<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415</id><updated>2024-11-01T03:36:12.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Man of great vessels</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-6418202028491074898</id><published>2011-10-10T10:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T10:38:00.732-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Don&#39;t be Discourage Their is Still a Long way To Go</title><content type='html'>The world is full of opportunities. Opportunities are brilliantly disguise as impossible situation and it is only when we can see beyond the present and see into the future that we can then make use of our opportunity wisely. Discernment to perceive, courage to undertake, patience to carry through, will change the whole aspect of the universe for us and bring positive achievement out of meaningless negation.&lt;br /&gt;
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With doubt and dismay you are smitten you think there&#39;s no chance for you, son? Why, the best books haven&#39;t been written, the best race hasn&#39;t been run, the best score hasn&#39;t been made yet, the best song hasn&#39;t been sung, the best tune hasn&#39;t been played yet, the most beautiful one are not yet born, cheer up, for the world is young! There still an opportunity for you to succeed.&lt;br /&gt;
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No chance? Why the world is just eager for things that you ought to create its store of true wealth is still meager its needs are incessant and great, when a man says he is hopeless, he is slamming a door in the face of God. Yearns for more power and beauty more laughter and love and romance, more loyalty, labor and duty, the world belong to the energetic. No chance--why there&#39;s nothing but chance!&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;For the best verse hasn&#39;t been rhymed yet, the best house hasn&#39;t been planned, the highest peak hasn&#39;t been climbed yet, the mightiest rivers aren&#39;t spanned, new things are been discover day and night, new records every morning and dawn, evolution of the world has just begun, don’t worry and fret, faint hearted, the chances have just begun, for the best jobs haven&#39;t been started, the best work hasn&#39;t been done. There is still hope for you, you will always be the best you can when you always put in your best and only your best alone can be enough to stay afloat so as not to drown and still keep on the hope</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/6418202028491074898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2011/10/dont-be-discourage-their-is-still-long.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/6418202028491074898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/6418202028491074898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2011/10/dont-be-discourage-their-is-still-long.html' title='Don&#39;t be Discourage Their is Still a Long way To Go'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-8098657815627927818</id><published>2011-10-01T04:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T08:54:04.992-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A year after 50</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/_bittersweet/5726161345/&quot; title=&quot;Nigeria by Bitter-Sweet-, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Nigeria&quot; height=&quot;348&quot; src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/5726161345_3c3f7bb0d7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Every 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; of October will always remain an historic day; it will always be a day to be celebrated all over the Nigeria federation and that is why I will not fail to wish all faithful Nigerian ‘Happy Independence’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;This is day to celebrate but also a time to talk about what we so much long for which is CHANGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;It was said that the only thing that is constant in life is change; and talking about change I mean positive change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Calligraphy&amp;quot;; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;If you think that Nigeria has not change then you need to check your life………A. M. O.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;I know only few people will agree with me that Nigeria is undergoing gradual changes; even though I might not be able to defend it but the truth is that if you have not develop then you can not see any developmental change in the country….for instance a business man whose net income increase from #200000 to #1000000 will not agree that there is no growth in the economy; he has some how manage to change his economy and develop. People who look for greener pasture are those who can not sow the seeds but desires fruits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Calligraphy&amp;quot;; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;If your yesterday was good, today should be better and your tomorrow should speak the best…… A. M. O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;A man should learn to develop everyday by his attributes and choices which are the building blocks to build his life. If you want to change the world you must first change your life, your ways of reasoning…you easily change the world by changing your own world. One truth is that no matter how develop a country; it can not develop you if you fail to develop yourself… the country need you to develop and not the country to develop. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Lucida Calligraphy&amp;quot;; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Change can be compare to Bell­-Magendie Law.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;For many who don’t know the law, it only means one directional movement of impulse to cause reflexes (change). For things to change their must be VISION which is needed to plan for the future and this will lead to CREAIVITY and through FOCUS we can change our ways of thinking (REVOLUTION) to replace something old with new (RENEWAL) and thus we will finally see the CHANGES we want.