Some Economics...

For any nation, exportation of goods and services is a means towards prosperity, the more diversified the goods and services and the more diversified the countries of export, the better for that nation.It is even better and makes for a firmer economy when that particular nation has enough to export and to utilise for her citizens in the area of consumption without much need for importation.It is bad when a country can only produce consumed goods and services without any for exportation. It is much worse when a country has few or nothing to export and yet cannot produce enough to feed her citizens and has to rely on importation of most of her products, that is a clarion call for poverty. When we work routinely,structurally and daily,like the popular 9-5, and having to wait for the end of the month for salary,we are like the self consuming nation which has nothing to export, this is bad enough.If we are innovative, creative and we venture, in as diverse area as possible, and we have succeeded in translating this innovation and creativity into money making ventures, and especially when we dont rest all our hopes on the mechanised 9-5 job,but on what we know that we can produce and what we can translate into money,then the better the future will be for us, because we can then consume and are able to export, the more diversified this is , the better.But if we are not creative or we dont have any means of translating our creativity into money making venture(exportation), and we dont even have the usual 9-5 means of livelihood(goods consumption), God help us then, because we have to rely on importation and aid , the third and worst case senario!And that is the state most parts of sub saharan Africa are, and that which has translated to individuals!

The Challenge of Leadership

The loneliness and anguish of a leader. It is not enough to know. The capacity to come down to the level of the led and lead them with all patience and humility is what makes a great leader. A leader must put up with the ignorance of the led, yet strive not to be consumed by it. That is tough, knowledge is a great challenge, the more we know, the lonelier we become.And there is an individual and communal maturity that has to be reached before dealing with certain things , and we cannot presume nor be impatient. Any experience borne out of lasciviousness without true knowledge ends in nihilism. There is this obstacle of time against which a leader must wait, even when he has his destination and route staring acutely at him. A good leader must learn to be patient with time and with the led.This art of balance between vision and patience with the led and with time is the challenge of leadership. I end with this beautiful prayer of St Francis of Assisi: Lord , grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference!

The Journey!

My mission then was : 'keep with money and not be corrupt,keep with women and not be promiscous', i.e conquer the great eros. Now , i have to deal with people, forming a movement, not an institution. Being part of the many and not leading the hierachichal way. What follows? The ultimate mission after all these toils is to just be,yes, just be.The journey is 'about me', through 'about us', to 'about God'; this being, just being, is God, it is not rest, 'being' is work, but work in a different perspective.In another way, i can say the journey is from eros, through filial, to agape!

Between The Coin And The Host

Two great circular energies : the coin and the Host. The former works corporally and unto nihilism, the latter works spiritually and unto salvation. Humanly, we are powerless against these two great energies, because they both strive to 'enslave' us , but for two different causes, the former, unto damnation and the latter unto liberation. No middleway, we've got to make a choice,and succumb unto one energy, since no man can serve two masters. The Host and the coin are always at war. Go for the coin as slave and you are lurked up into an eternal ordeal of succumbing the Host underneath you,and ultimately ending in nihilism, for it is hard for a rich man to be saved. The best choice? Be a slave of the host and you have enough wisdom and strategy to conquer the coin and put it into your servitude, by employing this great evil, tainted as it is, even towards good causes , which by nature , it would rather not do,that is , being at the service of the humanity whom it was meant to conquer.It can do that falsely , but only through the Host can it succumb to a sincere humanity. You can only put money under your feet if you allow the Host to put you under His feet. That is freedom, that is liberation, that is salvation, what a wonderful thing to serve the Lord, only then can we be great, even unto putting the great mammon (money) under our feet!

..Pray For Us Sinners, Now, And At The Hour Of Our Death.

We are sinners. Blind. Sinners generally take things for granted and dont often know the extent or consequence of their deeds. Only through our being brought to a new enlightenement do we see our extreme sinfulness , and this brings me to the hour of death,the hour of ultimate enlightenement, an hour of denial or despair, an hour that could only be passed through by grace alone, that which we beg Mary of is the summit of either our avarice or despondency,and this is our judgement:being hard hearted (pride) or giving up (fear).When confronted with our incapacity to help ourselves, faced with our humanity and the extreme depth of our ills, when all we did, or didnt do, or neglected or ignored are brought right into our face, and we are faced with such great confusion and despair, then, the capacity to let go and trust in the redeeming power of His mercy is our salvation. This instance in which we are brought to face the truth of our humanity and our consequent resolve not to deny nor despair- this moment of truth- lies in the hand of the Blessed Virgin.

My Paradigm Mover

I'd wanted a Yoruba for a wife, but i became increasingly passionate for a non Yoruba. I planned being a successful Engineer, but i get sickened each day by crafts and became so zealous after social and behavioural sciences.I loved to go safe and thread carefully, but now i'm weird and fired up about taking risks and getting things done.Somebody is at work, melting and moulding me.Who is He destroying my preconcieved ideas and giving me a taste according to His?

Wikileaks : What You'll Not Be Told!

1)You dont need 'holiness' to go to heaven; on the contrary , you need your sinfulness. You only need to strive for perfection and become acutely aware of your incapacity to be perfect. Glory in your weakness please!
2)You need not be holy to go to communion, you only need the awareness of His presence and trust in His mercy.
3)Why the scrupples about not having paid your tithes. Tithing has no negative consequence , but charity does!
4)There is no place in this world that should actually be out of bound for a christian, the whole world is ours , and we have been commissioned to go out there to conquer it. Difficult? yes. Out of bound? absolutely no!
5) Practice anything in the quest and journey towards the Absolute Truth.'ism' is important, but dont stop at the level of it, wether catholism or pentecostalism or islamism or budhism or protestantism.On the contrary , love the movement, love 'ity'.
Love christianity, love universality!
6)Be equally yoked with unbelievers, if not they'll be lost. The cost -i agree- is difficult, but it's the reason we are christians: witnessing!
7)Life is good, enjoy it, but do good!
8)Eucharist is an increasingly 'tightening' experience. With faith and constancy. Nothing is reduced by our sins.
9) Who tells you not to love the world? Love the world. Christ Himself loved the world, that was why He died for her.
10)The greatest exorcism is confession, and how i long for the time when we shall be ready to form the 'Society of Sinners'!
11)Death is not an escape from your earthly responsibilities, nothing changes when we die.
12) Love lasts. Your interests , desires and affections goes on till eternity, make effort then to purify them.
13)Immorality militates against one thing only : our vision and awareness, lack of vision is the only sin, and when we live continously in the city without withdrawing into rural seclusions, we stand a higher risk of loosing this awareness.Too much unnecessary distractions in the city.
14) We humans are nothing, whatever we feel we are capable of are being controlled by the spirits, and ultimately by God, we should devote ourselves more to the spiritual life.
15)Sustainability and taking care of our environments is a spiritual act, because in Him we live and move and have our being. Christ has become bread, even all man made things are Christ!