a cooking pot and twisted tales
Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
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Need I say more?
Our wishful thoughts on the things that we hope for, will only remain buried, wishful and wasted unless we begin to act on them.
The fear of failure is the greatest failure in itself. Be afraid, but do it!
You just might surprise yourself.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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A saying in my place goes, ‘that success refuses to go to the house of those who fail to appreciate the success of others around them, because success feels that when she arrives, you will equally fail to appreciate her presence.’
Positive energy attracts positive things, we should therefore always try to appreciate the humble beginnings while we plan and wait for the bigger ones.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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This is self-explanatory isn’t it?
The more you hold on to hope, no matter how tiny, the more it brims over.
Don’t allow the voice of pessimism drag you down and as much as possible, don’t engage in feeding yourself with all the negative back talk nor absorb other people’s negative diatribes.
It’s their opinion and it doesn’t have to be yours.
Remember that there is power in the tongue and the words you speak into your life, embeds in your mind. If therefore you keep speaking negative words, that negativity squashes any seed of hope planted in you.
Hold on to your hope. In everything!
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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The ups and downs of life are guaranteed. It’s full of uncertainties and can never be perfect.
However, how we handle these uncertainties that life throws at us is what perfects our moments.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
The funny African proverb that says ‘when we all piss together it foams’ comes to my mind as I write this post.
Another one equally states that ‘when you want to go fast, you go alone, but if you want to go very far, you go with others.’
For the first time, I will be hosting a blog party (Valentine Shindig) and hopefully, from then I will continue hosting a monthly blog-hop meet ups to encourage newbies as well as the older ones to mingle and develop a cohesive community.
I sent out feelers to feel the pulse of my readers and not only has the response been awesome but the support as well and I cannot fail but to express my appreciation.
A good number of lovely bloggers have shown their support and encouragement to me by re-blogging and tweeting my invitation and posts in this regard and it totally fills me with a sense of gratitude and joy.
There is no way that I would be able to do it by myself or to cover as much ground if not for the generosity and support that I have received from a good number of you.
I am thankful and indeed grateful to have supportive friends in this community and as is said in my place ‘the fowl does not forget the person that allowed her to roost by her fireplace during the raining season. ‘During your rainy days, may you find a warm fireplace to roost.’
You can join Colline’s or Maria Jansson gratitude challenge platforms.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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When we sow little seeds of good, we have no idea the depth of roots that we plant.
We can actually retrain the battle fields of our minds to think the way that we want it to.
It’s never too late to try to get it right. Except the person reading this post is no longer on this side of the great divide.
Happiness is truly at home with you. It lives and breaths within you and not in someone else’s abode.
Sometimes, in the bid to hide so many secrets, we bury ourselves alive and forget to live.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Noirfifre’s beautiful message is an advise that would suit a lot of people.
Stella’s simple, beautiful thoughts can take us very far.
Oba’s inspiring post on paying it forward speaks for itself.
I would encourage you to take a quick peek at these thoughts. Maybe, they mirror yours.
So, when can we get a sneak peek at yours?
My regards,
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Winning our individual battle fields in our minds emanates from what we plant in there daily.
We can choose to find ourselves beautiful instead of relying on others to dictate if we are beautiful.
We can choose to plant courage instead of fear. Love instead of hatred. A can do and willing to try attitude instead of I can’t.
A constant repetition brings belief, a change of mind and confidence.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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What is that thing that your heart is set on? Do not relent. Crawl, limp, trudge, walk ….. just keep moving.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
In respect of blogging matters, networking, interacting and connecting is key.
Just like is said in real estate, that location is key, in blogging, after your content, mingling with others and pushing your buttons is your trump card, which cannot be repeated enough.
It’s always bemusing to see some people plunk their butts in a chair, write a good post, stick it out there and go off to Timbuktu.
Naturally, we humans respond to stimuli of association, thus, any blogger who wants to grow has to get past their shyness and get more friendly and others will respond. As you Work Hard, Also Play Hard.
Well, that said, I turned up my own blogging heat just a notch higher by pushing myself to engage in a few more challenges.
Yes indeed! It’s called a challenge because it’s meant to push you beyond our comfort boundaries of your cosy armchair and it’s doing that to me.
I got involved in 3 different challenges + the 2 that I already do.
They are Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge, The great big book of lists, Streams of consciousness, Flash fiction for aspiring writers and Colline’s gratitude or Maria’s gratitude challenges.
The good thing is that there is something to suit different taste and for me, it leaves no time for me to feel bored or lazy about writing.
So, what are you waiting for? Search around and you will find something that interests you.
I even started two of my own challenges as well, details can be found at the top of my blog.
Talking about playing hard and networking, please come to my party. Here is your invitation in this link.
Thank you for listening and kind regards.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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