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;If you fail to put your house in less than other then expect nothing less than disorder. Abraham Lincoln told U.S citizen that they will only be destroy by outsider if they don’t put the country in order. To avoid destruction it is left for me and you, we need to work together regardless of our political and cultural background; ethnicity should not come before the national interest. To achieve our common goal then we must do things in common with our common sense, there things you don’t need to be told as good citizen; if you are a leader be an exemplary one and I you are a follower remember that leadership is co-business. Let work together to achieve our common objectives. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/8098657815627927818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2011/10/year-after-50.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/8098657815627927818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/8098657815627927818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2011/10/year-after-50.html' title='A year after 50'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/5726161345_3c3f7bb0d7_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-8896364569922960287</id><published>2010-11-04T01:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T06:56:40.056-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fashion</title><content type='html'>I don&#39;t despise the new fashions. I admire them, when they are good. What is good is not for only one man, will you please try to understand that a thing of beauty is a joy forever? Whatever is born of truth, whether in art or religion, belongs to eternity; it never goes out of fashion. Fashion is the act of demonstrating our culture; there should be regards for culture and fashion. There is more to fashion than beauty and style. Will you also remember that modern styles, modes, fashions, inventions, call them what you will, are the mere average product of human thought and labor during a few years; the ability of man to always desire new styles, the act of putting art into images.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are different types of fashions, and so many things are categorize under the umbrella of fashion. The one I shall be talking about is the one that deals with dresses, the production and market of new styles.&lt;br /&gt;
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Certainly it is easier to say what to avoid than what to accept, for there&#39;s more of it. Broad is the road of error, and the faults and follies, vices and sins, the right thing to do cannot be told in detail for another, since every man must manifest his own individuality as he must work out his own salvation. Am not here to criticize what we put on or how we dress but just to share more light on what look to us to be in folk. I have heard about a conversation between a priest and a boy in whom the priest tries to comment on what the boy was putting on, the boy told the priest that he is putting on what is in fogue. Yes we love to flow with the current whether good or bad; we don’t want to be labeling oldies, thereby closing our eyes to the evil that can be cause by what we are wearing. There is what to put on and when to really be in it; you don’t wear flashy clothes to place a sad event has just occurred. &lt;br /&gt;
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There should be decency in what we wear, you dress the way you want to be address. What you wear determine the type of people attracted to you. If a lady always put on skimpy skirt tube or different kind of uncovered wears, she may just be attracted to guys who put on crazy jeans. Fashion should be trendy and gorgeous but not erotic. Some ladies don’t care about what people feel on what they are putting on especially by the opposite sex. A man sexual drive is stimulated by sight. The moment a guy looks at a lady, he only has two options either to be a true friend or to have you warm his bed. At first sight people tends to judge us by outward our look. A guy saw a lady in my present and referred to her as marriage material, indeed she is if to go by what she is putting on. No matter what you are putting on if you are not confidence you are not sexy, you don’t need to be half naked before you look appealing to a guy. Let him not only see your beauty alone but also who you are in what you are putting on. In our fashions and styles, decency should be included when considering what to choose or wear.&lt;br /&gt;
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To conclude by what the priest said to the boy. “It’s truly what is in town right now but you can live without it”. I expect we shall find no two houses built or furnished alike. No two human with the same body structure and characters. Why been like them when you can be yourself.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to be &quot;utterly other&quot;.&amp;nbsp; of course you are hollow, artificial, insincere; moreover a nuisances. It’s only a fool that try to be somebody else.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/8896364569922960287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/11/fashion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/8896364569922960287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/8896364569922960287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/11/fashion.html' title='Fashion'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-6343810995741253981</id><published>2010-10-17T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T09:00:04.878-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dream and Achieve Your Dream</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Oh! Why did you have to wake me now this is what a friend said to me long time go, then I asked him what he dreamt about and he told me he saw himself in the future world. There dreams we all want to come to reality, believe me, it is possible if only you put them in your mind and heart because the image you carry on them echo out to the universe for manifestation.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A dream is a goal without legs; you need to make it walk, and carrying it along everywhere you go. You become successful the moment you start moving towards your goals, the moment you belief in your dream and want it to come to reality. Many people killed their dreams by remaining stagnant , what do you think would happen to any carnivores that failed to search for its preys; starve to death I guess, that is what happen to a dream that is not set in motion. Think about the benefits and rewards you stand to gain from achieving your dream because this will help you to work towards making it become reality. Imagine how you would feel and what it would be like reaching your goals in life, all you need to do is start seeing yourself as an achiever because goals is like a fuel in the furnace of achievement, the only thing you need is to BELIEF, develop a passion for your goals and this will guide you to achieving your dream; goals is a passion of life that is deeply tied to our sense of fact that we no longer question why we work towards them. The moment you realize your goal in life and work towards it you don’t seem to know how far you are heading to and how long it will take to get there.