Today, just leave the world to their miserable news. Focus on your inner world and your good news.
Tag: World
Painted Love…
Paint the wonderful World
that you would like to see;
as beautiful as you can.
So, I painted love
all over your heart
and watched you transform.
♥
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Family – Everyday beautiful people 89
“What can you do to promote World Peace? Go home and love your Family.” Mother Theresa
“Who we are and who we become starts at home. Who you want your children to be, begins with you.” Jacqueline
“We are all able to make a positive difference one family at a time, do your part.” – Jacqueline
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
“Beautiful Poetry of Life and Love.” Amanda
Diversity no. 1…Every day beautiful people #67
“It’s time for parents to teach young people early on, that in diversity, there’s beauty and there’s strength.” Maya Angelou
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela
The World is made beautiful by its diversity. We must learn to embrace the fact that others are different and have a right to be.
We should never allow the evil antics of misguided few to dictate how we relate as humans.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
From the very first poem, “Dreams,” this book captivates with passionate and perceptive words. Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha captures a broad expanse of the human experience in this book of richly layered poems.
Is it too cumbersome to ask for more than crumbs?…
Mba! No! I have ambivalent feelings towards politicians and politics and refuse to be caught up in all the ambiguous promises that they make with excessive aplomb while in pursuance of their ambitions.
Most times, I feel as though they simply sit in their big leather chairs, ensconced in their chambers where they think up how to ambush citizens with their assemblage of bombastic weapons of word contest, without concrete thoughts on how to achieve these promises and we are left bamboozled into an almost bemused or benumbed state that you begin to see grown men act like idiots.
The answers I would really like is a combination of disambiguated responses that will curb the constant combative state of today’s World that leaves us dumbfounded.
Is that such a cumbersome request? Are others not tired of the crumbs we get handed after they’ve assumed office and everything continues to remain in shambles? I am.
The prompt ‘mb’ that Linda chose to give us this weekend put me in an initial state of imbalance, but it gave me an opportunity to talk about some silent thoughts that have been going through my mind of late. I hope I did justice to her prompt 🙂
My Country of birth is in an economic and political quagmire at present and I recall all the sugar-coated promises made by the present government as they sought to unseat the incumbent President.
Not a single promise has been delivered to the citizenry and as a matter of fact, the State of the Nation is such to give someone sleepless nights and the senseless killings only got worse.
Quick glossary:
Mba – means ‘no’ in Igbo which is my native language.
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
She is amazing at describing love and life in her poems. She creates such beautiful images with her words. Truly, she is a talented writer and I’m so excited to have her poetry book and to continue reading through it.
Midnight Motivations and Musings # 69
I could go on and on about this particular thought because I have so much to say, but I will just leave a few lines.
There are people who live with the constant victim mentality that it does appear that everything seems to be about them.
No doubts, there are those who have been grossly victimised, but what matters most is how they address these issues that face them.
Do they use these challenges as a ladder to rise out of their situation or do they lie their minds down like a mat and allow the aggressor to walk all over them?
The sad reality is that the World is just what it is. It’s not going to change for you because as long as there’s mankind, there will always be those who don’t care about hurting others.
Rather, you will be the one to change your way of thinking and rise out of that slavery mentality that envelopes your mind.
Once you rise out of such thoughts and break free from victim mode, you actually defeat your aggressor by no longer lending him/her free room in your life.
©Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Everyday Beautiful People # 6….
Everyday Beautiful People // 5…
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.” Donald Miller
None of us is perfect, all are found wanting, we are in it together – Jacqueline.
Would YOU?
Would you lend a hand
To help those hands
Hanging out of the pits
reaching for someone
anyone to help and give a tug.
*****
Would you lend an ear
to help listen to that sad soul
who needs a simple shoulder
just to lean for a bit.
narrow or broad, any shoulder would do.
*****
Would you lend a voice
to say no to violence
to help push a cause
that fosters human well-being
a common need for us all
*****
Would you lend a dime or two
to help a brother break some bread
for not everyone that you see that begs
is really a lazy never-do-well.
Some fell on real hard times
*****
Would you help to whisper a prayer
in the silent abode of your heart
for an ailing stranger
whom you know not
hoping that things will be for the best
*****
What would you do to help
those painful eyes
those limp, bruised arms
those hungry souls
those voiceless ones
*****
Would you silently help
or would you shift your eyes
pressing the phone aimlessly
in an attempt to appear busy.
and simply walk on by?
*******
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Help. The Daily Post
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We can, Can’t we?….
You know,
Empty dreams,
Don’t make beautiful Worlds!
The consistent actions of you and I, do!
So tell me, what do you propagate around you?
Are you engaged sowing seeds of accord or discord?
Would you just take a moment and check your circle of influence!
Plant that seed that you want to reap! It will grow into a tree of bounty!
Cease wasting time on wishful thinking!
We can be the World that we wish to see!
Shalom!
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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