GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Saturday, February 14, 2015

ICHEOKU SAYS, HAPPY VALENTINE TO YOU ALL !!!!!

Icheoku says to all those humans out there who are lucky in love, happy Val's day to you. Remember to always appreciate what you got - your partner;  because without him or her, you would probably be still wallowing in the loneliness and loveless wilderness of life.  Remember you are nobody until someone loves you and now be happy that someone really does. But for all those other sapiens and aliens out there, who are from outer space and who are daydreaming of that suitor molded after their delusional fantasy, Icheoku says, wake up and smell the coffee before it is too late; as you may have to wait until life hereafter to ask your maker why HE did not create your idealized and customized spouse in addition to Adam and Eve. 

In any other event however, have yourselves a wonderful love-filled Valentine's day and continue in that travel-lane till this time next year. Remember to make loving your partner the second oxygen in your life - a constant intake and a never ending dosage. Happy Valentine's day to you and please remember to love more today than you loved yesterday and continue doing so, incrementally and in perpetuity, in all the days after February 14th. 

Acceptance but not mere tolerance of your partner is the key to ever lasting happiness in every relationships. You must see and treat your partner respectfully as one of the best things that ever happened to you; the one meant for you and the one always there for you, otherwise your paths wouldn't have conclusively crossed in the first place. Always see in your man that Brad Pitt you wished and still salivates for; and of course the man must also always see in his wife the Angelina Jolie of women, he shudders at their imagination. 

Also endeavor to appreciate your spouse more today than you did yesterday. Appreciation includes saying thank you to your spouse for anything he or she does in furtherance of your happiness and in making your life more livable, no matter how small. Remember that the thought of the deed  is far more important than the deed itself, admitted the deed finally crystallized the hitherto unknown thought for you to actually see or feel. Appreciation also includes saying that you are sorry and asking for forgiveness whenever you err; instead of the destructive, obstinate, headstrong show of stubbornness and claim of right or entitlement to do whatever and however you please, regardless of the hurt and pain caused to the other spouse.  This includes finding the time and patience to listen through concerns when expressed. Unneeded and avoidable strong-headiness never yields anything good but estrangement; and tone deafness is the number love-killer known to mankind. 

Remember that the Golden Rule rules supreme in every relationship and if you don't want some nasty, please don't dish nasty to the other spouse; otherwise what makes you think that such would be liked by or acceptable to him or her? In every contested position, try fitting your feet in the other spouse's shoes and ask yourself would you take it yourself if the table turned? if his or her lens are seeing things in different shades, why not momentarily borrow them to see if you could similarly so see from his or her perceptive? Ask yourself, if you at the receiving end of the arrow you are throwing at your spouse, how receptive would you be at watching it piercing your heart in the same fashion? Always remember that it is not for you to determine whether your action was wrong or offensive to the other spouse; it is the victim-spouse who reserves the sole right to so point it out and for you to atone for your infra-dig and make up. 

Finally remember that both of you are humans with feelings which can sometimes be hurt and needs some sincere acts of mea culpa in order to heal properly. Do not wait until your action ruins what you have going for you by turning the other party to a living-dead zombie, who is either forced to tune-out or simply ignore you, leading to other consequential vices including cheating and lying that may eventually lead to divorce and other not so happy endings. So to couples in love, the real lovers not the jokers, Icheoku says, resolve today to be the best spouse you can be and there is, and sit back and watch your relationship sizzle. Choose today to be a lover not a fighter; a lover not a  nagger; a lover not a cheater; a lover not an abuser and watch your love-life take a turn for the best. Please remember to love like you really mean it, with all your heart, head and body; and without any reservation whatsoever. If not for him or her, who? That's the spirit of the day and so, once again Happy Valentines Day to you all. Ciao amore!

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