&amp;nbsp; I know it as not been easy but you need to keep pushing on and remember that winning isn’t everything but wanting to win, your burning desire to succeed can make things easy for you because it will makes you not only notice your opportunities when they come knocking but to also creates more successful people doesn’t wait for opportunity but create opportunities. The more your opportunity, better your chances of winning and making it to your goal.&lt;br /&gt;
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Set your mind free of doubts, a mind that focus only on failure can never achieve success, for you to achieve your goals in life you have to show the right attitude and optimism. Never give up in the moment of weakness, the best test of character is the ability to withstand difficulties and the only thing that is unachievable is that which you have not desire or acted upon. A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving if you can desire it you can achieve it. A dream is a bearer of possibility, make your dream your treasure so that you heart will lie in it. For every images that comes to you, follow it and ask yourself how it fit</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/6343810995741253981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/10/dream-and-achieve-your-dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/6343810995741253981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/6343810995741253981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/10/dream-and-achieve-your-dream.html' title='Dream and Achieve Your Dream'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-7546157479864600428</id><published>2010-10-15T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T10:03:53.122-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friendship and Love... The Path to Better Relatioship</title><content type='html'>There is a saying that you don’t value what you have until you loose it. Thank God I haven’t lost you my friend before realizing it. Friendship is one of the cheapest and most accessible of pleasures; it requires no outlay and no very serious expenditure of time or trouble. It is quite easy to make friends, if one wants to... but there are people you really need in life. There is surely no greater pleasure in the world than to feel one is needed, welcomed, missed, and loved and that is what I feel my friend when am around you, you understand me even when I fail to say a word, you only need to look on my face and the puzzles are solve.&lt;br /&gt;
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Friends are like spices they add value to your life, giving you the ingredient you need, they are like watch that beat true for all time and never runs down. Multiply joy and divides grief, enter into the word sorrow and friends break the word into pieces, one who understand your silence a volume of sympathy bound in cloth, one who lift you up when your wings have trouble remembering how to fly. Though I am far away separated by vision and mission, you don’t seem to a long distance away because in everyone’s face I see you, in my dream I see you my friend you are so close to my heart.&lt;br /&gt;
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Am not the best shoe in the market, still you bought me with priceless money, polish me when am dirty, never put me out on my own so as not to be stolen, put me on to a special occasion were people can always see me, and I always feel proud to order there step. Time without number have failed in carrying out my functions by stepping on thorns, stumble and inflict pain and shame, but still never throw me away or even exchange me for money or another shoe. They learn to cope with my abuses and disappointment. We both share the fault and move on in life. You never judge me by my outlook you take your time to see what others did not see in me and that; that has been so dark to me&lt;br /&gt;
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With you my friends am not alone in this lonely world, you are always by my side to guide me, in my dream you are there to light up my night and you are like angels that is always by my side to tread this lonely path with me. Your love is stronger than that of wine and more potent than the darkest magic, with you am rest assure that my heart is save, your love is like a bird that can not fly not that you loose your wings but you have decided to stay loyal and keep the chain of friendship. Am sure I have found a friend in you because am also one to recon with, you love me as much as I love you, you value me as much as I&amp;nbsp; do, you care for me more even when I deserve it less. This I will never forget in day, to pray for you when am about to lay my head down at night. &lt;br /&gt;
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My Father, may I know the delight of true friendship which is responsive and sincere. May I never feel so secure in myself that I will cease to want friends, or be so dependent on others that I will be continually seeking them. May I understand the value of having a stanch friend and of being one. Amen.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/7546157479864600428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/10/friendship-and-love-path-to-better.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/7546157479864600428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/7546157479864600428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/10/friendship-and-love-path-to-better.html' title='Friendship and Love... The Path to Better Relatioship'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-6326813027958104682</id><published>2010-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T00:00:12.546-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Golden Jubilee</title><content type='html'>The golden jubilee, the time is here to rejoice for our 50th years of independent but we also need to rethink about our past, we are celebrating years of freedom and liberty. We have come of age but nothing seems to change. “Let say there are prospect for a new Nigeria but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet”... Wole Soyinka. We are great people in great nation, the giant of Africa&lt;br /&gt;
