Thanksgiving

This holiday has been great.


This holiday, my sister bought a purse for my cousin; lets say her name is X. She buys her stuff every holiday and gives it to her. X always collects these gift every holiday and comes back the next day with a complain.


This hols, my sister got X a denim purse. X got the purse but as usual forgot to say thank u right away. She just smiled and kept on looking at it. My sister I tell u wasn't too happy with this and made her grievance well known too me, too well if I might add.


X came to our house the next day as expected and said to my sister, 'Uzo, I like the purse you bought me, but when you're coming back next year, buy me a bag'. When my sis told me what happened, I was so furious, though we kept on laughing at her manifest ingratitude.


Am reflecting now, and it just hit me how like Anuli I am, how like Anuli most of us are. I just dint realise it, until now.


Now why would I say this? Well, you see, I'm a lucky chap. Always have been, always will be, you can ask my friends.*smug look*. Asides from very few unfortunate events in my life, I can say that I'm one of those people good things just happen to without stress. When I say good things, you are free to name it and of course you are free to doubt me but so far, I can categorically say, life has been good to me or is it the Universe or is it God?


Anyway, i have gotten so used to this unmerited fortune of mine, I barely pause to say thanks to God whom I suspect has made it so.


You see, I am not an overly religious person, but I know what should be and what shouldn't and when I hit d spiritual button, I practically drown God with my wants.


Yeah, I do. Am so ashamed to say it, but its true. Those times, my prayer would revolve around all that I want that would make my life more perfect than it already is and all that I think my family and my friends would want. My 'want prayer' could go on for minutes and run into an hour, hey, sometimes two hours ,yeah, seriously. When I get whatever I want, I just go on and ask for more and more and more.


Geez! I've been terrible. I see that now. Anuli made me see it.*sad face*


Its so difficult appreciating the source of a gift we get especially when we get gift(s) we haven't asked for.

Take a moment today and appreciate every single thing that you have that you never really asked for and then those that you have that you asked for.


Why u say? Well, let's just say, its a guarantee you'll get more.*insert big toothed grin*


You know why I say so? My sister has a kind and giving heart, and if only X had been more appreciative, she was sure to have gotten something fancier in the coming holiday. As it is, I don't think she's getting nothing. That I concluded from my sisters cunny laugh and colorful complaint moments after.


Well, I give thanks God I ain't like my sister, I'd have hit stagnant with my fine luck long time ago. But, hey God, I learnt my lesson. I really am more grateful than anyone can imagine for every little thing.

And let's hope X doesn't pay me an unannounced 'before-the-holiday' visit. That would mean a premature end to my rambings on this blog.


It's gonna be a great year. *dancing bogey.*

This new year

Its been a while I wrote anything. I know and for that, I apologize to no one in particular since I'm sure no one is reading my blog with that much interest yet.

Well, this new year certainly feels good. I feel like it bodes well for me in so many ways I just can't place a finger yet on what the euphoria is about but I'm sure that I would in due time. Of course I think I felt like this last year and all that but, I am a really optimistic person and just because last year didn't turn exactly the way I wanted doesn't mean I should stop hoping.

Moving on, I have a lot of hopes this year as I do every new year. Sometimes, I really wish I could just stop hoping for one thing or another but I just can't stop. A new year means i'm getting older and it never feels good when I think about it like that. So, I think about it in terms of, that i'm wiser, just that, nothing else.

And really, that's the truth. Since I haven't started feeling any major reflections of age, I like to believe that i'm much more wiser than I was in the past year and most times, I usually am.

Am still on holidays of course and loving every single moment of it. My only regret is that I have few days more left and I just don't want it to end. But hey, it has to.

So shake yourself up and know that there are only so much breaks in life. Some long, some short and at times, there are occasions where there are no breaks at all.

Let's hope that this year, when things get a bit rough cause it always will, we would be in the league of those, who get breaks, be it a long one or a short one. Let's hope not to be swamped so much that we can't get any break at all. Because the thing is, we need those breaks to keep us moving.

Hmm, looking at this now, I hope I don't sound odd asking that we take breaks so early in the year. If I do, well, odd is good. Isn't it? Well, err, sometimes...

Happy new year folks...