Intellectual Obesity

I have gone through most of my adult life believing that everyone is smart. I have however, met some people that have tested my belief in that theory many times. I still choose to believe we are all smart people in this world. I believe strongly that what differentiates us all is our intellectual diet. Through keen observation  for sometime now, I have come to notice three sets of people; The intellectually starved, the intellectually obese and the intellectually fit. We all in one way or the other fall into one category.


The intellectually starved. He knows he could do a lot more with himself but "what about sleep, parties and the sweet feeling of doing absolutely nothing? Too high a price for intellectual vitality" he concludes. She knows where her passion is calling her to, but "all those sacrifices, hours of study and research, all of that time to learn the ropes. Thanks but no thanks" she tells herself.  But listen, you can go on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for hours because Zuckerberg and co. refused to be intellectually starved. For how long are you going to let dust and cobwebs cover you passion. How much longer will algae re-design your destiny? I have too many questions to ask you, and I receive too few answers.

Here's to Us - Toast to Us!

Here's to the strong and determined Nigerian. To the Nigerian who is unwavering and resolved in the quest to live a good life. He does not have a father in the government or a mother in the welfare system, but as an orphan lives through the realities in his home. She does not find a husband in patriotism or children in her compatriots, still she keeps her home even for the bastards her husband got out of wedlock.


Cheers!
Here's to the Minister of Power and his generating plant, however small, "e pass him neighbor"
Here's to the Minister of Water Resources whose bore hole system supplies water to his household and entire street.