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Nigerian, we need to wake up from our slumber, if we want to reap the blessing of freedom we must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Why do we wait for someone to start, majority job is no man job. If we want to build a strong nation it must be in love and with unity. Individuality can not make us one, we can only grow tall when we live in one community and peaceful society. Forget tribalism and ethnicity, put the motive of the power belong to us behind us, if the west are pivoting the affair of the nation; that does not generalize them to be the FOOD BASKET OF THE NATION instead of their individual motto.&amp;nbsp; The change begins with you. Be the visionary that the country is looking for, if you think the country is corrupt check yourself if you are a saint in making.&lt;br /&gt;
Corruption is everywhere in you home and in my also. If truly we want to eradicate corruption in our society it begins in our individual home and community; in our sphere of contact. Remove the peg in your eyes before removing the log in other people’s eyes. Our country needs those that can find solutions to our problem, people who will make new discoveries and proffer new thoughts and ideologies that we make the nation great not people who will create law for their own self interest. We do not need to wait for help, be a source of inspiration to others, and be a helper, a giver, a solution provider. “Nigerian can no longer be a potential”…Jide Salu. We know we have what it takes to be a great nation; we have the strength, the youth and the resources. We do not need to compromise our standard; we do not need to accept the status quos. “One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised”… Chinua Achebe. We don’t need to be force into what we never want to do just to have a loaf on our table and wine in our belly. We can never remain captives under the name of freedom, we need to be responsible for our action and enjoy the true reward of freedom. “We are free, truly free, when we do not need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouth”… Ricardo. Flores. Morgan. We need to stand on our ground and change our world, our sphere of contact and if we tend to change our immediate environment, we will ultimate change the country.&lt;br /&gt;
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“Nigeria is what it is because its leader is not what they should be”… Chinua Achebe&lt;br /&gt;
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In the Roman and Legion army it is said that there can only be a bad leaders and no bad followers. The country needs to grow so also the leader need to change. We need to treat the corruption in our society in Chinese way. We need leader that can be a Cat in the midst of the Rat around us, someone who we not be bully by the so called god’s fathers. The politician are what they are because we give them the power to be, we allow them to rob us of their right and duty to the nation, we gave them the power when we failed to make the best use of it. Though it look that we can not do anything against this disease of epidemic proportion in our society and one that has the greatest effect on more people than any other single interaction that occur on each one of its. The politician are not the only one concerned in this, it is at every places where leadership is excise, in our various house and working place, at every fields and areas of life. If we want to wash Nigeria clean, we need start washing our dirty linen first. Corruption is everywhere at every places you can imagine. It does not start and end at the political arena; it is what affects you and I. Politician in Nigeria need to stop acting like a magician, they should stop drawing our attention away from what they are doing. We need our eyes open to be able to see things that need to be done in our community. Things can change if we have the love of our community in our heart, the love that light and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism, to reminds us of our anthem and pledge (to serve Nigeria with all my strength). Nigeria Great People Great Nation.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Happy independent my fellow Nigerian.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/6326813027958104682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/10/golden-jubilee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/6326813027958104682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/6326813027958104682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/10/golden-jubilee.html' title='The Golden Jubilee'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-793260277846117634</id><published>2010-09-27T11:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-29T15:00:29.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear To Fail</title><content type='html'>If you are going through hell keep on moving—Sir Winston Churchill&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Difficulty overtake us, misfortune confront us. It should not weigh us down and make us to be fear of failure. It is those that dare to fail greatly that succeed greatly. If you sit back and wait all day, all night without confronting your challenges you will never be able to find a solution to your problem. If a child is afraid of falling, and do not dare to fall, he will not learn to walk. If you fail to take the risk of failing, you will not have a chance of winning. That are two sides to everything; is either you win or lose. Every time you take a challenge you are daring to fail; if you put in your best you will turn your challenges into a favoure. If you don’t struggle there will be no victory. The more steps you take the more distance you cover and the fewer journeys ahead.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
