tell you that your priorities are not right! You own, a twenty million naira jeep and you are wishing that pastors should be riding ‘Okadas’; you are suffering from low self esteem.
It is worthy of note that private jet ownership is not peculiar to Nigerian pastors alone which further validates the point that private jet is not a luxury but a necessity - alhough not for everyone of them (think well before you criticize any of them and ask if it’s a necessity or a luxury looking at their present responsibilities). Search google if you don’t know that other busy men of God own jets abroad. I also do not believe in ‘private’ jet ownership but ‘ministry’ jet ownership when necessary, not for luxury; talking about pastors.
This is not a call for men of God to become irresponsible with money and jump at owning a jet but a plea that critics should think about the pros and cons before leading the people astray in thought. Pastors should be accountable to their board, the government and their people but we shouldn’t take the failures of our society out on them for working for the progress of the ministry.
If you were a Pastor or CEO and your business or ministry keeps loosing clients and members because of a rigid transportation system, won’t you look for a flexible one at a cost?
I am Gabriel Olatunji Legend and you can follow me on twitter: @OLATUNJISPEAKS. I am an Entrepreneur and I Speak.
I was born on the 5th of January! And so what?
By Gabriel Olatunji
(The write-up was first published on Facebook on the 20th February, 2013)
I was born on the 5th of January; and my parent's house was filled with people especially on the eight day not because they are happy I was born (why should they be happy? Of what use am I to them except my parents) but because they are guaranteed a full course meal without pay. I am certain that when it was time to give offering, majority of the attendees gave far less than could be commiserate with the meal they were offered not to talk of the potential of the little baby.
(The write-up was first published on Facebook on the 20th February, 2013)
I was born on the 5th of January; and my parent's house was filled with people especially on the eight day not because they are happy I was born (why should they be happy? Of what use am I to them except my parents) but because they are guaranteed a full course meal without pay. I am certain that when it was time to give offering, majority of the attendees gave far less than could be commiserate with the meal they were offered not to talk of the potential of the little baby.
PALE, My mini-god
By Gabriel Olatunji
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Gabriel with his late Dad when he was much younger[/caption]
(Published on Facebook first on April 22, 2010)
You were known generally to the world as a good man
But you are more than a good man to me.
Everyone simply couldn’t believe that you were the one that died
I, personally because of my selfish nature wish it was someone else.
I have cried and looked at our picture ever since you left but that has in no way given me any comfort.
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Gabriel with his late Dad when he was much younger[/caption](Published on Facebook first on April 22, 2010)
You were known generally to the world as a good man
But you are more than a good man to me.
Everyone simply couldn’t believe that you were the one that died
I, personally because of my selfish nature wish it was someone else.
I have cried and looked at our picture ever since you left but that has in no way given me any comfort.
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