Gratitude

Counting The Words…personal

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha13 Comments

A hundred and sixty-five words! I bet a whole lot of these words need to be weeded out. Now I have to take the surgeon’s scalpel, the blacksmith’s hammer and the butcher’s knife to cut, shave, trim, tuck, beat this draft into shape and close the chapter.

I am thankful for having finished the first draft of my new book. It’s been a slowpoke journey writing this one. I thought that I would have it published by March, alas, balancing it along with all the other merry-go-round parts of my life has been interesting as well as hectic. I had to shelve other writing projects that I’m working on to focus on this one because it has been driving me to get it done with.

Each day, I am made more aware of the fact that the blessing of being a writer doesn’t come easy. Many days one is at loss for the right words to bring to life the thing that you want to say, yet, I found a hundred and sixty-five words and there’s more threatening to spill out.

This is not a novel, nor can it be classified as a memoir – though lots of bits and pieces of me are to be found within. However, it’s an exciting project that writing it has helped me beyond words. A book that took me full circle. In my head, I’ve got the song ‘ don’t you worry, don’t you worry child, heavens got a plan for you,’ on continuous shuffle.

I am grateful for the gift of writing.

If you wish to participate in a gratitude challenge, there are several gratitude/thankful platforms in the blogosphere that you can tune into and get your ithankful going on. I can’t express in words the enormity of Joy and fulfillment that comes from having a heart of gratitude. Please check out Maria’s blog, Colline’s blog and Bernadette’s for thankful/gratitude challenges.

Wordless Wednesday

What A Cow! Wordless Wednesday

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha22 Comments

Is it a He Cow or She Cow?

Whichever, he-she cow is pretty.

My Thinking Corner

My Thinking Corner – Don’t Settle!

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha11 Comments

Keep seeking for higher ground and don’t settle for less. You can do more than you can ever begin to imagine if you really want.

Don’t park your dream on the side and settle for less than you know life can give you. Keep reaching higher.

You’ve got to reprogram that mind to accommodate the big dreams that you’ve got.

When a mind is set in its pattern of thinking it becomes myopic and doesn’t allow room for expansion. When people say this is the way I am, in essence, they admit that they are not willing to change or grow if need be, especially when it comes to negative habits and thought patterns that need to be changed.

You are never too old to learn. You continue self-mastery as long as the clock of your heart is ticking.

Setbacks will surely come as we journey along the path of life, are you prepared?

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Rononvan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Spy Kid – Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha4 Comments

Ronovan is handing out tougher prompts with glee. I thought last week was hard, now he gives us wonder & spy 😉

Image result for images of a boy unwrapping a gift

Jason’s expectant eyes opened in wide wonder

as he unwrapped his gift;

daddy just bought him a spy kit.

Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Midnight motivation and musings · VLogs

Midnight Motivation – You Can GET IT if You Really Want

April 10, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha3 Comments

How much do you want that change, that success that you desire? Wishing for it, dreaming about it is not enough.

You’ve got to put in a plan and put in the work. Self Mastery is the key to your growth and success.

If you are in search of ways to be the best you that are meant to be, to increase your productivity, live the life of your dreams, reach for your greatness and abundance, this is a space that you can visit anytime to get realistic, step by step tools on how to gain control of your life and to achieve your aspirations.

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Jacqueline

Short Stories

Labour Night…

April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha2 Comments

Ulumma put down her basket of cassava for the umpteenth time and gasped in pain, her steps slow down as the contractions grow more painful and closer with each passing second.

The sound of critters amplifies and in the stillness of the air, the buzzing crickets, croaking frogs, mosquitoes and staccato beat of a talking drum that floated in the night air from the village increase her anxiety, reminding her how far she is from home.

She tries to dampen her ripe imagination from straying to folklores and ghoulish tales of the dead who come to do their farming after hours, but the tree limbs look ominous, gnarly and ghostly in appearance as dusk quickly falls in ‘Ubi.’

‘It wouldn’t do to have this child in this Godforsaken place’ she mutters as she trudges along, her thoughts diverting in anger toward her husband who was probably enjoying a drink of palm wine while waiting for his pregnant wife to return from the farm and make him a fresh pot of soup and fufu.

Hissing and cursing in pain, she vows not to allow him to touch her for the longest time ever.

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Quick Glossary

Ubi – An Igbo word for farm.