To some people success is everything and the easier it is gain the better it is, success is best enjoy when it is won in midst of adversity. Anything is hard to begin, whether it be taking a cold bath, writing a letter, clearing up a misunderstanding, or falling to on the day&#39;s work. Nothing is easy to begin. Yet &quot;a thing begun is half done.&quot; The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step.&amp;nbsp; No matter how unpleasant a thing is to do, begin it and immediately it becomes less unpleasant. Form the excellent habit of making a start. Nothing is impossible to those whose guide is duty, pray when you need to pray, work when you need to and play when the time is right. The right motivation comes with the perfect words. Don’t speak the word that reflect failure all the time but one that reflects courage and determination. Just as your look can speak more of your inner feelings, guide your thought against failure.&lt;br /&gt;
We all dream of great deeds and high positions, away from the pettiness and humdrum of ordinary life. So many people dream and they become dreamer alone without turning there dreams into achievement. They do not take the risk of failing; if you want something to stand in life then you must be ready of taking the risk of letting it fall. Success is not occupying a lofty place or doing conspicuous work; it is being the best that is in you. Small effort we only mean that you want little success and great work implies that you want a bigger success. Success comes from self-control and a true sense of the values of things. Its only when you know the value of your goal that achieving it become your top priority and you begin to appreciate yourself and your talent, ready to stake your life in achieving success. &lt;br /&gt;
Thinking you would like a square meal will not in itself earn you one. Thinking you would like a strong body will not without effort on your part makes you an athlete. Thinking you would like to be kind or successful will not bring you gentleness or achievement if you stop with mere thinking. The arrows of intention must have the bow of strong purpose to impel them. Prayer without action will not yield a positive answer. Don’t just sit and wait for manners to fall from heaven, the day of Moses are far gone but God of Moses will never change. You are not in the wilderness and you don’t need to wait for magic before you get things done. Be a practical dreamer don’t think of any problem without solving it. There is nothing great that is ever achieved without enthusiasm.&amp;nbsp; Just like a man that knows his losing a fight and he knows it is lost, and yet he is fighting on. If he doesn’t win at the end, he will be stronger to do better in his next fight. Enthusiasm</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/793260277846117634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-to-fail.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/793260277846117634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/793260277846117634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-to-fail.html' title='Dear To Fail'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-1872944792641509360</id><published>2010-09-27T10:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-27T10:34:47.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear To Succeed</title><content type='html'>Men that makes thing happen are those that take the bull by the horn. This life is full of challenges and obstacles and we often referred to this world as the survivor of the fittest; with all this on your mind you should not give up the race to success. Starts imagine yourself to be in a contest that the only option you have is to win, a quest for success you can’t afford to loose. You must not let your dream be unfulfilled due to your coward, stand firm even in your moment of weakness, you would only be proclaimed as a winner only if you make it to the end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dare to succeed, God as giving you the ideas and a heart bigger than your trouble&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;“All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward taught. To work effectively he must think clearly; to act nobly he must think nobly” said Channing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;If I could add to this great quotation, to achieve success you must start seeing yourself as a successful man. Don’t let what you are going through intimidate you and turn your heart away from your goal. All that success demand of you is to have courage; confidence and showing the right attitude, great thinker are great achiever. What do you think of your future, are you positive about it or pessimistic? Did you picture your future so bright?&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt; “You control the degree of your success by controlling your thoughts”—Brian Adams&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;Do you see yourself as failure? Its better you don’t, the moment you let the thought of failure occupied your brain, your mind you start acting like a failure. Say to that thing that you can do it you will make it in life, you are born to succeed. It may look like prophesying but yes it is truly prophesy you make yourself. Mourhino in is interview call himself, the special one; he believe there can only be one of his kind. Muhameed Ali calls himself the world greatest like wise R. Kelly. They became what they say to their own life with there mouth by working hard towards it. It is easier say than done and that is why you need to believe in your potential and control your thought.&lt;br /&gt;
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The road to success is full of port holes and only those that dare to succeed and keep on moving we make it through. It is a challenge to succeed; if it were not more people would have made it in life. Those who succeed are those who walk all through and those that turn there opportunity and challenges into success. Never give up even when failure look as real as image form by a plane mirror. When you fall pick up yourself because a smooth see does not make a great sailor. Never look as failure as the end but an opportunity to correct your mistakes and do better. Successful people also experienced failure in one way or the other and they made it through by not giving in to failure. They there to succeed and they put up there best to make it in life. If you see that your best is not enough, put in your very best. With focus, determination and prayer fortune will smile on you.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/1872944792641509360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-to-succeed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/1872944792641509360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/1872944792641509360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-to-succeed.html' title='Dear To Succeed'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-5138526354264429876</id><published>2010-09-15T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T12:26:38.449-07:00</updated><title type='text'>There Is Hope For Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>Life is constantly changing and this shows that nothing last forever. Not even the most splendid moment or difficult time. In every blue sky there will always be a silver lining, in every misfortune there will still be a moment of that comes with fortune. Never mind what people think of the present, there is hope for the future and great things lay ahead for those that believe. Never mind what people thins of you, pay no attention to there ill talk. If people talk ill of you, live so that no one will believe them. Think&lt;br /&gt;
About your tomorrow and work towards your goals in life. The world may not notice you but they will respect you for what you become. Many great men and women start from some where and they earn recognition and respect through hard work and perseverance &lt;br /&gt;
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Life is a race and everyone is on their track running, slow and steady win the race. So never let yourself be bully by those around you. I have seen in games of sport where the last out run the first for the ultimate price. The watch word is FOCUS and DETERMINATION. Don’t let yourself be intimidated by anybody, if you found yourself in the midst of those who doesn’t believe in you and what you can do or those who never appreciate you no matter how hard you try then you need to find your way out before they killed your spirit. Those who never support you are those who are afraid of your success and the only way to get rid of you indirectly is by making you to loose faith in yourself. Never be jealous or envious of other people achievement in life, you have your destiny and they have theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
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Life is like a coin pleasure and pain are the two sides, only one side is often visible at times but remember that the other sides is waiting for its turn. Life is turn by turn, a king can not rule for eternity. That is why to live and let go. Many people rush into things without giving it full consideration, they are too anxious of getting what they want against all odds. If only they are clairvoyance they wouldn’t have done what they did. Servant today can be a master tomorrow. The word Yes My Lord is only a temporal statement of honor which is giving to those who has merited it at that point in time. You are never the first to ever been address that way and you will not be the last.&lt;br /&gt;
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What ever you expect is what you get stop seeing setback, shortage, stop talking about defeat, failures and problems. The past is not your future, concentrate on your today and tomorrow. Tough time never last but tough people do (Robert Schuller). The boy of today becomes a man tomorrow life is turn by turn. Those you met on your way up you will surely meet them when the going get wrong, and two things are likely to happen; is either they help you to your feet or send you down into the sinking sand. Don’t be a rich man that gloats all the time, oppressing their workers and neighbors. Think you have more, you will see people that surpasses you in time of money, character and fame.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is time to sow and time to reap, time to be born and time to die. Wait for the wind of change and patience your time will come at the right time to be.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/5138526354264429876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/there-is-hope-for-tomorrow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/5138526354264429876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/5138526354264429876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/there-is-hope-for-tomorrow.html' title='There Is Hope For Tomorrow'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-4467862959547814247</id><published>2010-09-13T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T12:27:16.408-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Teach him how to walk and he will learn to run on His Own.</title><content type='html'>Raising a child is very much like building a sky scraper. If the first few stories are slightly out of line, no one will notice, but when the building is eighteen or twenty stories high, the mistake are then notice and confusion begins. A child rearing can be compare to building, if a child foundation is faulty, it become a problem to the society when he attain the age of maturity and every attempts to teach him good manners become futile. It is better to train a child than to repair an idiot. The capacity of children to retain impression made upon them in early days should not be neglected. If you criticize them, they learn to condemn, no matter what you do or give to such a child he will never appreciate it. If they live with hostility, they live to fight. If they live with ridicule, they learn to be shy. If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty. If they live with tolerance, they live with patience. If they live with encouragement, they learn confidence. If they live with fairness, they learn to justice. If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves. If they live with love, they learn to find love in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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The best time to mould a clay pot is when the clay is wet; the best time to bend a fish is when it is freshly killed. Training a child can be compare with planting cocoa trees, clear the ground, cut the trees and remove the lumps, till the ground, create a nursery bed with good soil and shade before exposing it to the harsh weather. If you failed to do the necessary pre-planting and planting activities, then you may end up becoming an unsuccessful farmer with no fruit to harvest. If you don’t give a child the important things in life; then he may not be able to survive and give you the glory you deserve. The best time to instill the best character into a child is during the early stages of his life, when  he love to cuddle in your arms, play with your bears, love you reading him a story book or singing lullaby on his journey to dream land (sleeping time) and the most time he stays around you . Not when the child as become a dry fish. &lt;br /&gt;
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The greatest gift you can give to your child is root of responsibilities and ways of independence. Teach him how to walk and he will learn to run on his own. If you don’t show him the way to be responsible life he will never be independent. All he knows to do is to become a parasite to both you and the community he live. He is so weak to think and too lazy to lay his hand on things that can be beneficial to him and he will end up becoming a nuisance. Teach your child the good and bad side of life, teach him to appreciate the good and show him to manage the bad side of it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Abraham Lincoln’s - “Know that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, for every selfish politician there is a dedicated leaders. Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend. Teach him that dollar earn is far of value than five dollars found. Teach him to loose and enjoy winning, steer him way from envy. Teach him the secret of quiet laughter; teach him the wonders of books. But also give him the time to ponder over the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, Bees in the sun and flowers on the green hill side. Teach him that it is far more honorable to fail than to cheats. Teach him to have faith in his ideals even if every body tells him he is wrong. Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with tough people; try too giving him strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the sand wagon. Teach him gentle but do not cuddle him because the test of fire makes fire steel teach him to listen to all men. But teach him to filter all that are hears on the screen of truth and take only the truth that comes true. Teach him how to laugh when he is sad; teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him to close ears to a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks is right. Let him have patience to be brave, teach him to have sublime faith in his creator and faith in himself too because then will he have faith in man kind. What ever father says to his children is heard by adversity. A mother should play her role because simply having children does not justify a woman been a mother.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/4467862959547814247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/teach-him-how-to-walk-and-he-will-learn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/4467862959547814247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/4467862959547814247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/teach-him-how-to-walk-and-he-will-learn.html' title='Teach him how to walk and he will learn to run on His Own.'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-7187439817238497437</id><published>2010-09-05T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T12:27:52.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The spirit of pride-why you need to silence it</title><content type='html'>Life is full of all kind of people with different characteristics. We are created to be happy and live in love with one another, to be contented with what we have and to avoid jealousy, envy and hatred. In spite of the gift of nature to man, something in him repels him at times; it makes him loose the sense of himself. He is affected by angers, jealousy and most especially revenge which is as a result of pride in him. Anger, jealousy and revenge are dangerous emotions and it’s milieu allow these vices to control him, he become easily irritated and always ready to fight on every issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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A pride man learns to win people by argument he sees himself as the God father and you are either with him or against him even when he seem to be on the wrong track, his belief is only in himself and set himself above others. He is easily provoked, he feels insulted and the pride in him surfaces. He feels insulted and degraded; his reaction become a kick back (Revenge). His action is sort of a fight for an injured EGO. The deflated ego wages war, war that can cause harm to man who may mean well but misunderstood. He never wants anybody to be above him, in his working place or even in the community. It is the cause of pride that leads to revenge. Pride gives us an exaggerated sense of ourselves and false greatness. Pride makes us think we are wise, it make us to forget our true identity and makes us claimed to be what we are not making us to forget that there is nothing to boost about in human. We need to develop the spirit of humility, humility spare us from revenge and makes us to admit our limitation as man. Humility allows other to help us to see in us what we have not seen in ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;
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Humility makes us to relate with those that possess what we lack; thereby developing us. No man is an Island or supernatural we all need somebody to watch our back, to help us up when we are down, to give us the push we need when it seem where are far backward. A tree can not make a forest nor can a player make a team, we develop in unity and develop our world through cooperation. Imagine a world where the least person can rendered his services without complaint of been oppressed. Many countries in the world suffered as a result of pride either from their arrogant and non considerable leader or those from the developed world. Pride is as a result of material abundance and power. Why must we let ourselves be control by riches, we tends to exercise power and authority over our fellow humans. We make others suffered as a result of our false ego. Let’s change our ways, let’s be the change we want, remember this God resists the proud but gives graces to the humble. Know that the highest proof of virtue is to provide countless power without abusing it.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/7187439817238497437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/exaggeration-of-ourself.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/7187439817238497437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/7187439817238497437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/exaggeration-of-ourself.html' title='The spirit of pride-why you need to silence it'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-5701485991027042370</id><published>2010-09-03T05:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T12:59:53.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Power Of Smile. The Magic To Connect</title><content type='html'>One of the ways to connect with people in social, career, business, and other life situation is through a genuine smile. Some people are natural at smiling. The smile without thinking about it.  No matter the test and trial they may be experiencing, they smile through it all. Are you gifted with fantastic smile? Do your friends and strangers compliment your smile? Do they talk about the radiance you exude when you smile? Then you possess a priceless asset. Then you must learn to use this asset to connect to people, to turn your life around positively.&lt;br /&gt;
Sometime I think life must be unfair to see people with this natural gift while some of us have to work hard to keep a mile on our face. If you don’t have this natural talent you can train yourself to smile in spite of your present condition or situation.&lt;br /&gt;
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People tend to avoid sad and depressed people but they want to hang around happy people. Even if you are facing the most difficult moment of your life you should not it to the world because it will do you more harm than good.&lt;br /&gt;
In life people judge us by our outward expressions, what they can see and feel in our physical appearance. Social scientist discovered that actions are more powerful than emotions. Our action will eventually determine how we feel about ourselves. Real habit is more of happiness than a goal, more of an attitude than attainment. It is the companion of carefulness, not the creature of circumstances. Even if you are happy and carry a sad face, people will think you are depressed. No one wants to associate with a depressed person. No one wants to listen your talk about your unending catalog of woes. Everyone loves good news and happy people. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sometime we face hard times and allow our circumstances to affect the way we look and hoe will interact with people around us. We value ourselves 99.9% and we have little time to of others. If you always look to serious and intense people may not give an excuse for your looks; they may just take it that you are cold, stand-off-ish and probably anti-social. No one as the time to probe your mind for the reasons behind your frown or depressed look. People most time take us at face value. That is why we must discipline ourselves to wear a smile even under the most difficult circumstances.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/5701485991027042370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/power-of-smile.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/5701485991027042370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/5701485991027042370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/09/power-of-smile.html' title='The Power Of Smile. The Magic To Connect'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2088/2187016030_e11111219c_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970203239322121415.post-3418193841613390087</id><published>2010-08-30T12:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-05T23:47:14.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Recover Your Loss</title><content type='html'>Everyone has lost one thing or the other; it may be through negligence or carelessness. Your business might have crumble and things are not working the way you had planed it to be and you think that mark the beginning of the end. Never give up cause you still have a life line and reading this will surely convince you that you can pick up from scrap and attained greater height than that you are before, Your being alive itself is a life line.&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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Be of good courage, never be discouraged.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nothing is really that final and that you have another chance and you are less defeated than you think you are, fear, negative thought, inferiority complex, all make you liable to be destroyed by the furnace of adversity. How you think about situation might defeat you before even doing anything about it. Your negative situation need a compelling force to change it and this force come with a right mental attitude. On your road to success there’s always something to fear, there is always a reason to be discouraged or dismayed but there is courage in the midst of it all. Find that courage today and it will help you to carry on in life.&lt;br /&gt;
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Rise above your challenges.&lt;br /&gt;
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No mountain has ever been climbed so also no challenge is greater than been overcome, challenges open door for a brighter success, life itself is a challenge, and there are challenges in every area of it. Never look at the dark side of life but the positive. A man without a challenge will have nothing to achieve in life, nothing for people to write about nor will he have what people can draw courage and strength from. Know that a smooth sea do not make a skilful sailors, your challenges should make you a better human being than you are before, with loads of experience you can always count on.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is no crime in falling down if you could stand again and begin anew, if there is life there is hope and hope gives you radiance to everything. If you could make it to where you are before then you can be greater than that because storms make oak take deeper root. You will never stumble with your zeal on the driver seat.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/feeds/3418193841613390087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-discover-your-loss.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/3418193841613390087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5970203239322121415/posts/default/3418193841613390087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manofvessels.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-discover-your-loss.html' title='How To Recover Your Loss'/><author><name>Allen Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11938271119288024115</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>